Jackson Park Golf Club

Jackson is decent for a muni course, however it has significant problems. The price is outrageous for what your getting. The course is short, crammed into the south side of Chicago, and poorly maintained. There’s rarely a starter and even when there is it’s a mess. I mean four 4-sums teeing off one after another on a weekday. You will be waiting on people ahead of you and have another group driving into you. The driving range is short and weighed and not even located at the course, you need to drive a few blocks for it. The putting green is small and can only comfortable hold around 2, maybe 3, people at a time. The greens are slow and barely break. The hole placements are either rarely changed or barely changed (can’t tell). There’s is dirt all over the fairway and rough (even the greens). The sand is essentially rocks and concrete. To make matters worse, they charge over $50 for 18 with a cart. You can play beautiful, full-length, private courses in the suburbs for half the price. I do golf here often just because it is in the city, convenient, and I don’t have a car to golf in the suburbs often. However, Jackson Park is only my last resort. The conditions of this course and the pace if play would be understandable if they weren’t charging absurd prices for this mediocre course.

Very impressed with the value and condition of the course.

Quality course, well kept greens. Pace of play can lag at times, but that’s the game. Enjoy yourself here.

Always a good time! The staff is the best!! The course was in really great shape! We will be back soon!!

Very friendly to beginner golfers and offers a beautiful view of the city

It’s not Beth Page. It’s a great value for the location and price. Love this olace

Fun course to play and pretty easy to score well. Only 5500 yds from the blue tees so get some very short par 4’s. Can drive the greens on some. There was a 200 yd par 3 and 595 yd par 5 so some longer holes too. Proximity to down town Chicago is its biggest draw. Course is pretty well kept for being a muni course.

It’s fenced off but you are in the middle of a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. We were fortunate enough to get to witness a high speed chase and a couple of crack deals being made. While entertaining, it can be a bit distracting, primarily on holes 2-5. After that you don’t really see/hear much from the streets.

Jackson Park is a beautiful old course that is in pretty good condition considering the traffic it gets, and the fact that it’s a Chicago Parks District course. The greens are relatively fast and have decent slope. On the negative, the sand traps are essentially dirt and the tee boxes are in rough shape. All that said, the course is fun and the perfect challenge if you’re in the 20-30 handicap range. They also have a kitchen that makes fresh breakfast sandwiches on the weekend that are excellent. I think a knock would be that there aren’t really any bathroom facilities on the course, which as a guy is not a big deal, but do feel bad for the female golfers who choose to play it.

Personally I enjoy the overall vibe of the course and think it is a bargain compared to other similarly priced courses around the city (looking at you, Indian Boundary), that don’t have nearly the same level of charm and character.

Didn't play.
I tried to cancel yesterday and because it told me to go to online, and the number they gave me the exact samething to do.
So I have cxld my charge.

The hot deal had a cart on the deal just like all other hot deals that include a cart. However, when we got there, they said the cart was not included. We had to pay more money for a cart. We called Golf now and was told the female manger was on a long call, andthe male who we were talking to couldn’t tie up the line, so we had to hang up. We paid the extra because we drove to far to not play. This was unfair to the four of us. We should get a refund for the extra we paid for a cart. Also, Golfnow should not put a cart there for Jackson Park G c. That is deceptive.

For the money I'm not sure you can beat this place for 18 in the city. The grounds and greens were very well maintained (7.5-8/10) and in general it's a fairly beautiful and serene course. cart rental is a little pricey, but other than that I can't really complain about Jackson Park at all.