Spring Valley Country Club

Minimal pro shop. No apparel or equipment. Balls,gloves and tees at best. Full service bar and restaurant. Staff is pleasant. No water coolers or bev cart service .
Course was hard and firm on greens and fairways.
For L&M fans, this is similar to Kankakee Elks.
No bunkers but has their design features everywhere.

Good course. No sand. More than just straight boring fairways. I’d play it again

very hilly all kinds of lies you all kinds of shots up hill down hillsideof hill good for learning shots very few flat lies

very hillly some hard holes a ittle water' doglegs mostly hillly

When we arrived the girls in the pro shop were confused about charges when one of our number wanted their own cart due to concern for the rest of us as he lives in an area that has been hit with COVID-19 much worse than our rural area. This was solved by one of them taking us to a cart with a plexiglass divider.
We we were preparing to tee off on the first hole we saw a cart close to the weeds on the left side of the fairway. We thought this was a member of the group ahead of us, but it turned out to be someone who works at the golf course. Very strange. It also delayed us in starting our round by about five minutes, backing things up for everyone behind us.
Having played this course only once before, three years ago, many of the hole layouts were confusing. This was exacerbated by the fact the fairways were difficult to determine from the rough.
The greens, however, we're well maintained, fast and unforgiving. Quite the challenge and a unexpected surprise.

Called the pro shop letting them know we were running a little late, still accommodated us and got us on the course. Was super friendly. Played again that following Saturday, again, staff very friendly. And the food was good too in the clubhouse. We will be back again

Read my previous reviews on this golf course below. How can you go wrong with a $34 w/cart rate at 10am on a Sunday morning....and even get a mid morning weekend tee time?? Greens were in wonderful shape and rolling extremely smoothly. That's really all that matters at Spring Valley with vexing L&M 1920's greenpads. Sure some have lost their size and there's no sand on the course but it's still a tremendous challenge. Highly recommended.

The Good: Spring Valley CC is a public-access Langford + Moreau collaboration just north of the IL/WI border. Much of the original design, other than keeping all of the 65 planned sand traps as grass, has remained in tact over the years and it is one of the most cost-effective golden-age tracks that you can play in the Midwest. L&M are known for blind tee-shots & large grass knolls to add to shot strategy and both are very prevalent. Excellent, tough Par 3’s & good mixture of risk/reward Par 5’s. Good variety of Par 4’s that range from 460-278 yards. Modest in both amenities and conditioning, yet the small, devilish greens are in great shape even despite 4-inches of rain just a few days prior. One of the best values in the state of Wisconsin at under $50 during peak season with cart.

The Bad: Spring Valley’s charm is its old school golf course, not its amenities or pace of play. The fairway conditions were only fair, and tee-boxes were expectedly in pretty rough shape. Limited practice area with small putting green and “bring your own balls” driving range. Given the current Covid-19 situation, there was limited service and no clubhouse open, but I suspect it is a fun, raucous environment when in normal state. I am not a huge fan of blind tee-shots and smallish greens, so a few long Par-4’s with greens the size of a conversion fan were an annoyance.

The Verdict: Fans of Lanford & Moreau’s Lawsonia Links in Green Lake, WI will eat this place for dessert. “Lil’ Links” is a fun track that harkens back to a time when the game was simpler and just about golf, nothing more and nothing less. While I won’t have as high on my “Best in State” lists as some, it’s one of the best ways to spend as little of your hard-earned money in the greater Chicago area as possible.

Best Hole(s): The double punch of the Par-5 4th and the long Par-3 5th hole is dynamite. The 4th is a long, downhill Par-5 with a huge pond in front of green unbeknownst you’re a regular. The 5th is a 230-yard tee-shot with water short and left.

the course was well maintained and laid out beautifully. The staff was amazing and those were some of the toughest greens I ever played. Definitely recommend to anyone who is not a beginner.

Great course to play. Challenges all levels. Pin placement crazy locations must bring your A game. The only thing that made this a little bad was the rain the night before. Certain sections only. Staff friendly accommodating to a slight glitch on golf now . Golf had this deal with a cart but something different at the place . Thanks for the cart. My son wants to go back .

With double cut greens and tucked flags Spring Valley was very wet and wild due to overnight rains. A nice sunny fall day - Bears were playing and no one was there. This classic Langford & Moreau design never disappoints. The greens were in tremendous shape and were so much fun to putt on with the difficult flag positions. Lots of leaves and wet areas but expected. It's that time of year where you want to get in as many rounds as you can while the weather is decent. If Spring Valley was my last round of 2019 in Chicagoland there couldn't have been a better place to culminate the season. Play this gem - your game will be challenged and you'll be a better putter/chipper because of it. Highly recommended and always one of the best values in Chicagoland.

This course is a fun course with some pretty challenging holes! The staff is Great & accommodating!

Read my previous reviews below. Simply put a fun old school test with some vexing green sites. Go to wisconsingolf.com and get a deal. $26 w/cart on weekends with no restrictions. We teed off at 830am on a Sunday and played in a leisurely 330. Welcoming folks and I always get up to Salem at least two or three times a year for a wonderful day. Play it!!

Spring Valley is in the best shape I've seen it in several years with all the rains recently. Normally hard and fast it's playing much longer than it's yardage at the current time. See my reviews below for more information. Excellent value - look for coupons. We had a 930am Saturday tee time for $26 and played in about 420. Outstanding old school awesome green complexes Langford/Moreau design - photos of all five of the Par 3's below - Par 70 with 3 Par 5's. The stretch of holes from 12 thru 17 are formidable. Play this place!!