Course was poorly maintained. Greens were mostly dead. Fairway was bumpy and grass was clumpy and tall. Clumps of cut grass everywhere. We had an 8:04 tee time. When we got there, club house was locked and maintenance guy had to give us key to cart. No access to restroom. We will not return.
4 years ago
We enjoyed our 18 holes at Summertree. The course was green and well laid out. The large trees added a good challenge to a few holes. The tee boxes were cut and in fine shape.. Although some of the greens look like they were recovering from some issues, we had a great time and the price was very reasonable.
4 years ago
I was bordering between 1 and 2 stars. Greens were long, patchy, bumpy, just generally not in good shape (ball needed 4 wheel drive). Fairways were also fairly long so you can imagine the rough. Tee boxes were not maintained. Cart paths were worse than Chicago roads. This course needs a lot of work to even be playable. It's too bad because we can use some reasonably priced decent courses in the area. Not looking for a private club, just a decent course.
5 years ago
I don’t want to give this course too bad of a review. Out of all the Hegan-owned golf courses, this is probably the best one. It has the most challenging layout, the most picturesque holes, and is probably the most fun to play. I never got to play Pheasant Valley before it closed, but that was probably #1 before Summertree.
Regardless, it’s a fun course to go play. However, I feel like this course is being held back from its full potential. This course is nice, but under the right ownership, this could be a premium course. It’s a bit overpriced on weekends but after 3 on weekdays it’s definitely affordable and well worth the price. I’m conflicted on this course because despite the course being nice right now, I know it could be a lot better and that saddens me a little bit.
I know the course is for sale right now (and has been for about 2 years now) so I can only hope that the next owner chooses to revamp and run the course well instead of developing it into a subdivision, especially because the course is in a good location, not far off of I-65. If the right owner comes into this course, this place will be amazing.
As for right now, it’s still definitely worth playing. If you haven’t played it yet, give it a try. It’s a nice course.
4 years ago
Had an early am tee time, clubhouse was not open, guy from the cart house gave us a key for the cart, told us to pay when we made the turn. Ok that's fine, I guess. My biggest complaint is the fairways were NOT mowed, no difference between fairways and rough. On the up side, the rough was not that bad, mainly because of the recent dry weather. A couple of the greens had some bad spots but overall were not bad, albeit a little slow but there was a heavy dew so that affected the speed. The greens were mowed but there were clumps of grass from the mower everywhere on the greens, making putting a challenge.The tee boxes were very rough with a lot of dead spots and weeds instead of decent grass. Plus there are lots of dead trees (mostly ash trees marked for removal) but they are obvioysly in no hurry to do that. They need to do a better job on their maintenance all around. It's a shame since this used to be a quality course.
7 years ago