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I’ve played here for years and have to say this course is nothing like it once was. It’s gone severely downhill due to lack of money put into the course and poor overall maintenance.

The Ash Borer took a TON of trees off this course in the past 5 years; which I understand the course couldn’t control, but it’s changed the difficulty. 15 years ago this course was a great value - country club course conditions due to the heavy tree lined fairways & small quick greens that were tough to hold.

Now, there’s dirt in most bunkers and the course is severely unkempt. Tee boxes have tons of unfixed divots and are pocked with weeds - tough to find a flat stance for tee shots on many holes. The fairways which were another great part of this course are now hairy, also with weeds. Rough is hit or miss, with some heavy hay areas due to the recent heavy rains. Golf Carts are absolute junk, most club straps will not stay put - so beware your golf bag falling off the back if you hit bumps, etc.

Pace of play is spotty as well. Lots of older players and younger hackers alike out here (mark your balls). Rangers really serve no purpose.

There’s lots of beat up areas, cart path areas as well as dead pan areas riddled throughout the course. It’s sad this course is no where close to what it was back in the day.

There’s no cart girl on the courses and only limited offerings at the half way house - hot dog/chips/drinks. Food in clubhouse is decent but nothing to rave about.

I’d suggest taking a pass on GlenEagles. There’s plenty of good, week maintained courses in the area for around the same price.

Played here after a 15 year hiatus. I didn't think much of the course back then having played it a handful of times and nothing has really changed over that time period; with the exception of a lot of trees lost during the tornado back in 2015 it is a little more open than what I remember

Course feels similar to many you see in central IL, where they are simply cut out of the woods. There's not many memorable holes here and the greens were poor with many patches of semi-dead spots where your ball would jump and bounce while putting. Rough was long, but likely that way due to recent rain. Serviceable clubhouse with pro-shop & restaurant with typical food at the turn.

Pace of play was slow as well. In my opinion, overall there are many better choices in this area: Heritage Bluffs & Kankakee Elks being two that come to mind.

It's hard to beat this course at $27-35 with a cart. Walking up you should understand you're not necessarily getting a 5 star course, but for the cost and the course playing conditions you'll get a Deer Creek, it's a solid 4 stars and a course that I would highly recommend to any golfers looking for a fairly priced course out south.

I have played here roughly 5 times now and the one thing that is always consistent is how flat, true and well maintained the greens are. This is something I personally find hard to find at many courses I play here in IL...In addition, fairways are always plush and mowed nicely. It's not "resort style", high end fairway; but again, for the price, it can't be beat. The only negative that I can think of would be that some of the traps are a little low on sand; some are almost hard pan. But, most are playable and not dirt hard pan.

Overall course layout is fun and challenging. There isn't a ton of water, but there is enough in all the right places to make it interesting. There isn't a ton of trouble to contend with, fairways are wide and many trees are small/saplings that don't impede shots into greens. If you tend to spray the ball around you can find hazards & OB but generally can still recover.

Last, but not least, I want to give a nod to the staff at the course. Always friendly when I have been out there, decent bar menu and drinks with very fair pricing.

When we played yesterday, they made an honest mistake quoting us about a league going off before we made the turn and when we came in to grab a drink asked about it and they gave us a free drink for the inconvenience...totally not necessary, but appreciated! Great little place in the south burbs - give it a try - you won't be disappointed.

Being a New Lenox resident, I had played Sanctuary a handful of times in the past. I'm not a huge fan of the layout...its a weird mix of holes & everytime I've been out the course had been beat up and the pace of play was awful...
Headed out with my Father on opening day of the NFL as there was a 90 minute block of tee times open - so we figured we'd give the course another try being it should be fairly wide open & $38 on a Sunday was a good rate.

Cutting to the chase, we played 12 holes and ended up driving off the course. Sanctuary was pretty much how I remembered it...poor tee box conditions, very little sand in the traps, greens typical wear with a handful of unfixed ball marks but roll nicely & fairways and rough are nice and plush.

The problem we encountered besides being underwhelmed by the course was the pace of play. Even when I checked in I asked the starter if the course was wide open, etc which he replied, "you'll be fine". Well 3 holes in we ran into a 4some that unfortunately decided they didn't want to let us play through. Nice golf etiquette!? After waiting on the Par 5, 5th we skipped 6 to get ahead and then proceeded to hit another group. I still don't understand where these groups came from?

Now, I understand golf on a Sunday can be slow (it's why I normally DONT play on the weekends) but after seeing all the open tee times & calling before booking to confirm with the course I was frustrated. We waited 3-5 mins on every shot as we somehow ran into a backlog of golfers.

The thing that annoyed me was that they had 3 Rangers there at the course & and we never saw one out of the actual course checking pace of play. How do I know there were three? When I came to drop the cart off to leave, two were sitting in carts on 1 (apparently it takes two guys to check paid tickets as a Starter?) and the third was in the clubhouse "checking" on the NFL scores/games while telling some guys he needed to get back outside.

I just honestly would never pay more than $40 for this course. It's not worth it in my opinion & the layout is average at best - definitely tailored to a high handicapper. That's not an insult, just my 2 cents.

With all the money New Lenox spends on their Village Hall & Police Station, I'd expect a more high end, well maintained & manicured public course (take a look at Naperville's Naperbrook & Springbrook courses, for example). Needless to say, I won't be back again. Just not my cup of tea.

I've played Green Garden probably 100 times now. I used to play it a ton as a teenager and before they added the Driving Range, Dome & Emerald course.

Found an early round on GolfNow for $35 so decided to venture back out here as I play Green Garden maybe once a year a most now.

I couldn't see paying more than $35 for this course (Gold or Blue) as they simply don't take good care of the courses. The tee boxes were chewed up with weeds, fairways are crispy & not well watered and the greens (especially the front on Gold) had what I believe was some type of disease as it looked like hundreds of unrepaired ball marks all over. It made putting a challenge, obviously.

The halfway house only offers hot dogs (which weren't ready when we came through) and chips.

The course layout is fairly challenging with a decent amount of water & sand. Sand traps do have a good amount of sand so not an issue should you find yourself in a bunker during a round.

Pace of play was good. I believe they're struggling to get groups out to Green Garden. For $35, it's not a bad course so long as you realize the course isn't a 5 star track.