West at White Pines Golf Course

I had a blast on here, bunkers sand was damp but very playable and in very good condition. Some rough areas had a little buildup of water but nothing terrible or even in the way. greens were maintained and tee boxes were fine.

Course conditions were good. Many holes tree lined with light dog legs with fairways and greens in good condition.
They have a couple large practice greens and a driving range. There are a couple issues though.
1. Lack of variety in course length. Par 70 course where tips are 6371 and the next distance is 5893 and the last being 5150.
With the course being tight I think people play the longer length and then waste time looking for their ball. The terrain isn't flat which means errant balls can travel places unexpected. I hazard to guess how long it could be to find your ball once the leaves fall. Unfortunately people don't limit their search to just a couple of minutes.
Several holes are significantly harder. For example there are two par 3's where the distance for the tips and next level are 192 over a long water carry vs 119 yards and the other is 183 vs 120 yards and again a large water carry.
2. Back nine is harder than the front. The front is a par 34 and the back is a par 36. The back 9 has more water carries and is tight. The problem is one can get through the front faster than the back - which means play is constantly backed up. After finishing hole nine there was literally a 20 minute wait before starting hole 10. Ultimately my round - which was mid day and a Thursday, took 4hrs 50 minutes.

I would suggest they should reverse the order - play the back nine first. Also, they need to find a way to make more options in the length - which I understand is not an easy solution.
Lastly enforce pace of play. I have found courses tend to not want to do this as they don't want to make their customers unhappy, but I would ask, how many people don't come back because of slow play.

Very Good pace of play 4hrs, could be because of 3 other decent players respecting the rules of pace play, 4 hrs, hit from the black tees, challenging holes. 1st time playing, I would play again.

Played it for the 1st time, narrow on most holes, with moderate trees, not terrible if you get into the woods and can play an escape 8 well, I hit the lumber a few times, but that's golf, take the challenge drop a stroke and move on, discrete placed water in front of the 10th caught my rocket 6 iron shot, again 1st time playing, again from the black tees. Scored fair, the course is in great shape, 6$ buckets for the range 30 balls was perfect to loosen up before the round, 2 courses, and plenty of chipping area.

This course should plowed under for a housing development! $50.00 to play this place is $50.00 to much... The municipality should be ashamed to present such an awful product, they need to step aside and let a management company or private entity run the club.

Great value! Course conditions are great for the price

Staff was rude and course is not well cared for. I think due to its location in an area with sting population they will get all the rounds they need without taking care of the place.

Course was in great shape, although decent amount of unrepaired ball marks on the greens - I did my best to repair any I saw, could tell most were fresh so not the course’s fault. Aside from the 2 guys we were paired with, the pace was pretty solid by Chicago standards (more on that later). Hot day and the cart girl circled around plenty, which was great. Played the west course and nothing too crazy about the layout. I preferred the front 9 over the back, but either way it was a solid round and great value for the money - will be back.

Pace of play: (before you read on, the pace was pretty solid at White Pines, so kudos to the club) Having lived and golfed in the greater Chicago area for a couple years now, I’m convinced the locals are not taught the phrase “ready golf”, which explains why 4 hrs 30 mins is considered a “fast” round in this state. Sure, you can blame the tee times being <10 mins apart and rangers for not regulating the bottlenecks, but the amount of time our group (2 randoms we paired with) spent looking for their balls in the fescues or on the edge of the water, standing around waiting for others to walk up to their ball before hitting their own, taking mulligans on in-play shots, etc. was very unfortunate. (I have nothing against breakfast balls or the occasional mulligan if no one is behind you, but there is a limit.) I tried offering free drops, telling them to go ahead and hit out of turn if they’re ready, and each time they looked at me like I was insane. We’re not on tour, we’re not playing for money, we’re here to have fun and get home in less than 6 hours (same as everyone else who is golfing behind us). All that said, we did finish in just over 4 1/2 hours which again, by Chicago standards is a win. But if people had a bit more self awareness and played “ready golf”, we would’ve been done in 4:15 at the MOST. So, kudos to White Pines for at least allowing the possibility of a 4-hr round! Cheers.

The course is in good shape except for the bunkers which are pretty much hard pan on hotter days. They make you double up on carts which can be a pain but understandable on high volume weekends. Pace of play slow but that’s the case at most puck i courses on the weekend. Overall you can’t beat the price for 18 so you can live with the not so good stuff.