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Layout
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Friendliness
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Pace
4.0
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7431 yards
Slope 127
Rating 74.7

Course Details

Year Built 1971
Fairways Blue Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Charles Maddox

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Friendliest Courses in the U.S. (2020 #22)

Reviews

4.1
100 Reviews (100)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Thick Rough 14
Bunkers 12
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 13
Advanced Golfers 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 13
Convenient to the City 12

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Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

We’re from Arizona and used to perfectly manicured courses. We selected this course because of a Hot deal and really didn’t expect much. We were blown away by how well this course is maintained. Greens were 10-11 stemp and in perfect condition. Course was beautiful and challenging. Would love to play it again some day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

An old grand course

Have loved Atwood since it opened.. It is a great design and fun track to play

It is in fantastic shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is great,staff not so much.

Course in great shape. Fun to play. I am of the opinion the course staff does not care much for Golf Now golfers after a couple times here. We got there 30 minutes early and instead of sending us out early they sold the open tee time in front of us to a single? Pace was slow because no ranger to keep a slow three some ahead of us at a decent pace. Winnebago courses need repeat customers, but done act like it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Enjoyable.

We enjoyed the course which was in good condition after all of the rain. Moo

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Team fun

Great day, decent price and ready for the season. FAirly open with only a few water holes. Will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Fun easy course for all levels

Atwood is very tranquil and peaceful course. Almost all of the holes are secluded and has alot of nature. Course is easier for the more advanced player but also has a handful of challenging holes. Staff is great and very courteous and friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Are those bunkers ever going to be fixed???

One of the clubhouse attendants is not the friendliest, the rest are good. The bunkers are absolutely horrendous, it is the biggest down fall of this course. Greens are slow but it is what it is, even mid season not just early in the year. There are tons of rocks in the bunkers, if they just picked 10 a day out while racking them in the morning it would help over time. Even rake and place can be an issue.

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

Great course to play

Atwood is a long and challenging course. You have chances to see Turkey and deer during your round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very friendly staff

The greens are in great shape but some of the bunkers look more like rock quarry’s instead of sand traps. The best part of my round was dealing with Sandy J. who works in the clubhouse. Every time I’ve been there Sandy greets me with a smile. He is a fantastic example of great customer service.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

always a great time here

Staff is always friendly and welcoming. Ranger promptly took care of getting us thru a slow foursome who had no clue they were holding up two twosomes and a single behind them. Course is always well kept. Nice player-friendly layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 207
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wide fairways

Room to roam on their treelined fairways.
Rough "grabby."
Course plays longer. Not much bounce...roll.
Played 3hrs. Solo. Tuesday-12:30.
Nice greens.
Bunkers gravelly.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice natural scenery

Atwood is a well maintained course pretty easy open fairways. Only negative is sand traps need to have new sand put in them more like rock traps. Overall this course is fun to play (grip and rip) and has alot of turkeys on it and I don't mean people! :)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Boulders and weeds in the bunkers

We love Atwood s layout and interesting holes. We HATE how lousy the Forest Preserve is maintaining the beautiful course. I was lucky enough to avoid the sand until hole 17. This bunker is on the right side of green. My ball was laying amongst several large rocks and some weeds where I needed to stand. We play the ball down so when I swung my club smashed into a large rock and the ball richocheted off 3 rocks and into the tall grass behind the green. Result was a damaged club and a lost ball. Sad. This isn’t the only bad trap on the course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

poor placement

course was in good shape, but where they had some of the pin placements you would think pro's were there,

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always pleasant.

Beautiful natural setting. Undulating greens can be difficult. Accommodating staff. Our twosome picked up another Golfnow user. We have been extremely lucky in being paired up with other Golfnow users. Not a jerk in all our groups.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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