24000 N Old McHenry Rd, Long Grove, Illinois, 60049
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Steve Johnson
Long Grove
2016-08-24
$101 (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2016 at 10:00 PM
With the bunker redesign over the past few years, I was anxious to try it out. Unfortunately this has ruined the ambience of Kemper Lakes. It should be called Kemper Bunkers. The bunkers are 6 feet deep in the middle of some fairways. Balls land in the face and stay there, they do not roll to the bottom. Too high, too steep, and too close to greens with elevations wrong. The bunkers are not raked or maintained apparently. They have also added back tee boxes on 9, 13, 15 and16. Kind of a joke now for those distances. I heard they lost their greenskeeper also. Accordingly, the greens are nowhere near as fast as they used to be. They have cut down many trees, on 16 there are no willows anymore on the right side. They also built houses between 14 and 15, which used to be open fields.
Very disappointing with the changes in course and greens.
Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I won't play again, I wouldn't recommend this course, Better courses for less nearby
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Price, Food/Bar Facilities , Difficulty, Ambiance, Pro Shop, Houses on Course
$101 (cart included), played on Wednesday, August 2016 at 10:00 PM
With the bunker redesign over the past few years, I was anxious to try it out. Unfortunately this has ruined the ambience of Kemper Lakes. It should be called Kemper Bunkers. The bunkers are 6 feet deep in the middle of some fairways. Balls land in the face and stay there, they do not roll to the bottom. Too high, too steep, and too close to greens with elevations wrong. The bunkers are not raked or maintained apparently. They have also added back tee boxes on 9, 13, 15 and16. Kind of a joke now for those distances. I heard they lost their greenskeeper also. Accordingly, the greens are nowhere near as fast as they used to be. They have cut down many trees, on 16 there are no willows anymore on the right side. They also built houses between 14 and 15, which used to be open fields. Very disappointing with the changes in course and greens.