Chevy Chase Country Club
About
Chevy Chase Country Club (formerly known as Traditions at Chevy Chase Country Club) in Wheeling is one of Chicagoland's top public golf facilities. Thomas Bendelow designed the golf course in 1925. The classic layout remained largely the same until 2002 when a major renovation updated the course and made it more challenging. The layout now has deep pot bunkers lined with tall native fescue that border the generous, rolling greens and undulating fairways. Though it is more challenging than it was, the golf course still offers a player-friendly round. Four sets of tees also ensure that golfers can play to their skill level. The course finishes with its signature hole, a par 5 that features water both left and right of the landing area off the tee. Three massive bunkers and yet another pond all fiercely guard the green as well.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight | 72 | 6610 yards | 71.9 | 128 |
| Burnt Red | 72 | 6078 yards | 69.5 | 122 |
| Hunter Green (W) | 72 | 5647 yards | 72.4 | 124 |
| Hunter Green | 72 | 5647 yards | 67.4 | 115 |
| Natural | 72 | 5084 yards | 69.4 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight M: 72.1/132 | 369 | 494 | 392 | 535 | 434 | 137 | 391 | 407 | 195 | 3354 | 404 | 350 | 440 | 186 | 346 | 494 | 158 | 352 | 546 | 3276 | 6630 |
| Burnt Red M: 69.4/126 W: 74.9/132 | 359 | 453 | 347 | 485 | 406 | 117 | 336 | 375 | 157 | 3035 | 369 | 322 | 405 | 156 | 319 | 484 | 132 | 307 | 517 | 3011 | 6046 |
| Hunter Green M: 67.4/121 W: 72.4/127 | 343 | 443 | 305 | 441 | 382 | 96 | 309 | 361 | 137 | 2817 | 345 | 302 | 388 | 135 | 287 | 453 | 104 | 292 | 482 | 2788 | 5605 |
| Natural M: 64.8/115 W: 69.3/120 | 335 | 398 | 266 | 416 | 324 | 90 | 286 | 306 | 108 | 2529 | 315 | 274 | 362 | 123 | 250 | 424 | 83 | 241 | 443 | 2515 | 5044 |
| Handicap | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 |
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Photo submitted by aalbrecht11 on 06/20/2022
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Dead Beer! Photo submitted by dcantor17 on 03/21/2022
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View from path heading back to clubhouse Photo submitted by howschultz on 07/16/2021
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#9 lol at the clubhouse Photo submitted by ndtong on 05/31/2021
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Quick snap at the turn Photo submitted by ndtong on 05/31/2021
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Philly Cheese Steak Photo submitted by ndtong on 05/31/2021
This course has great features
Course conditions Very very good.fairway and green is
so nice, can't complains. thank , I will play again.
Course condition
So many leaves on the course. Sometime it hard to located ball & very busy
Pretty decent course
Not overly challenging, this is a pretty fun course. Most holes are fairly easy-straight and not too long. Some bunkers come into play, and a little bit of water. GPS on the carts was great!
Love it! Wish I could get there more often.
Challenging and fun from the back tees!!
Good course. Good drainage.
Weather has been raining but yet the drainage and course was in good shape. Would play again and again. Friendly staff. Recommend.
Decent Course
The course would be above average if some of the turf issues. The greens were in relatively good condition they rolled pretty true.
It is not an overly challenging course, but for $19 it beats working.
Good test of skills
The holes are varied and require a number of different challenges to be faced if you are to tame this facility. Fun and tough at the same time.
It was okay, but not worth $50
Staff was grrat service, but not well maintained field. I would play $30 not $50
Course beat up
Used to love this course, but now the conditions are very poor. No ranger and no beer cart person.
Disappointed.
Starter was super friendly. Beer cart came up hole one. After the second hole, we waited on every shot. No rangers came. There was no drinking water. We never saw the bevvy cart again. Not a difficult course, but I would not recommend it to anyone. I had higher hopes about this course and it missed on everything.
Nice Course in the NW Suburbs
This course is a very nice course located in the NW suburbs of Chicago. Greens are well maintained as is the rest of the course. Speed of play was not bad for a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend. Some challenging holes but not excessively difficult.
Definition of overrated
This course is overpriced generally but location is convenient so took advantage of a hot deal that was at least somewhat reasonable.
Even though it was a Sunday, one would think a start time of nearly 2 pm might result in a decent pace. Wrong.
Seems they priced the round a bit lower than normal because there was a huge outing going on that took up most of the course.
We completed 14 holes in a bit over 4 hours, and then quit to make it home before dinner got cold.
Course was soggy from recent rains, and greens and bunkers below expectations for the price. Rough around greens hadn't been cut in more than a week. Finding balls in rough very difficult too.
Stay away from this one. It was a complete slog and not worth the money at any price.
Course Conditions Have Gone Downhill
Hadn't played this course in several years despite living down the street thanks to what I feel are greens fees in excess of what the course is worth and a pace of play that can sometimes be annoying.
Today I snagged a golf now deal and decided to give it a try. When I used to play here often, I thought the post-renovation layout was great and the greens played firm, fast, and true. This time, the course was overgrown, soft (more than it should have been even with a bit of rain) and the greens were SLOW, BUMPY, and far from true.
As some have noted, it seems no one who plays here fixes ball marks or has any clue how to walk on a green without dragging spikes all over the place.
It is a shame this course cannot stay in good condition and it is surprising given the price they are getting. I will not be coming back any time soon.
Great for a weekday solo round
I just played this course on a Monday evening and it was amazing. I teed off immediately and was able to play 27 holes in 3 hours (playing by myself). The course is in good condition. The traps could use more sand and the greens are a little worn, but on the whole it was a nice place to play.
Nice day!
Course is in excellent shape although the greens were bumpy due to the public not repairing their ball marks.
Nice
Got out at 7:30 for a decent price. The front 9 greens had an amazing amount of ball marks on it. All three of us were missing putts that were 3 feet or less because of the ball marks. Every putt hit at least one ball mark on the front 9 and chamged direction. I would say it cost me a total of 5-6 strokes. Besides that everything else was great! Great clubhouse amazing staff.
Staff needs customer service help!
Everything started out okay, but around the 5th hole the foursome in front of us was really annoying and slow. We patiently waited until after the 9th hole and found the starter and told him that the group in front of us was more than 1 hole behind the group in front of them. He said he would check. Well, we got to hole 12 and now the gap was almost 2 holes and we were having to wait on every shot so I called the clubhouse and the guy in there told me there wasn't a gap, he was seeing groups on every hole. I told him that couldn't be because I was on the course looking at the two holes open in front of the group in front of us. NOTHING was ever done and we completed the back nine in almost 2 1/2 hours...ridiculous! THEN after the round as we were leaving we even mentioned this to the guy checking people in when you arrive and again, not an apology or we're sorry...nothing. Needless to say we will not be returning to this course anytime soon.
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