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4.2
179 Reviews (179)
5 Stars
64
4 Stars
73
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.5
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.9
87.6%
Recommend this course
157 out of 179 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.4
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
93.8%
Recommend this course
15 out of 16 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.3
80 Reviews (80)
5 Stars
40
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.5
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.5%
Recommend this course
70 out of 80 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6345 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.1
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Cardinal Creek Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Illinois (2015 #7)

Reviews

4.2
179 Reviews (179)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 10
Bunkers 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 10
Playing Multiple Courses 8
Seniors 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 9
In the 'Burbs 8

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Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Early Season Condition

We played on the first warm day there's been for the last2-3 weeks and were very pleased with the condition of the course. They obviously have been out there working on their spring cleanup and mowing so the fairway and greens were pretty good. The staff was very helpful I think they appreciated our business. If you haven't played here consider giving them a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 03/28/2017:
Hi Rob, We are sorry to hear you did not enjoy the course conditions during your last round. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team in charge. We want to provide the best experience we can to all of our golfers by not only having friendly staff but a beautiful course. Thank you for playing Cardinal Creek Golf Course, we hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Play this course

The greens were a little shaggy but it has rained a lot the past week so i wouldn't hold that against. A nice course that deserves more patronage

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Cardinal Creek has come along way since the previous owners. New owners have brought life back to this gem in Beecher. Staff is very friendly and I would highly recommend this golf course to anyone of my friends, family, and colleagues.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice place to play

My threesome had a great day . The staff was nice and friendly. WE enjoyed the whole experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is a good course to work in your game.

The course is OK. Hard to tell fairways from rest of course at times. Greens tend to be small. The rough is high and often uncut.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible course management

It was very wet, which they cannot help, but they had not mowed the Greens in days. It was like putting on teebox. The tees were longer than fairways. They sent me off Center and had they sent me North first, I would have not run into a league. Bad experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Nice day

Everything at this course was great. The pace of play (3:40) was good probably because it was very hot and the course wasn't crowded. The conditions were surprisingly good as this is the first season for this course. Greens rolled smooth and true. We totally enjoyed our day and will come back again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Glad they re-opened

The course was in decent shape and pace of play was great! Looking forward to going back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The pace of play was great!

Enjoyed my round , however, rough areas (due to rain) made it difficult at times to find my ball.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great course,excellent pace of play

love cardinal creek, 27 hole course. pace of play excellent

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cardinal Creek

Enjoyed playing Cardinal Creek yesterday! Nice course, friendly staff, great value!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

First time played

This was a great value. Greens in excellent shape for the very dry conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 448
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Illinois Advisor
Top 10 Contributor
First Time Playing

Decently Maintained and nice greens

Thanks GolfNow for the $11 hot deal ($15 with fees) at Cardinal Creek. Played the Center/South nines and found them to be in just fine of shape - sure there's clover in the fairways and the lack of rain has the course playing extremely hard and fast. Most courses are playing hard/fast in Chicago this year anyway. I play golf all over Chicago land and overall I'd give this place 3.75 stars....downgrading due to lack of range and the fairways just grass/clover/etc. Our group had a real nice time and enjoyed a Sunday round in less than 3 hours teeing off after 11am. Amazing. The Center nine has 3 par 5's in a row....a first for me but kind of neat as well as 3 par threes of varying length. The South nine has a really strong par 5 and some other pretty decent holes. Found this to be a very decent/fun track to play. Very enjoyable. Traps were okay and the greens were just fine.....rolling well and challenging. The folks in the clubhouse, cart girl, maintenance staff were all extremely nice/welcoming and very friendly. Fantastic. I'll go back to Cardinal Creek again prior to the end of the season for certain!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hidden gem.

Took advantage of the hot deal on Independence day with a buddy. Course was fast and dry. New management explained that a lot of upgrades are coming. Need better signage for the direction to holes because of the 3 courses there.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

good golf for the price

small greens. fairways not well manicured but can't beat it for under 30 bucks. 200, 150, 100 yard markers on most if not all holes. great hotdog at turn with awesome condiment spread.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Good course for new or casual players

This course is not too challenging, (as long as you hit em straight), but there are lots of trees that errant shots will find. They need to put some water coolers out, or at least inform players to take water with them. Luckily we did have a bottle of water, or we would have been parched !

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course for the Value

Even though this course is in need of some maintenance it is still always a great play. Not much you can do about the lack of water other than water,bull but there is only so much you can do when it's 80-90 degrees on a daily basis and no rain. I expect that when I go back this fall or next spring that it will be in much better condition. Still a an overall 4. Other reviews that state this place is a cow pasture are an injustice to this course. It is by no means a CC that is privately funded and can be in peak conditions year round. If you enjoy a round of golf where the course will challenge you, and the greens roll true then this is your place. Played early in the morning and watched them hand water and hand roll the greens as we played. Keep up the good work Cardinal Creek.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor conditions

Made a drive out here because I have read great reviews for this course and after playing a round I was very disappointed. The entire round it was like hitting off of dirt. The ground was hard as can be. There were weeds all over the course and it was extremely difficult to tell the difference between the fairway and rough. The greens and bunkers were the only things in good condition. I feel that this course could be very good if they took care of the fairways and rough as well as the greens and bunkers.

Good course layout with 3 different nine options, but I would not be coming back here unless the course was in better condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

just add water

Fairways dried out and hard as a brick. Nice place all in all otherwise.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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