Naperbrook GC is a very good public course, and I recommend it.
An excellent newer chipping area, along with full driving range, provides superior practice facilities compared to other courses in the area.
The course design is relatively flat, offering an opportunity to easily walk 18. Riding carts are available, and I would describe them as adequate quality. Basic GPS is on the carts, but it's older tech and the carts themselves were a bit shop-worn.
Several water hazards, along with plenty of sand traps, keep the course a challenge. A variety of tee boxes cater to all skill levels. Hole #18 design is really creative, a personal favorite hole in the area.
This course is played hard and gets a ton of traffic. The maintenance crew does a great job of trying to keep the course in good condition. Sand traps are usually the first thing I look at with respect to maintenance quality, and the team at Naperbrook take good care of the traps. That said, greens had a lot of ball marks, and fairways had their share of divots. Pace of play for a mid-week day afternoon round was a little over 4 hours, so not bad.
Two of the Par 3 tee box areas were under complete renovation when we played our round. That's a great sign of course management IMHO, as I play a lot of different courses and par 3 tee boxes often can be a disaster from divots and lack of maintenance. Thanks for tackling that Naperbrook!
Staff at the pro shop and starter station were pleasant and on task.
For an early November round, Naperbrook offered an outstanding...
Read moreI consider this my “local course”. I’ve played it dozens of times. It’s always a good round. Although like many public/park district courses it’s sometimes a bit backed up, Naperbrooks staff does a great job of being low key involved but on the spot as well. Green s are always in good conditions and not very fast. Hard to lose a ball and there’s not a lot of “trouble” areas, yet it’s still a challenging but fair course. I play with my junior golfer almost weekly and the front 9 is a very good course for that when you tee them up around 150 out. Bunkers well maintained as is the rest of the course. They have a nice driving range, huge putting green and even a practice bunker. The clubhouse is a small pro shop, with a concessions area that has a really good selection and f adult and all ages beverages. Even about 6 on tap beers. The seating area could be better but the outdoor seating is awesome overlooking the practice facility and the 9th green. Overall I’d say this is a great park district course that is worth a good look if you’re looking to play...
Read moreBe Careful with this club! Last week i was driving to my daughter’s school and got my car hit with a ball from this club. Went to them next day, the manager gave us to fill a vehicle accident form because the person that hit the car reported the incident. We contacted our insurance company, they contacted the club and a week later the insurance called my husband and said the club is not responsible for the car repair! My husband went to this club again and talked to the other manager , that said that they are not responsible for anything, things like this happened all the time. The damage that was made to my car is 1000$ worth because it’s an expensive car and now i have to pay all the expenses just because i was driving on the road and got hit but someone else’s mistake! I’m driving this route twice a day 5 days a week, that means if i’ll get hit again, that will be my problem again? P.s they don’t even have a fence all around to prevent...
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