Wicker Memorial Park Golf Course

I’ve never been one to “pull the race card” under any circumstances. But after my last two visits, I can confidently say this will be my final time golfing at Wicker Park.

I’m a Caucasian man who has lived in this area for 30 years and have never had a single issue golfing here, until this past week. My brother, a friend of mine who is Hispanic and a beginner golfer, and I tried to play nine holes. What followed was one of the most disappointing and frankly disturbing experiences I’ve ever had at a golf course.

The older gentlemen working in the clubhouse were completely out of line. They fabricated “rules” on the spot to prevent my friend from playing. They refused to let us use carts and claimed my friend couldn’t play unless he had his own golf bag, despite us offering to share mine, something that has never been an issue before. The moment they saw my friend arrive, the tone shifted entirely. When we tried to reason with them respectfully, they ultimately told us to take our clubs and “golf elsewhere.”

I’ve never witnessed such blatant ignorance in all my years in this community. Whoever manages this course should seriously reconsider the staff representing it. Their behavior was discriminatory, disrespectful, and completely unacceptable.

As a result, we took our business to Centennial Park, where the staff were friendly, accommodating, and had no issue whatsoever with my friend storing his clubs in my bag. I encourage anyone looking to enjoy a welcoming, fair round of golf to do the same.

Great course for beginners and to hone your skills. Everything seemed pretty straight with not many hazards, which makes for an enjoyable game. It rained hard for roughly 15 minutes and then lightly here and there. Many people cancelled due to the rain, so essentially we had the course to ourselves, which was fantastic. Drainage appeared to be good as it was not muddy or soaked. Will look to play on the rainy days in the future.

Over all playable but lacking maintenance..

Greens pretty bad with a lot of bare spots.

Clumps of grass left from mowing.

Most area courses better than this one.

Perfect round of golf ,great weather course was good

Terrible experience. After planning for a week, taking my 11 year old daughter (who is in golf camp and might have a better swing than me) shopping for new golf attire, driving a half hour to get there, they turned us down at the front desk. Said you have to be 12 years old to play there, which was not mentioned during booking on golf now. Zero compassion or accommodation, just broke my daughter’s heart. No help for refund either, just told me to call GolfNow and take it up with them. Never heard of or experienced a rule like that before at any other courses