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4.1
425 Reviews (425)
5 Stars
165
4 Stars
192
3 Stars
45
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.9
89.7%
Recommend this course
389 out of 425 reviews
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4.2
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 9 reviews
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4.2
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
90.6%
Recommend this course
48 out of 53 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 35
Length 3046 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Previously known as Blue at Boone Creek Golf Course

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/30
Architect Gordon Cunningham (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "McHenry Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No sleeveless shirts/open heel shoes. Shirts & shoes must be worn at all times.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.1
425 Reviews (425)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
Course Challenges Include:
Thick Rough 11
Bunkers 10
Water Hazards 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
9-Hole Rounds 11
Beginners 10
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 14
Worth the Drive 7

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Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Except For The Rough

I would have given 5 stars, but the rough is just too tall. It is long and takes WAY too long to find your ball. There were even a couple holes I couldn't even find my ball and I was just off the fairway. They need to keep the rough a bit lower to help find your ball and keep the pace of play moving. There is no reason someone should have to look that hard when your ball is only 20 feet off the fairway. Other the the rough, the course is GREAT! Brand new carts, excellent greens, and a bit underrated. I will be back, but please mow the rough.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/16/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Aerated tee boxes and fairways

This was course was good overall but there was too much sand on the tee boxes, my driver got sandy too often. The bunkers need more sand than the fairway which also had some sand before the green on some holes. Overall this course was good and interesting but some things need to be improved to get a 5 star

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/16/2022

Thank you for your review. We will pass along your experience and feedback to our team at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Skip the Boones Creek experience

Skip the Boone Creek experience… we reserved three times on Sunday, August 14 for $33. This is the first course that I haven’t paid for by my card on tee off.com and it said right on the teetimes that I made that you would pay at the course,. I should have realized there would be an issue to begin with because instead of $90 the gentleman behind the desk said it would be 150. When I explained I had purchased on teeoff.com The gentleman behind the desk said are you walking or are you riding. Every teatime I have purchased on Toff has the cart included. Since this course was around 45 minutes from home and it was an afternoon time we only had the choice of walking away and not playing or paying the extra 60 so we did pay the extra $60 and what a mistake, the tea boxes and Fairwayshave sand down as opposed to soil. My husband and I played this course six years ago and we couldn’t remember why we were never going to go back but at this juncture we will remember

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/19/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are sorry to hear your experience was not up to par. Since you purchased your tee time from TeeOff.com we recommend reaching out to them about this. If you need further assistance, please reach out to our pro shop. We will be happy to assist you. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course conditions

Sand traps were hard pack with little to no sand base.
The rough was not cut recently so balls were very hard to find if at all.
The greens were very fast making them hard for distance control for the average weekend golfer.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/16/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

greens are great

We love playing Boone Creek..the price is right, the variety is good (3 nines) and the greens are true and fast and fun.

It's unfortunate that we were playing Creekside and some jagoffs did donuts with their cart on the 9th green. Hopefully they were able to identify them. Glad the damage didn't look too bad.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/16/2022

Hi, thank you so much for the great review and 5-star rating. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Outstanding

Beautiful course , friendly staff and great value.

Fast greens hard to read for a beginner but that’s what’s it’s all about learning . Perfect course for beginners due to price and amount of holes (27)

Can’t wait to go back !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/12/2022

Thank you for your review! We will pass along your experience to our team at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 182
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Okay course

Very short holes,but good course for seniors and beginners. Sanded the greens which was an unpleasant surprise. We still had fun.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 08/08/2022

Hi, thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Once relatively easy - Now Diabolical

Having played here many times in years past our group was amazed to find the course so difficult to play now. The fairways and greens are well maintained. However, the greens are so fast that we were unable to hit anything easy enough to prevent running way past the hole. The overgrown natural areas have effectively narrowed the course substantially and created blind landing areas from several tees. The rough is thick and much deeper than I remembered. I had great difficulty hitting from it as did the others in the foursome. None of us scored near our usual expectations.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/05/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/03/2022

Hello and thank you for your great rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/03/2022

Hello, we appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Weekend golf

The course was damp due to excessive rain and it was cart path only so only played 9 because too wet and too humid to keep going

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/26/2022

Thank you for your review. We will pass along your experience and feedback to our team at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 07/18/2022

Hello, we appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Will never return!

Management at this course care more about putting money in their pockets than taking care of the course. For many years now, they refuse to keep the rough playable. Even the first cut was so high, you can barely find your ball let alone try to hit it. Have said before I would not play there again, definitely no more now. Bring a lot of balls with you, you'll need them. I will never recommend this course to anyone

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 07/18/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.

Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.

Thank you for visiting Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/30/2022

Hello and thank you for your great rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great time

Very nice course, greens in excellent shape. Fairways were.a bit long but it was a Monday morning round. Ranger came out at the turn and put us on the 3rd 9 to make sure pace of play stayed on time. Overall I would recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/29/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Try it! You might like it!

I had a good outing. Enjoyed the view. Course is in good condition. If you haven’t played here, then give it a try.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/28/2022

Hi, thank you so much for your feedback. We are glad you enjoyed your time at Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course, and pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible.

We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/01/2022

Hello and thank you for your wonderful rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

Played On
Reviews 64
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Father's day

great place to spend Father's day with my son.
We enjoyed a great day on a nice course .
Hope to make it an annual event..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/21/2022

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/01/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/02/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Boone Creek Golf Club - Prairie Course!

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