West/East at Arrowhead Golf Club
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About
Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton offers 27 holes of championship golf. The entire course features water on 17 holes and 77 strategically placed bunkers. The course is divided into three nine-hole courses that can be played in different 18-hole combinations. The club opened in 1927 but two of the golf courses, South and East, were renovated in 2011, followed by the West nine a year after. The golf courses are all equally challenging but they each have a unique character. The West/East Course starts with the shortest nine but it also has one of the most intimidating water holes, the par-3 seventh, which has a green that is almost entirely surrounded by water. With such a challenging variety of courses, it is not hard to imagine why Arrowhead G.C. is considered one of the best municipal golf courses in the Chicago area.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6643 yards | 72.6 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 6166 yards | 70.6 | 128 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4905 yards | 68.7 | 119 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.6/133 | 405 | 401 | 300 | 375 | 146 | 550 | 165 | 527 | 410 | 3279 | 538 | 377 | 174 | 491 | 439 | 450 | 350 | 185 | 360 | 3364 | 6643 |
| Blue/White M: 71.6/131 | 385 | 401 | 300 | 375 | 146 | 526 | 137 | 507 | 410 | 3187 | 515 | 377 | 156 | 491 | 383 | 410 | 350 | 159 | 360 | 3201 | 6388 |
| White M: 70.6/128 W: 75.8/134 | 385 | 383 | 275 | 355 | 125 | 526 | 137 | 507 | 392 | 3085 | 515 | 332 | 156 | 460 | 383 | 410 | 316 | 159 | 350 | 3081 | 6166 |
| White/Red M: 67.4/121 W: 72.1/126 | 314 | 383 | 275 | 355 | 125 | 391 | 81 | 410 | 392 | 2726 | 415 | 332 | 138 | 460 | 314 | 323 | 316 | 108 | 350 | 2756 | 5482 |
| Red M: 64.6/114 W: 68.7/119 | 314 | 318 | 221 | 282 | 105 | 391 | 81 | 410 | 317 | 2439 | 415 | 287 | 138 | 378 | 314 | 323 | 243 | 108 | 260 | 2466 | 4905 |
| Handicap | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 10 |
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Fun Time
South/East at Arrowhead is a great time. Some of my favorite holes are on the South course and is a great front 9 for the round. Arrowhead also has option of playing 18 holes with West/East. Believe it switches each month. Highly recommend playing at Arrowhead!
Great Municipal Course
Arrowhead is a fun time! A bit challenging and for a municipal course, is in great shape! Staff are friendly and the starter's have gotten a lot better in regards to pace of play. So far this year it has not taken over 5 hours to play a round which is impressive considering in years past how long it has taken to play an 18 hole round. Highly recommend playing Arrowhead Golf. Have played both rotations of 18 with South/East & West/East. You'll enjoy your time at Arrowhead!
Pleasantly surprised
This course was average at best years ago, played it for the 1st time since renovations. Very nice, make time to eat there also.
Best shape ever
This course is in the best shape I can remember. Greens, tees & fairways are in phenomenal shape
Conditions are great but...
Was in the Chicago area for my annual golf vacation and was really looking forward to playing this course. Had heard/read great things and the 3 of us were stoked to cap off a great trip by playing arrowhead.
Main thing was course conditions were great. Great fairways, great bunkers, lightening fast greens. Layout was fine...reminded me of a muni layout, not a ton of originality, but it was fine.
So no major complaints about the course...however they have an extremely rude cart person that harassed us for a chunk of our round. It was an older gentleman with an accent. He followed us on several holes, glaring at us, and literally stopping to watch each of our shots. When we asked him what he was doing, he just grunted and drove off, only to come back on the next hole. When we finished 18, we were unsure where to return the carts, asked this guy and he refused to help.
Absolutely no idea why this guy was acting this way.
So I can not recommend due to extreme rudeness/making us feel uncomfortable. It’s a shame because normal starter was great and course is in awesome condition.
October dream
Sunny, day in the high 60s, low wind, very few leaves on the ground for late October. No one was in front of us and we finished a 2:07 start at 5:25. Course was in wonderful shape, greens were FAST. Wonderful alternative to sitting and watching the Bears lose again.
Great conditions
Greens, fairways and sand traps where in perfect shape on the east and west courses....South course was closed for maintenance.
Beautiful course.
This course is beautiful and in great conditions. The restaurant is serving up fantastic after golf fairs.
Great course but challenging fairways
Great weather, course in great shape, pace was decent.. Rangers on course help move groups along.
Great clubhouse, bar, outside area.
Tight fairways but fun!
Tight fairways, but makes for a challenging and fun golf outing.
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