3535 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
(847) 291-2351
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This was my first time playing Sportsman’s Country Club since the recent renovations, and I have to say they did a great job improving the aesthetic value of this course.  It used to be a run-of-the-mill type course, but now its value has increased greatly.  Originally designed by Edward B. Dearie, an apprentice of Donald Ross, but recently has been renovated by local architect Rick Jacobson.  The majority of the renovations were to the bunkering and all the greens.  I have to say the contour and undulation of the new greens was fantastic, but the day I played the conditions of the greens were not that great.  I really hope this isn’t the case on a daily basis, but I assume they are just overplayed, and the recent rain doesn’t help too.  This par 70 course played 6,278yds from the tips and had a rating/slope of 70.4/126.  This course may be short, but if you don’t hit the fairways you could be in serious trouble.  Almost every fairway is guarded by strategic bunkers, so keeping it straight off the tee is vital at Sportsman’s.  The course features beautiful mature trees throughout the course and welcomed elevation changes to this part of the North Shore.  Sportsman’s also has a nine hole course, which I haven’t played, but heard it’s one of the best around.  There is also a driving range, but mats only, which I personally hate, and nice little miniature golf course.  If you haven’t been back to Sportsman’s in a few years, or never at all, I recommend making your next tee time here, it’s a new course in my eyes.

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