Woodbine Golf Course

officially closed
100 dead trees need to be removed from the former Woodbine golf course and banquet hall property before Homer Glen allows residents to use the land

It’s a little late for this review, as they are going to turn this place into the Village hall in a few months. Rude! Anyway. Hop to it. They have a great brunch for a reasonable price. Beef tenderloin, stuffed shells, ribs, a fruit table, desserts that you can’t get at a pastry shop. The omelet station with fresh waffles, a pasta station with shrimp. And the OJ is on the house as well. Can’t find that anywhere. Everything tasted like it was homemade and not frozen, then microwaved. Such a shame that I just discovered this wonderful food circus. They are open til at least Fathers day!

An low and behold the course went bankrupt and the Homer Glen township bought the land. Latest is that it will be open for the 2014 season but beyond that who knows. With any luck Homer will remove all staff involved with customer contact on the golf side of this buisiness and replace them with a more professional, customer oriented staff. If they do this course would be back on my rotation, particularly with the Groupon.

THIS PLACE IS TRICKY. ive been playing here every weedkend for the past 3 months. DO NOT PLAY IF YOU DONT TEE OFF BY 9AM don’t even think about playing at noon. Groupon starts at 10 so don’t mess around with that. Their prices are HIGH, but I come for the golf. Greens are nice, course is fairly short, not really any danger of losing balls, except for 11 and 12, I HATE THOSE HOLES. again, don’t even attempt playing after 9am. I get in 3 ½ to 4 hour rounds. my lowest score is 74 there. Greens run true, fairways are nice. Starters are nice. the owner is a D! CK and so is one of the bald dudes in the pro shop, PR! CK! WARNING, do not play when they have an outing unless your an hour ahead. THEY WILL ALLOW 5 somes. So if a 4 some outing in front of you decides to screw around with the 4 some in front of them, your sitting all day and all they can do is tell them to split up. if they don’t, they call the cops and your still sitting. get up early and tee off before 9.

I played this course for the first time in October with the weather being ideal.
A quick review of this course, the course is an average tree lined course. It has some water but overall, it is not that difficult of a course. I found the greens to be the most difficult part of the course, fast with sneaky sloops. One should read those greens carefully and not let the group behind you intimate you into a fast or no read. As far as backed up on a very nice day, of course it was. As far as the staff, I wasn’t involved with them other then signing in. So I have no comment if they do a courteous job or not. I did notice the gravel cart paths had a lot of potholes but the course seemed ok.
I believe the cost during the summer wasn’t a good value for this average course. Maybe the voucher is a better deal in the summer but with reduced rates in the fall, a voucher is not a good deal. I saved maybe $ 3 off the senior rate. I don’t think I will be going back to this course.

Had been going there for 15+ years, but after being hounded by the rangers and the owner (!) on the course for slow play when we ended up finishing the round in 4 hours, I will never go back. Unbelievably rude way to handle a large group of people who paid you $ 500 and played fast the entire round.
Anyone looking to play in the southwest suburbs can find many other courses nearby for less money that are in better shape…

My husband and I had our wedding here and anyone looking to host anything here needs to run. I believe her name was Peg. She was sweet when I signed the contract but the ink wasn’t dry before she started treating me like garbage. Food is average at best, services is subpar, and all in all I wouldn’t host my dogs funeral lunch here. Although the building itself is pretty it doesn’t make up for Pegs gross lack of hospitality.
Good luck to you if you host anything here!

I’ve only been here for showers, and the food is ok. The bar is a bit pricey and way down a the other end of the building from the banquet rooms. Which is a pain. I have not golfed here, but if I do you can count on me Unilocaling about that.

Ok food, the older lady who appeared to be the Banquet manager had very strict rules and did not like children. Drinks were overpriced and AV equipment was only working half the time. Ruined a very nice speech.
They need to replace the Banquet manager as she was unreasonably involved with telling attendees how they should behave even though no one was misbehaving. She seemed to let her emotions drive her management style instead of sound and reasonable management skills. This interferred with our event. Severs were understaffed.
We will go elsewhere next time.

I have been a fan of Woodbine GC since it opened. Some of the nicest fairways in the area, great staff, good food and just a nice place to hang out and have fun. If you are looking for a great experience look no farther than Woodbine GC!

Let’s see, I try and cut to the chase:
— Pro-​Shop Lady… WOW — very unwelcoming & obnoxious… on par with getting your license renewed at Secretary of State
— As a new resident in OP, I bought the Groupon (buy 1 — 1 free) — she couldnt have been happier to tell us we couldnt use them before 1pm on weekends. Our bad, makes sense… but really, why is Pro-​Shop Lady still talking about it…“we got it”.
— Starter returns us to Pro-​Shop — (3 sum booked — 1 no show)
— PSL is not having it… bills me.
— Greens are tight, fairways poorly maintained & my 1^st 3 holes are wasted cause PSL is in my head.
— Ask to speak with PSL’s boss «he’s not here, try back later» —
— After the round, I asked to speak with the Manager…“you will have to wait, he is very busy you know”
— He certainly was — I cordially and respectfully explained the situation — new resident, groupon to try the place… the whole — throw me a bone (I get the rules), — He’s not having it — if he honored the now shows fee he would be out of business…
Green Fee — 55
No Show Fee — 55
Groupon 55 (2 rounds) — rather chaulk the loss than go back — winner Woodbine
Beer/​Lunch — 30
Net 190 for 1 Crappy Round in a well managed course
Never Returning… Winner, all other links in the area

Had a really bad experience here. We booked a foursome online and at the last minute one of our friends had an emergency and had to cancel. When we get to the course they still charged us for the extra person! To try and ease the blow they gave us a voucher for a free round — but it is only for weekdays and it is expiring shortly. They obviously don’t expect you to use it (unless you’re retired or something) so we ended up giving it to someone who looked like a regular (and probably retired) so at least it will get used and they’ll get one less green fee. After golf we originally planned to grab lunch there but went to Harrison’s in Orland instead. I’d rather give them our $ 60 lunch tab than this place. Essentially they’ve lost 3 customers for life. And the course? The course itself is just okay, certainly NOT worth driving to if you live in the city or more than 5 miles away. There are a zillion better golf courses in this neck of the woods.

This is a well manicured course with lightening fast greens. The course is very fair in that it will not penalize you heavily for an errant shot. The fairways are wide and forgiving allowing ample opportunity to score. The most serious hazards are the well placed trees which line the fairways. The lounge/​restaurant area is nice and the staff are quite friendly. The only drawback to this course, and unfortunately with several other public courses, is the failure of the rangers to keep the foursomes moving. We noted two rangers on the course and each seemed more interested in socializing with the regulars than keeping groups moving in an efficent manner. One ranger watched a golfer hit 4 consecutive (YES 4!!) horrible tee shots on the same hole and did not tell him to pick up or that such conduct was prohibited.

This is another nice course in the area. It plays a little over 6000 yards with some water hazards and sandtraps. Fairways are wide for the errant shot. Trees are maturing and will offer some challenges in the years to come. They have good rates and even better for early bird or twilight. Its a great course for beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Service is always friendly and helpful. They remodeled the clubhouse and dining area for the all important after golf drinks and eats. Of course drinking while golfing is helpful to the game to. They also offer a nice banquet facility. Good stuff.