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Value
3.1
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2.1
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Pace
3.4
Amenities
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About

Holes 9
Type Semi-Private
Par 35
Length 2897 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Mission Hills Country Club in Northbrook opened in 1926 and over the years it has become a local favorite. The championship golf course measures to 2,897 yards from the back tees. Although it may seem relatively short by modern standards, the layout is spread across more than 130 acres of rolling woodlands that provide a spacious feel. Mature trees tightly line the fairways and there are several holes where water comes into play. This seemingly mild golf course is tougher than it first appears. It will test both your accuracy and course-management skills. Mission Hills Country Club's finishing hole is a demanding par 4 that features the most difficult green to putt with a lake to the left and sand bunkers all along the right. You'll want to keep your approach below the hole when you attempt to tackle the green.

Course Details

Year Built 1926
Golf Season Open: 3/15 Closed: 11/30
Architect Larry Packard (1975) Chris Gray (2008) Roger Packard (1975)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Tennis

Reviews

2.8
213 Reviews (213)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 23
Water Hazards 13
Bunkers 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 16
Seniors 6
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 26
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Poor condition

Poor condition overall especially green. Lots of devot should be repaired.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Good times

The course was challenging however there are lots of hidden water and lots of bunkers.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

not impressed

poor course conditions greens had patches had a golf and lunch package, was not allowed to choose food items that were on website

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

Great value for the course with very mature landscape and difficulty

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Unplayable Conditions

I have played this course numerous times over the past few years. Have always been a big fan and supporter. They have the cheapest rates and you can get on at any time. I would not play there again if it was free. It appears that they are just letting the course conditions go. The greens were like fairways. what were some of the faster more challenging greens have grown out to the point that the ball bounces to the hole. The rough was US Open quality, appears to have not been cut in weeks. This made for many lost balls and alot of time wasted looking for shots that were 5 yards off of the fairway. The traps have not been maintained. Like hitting off a parking lot and many unplayable. To make matters worse, they had a strict sign on every cart that if you left the cart path, you would be thrown off of the course without a refund. The course had some soft spots but for the most part was dry. After about 5 holes we ignored the rule stating that they would be doing us a favor to send us home from the cow pasture. Putting was more like croquet, not golf. After the 16th hole we went home. Too bad as it was a nice course in its day.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Patronize!

Great course. New owners will make you feel at home.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

more challenge than length

It won't beat you with length, but strategic placement can be key and the greens to undulate enough for a good challenge.
The greens were great in July but were recently aerrated. A good value at under $50 on the weekend. Would like 1 more par 5.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Bad day to play

Greens had been sanded day before and then rained and greens were cover in streaks of sand. The course has been neglected. Lots of dead trees, cart paths are in bad shape. Tee boxes had not been well cared for. Course is challenging and has some interesting holes. Narrow in places. It would be a shame though if this course were to close after this year as proposed to make way for housing development.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Very Disappointing

I can honestly say this is the worst course I have visited in the Chicago area. At every tee box the trash cans were overflowing with an immense amount of garbage on the ground. None of the watering stations had a water cooler in them. In fact most of the watering stations were filled with garbage. The greens were some of the worst I've ever seen. The tee boxes on the par 3's had virtually no grass on them. The bathrooms in the clubhouse had only one working toilet. The stench from the bathrooms by the 15th tee was enough to warrant finding a tree. The bunkers were hard with very little sand and had weeds growing out of them.

I played this for $35. For that price you can find much better courses that aren't as unsightly or foul smelling. Stay away from this defective, shameful, disaster of a course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Short / Accurate / Good Course

The course is not long, but you can use driver on all but 2 of the par 4s, and that's due to water and marsh being 275 yards from tee box. The greens play well, the fairways are well kept, the sand isn't that soft and the tee boxes on par 3s are below average. The course will play a little slow due to the length. We drove the green on a few holes but other than that you need to be pinpoint accurate. My buddies and I had a great time playing, will definitely go back this summer.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not so polished

Nice course but not nearly close to where it used to be. Layout is nice but conditions are not polished. Has potential to be really nice with sone needed upgrades to fairways and greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Showing its age

A short and tight course, plenty of opportunity to get into trouble, but it reminds me of a threadbare pair of pants. Worn and badly in need of attention. The greens are decent for having just been aerated. The sand traps are quite embarrassing. Most have more weeds in them than sand. The layout is peculiar as well since there are long distances through the maze of condos to get to some of the tees. There are a lot of opportunities to score well on the course if you just hit the ball straight (long is not required).

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Smiling

For a short track, each hole provided choices and the layout was fun! Challenges were abundant as most holes are tight. Greens rolled well. Many more elderly and female players than anything, so pace is progressive. I'll be back! Had fun and next time I'll know where not to hit it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is very challenging for high handicappers

I like this course a lot. It has many challenging holes but it's not kept in good shape.

Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not so good.

No rule enforcement , tees are 80 % divots , water sprinkler on when we were playing on the greens , so , obviously we could not finish the holes . The field it's short , manteinence lack but designe its good and challenging.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

what a value, best in chicagoland....

enjoyed a gorgeous day at mission hills yesterday. Played rather poorly, but that was not the courses fault, though the trees did come into play often. However, the course is in great shape, and the greens were the truest i have played this year. AND, $20 with cart was unreal especially with the course in very good shape. Have fun, play there....

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

poor conditions

Awful greens and lots of clover everywhere. Need to invest in improvements.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

waste of time and money

I don't write reviews of courses but felt compelled to do so here.

do NOT play this course. They obviously just opened this up to the public because they were going broke and need to drum up revenue.

This course/clubhouse is stuck in the 1950's. The men's bathroom in the clubhouse was a horror show with broken stalls and the other toilets you wanted no part of.

course is burnt out. its like playing on concrete and a lot of brown patches. Course is pretty tight with small greens. Layout is very funky and there are a lot of holes that run next to each other which you could hear FORE being yelled out a lot during the round

we actually walked off after 9. we played the front nine in 2:50 minutes. totally unacceptable. they keep harping on 4:30 pace of play but you have a combo of very old men and every hacker in the Chicago area playing.

save your money and your sanity. there are SO many other courses to play that are 10X better than this goat farm

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good but course needs work

This was my first time playing at this course. Staff very friendly and reasonably priced via GolfNow. The holes are challenging but course needs some water to get the grass greener. The tee boxes were pretty beat up and the course needs some general maintenance i.e weeds growing in bunkers, water hazards not groomed, etc.
I will say for the price, I would play there again. The course is challanging.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Short but challenging

Be selective with your club choice. Your accuracy will be your advantage over the others in your foursome.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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