Lives
Champaign, Illinois
Handicap
5-9
Skill
Advanced
Plays
Once a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

2.5
2.5
Total 2 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

2 Reviews
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Recommended Courses
1
Not Recommended Courses
1
Helpful Votes Count
0
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
08/17/2015
Last Review
03/27/2018

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English Turn Golf & Country Club

Played On 03/26/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Layout, A Little Under Maintained

Awesome layout with a lot of interesting holes. Greens rolled great and super fast but we’re rock hard. Almost impossible to hold even wedges into them. Looked like they had cut back on maintenance a bit since it’s days hosting the PGA. Still a good deal for the $40 we paid.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair

Railside Golf Club

Played On 08/16/2015
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice staff, TERRIBLE conditions

This course changed owners a few years back and I really enjoyed the course back then. Not so much under the new ownership. It looked less like the nice links course I remembered and more like the set of Mad Max.

I expect a little bit of brown grass on any links course due to wind and lack of shade but this was extreme. The fairways were mostly dead and what wasn't was more crabgrass than bentgrass. The tees were the same way.

The greens rolled fairly quick but had large dead or spotty patches as well. It's been a fairly good year for rain here so my only assumption is they've tried to save money by not watering. Hope they saved a lot.

The cart gps was also very annoying. I went off the path on one par 3 that set off the return to path alarm and then it continued to go off at random for the rest of the round. So that was great.

On the other hand the clubhouse staff was great and the bar and restaurant had a very friendly and welcoming environment. I'd say go there for a cheap lunch but skip the golf. Even the $15 golf now rate I got wasn't worth it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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