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Nice course with tree lined fairways and plenty of greenside bunkers. Short course (about 6300 from the tips), accuracy is key off the tee, as you can miss on the wrong side of the fairway and have trees blocking your approach. A few blind shots and doglegs. Greens were running a little slow, but had rained the previous day. If they are usually that slow though, you can be really aggressive with chip shots. Nice practice facility, and great old clubhouse. Western Open used to be played on Number 4, but pretty cool to hit balls on the range where I'd watch the pros when I was a kid. Staff was very friendly.

Only negative was the pace of play. The group in front of us on the front 9 was brutally slow, and when they left, we were stuck behind another slow group on the back. It was Sunday twilight, but still.

You drive through the old gates of what used to be an exclusive country club decades ago and head towards the coolest clubhouse I have ever seen. Tom Bendelow design (he also designed Medinah) that was built in 1905, and it definitely has an old world feel to it. Tree lined fairways and small greens. The course is right on Lake Michigan, and you get some awesome views on 2 and 6. Overall, just an awesome little facility that is definitely worth playing.

Very cool old golf course, tree lined fairways, greens were rolling smoothly. A short course in general, but a couple of the par 5's are of decent length. Drive-able par 4's are always fun. Always enjoy playing here.

The front and back 9's are like night day, the front being open and flat with big greens, and the back being tight and hilly with smaller, quicker greens.

It's a pretty short course and is usually in decent shape, other than the pitch marks on the greens that people never repair. Can hit a lot of drivers on the front, and should probably shoot at pins with the big, slow greens. The back is challenging and a lot of fun to play.

Hands down my favorite layout. Very scenic. Lots of elevation changes. It's a very fair length from the tips, and accuracy is key. Greens roll pretty smooth. Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Already after years of neglect, the course had severe flood damage back in 2008 and the new owners shut down for a while and added some much needed repairs, but the course is still trying to get back to its' glory days. I believe Tom Watson actually holds the course record out here, unless it has been broken recently.

Go enjoy the unique layout and the scenery, you can definitely see the potential of what the course can be, and appreciate what the course once was.