Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course Reviews

All my experiences took place Sunday AM Memorial Day weekend, between 6:15-9am. 6:39am tee time started right on time. Played early morning. Walked 9, 2.25hrs, there were only 2 of us, but the 4 some kept a good pace out in front of us. Greens were money, rolled probably 9-10, great undulations and a lot bigger than I expected, very nice condition for a Muni in my opinion, (I fixed a few ball marks but it wasn’t played out in my opinion), and I have played a lot of the cheapest from coast to coast. Nice mature trees. I think it is a steal to walk 9 holes of golf in Chicago for $30! And parking is cheap for the golf course too. Shorty walk to the Cool old clubhouse (you can drop your clubs too). Looks like they have a very nice short game practice area/facility for First Tee, next door. But they have a nice size putting green to check your speed next to the first tee. I really enjoyed the course and layout. It was fun. Only complaint is the bunkering. They are big and they are a great feature. They even have enough, nice, sand in them. They are just not being maintained properly. They need to be compacted and grated so the sand is more consistent across the whole bunker. Great value if your looking to sneak in 9. Could get away with driver or 3 wood, putter, and minimal iron set if you wanted.

Terrible architecture. Greens are too soft/slow for it to be fun. Pace of play is horrendous. Don't play here! Pine tree in front of a fairway bunker. This is the most egregious type of bad golf architecture! It could be one of the best par 5s in the state simply because of the location and instead you have this monstrosity. Take it away!!