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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6726 yards
Slope 134
Rating 72.2

Course Details

Year Built 1920
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 12/01
Architect Bob Lohmann (1989) Dick Nugent (1977) Jacobson Golf Course Design (2018)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $20
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lockers, Locker Rooms

Reviews

4.3
129 Reviews (129)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 7
Narrow Fairways 6
Thick Rough 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 16
Walkers 11
Beginners 10
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 15
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Decent Muni Course

Sunset Valley is a nice muni course. Not a lot of frills and is generally pretty short. That said it is still fun. Some narrow fairways and lots of trees. Drive it straight and you could really score here. Smaller greens. Great staff. Old gas carts though with no GPS.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Sunset Valley

Nice friendly course with a good variety of holes and in good condition. I would recommend this course to friends

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice course

Pretty well priced. Conditions are overall very good. Fringe on greens need work but main portion of greens are good. Fun course. Not very long. Pace of play not an issue. Professional staff.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 207
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 50 Contributor
First Time Playing
Used cart

Some choppy greens

Decent course.
Nothing special.
Friendly people. Overpriced!
My rec would be for a good price. That price being $32 weekdays and $40 weekends. Rack rate is $66. Too much.
I paid $45 on Sunday. Too much.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Value for money

Nice course, decent condition all a round barring a couple of greens. Staff very friendly

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Greens in bad shape

The greens were pretty awful. The rest of the course was in decent shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cute course

Nice round. Course in great condition. Friendly staff. Great value on line.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Fun and Challenging

Great course in good condition and easily worth the discounted price that I paid. There can be a lot of water on the course after a heavy rain so I would wait for a few dry days before playing. Also a good deal @ the undiscounted, weekday twilight walking rate. A little pricey on the weekend and probably crowded too.

Many of the best holes set up from different tees from the blue and white. Play from the blue tees if you can. From the blue tees the course pays long and with the lush bent fairways that may be damp it plays even longer. Expect to use your long irons and bring your A game if you want to score. This course is deceptively difficult and the deep bent rough is something to be avoided.

Sunset valley is an Audubon course so even though it's flat and a typical Midwest landscape it has it's moments of beauty and there are almost no houses adjacent to the fairways.

I played during the week so the course was not crowded. A cart came with the discount rate so it took about 3 hours. The locals here are great about letting singles through. Staff is friendly too.

This is a very solid golfers course that will not disappoint, Not much of a practice area and no range so if you want to hit balls you have to go up the street to the Highland Park public facility.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Solid course....

Good price on Golfnow. Great friendly staff. Greens are in rough shape right now due to winter, but playable. Fairways are in great condition. New food provider on property is a step up. (Michael's)

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great after the rain.

Springtime golf is always iffy. Wet conditions, aerated greens, spotty rough. All that was there today.Despite all that I can't wait to get back here later this year. It is a challenging but fair layout. I recommend this to mid and low handicaps!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

For Dec. 4 golf the course was in great shape.

They took care of goose droppings on the greens!! The fairways were in good condition also.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens perfect, Good Test of Golf

Perfect greens (speed and challenging)
Good test of golf, you will use every club in your bag here.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Better than expected

I picked this course from the list of Golfnow specials available for the day. I was a single and thought I would be paired up. There was a foresome in front of me and a twosome behind me. The twosome wanted to keep it that way, which turned out to be fine because for the first fifteen holes or so I could barely keep up with the foresome and the twosome fell way back. The course layout is interesting with a variety of holes. I played from the back tees a little over 6,400 yards, but the course did not seem long. On most holes the back and middle tees are fairly close to each other. The greens and the sand were in good shape for a public course. I would definitely go back.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good track, could be better

Layout was very nice, but the bunkers need some work. Good muni track, I prefer this over Highland Park CC which is the other course run by the park district.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value.

Challenging. Enough water and hazards yet fair for all handicaps. Not too long but difficult at times. Greens are in good shape and fairways fine for a public course. Pace was easy and staff was accessible if needed. There's now a net to warm up which was never the case before.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Featured
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good value

Course was well kept. Not too crowded. Good pace of play. Very happy with it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Featured
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

I make it point to play this course whenever possible.
Well maintained with rangers discouraging slow play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice course and scenic.

Very nice course. not overly difficult, but has it's challenges. The only negative Are some of the people playing there. A twosome decided to walk up on the white tees as I was about to tee off from the back. They basically ignored me and tee'd off anyway. They were older men so I did not make a big deal of it. The same two decided to hit approach shots as the twosome in front of them were still on the green. Some people just don't get it I guess...

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were very very slow. Need to be cut

Course was in good shape. Greens were very very slow. Needed to be mowed. Play was a little slow. Price was great.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 189
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

This course is nice and very convenient to the expressway.

Staff was very friendly, course was in good condition. Took my son, who's just starting out, didn't feel rushed at all.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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