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Systems are always down here. The pace of play is incredibly slow. There was a group in front of me where a single person hit 3 tee shots. I asked them if I could play through, as there was no one in front of them for at least a hole. They got upset and begrudgingly let me play through. It’s a shame, because it’s a nice track.

Every tee box had 2 groups waiting. Don’t play here if you’re looking for an enjoyable well paced round.

I'll start off by saying if you haven't played here yet, definitely check it out. One of the nicer public courses in the Chicagoland area.
However, I played Sunday at 640 AM and the pace of play was horrendous. You would think with a very early tee time, and higher than average pricing ($90) pace of play wouldn't be an issue. We played a 5 hour round because the group in front of us was being gapped by 2 holes! The "ranger" came around and we told him that they were incredibly slow. He said he told them to pick it up but there was nothing more he could do. I dont think he took it seriously when we told him on hole 3, because on hole 14 he was complaining to us how slow they were.
Message to Makray: if you have a "ranger" he has one job. Make sure he's doing it. Tell the players to skip a hole if necessary. They were causing a huge bottleneck to all the groups behind them.

Absolutely atrocious pace of play. The ranger is completely useless

This isn't a terrible course, and its close to the city. Stop trying to pack people into tee times. Another 5+ hour round at Chick Evans.

Figure out the pace. Separate tee times with a wider buffer, or have a ranger enforce pace a play.