Grand Geneva Resort & Spa

I had a lot of fun. Played great on the front nine but the back nine got a little backed up. Still had fun. The course conditions were excellent. Will be back to play again

Got a fairly decent deal thought Golf Now so thought I'd give this course a shot. Got there an hour early so I could warm up. As I'm 10 minutes into warming up with a few shots, the starter comes over to the range and is yelling my last name. He wants to know if I could start right now because--what sounds like a convoluted mess going on--'he's got singles and a two some and then this and that......' So then he says, 'how about in 10 minutes?". I said that was ok. So I continue. Then five minutes later he comes back and says--'no, wait, how about in 15 minutes?" Ok. I can do that. So then I hit a few more, go to the putting green and as I'm just about to hit my first practice putt, he comes back and asks if I can go now--again. Sure. He speeds away and comes back and say, 'no, go ahead and hit some putts--you can go in five minutes'. So I literally hit 5 putts and he comes back and says 'you need to go now--the twosome you're playing with has teed off and they're waiting for you.' OMG. By this time, my frame of mind is pretty much shot. Hit a horrible opening tee shot cuz I totally felt rushed. Just kinda ruined the whole experience.

Course was in good shape. Greens were fast and some of the pin placements were really borderline unfair, especially for high handicappers---who I was playing with. They really struggled putting on the greens. A few quirky holes. I'd say its a fair test of driving and iron play. Better keep your ball below the hole or you'll be in trouble. WAY too much sand in the bunkers. Like being on the beach somewhere. Other than the starting debacle, it was ok. I just kinda felt like I was being punished for showing up early. I mean, the reason I did that was to get a good warm up---not to go running to the first tee because of an apparent inability for others to show up on time and a starters inability to work through the issue. It was almost comical actually.

This course is a fun challenge and in greatl shape. My only complaint is that the tee boxes (my group played from the red tees) are not level and it was often difficult to find a flat stance.

My group and I were very excited to play because we had heard great things, but that was not the case. The pace of play was SO slow due to 4 horrid golfers in front of us. It ruined our day. They would hit 3-4 balls each and held us up along with everyone around us to the point where we were able to replay a par 3. We will not be returning. Even after calling club house and letting them know (nobody came out), nothing was done. It was absurd.

Everything at The Brute is oversized. The bunkers are huge. The fairways are wide. The greens are expansive. The elevation changes are significant. (There's no way I would walk this course.) It was fun, but I felt like it was more presentation than substance. For comparison sake, I'd much rather play Hawk's View, Washington County, or Prairie Woods. Those courses are similar in condition and quality, but more interesting and, ultimately, cheaper.

About half the holes at The Brute will challenge the placement of your drives. 10 in particular requires careful placement. The course overall was quite beautiful, it definitely felt like a resort experience. The carts are maybe the best I've seen in Wisconsin, the staff were great. The course was fairly dead on a Monday and so I spent some time searching for balls and was well rewarded, lots of Pro V1's in the trees, just be prepared for nettles to coat your entire body.

Overall, I'm glad I came out, but I don't think I'll be coming back soon. The Golf Now hot deal rate was worth it, but there are other courses I like more for less money.

It’s been a number of years since I played the Brute and it hasn’t changed much. Beautiful and challenging track.

The deal that I booked on Golfnow to play a 1st class golf course like the Brute was well worth it. You are never going to play a course like that for the dollar amount we paid. My friends and I are always looking for deals because we play a lot of golf and it’s not exactly a cheap sport if you play a lot. We fully understand that if we want to play a premier course we expect to pay a higher rate but it’s awfully nice to get the occasional deal as well.

Wonderful design with excellent conditions makes this course rate as one of the best golf venues within 50 miles of home. In conjunction with the Brute, Grand Geneva is the premier golf destination for northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Add Golf Now hot deals and you have a combination that can't be beat...Kuddos !

First impression from the staff was amazing. Course was a challenging layout that was fun to play. Experience was lessened by VERY slow pace of play. We had to wait 10 minutes on almost every tee box. Tees were in rough shape, each one had divots every, basically playing off sand. In the end it was worth it.

Second time played. What a beautiful course. If you stay out of trouble you can score well here. I’m a mid 90 golfer and I shot a 91. Would have been an 89 if it wasn’t for that 18th green. It needs some landfill. Hehe. Just kidding. I will be back.

so it's an amazing course! Just absolutely love it except for the bunkers being hard as rock with some pretty big rocks in there as well, I'm talking like half dollar size which for the place you would never expect for that nice of a place. But the other fault I had with this was they paired me up with a father and son which they were good ppl but I wanted to play alone especially with this pandemic going on cause i have two older parents at home so kinda why I said one golfer when booking this tee time.. I mean I had fun and all that but yeah I have to give it 4 out of 5 cause the golf cart GPS was so helpful lol