Bear Creek Golf Club

Save your money and spare your time do not play Bear Creek. Pace of play is pathetically slow at 6+ hours for 18. The management refuses to address the issue as the pack as many players on the course as possible.

Have always enjoyed playing BC but it wasn’t in great shape when we played it. Four fairways on the front nine were being punched and that was not ideal. Tee boxes needed to be mowed as the grass was long. Plus most of the greens were pretty shaggy and quite slow.

The carts seemed to have been upgraded and nice seat cushions installed. GPS on the carts was a big plus and helpful on the tee shots with blind landing zones.

A big downer was how long our round took, which always seems to be an issue there. Went nearly five hours on a hot and humid weekday. The problem was a foursome that was incredibly slow, without a marshal in sight. It was painful late on the front side but the waits were excruciating on the back nine.

But it is a fun course that is not too expensive.

I had the unfortunate experience of playing here this weekend. I had a friend visiting from out of town and since we live off of the 15th hole it was convenient: WOW what a mistake. The ownership and management of Bear Creek should be ASHAMED of themselves for charging 68$ to play on this dog track! I know the staff and ownership are aware of how TERRIBLE every aspect of their course is for a golfer. The greens are SLOW & UNPLAYABLE if you appreciate the game and expect decent greens for 68$! The fairways have more weeds and MULCH than I’ve seen in abandon lots around town. Yes, you read that correct, MULCH. The fairways have NOT BEEN CUT, the mulch is everywhere, and the lies you get are unplayable. I could go on and on and on, but I think you all get the hint. The place IS NOT WORTH YOUR $$$$$$! Go ANYWHERE ELSE in the St, Charles area because there is something going on with this course and you will only be disappointed with the experience!

Saturday morning round took over 7 hours. No ranger on course to manage pace of play. Majority of tee boxes had multiple groups. Course layout and conditions were decent, but complete waste of $70 and a Saturday.

Multiple greens were unusable due to goose droppings. The course use to have a dog run off the geese but it appears they gave up.

Course is in great shape I’ve played it twice in three weeks it’s a must play and the price is excellent.

Course is not bad but zero lack of governance around pace of play.

The pace of play is very poor. The course is great, and can be challenging.

Always enjoy playing there. The new GPS screens are great! I've been hit by a ball on two separate days on #9 fairway, maybe this will reduce a third incident.

See you soon!

The pace of play was horrible! It took over 3 hours to play 9 holes due to the group in front of us that was moving so slow and no one told them to pick up the pace. Very disappointed to say the least. It will be a long time before our group plays there again.

I never play Bear Creek on the weekend because of poor pace of play, However we needed something early and close on Sunday morning and booked 5:42 a.m. tee time. Showed up to the first tee at 5:35 and the 5:33 twosome was just arriving as well. They teed off (5 minutes late) and another 5:33 twosome showed up at roughly 5:40. While waiting for the second twosome to clear the fairway a threesome pulled up and told us they also had the 5:42 tee time. To summarize, from the first tee time of the day, the course was 10-15 minutes behind and overbooked by one golfer. We proceeded at a moderate to slow pace, taking 3.25 hours to reach hole 16. We then discovered that the course had let play off the back nine, and it took a little over an hour to complete the last 3 holes. It is ridiculous that the second tee time of the day would take more than 3 hours to complete. Once you pay your greens fee Bear Creek doesn't care about your experience.

Course was in great condition and got the round in in 3:30 who’s is good for Bear Creek.

I generally like this golf course, but somewhere along the way the greens got super fast compared to what they were. Combined with the windy conditions, and it was a difficult day on the greens adjusting to the speed. The fairways didn't seem to have a lot of grass on them either- a lot of really tight lies where I was just trying to pick the ball and get it airborne. It seems deep enough into the season the fairways should be grown in by now. All in all, I like this golf course, and it offers a really good challenge, but considering how much rain we've had this past month, it played super fast.

Played back nine first which went pretty smoothly. When I teed off on the front nine, I noticed that there were additional groups in front of the twosome I was following. It started to bog down at the 4th hole and got progressively slower. I ended up leaving after the 7th hole.