Bull Valley - Illinois - USA

24th Illinois - Best in Area
Bull Valley Golf Club,
1311 Club Road,
Woodstock,
Illinois (IL) 60098,
USA

  • +1 (0) 815 337 4411

  • Brad Hisel

  • Dick Nugent

  • Mike Picciano

Bull Valley Golf Club is the reality of the dreams of three visionaries and is perhaps the most challenging and sensually stimulating course in the Midwest.

Situated sixty miles northwest of downtown Chicago in Woodstock Illinois, the course at Bull Valley Golf Club is a very tough Dick Nugent-designed track where housing flanks a number of the fairways.

The course is laid out on rolling terrain with long, difficult par fours – only a couple of the two-shot holes on the card measure less than 400 yards – characterising the layout, especially on the run of holes around the turn between the 9th and 12th.

Only one of the four short holes (the 179-yard 8th) plays to a putting surface that’s not aquatically protected whilst the tee shot on the finishing hole must be steered between two mature oak trees on either side of the fairway before an approach is played to a green guarded short and left by water.

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Description: Bull Valley Golf Club is the reality of the dreams of three visionaries and is perhaps the most challenging and sensually stimulating course in the Midwest. Rating: 7.4 out of 10 Reviews: 5
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Jcontreras

This course is a great layout and the back nine is as good as it gets. It’s a top ranked course for difficulty and I understand why. If you're in Illinois and know a member this is must...

January 04, 2021
8 / 10
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Brian Moran

Bull Valley is a course that just tries to be as hard as possible. I'm a scratch and had fun, but I couldn't see any double digit handicapper who hits it less than 250 having any sort of enjoyment out there. The piece of land it sits on is incredible for Illinois, and is well utilized on holes 4, 11, and 14. The green complexes are cool with a decent number of slopes and ridges. It would have been so cool to see what this course could have looked like were it built by a different, restorationist architect.

July 12, 2020
5 / 10
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Brian LaBardi

I am an unabashed Bull Valley fan! The course has many interesting holes and is certainly a challenge to play. Deserves a higher rating by the larger publications and this list as well.

September 22, 2019
8 / 10
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GP Martin
This is the best golf club in Chicagoland period. Nothing compares to it, it might a little out of the way, but it's simply my favorite track. Where else in Chicago can play a course with that many elevation changes with such a unique layout. It's simply a top players course and nothing more.
October 24, 2010
10 / 10
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Mike
March 12, 2012
Located 30 minutes outside of Chicago, Bull Valley offers an experience that rivals that of Medinah and Olympia Fields. Every hole is unique and challenging. Named by Golf Digest at the #30 most difficult golf course in the US. Beyond its difficulty it was created out of moraine hills and glacial features. Truly a gem in the Chicagoland area that needs to be acknowledged.
max
Great Course. Too bad its going bankrupt due to lack of play. Probably because course is too difficult and in the middle of nowhere'
January 22, 2008
6 / 10
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Shooter
February 18, 2008
Perhaps you played the course from the wrong tees..any average player shouldn't play Bull Valley from the Tips or they will get beaten up. Choose the right tes and you would have been fine. As for the course, it's never been in better shape-financially the club is rock solid. If you're going to make stupid comments, you should get your facts right and play from the ladies tees next time.