Although this course is not a challenge for a more experienced player, it is fine for a short round with a friend or for practice. It has two or three long-ish holes that can let you pull out your driver rip it (at least for me), while others are shorter and don't have too much in your way. I like how the holes wind around a wooded area.

Not particularly long and not very challenging. For most holes the basket is just kinda there in front of you, you just have to hit your shot.

The first course I played on (before they changed it roughly 5 years ago), it will always hold a soft spot in my heart. And I have an ace on the newer hole #7, so, there's that too.

Course is located in a really nice city park. Has the usual pros: Decent signage, BIG tee pads (as did the other nine in the same township!) and use of elevation on the first three and last one basket. Played around a wooded area but never really utilized it.

Couple of memorable holes:
#1 395 ft up a steep hill
#2 295 ft blind shot to the right over a bit of hill
#3 195 ft downhill shot that I one hopped off the chains and out!! :-(
#9 190 ft to a berm type setting with a gully to the left.

Played it twice for an 18 hole outing. Was worth the second time through.

I used the online map... WRONG!!!
Course has obviously been remodeled since that last 2014 review.
Have to walk a ways to find the #4 tee pad.
#5 throws back towards the woods rather than the direction the map shows. The rest is easy to follow by the tee signs.

Relatively short course, but one that did not disappoint. In Chicago the last couple weeks for work... am up to 10 courses here now.... for the most part all have been enjoyable.... this was no different. If I lived here, I'd be back!!

I'd love to be a kid swimmer in Buffalo Grove. What an awesome swim complex they have here at this park. It looks more like a commercial water park. Leave the kidos while you enjoy the golf. There's also a nice little playground.

There area a nice course sign and the standard Rules of Disc Golf sign at the beginning. The tee signs are very, nice plastic ones. The pars listed are probably appropriate for middle schoolers. The baskets are older ones with the yellow band and a hole # welded on top. The tee pads are way oversized and great. Why it always that these small community 9 hole courses with little length always have the best, most overdone and over priced tee pads? These would still be very adequate if they were a full 1/3 smaller.

The park has nice rolling hills which provide the course with much of it's personality. It starts out with a 395' slight uphill hole. There are a nice variety of distances here including five shorter ACE runs (most under 200'.

Wood chips would be a great addition around the basket on # 2 and probably some other places as well.

Short, easy distances.

Park can get crowded. You might have to wait for folks on the walking path.

Willow Stream is just a very nice little, beginners type course. In other words, a typical Chicago 9'er. Partly, because this is such a nice little park with some elevation and partly because the design is solid, this course is one of the better Chicago 9'ers. I'd be pretty content to play a lot of rounds here.

Willow Stream is a located in the center of a nice park. It has mild rolling terrain on the first 3 holes and the rest is flat as a pancake. There are a few scattered trees and very little rough comes into play.

The tee pads are absolutely HUGE! I have never seen bigger concrete tee pads. You can park an RV on these bad boys.

The baskets are in good shape.

There are adequate tee signs on every hole.

There is a decent variety of distances on this course. 1 hole-under 200ft. 5 holes -200ft-300ft. 2 holes 400ft+

Excellent beginner course. Very few obstacles. and easy to navigate. Very difficult to lose a disc.

This course is super popular and very busy. Be prepared to wait. On top of that there is a super busy walking path that comes into play.

It's a very wide open course with very few obstacles.

Moving a few baskets into the woods or farther back behind obstacles could add some much needed difficulty and variety to this course. Those holes included 2, 3, 4, 6, & 7.

This course will be very repetitive in shot selection. I throw a right hyzer on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, & 9.

If you play on/over the walking path out of bounds you can add a little difficulty to this course.

There is a nice pool right next to the park. It has a pretty sweet water slide. Twin Creeks Park is right up the street and is another great beginner course.

Might sound crazy but I know a player who threw and Epic thumber on hole #8 for an Ace. Absolutely sick hole in 1.

My favorite thing about this course is its location in a very nice park with lots more besides disc golf. There are baseball fields, soccer fields, a community pool, basketball courts, a bike/walking path, and a playground. Because Willow Stream Park has so many nice features, it is very well maintained. Signs and tees are great! In fact, the tees are bigger than any I've ever played on before.

There is decent challenge in distance on two of the holes with hole 1 being 390' uphill and hole 8 being roughly 420'

The trees on this course force newer righ hand backhanded throwers to work on straight shots or anheisers.

Because it is such a nice park, Willow Stream often attracts quite a lot of people, and unfortunately the bike path of the park goes through many of the course's holes. Makes for a slow 9 holes.

Although some of the distances are challenging, I remember coming to Willow Stream as a new disc golfer and finding the distances of the shorter holes too short even then.

If you live in within 5 miles of Willow Stream, there aren't a lot of good courses to be played. As a resident of Palatine, I often choose to go to Willow Stream over my home course because it is a more enjoyable experience. A sidenote:

*The course has a random doubles league that plays on Monday nights at 6:00. They use alternate tees and therefore, on these nights, the course becomes very congested.

*Wind is of medium strength

*New waterslide to the left of hole 9 is a recipe for disaster... be sure to throw your discs safely away from it! (as if you wouldnt be able to determine that when you actually go)

- Huge concrete tee pads
- Good signage
- Course is very easy to navigate
- Good distance variety
- Some decent elevation on holes 1-2.
- Baskets are numbered on top and are in good shape.
- Some mature trees as obstacles.

- Repetitive
- Younger players to the game seem to lack proper disc golf etiquette.
- Large groups crowd the area.

Park at the parking lot by hole 1 and 9 for less walking.

- Huge concrete tee pads
- Good signage
- Course is very easy to navigate
- Good distance variety
- Some decent elevation on holes 1-2.
- Baskets are numbered on top and are in good shape.
- Some mature trees as obstacles.
- Strong winds (may be a con for some)

- Not very difficult.
- Some holes are repetitive (4,6,7)
- Multi -use park. Crowded with walkers, park district sports etc.
- Many younger players to the game seem to lack proper disc golf etiquette.
- Large groups (I have seen 8 before) back up the course.
- Strong winds (may be a pro for some)

Overall a nice 9 hole course. I consider this my home course and have played it many times. Often times the biggest challenge is the wind. It gets very frustrating to see your disc get up and "walk" in the wind for 20+ feet. If you come on a weeknight expect to wait on other golfers and other park users. Some park users seem to have no idea that it is a disc golf course. Also good to note on hole #7 that local league play has a mando to the left of the big tree over the path. League play also utilizes two sets of alternates that make the course a little more interesting. A local league guy can likely help you around the alternates.

Good medium distance holes. Well maintained. Flows well. Tee signs. Elevation changes on 1, 2, 3. Runs along woods on 4, 5, 6, 7. Nice long challenge on 8. Tree challenges on 1, 3, 9. This is a busy park with a lot to do. The course does not overlap or cross ball fields, soccer pitches, etc. Nice. 8 is getting shorter as my arm is getting bigger... same can be said for 5. Update. I have now aced 3... so it is a bit special for me. have come close a few more times as well. With more experience this course now feels quite a bit shorter. Park is generally clean with little trash. A few garbage cans on a few holes are good to have and well used by locals.

At times too crowded with teens just goofing off. I might just be jealous that I am beyond being a teen and being able to just goof off, but it makes for less fun at times. 7 can be a bit buggy in summer 'cuz nearer the woods. *8could be better if the basket were moved over by the pines. 5 could be nice with an alt basket placement more annie to the right.

The basket for 9 and the tee for 1 are on top of each other as are the basket for 2 and the tee for 3. Eyes open and aware and courteous helps. I got hit by a strong drive to basket 9 while waiting to tee off on 1. Overall a good longer course than over at twin Creeks... but both are good. Recent pool improvements has had trees removed and landscaping improved on 9. 1 less big tree and 9 is an even better hole as it has a clear tree tunnel if you can fling one SUPER straight.

Nice 9 hole course to work on wide open shots. pretty short course but gets the job done. very slight elevation change.

can get very crowded simply because there is not many courses close by. wraps around a very small wooded patch and your done.

wind can make things a little interesting on windy days but thats goes without saying.

A large hill on the first three holes makes it interesting. No hazards. A couple distance shots (1 and 8). Very easy to navigate. Good signs for each hole.

EXTREMELY CROWDED. Most holes are very short (under '240) and open, and thus boring. You might lose your disc in the big woods the course plays around.

Maybe I would have given it a better score if it wasn's SO CROWDED. I played at about 5:00 PM on a monday. There were only a few holes that interested me, including hole 9 which is a cool one to look forward to when you go play there. I stand by my 2.5 rating because it is definitely somewhere between ok and good, but probably closer to ok. Within 10 miles there are 3 courses I would much rater play, Keller, Fink, and Adler park.