West at White Pines Golf Course

Enjoyed my round on the west course Thursday.
We had a few sprinkles of rain when we first teed off but temperatures were great. The Greens and fairways were in great shape, but the rough was a little long (making some shots difficult). Plan to return this year to play the East course.

This course was fine, especially at the very low rate via GolfNow. The tee boxes were very scruffy and uneven, and the bunkers were terrible. The fairways and rough were ok, and the greens were in pretty good shape considering no one who plays there seems to fix any ball marks. I would play here again but not rushing back.

Shotgun start on the back nine, the back played tougher then the front, tough lay ups on the back if you can't stay in the fairway, the wind picked up and blew my drives off. The front played very easy with par able par 3's, broke 100, the 6$ bucket is awesome to range with before, 35 balls is perfect, chipping and putting greens in great shape. Very likeable course, challenging, narrow, Old School feel, makes you want to break out Grandpa's hat and wood woods. Will play again.

Played both East and West. Once also chose to walk. Love the level of difficulty and given that this course is maintained by the Bensenville Park District it is really really well kept.

No one can grow grass like White Pines. Always in good shape. Greens good

I haven’t played White Pines in a number of years - forgot how challenging it could be.
The course is in great shape and we had a nice afternoon.

Have played this course since the late 70s always love playing at White Plains

Beautiful tree lined course however it is poorly maintained. Cart path has a tremendous amount of potholes so its easy to tell they have not replaced it or maintained it in years. So bad, the gravel from the potholes are all over the path. Seriously, I felt like I was driving through some of the worst streets of Chicago. The fairways had a lot of fresh divots, the greens had a lot of fresh pitch divots, and the bunkers we're not raked at all. I played at 630am so I could tell the sand had not been raked in days or probably weeks. I'm not a course condition snob and I could not believe how bad the clientele is at repairing their divots and how bad the staff is at maintaining the course. Very surprised considering it costs $65. The layout is respectable and has enough challening areas to be an awesome course if the conditions weren't so bad.

I had a blast on here, bunkers sand was damp but very playable and in very good condition. Some rough areas had a little buildup of water but nothing terrible or even in the way. greens were maintained and tee boxes were fine.

Course conditions were good. Many holes tree lined with light dog legs with fairways and greens in good condition.
They have a couple large practice greens and a driving range. There are a couple issues though.
1. Lack of variety in course length. Par 70 course where tips are 6371 and the next distance is 5893 and the last being 5150.
With the course being tight I think people play the longer length and then waste time looking for their ball. The terrain isn't flat which means errant balls can travel places unexpected. I hazard to guess how long it could be to find your ball once the leaves fall. Unfortunately people don't limit their search to just a couple of minutes.
Several holes are significantly harder. For example there are two par 3's where the distance for the tips and next level are 192 over a long water carry vs 119 yards and the other is 183 vs 120 yards and again a large water carry.
2. Back nine is harder than the front. The front is a par 34 and the back is a par 36. The back 9 has more water carries and is tight. The problem is one can get through the front faster than the back - which means play is constantly backed up. After finishing hole nine there was literally a 20 minute wait before starting hole 10. Ultimately my round - which was mid day and a Thursday, took 4hrs 50 minutes.

I would suggest they should reverse the order - play the back nine first. Also, they need to find a way to make more options in the length - which I understand is not an easy solution.
Lastly enforce pace of play. I have found courses tend to not want to do this as they don't want to make their customers unhappy, but I would ask, how many people don't come back because of slow play.