Butterfield Country Club: White/Blue Nines
Oak Brook, IL•Private
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Butterfield Country Club: White/Blue Nines
2800 Midwest Rd.
Oak Brook, IL 60523
United States
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“The more you play this course the more you respect it. Most holes have plenty of room in driving area but the few that don't can add up quickly. Greens are true and fast with strategic humps that challenge your lag putting. Water is well placed on a handful of holes. Always plays longer than the card reads."
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“Butterfield’s Blue and White nines offer a polished but somewhat polarizing experience. The routing is tidy and conditioning is typically strong, but the design often leans into features that feel more manufactured than natural. Elevated greens, narrow landing zones, and forced carries appear with such frequency that the challenge can border on repetitive rather than strategic. The Blue nine emphasizes precision off the tee, but the placement of hazards and mounding sometimes feels contrived. The White nine opens up slightly more, but water hazards and cross-bunkers are used in ways that can feel more like defense mechanisms than thoughtful risk–reward options. Overall, while Butterfield provides a solid private club experience with modern conditioning standards, the Blue/White combination is more about maintaining focus through manufactured tests than offering the kind of organic, flowing strategy that characterizes the area’s best classic courses."
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“Solid layout in the Chicago suburbs with a traditional parkland feel. Wonderful set of par threes - both long and short and uphill and downhill with strategic bunkering that requires precision to get close to the pin. My favorite it is the uphill par 3 6th on the white 9. One of the better finishing holes I've played - excellent long dogleg right par 4 to a slightly elevated green guarded by deep bunkers. Well conditioned and worth a stop to play if you are in the Oak Brook area."
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