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It had rained hard the day before so there were some puddles but greens were in great shape. Had a great time during this Covid junk.

Fun course to play. Usually finishes in just over 4 hours.

Course was great. Staff was nice. No cart girl on a Thursday. Outdoor grill not open either. A little confusing finding the pro shop. (Its downstairs to the left.)

Greens fast but fair. Fairways in good condition. Helps to have course knowledge. Staff was very friendly. Overall a great time.

The starter was great, very nice. I wish they has a ranger to make sure pace was kept.

Was able to go off first tee time with a foursome. Played in 1:40. Second 9 holes played in 2:20 because players going off front and back. Higher income crowd but nice course and conditions. Staff was excellent.

I play here often and it can be a 5 hour round at times. The round I played on this day was extremely quick but that is a rarity.

A few of the tee boxes needed to be moved. They were pretty roughed up. Same thing with the pin placements.

Paid $53 for 18 holes with cart. I have played many courses this year and I am willing to pay a high price for a high quality course. I would think this course should be priced between $40 and $45 based on other courses in the area. At that price level I would rate it 4 stars. Sand traps require attention or at least some more sand in them. I know the last couple of rains have destroyed many traps but there has been time to make the repairs. The one positive--very easy to get on especially on a very nice weekend but too many 2-somes were allowed out which slowed play.

The course is much like a forest preserve course. Fairways are relatively large. Trees can cause issues if you are not in the fairway. The course rangers do I great job trying to keep the pace on the fast side even though the golfers there tend to be higher handicaps. They are not afraid to take the lead in speeding up slow play which is nice considering most courses have no ranger supervision unless called upon by other golfers.

I would give 5 stars to the course and pro shop. If you are getting food before tee off, make sure you order a hotdog and not from the menu. The waitress was great but the cook took 30 minutes to make a reuben and 2 turkey clubs. I guess he was in the weeds as there was 1 other table of 4 people in the restaurant. Luckily the waitress was able to make the food to go so we could make the tee time. Give the waitress a raise and retrain your cook.

Course was not perfect in condition but was better than most. Some holes for first timers can be extremely difficult to figure out.

Chick Evans is the course I learned golf on. (That's why my sand play is so poor as they have very few sand traps). The price of $40 that I paid was way too high for the condition of the course. Within the last month, I played Highland Woods which is another park district course and paid $40. It was like playing Kemper when compared to Chick Evans. Officially Chick Evans is forever known as Chick Weed.