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3.1
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3.9
Amenities
3.8
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About

Holes 12
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6755 yards
Slope 121
Rating 71.8
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Railside Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1993
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/15
Architect Paul Loague

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
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
Dress code Shirts must be worn at all times. Women do not have to have a collared shirt, but may not wear or halter tops. No cutoff shirts permitted.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.5
33 Reviews (33)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Course was great. Staff was friendly Pace of play was great even with a jr tournament happening at the same time. Only thing bad to say is they need a beverage cart or vending machines or water coolers or something along those lines somewhere on the course during the round. Overall great time will definitely be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good layout.

Truly enjoy this course. Good layout and well maintained. Value is exceptional. Top off the round with a great selection of sandwiches. Staff is always nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wide Open

Not a terribly tough course. Due to the dry weather this year the fairways are green and the greens soft but everything else brown and dying. Not their fault.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Recommended Course

Bordering on drying out. The alarm for leaving the cart path is a bit annoying at times. Sand traps need work, top layer is crusty and hard. Great brat at the turn.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good true greens

Course was in good condition. good greens , good and true cut to perfection. fairways were also in great shape

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course needs better supervision

The course played SLOW , the GPS is great but not sure the purpose of have the ON SCHEDULE feature is available if not policed. WE had a six man scramble all on one hole at the same time the entire back nine The price we paid was fair for the conditions, of the course, need sand in traps.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow!

I could not believe it Sunday. I was a single and none of the golfers were courteous enough to let me play through. On top of that, I found there was two 6somes in front of me on the course. I can understand during the week, but on a weekend day? What a joke!...Make sure you play here during the week!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The cups were really beat up and need replaced.

I enjoyed the links style course. The golf carts were fantastic.

It appears that to many people are being lazy and using their putter to take the ball out of the hole. This causes the edges of the hole to get all chewed up and makes it hard to roll into the cup. Perhaps their should be a marshal patrolling the course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Deal on this course

I played Railside yesterday using golfnow to book my teetime. I live about 5 min away from the course and they had a tee time available in roughly 15 min. I through the clubs in my car and headed out.
Course is in really great shape. Carts have GPS which is pretty accurate on most of the carts. Railside plays very difficult when it is windy. With no wind, it is pretty easy to score.
This is one of the nicest courses in the area and is usually priced cheaper than the comparable courses in Bloomington or Champaign.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Basic golf, good price

The course is not going to wow you. It's pretty basic, wide open, and not very difficult. The greens are very slow and full of ball marks. Gibson City is also not terribly close to anything. Surprisingly, there were a lot of people playing, probably because it was a holiday. The price was right. I guess I can conditionally recommend the course, as long as you don't expect too much.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Short course, but strong winds makes it difficult. Good condition

Short course, but strong winds makes it difficult. Good condition, bit of a drive to the course though.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Featured
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice layout.

It's in farming country so it's relatively flat and very playable from the forward tees which is nice for seniors and other short hitters.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not bad at all, but a little boaring

Railside is ok, but not at all a course to be remembered. All the holes are similar. Play one hole and you have played them all.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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