Shepherd's Crook Golf Course

Standard for tee times is 10 minutes, but you have so many courses cramming people on shorter intervals where they are waiting most of the time. This is the first course I have played that did the opposite. They run on 12 minute intervals and it was so enjoyable to be able to golf without waiting for groups in front of you, worrying about people behind you.

I played as a single and most of the time as a single I'm required to share a cart with a stranger because the course is cheap and doesn't buy enough carts. Not here - had my own cart and it was a breath of fresh air. It's so refreshing to be a patron at a course that actually seems to care about the golf experience, and doesn't throw it under the bus for an extra 10-15% profit.

Course was in perfect condition. Greens were medium speed - not fast. Tee boxes were in excellent shape. Rough was thick around the greens, about 2 inches thick around the course. Fairways were in good condition and well watered. Carts were equipped with GPS - although it was the TagMarshal one which is more of a pace of play alert system with ads. No coolers or ice provided, no water bottles provided, and no water out on the course. It is not a resort course rather a local track in a less populated part of the metro area.

This is a links style course, you will not have dense forests running along the sides of holes to avoid. Layout was OK - it was a fair course, holes 9 and 18 were both long par 5's into the clubhouse with difficult greens to approach.

Biggest downside to the course is that it's adjacent to a dump. You can smell the dump on many holes (my playing partner said it's really bad on sunny days). You can hear the dump trucks beeping up throughout the round.

The course was in excellent shape despite getting much play. There are challenges on every hole, but also room to hit good shots and score.

The staff was friendly and things were very efficient. A very good course for a first-timer, and terrific value for the price. Highly recommend!

Really impressed with this course. It's in great shape - tees, fairways, and greens are all excellent. I'd rank it as one of the more challenging courses in Chicago, with three genuinely long par 5s that test you and a 200+ par 3.

The only downside is no driving range, which is a real miss for a course at this level. Everything else you'd want from a top-tier course, this one delivers.

Live 58 miles away , but make my way here about -0 times a year

Fun layout , always in good condiition

Play about 30 different courses a year and this is one of my favorites

Only comment , another course that makes Fridays a weekend rate and no senior rate until after 1:00

I wonder if all these courses pay their employees more for working on Friday - guarantee they don't. But this is a popular trend with golf courses but not their customers

Such an awesome and fun course to play. Amazing layout with challenging pure green. Great value too with the price you pay. Will definitely be back!

Great course and tremendous value for the money. Played it on a cold/windy Monday morning so we basically had the place to ourselves. Course has great golf holes and was in very good shape. However, there is a landfill next to it - so you have to deal with the smell and sight of garbage on many holes (smell probably wind dependent). Also, there is no driving range.

It was real cold and the staff got us off early and we played in three thirty. The bar was the best and we loved the bartender. Always top her well.

This is a great course that is well taken care of and is enjoyable to play