SILVER LAKE COUNTRY CLUB - SOUTH COURSE
(708)349-6940
Chicago Golf Course Review June 07
General information
Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park (south of Chicago) is a 45-hole championship golf facility featuring two
distinctive 18-hole designs plus Rolling Hills - a nine-hole executive course. Located just 45 minutes from
downtown, this 300 acre property is known for its superb teaching facilities, which are recognized as the best in the region.
These facilities include a spacious targeted grass range, short game area with sand bunker, plus putting and
chipping greens. There also is an 18-passenger mobile classroom that offers video swing analysis and
playback! Private and group lessons plus playing lessons are available through a staff of certified PGA certified
instructors. From November through March, the Indoor Lesson Center offers various programs using the latest in video analysis and technology.
In 2007 the rates for the championship courses top out at $51.50 weekdays and $57.50 weekends including
carts, making this one of the areas better golf values. The executive layout was priced at under $25 prime time.
Yardage markers are posted on the course at 100, 150 and 200 yards on all par fours and fives, and color coded flags indicate nthe day's front, middle or back hole locations.
SOUTH COURSE
The South course at Silver Lake is the shorter of the two championship layouts on property - and is a par 70
design built over a rolling terrain with some gentle elevation changes from tee to green. Strategic fairway and
greenside bunkering plays a prominent role, as 47 soft sand yard traps are scattered about the course. Water hazards, including some forced carries, come into play on 7 of the holes.
There are 4 sets of tee boxes which play to distances and slopes measuring 6310 yards/120 slope, 5948
yards/116 slope, 5371 yards/110 slope for men and 121 for women, and 4927 yards with a slope of 116 for
ladies hitting from the front tees. As these ratings indicate, this is a player friendly layout that be enjoyed by
golfers of all skill levels. For more info, visit our page for this course, with direct link to their website by clicking
here.
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