Arrowhead GC - South
A view from the South course at Arrowhead Golf Club
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4.8
545 Reviews (545)
5 Stars
387
4 Stars
129
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.6
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.7
96.9%
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524 out of 545 reviews
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4.9
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
1
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0
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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.7
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.8
Amenities
4.8
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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11 out of 11 reviews
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4.8
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
34
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.6
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.7
StaffFriendliness
4.8
97.4%
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38 out of 39 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6707 yards
Slope 134
Rating 72.9

Arrowhead Golf Club is home to a 27-hole course that is considered one of the best municipal plays in the Chicago area. The holes are divided into the South, East, and West nines, which can be played in three different 18-hole combinations. Water hazards appear on 17 of the 27 holes and there are 77 bunkers strategically placed throughout. Each golf course provides a challenging but different round. Although the club opened in 1927, the South/East Course was renovated in 2011. The course retained its challenging character but it was made more playable for a range of skill levels. In addition to the water and bunkers, there are mature trees throughout the course. Arrowhead G.C. also boasts a comprehensive practice facility that includes a lighted driving range, putting green, chipping green, and bunkers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1920
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 12/15

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.8
545 Reviews (545)
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Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First time

Course is in good shape considering the time of year. Greens are tough.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Great fairways and greens

The staff inside the pro shop was extremely friendly. I thought this course was very very nice for it still being the winter in mid-march. A very nice layout indeed!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 59
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Illinois Advisor
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Distinctly Arrowhead. Great golf course

Sometimes I'll play a course and think, "this reminds me of this course or that" Arrowhead doesn't seem to remind me of any other course in particular. Staff very friendly. Food, excellent. Plenty of challenges on the course including some pitched fairway edges that will send your ball far from your intentions and several relatively small greens with deceptive subtle breaks that will cost you strokes at some point during your round. Have you heard about their sand? Really nice and a pleasure to play in if you must.
I didn't play great golf this day but it was a great day anyway because it's a great course and I always appreciate that regardless of the scorecard.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Course rarely disappoints!

I stopped going here 5 years ago because the rangers were flat out rude, not because I didn't like the course. I think they have that figured out now and the course is always in really good shape. We all know that the mark of a good course is one that gets a lot of play but still keeps their greens in pristine condition, and Arrowhead excels at it. They run fast but true. Clubhouse is excellent and food is the best I have had at any golf course, public or private. I played 15 rounds there this summer if that tells you anything!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent track

Course was in excellent condition. The ranger was a bit of a jack wagon, pushing us and putting us on the clock. This was our first time playing the track-we finished in 4 hours 22 minutes.
Other than the jackwagon ranger, was a very pleasurable experience on a nice track

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Love fall golf!

The course was in excellent condition. The greens ran true and fast. Stay out of the rough if you can. Got a deal, but usually over priced. Will only play if I can find a deal on GolfNow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition, great price

Arrowhead had lightening fast and true greens that had not yet been aerated. Fairways and roughs were plush. Sand traps in best condition of any public course I played this year in Chicago west suburbs. Tee boxes had been aerated, and holes filled with sand, and remained a bit rugged. Overall unbeatable especially at the $17 (with cart) Hot Deals rate.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Rain could not keep this course down

We pulled up to rain and after talking to staff decided to go out anyway.

So glad we did. By the time we loaded up the carts rain stopped day turned nice.

Course is well maintained and well run. They keep it moving and pace is nice.

Course had the best conditions i have played in awhile. everything was in good shape greens rolled perfect. In 9 holes i had one putt that hit a bad divot. rest ran straight and true.

Was just a scenic well maintained well run course look forward to playing it over and over.

Food in the clubhouse and staff are very good. clubhouse is very nice also.

This is my idea of a total golf package.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fantastic Public Course.... Crotchety Ranger

First time playing Arrowhead and it is a beautiful course. Make sure to play the East course as it has the best views and challenging holes. Only draw back was an overzealous ranger who kept stopping us to tell us how much our cart weighed and to keep up the pace with his game delaying conversations.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice condition

Fastest greens I've played all year whole course in great condition

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Slowwwww

Very slow pace. Took nearly 3 hours for our twosome to play 9 holes. Would be nice if players were reminded to play "ready" golf and not spend 10+ minutes searching for lost balls. Otherwise, the course is beautiful. Usually a better experience than this one.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome west county course

Excellent course, challenging but rewarding. I will play it again as soon as possible.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad rangers

Wow where to start.. Rangers were ridiculous.. I golf twice a week at many of Chicago's nicest courses.. We were never tasted like this at ANY off the other courses I played.. First it was cart path only and the course want harshly wat at all..ok no biggie.. Then the rangers chased us down to tell us to pick it up when we were right behind the foursome in front of us.. There was no one for two holes behind us. We completed our round in four hours with cart path only. Then they proceeded to threaten us with asking us to leave for slow pay!. FORGET THIS PLACE!

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout

Course was in great shape, staff extremely kind and helpful we had problems with pace of play and they actually found the foursome that was slowing everything down and moved them to a different 9 cusps to them

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A public treasure

For a public course, it was extremely well-maintained. Course was busy but traps and greens were in great shape. I really enjoyed coming here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth it.

Terrific and challenging. One of the few courses in this price range that are worth the cost. Unfortunately rain shut us down early, but got a rain check that I will definitely be using.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Country Club Quality

Arrowhead is essentially a public country club. Great shape and facilities. Staff is high quality across the board. Only critique is the quality of beer on the course. For goodness sake get some Two Brothers, Revolution and Half Acre in there!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good day of golf

Course was in excellent shape. Been a few years since I played here and was very impressed with the scenery as well as the course. Staff was extremely friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Arrohead

The course was really nice. Tougher then I expected.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautifully Designed; Most Challenging

Can't to play this course again! Definitely worth the price and the slope rating is right on.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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