Coyote Run Golf Course

Coyote Run is a nice little course when compared to what else the public golf market has to offer in the South Suburbs. The course is nicely designed with tough little greens and some well placed obstacles. I don’t think the distance is too demanding, unless it is a windy day, and normally the tees are set up at a reasonable distance from each other so you don’t have a Par 3 playing 100 yards and 185 yards respectively. If you play from Blue, your focus is on approach shots because the fairways will be a little more open; if you play from White, you’re going to choose your first club wisely and try to attack the pins with the wedges. Fun either way! I try to play this course each season at least a couple of times and every time it is in good shape and is crowded. I will say that the pace is usually pretty good and this is the only public course to memory that actually has rangers out on the course managing pace and helping find balls on a couple of tricky tee shots. If you can find a deal online and can make the drive out South, I highly suggest you give this place a try.

When something is so perfect what can you say? I will start with a little background… my sister and I were looking to host a 40^th anniversary party for my parents. We wanted it to be casual but classy with great memories for them for years to come. They have many close friends and relatives, so we settled on a round number of 100 people. We wanted all of this for less than 5k. Go figure…;)
Yes, that’s where the problem began. Where can you find a casual but classy venue for less than $ 30 per Person? We called and we called different venues… either they were cheap and cheesy or a little too expensive with a little too much grandeur for my «down to earth dad.» We did find several places that were in our price range but they did not have the ambiance necessary for our classy mom. As you can see here my parents are like yin and yang we must find a balance between the two.
I am driving down the street one day and what do I see? Coyote Run Golf course. I convince myself that it is ok to stop in and who do I meet? I meet Shari… a Godsend of a woman. A woman you feel will take care of your every wish if it is in her power. She tells me her vision for the anniversary party. I am ecstatic about her and her vision for our event and then she tells me how much it costs! The price is so amazing I want her to put it in writing because it is just that unbelievable!
Shari and her staff are second to none! She will stop at nothing to make your event wonderful… she is also honest… she will not over promise and underperform.
Our event went superbly. Thank God for Coyote Run and Shari! That might sound a little extreme but when you are trying to plan an event in less than 30 days and someone EXCEEDS your expectations UNDER BUDGET… I think that deserves an Amen! ;)

This is a decent golf course with a nice range, putting green plus for $ 5 you can play an executive Par 3, three hole course. You can play the practice course twice on one paid session.

Came here on a Friday night to try their all you can eat fish fry. The place is not too big and the staff is friendly. Make sure you come early because there is only about 10 tables that seat about 4 people each.
We ordered the all you can eat fish fry. It was nice that the fish fry came with your choice of regular or sweet potato fries (the sweet potato was so good– if only you could order more of that also!) The coleslaw was good and fresh. I tried both the polenta and beer battered fish. The polenta is a little drier and not as greasy. For me, I prefer the beer battered fish fry. It was very good and the service was decent. There were times where we were waiting to order more fish and get refills, but the wait was not too bad.
Will be back to eat some more!

Friendly staff. A few challenging holes. Enjoyed the course yet have played at better courses.

Good golf course. Pace of play was fine for the time of day, and condition of the course was superb. Lush tees, fairways, rough, and greens… greenest course I have played all summer. Some very demanding rough greets wayward shots. Condition of course was great.
A quick note regarding the course…18 holes are packed right in there. On many holes, errant tee shots can find their way to another hole’s putting surface or fairway. Parallel holes at 2 and 3 along with 15 and 16 come to mind but there are others. Plenty of ‘fore!’ hollering out there.
Last, and this echoes a previous review… dress code is a little lax. Heard one gent remark to another in the pro shop that he ‘opted for long slacks’ since it was somewhat unseasonably cool. Most would have called these slacks by a different name… jeans. Whatever. Nice golf course in an area where after golf your options are pawn gold, buy booze, cash a check, or snag a slider.
Will play it again.

Played with Greg R last weekend at his recommendation and found Coyote Run to be a pretty nice and well-​maintained little course.
If I were a better golfer, I probably wouldn’t have been thrilled: just under 6500 yards from the tips and very generous fairways for the most part. Find yourself in the thick stuff, however, and this advantage quickly evaporates. Spent more time than I’d like to admit searching for my ball in the tall fescue and other shrubbery. I’m also not sure if this is a daily issue, but the wind was really up yesterday… the friendly pro shop attendant told me to think of it as an average day on the links were we in Scotland.
At $ 34 to ride from Golf Now, this is one of the best value options I’ve played in Chicago. Did get a little backed up, even in late afternoon on a Sunday (chalk this one up to Greg’s well-​known Dress Code Theory). All in all though, happy with the experience and I’d expect we’ll be back later this season.

Played a round today at Coyote Run. I was told by the locals that the course was totally renovated a few years back and is now operated by the local parks department.
Service is great — from the pro shop check in to the starter. Everyone was nice and friendly.
The course looks great, just not overly inspiring. You kinda get what you get out in front of you. Fairways are well maintained and greens are the best I have played this season. I give 4 stars to the course!
Only 2 complaints — 1 golf related… there are a few par 4s that are a bit quirky that require you to hit a hybrid off the tee to stay safe. I don’t mind one or two short par 4s with fairways that run out on funky dog leg holes but it felt that this course had 3 – 4 holes that you do not use you driver (excluding par 3s of course). I suspect it is due to the space from the original ‘old’ course.
2 — I would have given this course 4 stars and I WILL be back, but like other area tracks, this course did not seem to have much of a dress code. Saw a lot of people out in jeans, t-​shirts and running shoes. My personal pet peeve. I think a course really discounts itself with not having a standard golf attire requirement.
all-​in-​all a very well maintained course that was enjoyable to play. Just class up the place a bit and you will be a 4 star track.

Maybe it’s the economy and less rounds are being played, but the course is in decent condition… nowhere near the hacked up shape it was in last summer.
Also they have had the driving range in the grass for some time now, so no complaints.
Also note that there is a nice short 3 hole learning course that is only $ 5…kids are free.