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4.0
519 Reviews (519)
5 Stars
112
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
34
1 Stars
16
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
81.5%
Recommend this course
424 out of 519 reviews
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3.8
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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3
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
81.2%
Recommend this course
13 out of 16 reviews
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4.1
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
82.8%
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48 out of 58 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6186 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.2
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Glendale Lakes Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/31
Architect Dick Nugent (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.0
519 Reviews (519)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 16
Patio Dining 11
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 36
Narrow Fairways 22
Bunkers 19
This course/club is great for:
Locals 25
Advanced Golfers 15
Walkers 9
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 36

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Wonderful day

The course was surprisingly not packed on Memorial Day and the pace was wonderful. The greens were smooth and fast. The fairways were in great condition and well watered, especially considering other courses I have been to recently were hard snf and brown. The bunkers have a lot of black dirt in them and were a bit crusty, but still very playable. A great day and I will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Nice course with some nice scenery

Course is fun to play and has some nice water features.

Fun and somewhat challenging

Friendly staff and nice pace of play

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

It was a great day with friends at a wonderful course with a great layout. Will definitely be back for more play at this course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Glendale Lakes is an OK place to play a public round

Played saturday in a foursome. The course is fine in terms of challenge and teh greens and fairways were in good shape. The bunkers aboslutely need investment and maintenance, they are the worst bunkers we have seen in the west/northwest suburbs. That fact makes it not a great value. Also, we had to deal with very slow play especially on teh back nine, and no rangers were monitoring the course (or if they were, they took no action).
I rate this course just fair.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

YOU HAVE A RANGER ON THE PREMISES.

I HAVE PLAYED MANY DIFFERENT COURSED IN THE PAST , BUT THIS IS THE ONLY COURSE WHICH HAD A RANGER TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG.
PACE OF PLAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO SPEND 5-WHATEVER HOURS ON THE COURSE.
GOOD WORK GLENDALE LAKES GOLF COURSE!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Still Disappointed with Bunkers

This was my first return visit in several years, but my memory of the poor bunker conditions remains intact. While I thought the practice green and greens were generally in good shape, the biggest playability issues during my visit were shaggy tee boxes that seemingly hadn’t been mowed recently and bunkers that continue to lack much if any sand. During my round I found myself in 3 bunkers and only one kind of had sand. Many of the bunkers I observed in the fairways or around the greens looked more like rock quarries than sand bunkers. Another golfer in my group commented that he would even attempt playing shots from those bunkers as damaging a $150 wedge wouldn’t be worth it.

To course management I suggest you fill in any bunkers that you are unable or unwilling to take care of as it would make more sense to reduce the number of bunkers to whatever quantity you can take care of as right now your bunkers make for a poor experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Solid course

Played this course during the summer and fall. Both times playing the course was kept in very good shape. Fairways are clean and greens are exceptional for the price of play. They always have online deals so be sure to check for those before booking. Overall, the staff is nice and the starters are considerate people. The course offers many different looks in terms of layout. It’s not that long of a course but does have obstacles that require you to play distance shots. It does get a little backed up at the end of the round due to 2 Par 3 holes being back to back. Outside of that, no complaints here. I’ll be back next year!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Dog Track

Booked as a single. Showed up, checked in and rolled some putts. Ranger bragging about how slow play is. Nobody on tee for 15 minutes. Group of 4 shows up, tells me to go ahead, ranger says no because I’m with 3 guys that haven’t checked in yet. It’s now time to tee off, other 3 still not there, and tells me I still can’t go until 3 random guys show up. Group behind tees off. Finally off the tee, course is chewed up. Not the result of lots of play and hot weather, blatant disregard to standard course maintenance. Greens are like Velcro, bunkers are all unplayable because their dirt was “allocated to someone else.” 4 hours later, I left after 13 holes. Restaurant closed so nothing to eat available at the turn. Greens are insanely close to other tee boxes and it feels like you’re in a war zone with balls flying all over the place. Absolutely would never play this course again even if it was free. Oh, and during my wait on the first tee, the ranger made sure to tell me how much he hates golf now and how I should just delete the app from my phone because it doesn’t sync with their reservation software fast enough. Wildly unprofessional.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 128
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Nice course lots of water gonna lose some balls if you don’t hit great

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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