Chapel Hill Country Club

Perfect course for a low price and low key round. Fairways are dry and hard as usual, greens are soft as usual but in okay shape, tee boxes are horrendous. Most lies are tight, so don’t expect to be taking huge divots with each swing. Place is riddled with seniors and young people, both of which don’t have good feel for courtesy or general golf etiquette. Last time I went here an old dude had a heat stroke in front of us right in the middle of the green! But you can’t expect etiquette when you come here. This is a place you come for practice rounds or to drink with your friends. Also a very popular course for faculty outings and leagues… afternoon rounds can be very slow.

Good variety of hole types. Mostly short par 4s but some have a little length. Par 3s of all types, and the longest par 5 in Illinois (from the tips). Some of the greens are very difficult and sometimes they put the pins in near-illegal locations which is frustrating.

The green's were true and well maintained. Fairways needed a little work also the teeboxs could use some care. Overall it was a great challenge. Lots of old trees. Hills and valleys. Hitting the Fairways will reward you.. Great course.

Was a little cold but we got thru it with out frostbite

Pace of play and lack of side markers make for overlapping gateways. Very slow pace as well. Like maybe overlooking!

Chapel Hill is a value course. Greens are okay except many of them are extremely small. A decent enough challenge - crab grass fairways and non maintained bunkers - rock hard conditions. Downhill putts on the 8th and 14th - forget it. They are rehabbing several tee boxes and seeding with divot mix on others.....nice to see that. Most of the dead trees are cleaned up. I play this course once a season with my GolfVisions players pass. You have to play this course a few times to figure out where to route your ball - especially on the 15th and 17th holes. 3 of the four par 3's are long ones...if you can survive the 1st four holes with par or bogey you can score well on the rest of them until you reach 17 and 18. Clubhouse is closed except for the bathrooms. Check in at the back patio window w/beverage service available. Take your less accomplished player here....they will be comfortable. You'll likely be disappointed as an accomplished player.....really small green pads on a number of holes. I like the place because there are some really funky holes and shots to pull off. $25-$30 value....happy it's still open. Recommend but now you know what you're getting into.

Nice late September day temp in the 60’s and had my lowest score ever

At first, I thought playing 18 with a cart for $29 was a good deal, but I found out that you definitely get what you pay for. As a lot of reviews that I read saying all of the fairways are rock hard weren’t wrong. There were so many dead spots that I was worried of chewing up my irons. While I was waiting for a group in front of me to finish on 2 separate holes, I had to pick up my ball because a guy that was cutting the grass (even though there’s nothing to cut) would’ve ran my ball over if I didn’t pick it up. Even for only $29, I’d never play here again.

Played 3 or 4 times this year and everytime the samething...dry hard conditions its like they just wait for it to rain.greens need work