The Bog

When my daughter told me they booked The Bog for their wedding, I thought That 's supposed to be a pretty nice place . I Was WRONG While it was beautiful, that 's about all they had going for them. First, there was suppose to be 2 tables and a tabletop easel, there was only one table set up. It took about an hour for someone to put the other things in place. And with only 2 1/2hours to work with, that didn 't leave a whole lot of time to get ready. The head table was set up wrong with extra place settings. Plus there was old food on the floor that they had to kick under the table so no one would know. Did anybody even sweep or vacuum from the night before? I, myself, had to go out to the patio to clear off the tables that had beer cans, water bottles, glasses and trash covering them. I had to find someone to sweep off the concrete walkway so the bride wouldn 't be dragging her train through the dirt, ashes and debris. The bridal party had to actually move a patio table that was blocking the walkway even though we had discussed that the night before at the rehearsal. Cocktail hour was supposed to be on the patio along with the DJ, lawn games (giant jenga,, corn hole) all of that didn 't happen. No games in sight, no bartenders at the bar and to top it all off, somebody messed with the DJ 's speakers. There seemed to be no one in charge of anything and the staff were clueless. Bride and groom were told there would be 2 golf carts to take the wedding party out for pictures. Only 1 cart was available so they could only take the bride and groom and photographer. So much for pictures. Food was sub-par. While the beef was good, the chicken was dry and the salmon was fishy. Let 's not forget the rock hard dinner rolls that you couldn 't even cut into. After dinner I had to go into the kitchen to find someone to remove the tables off the dance floor so the band could start playing. Then I was asked to express my complaints in the back room only to discover I had missed the first dance. I 'll never get that back While there were 2 bartenders on duty, they were found hiding in the back. Someone had to knock on the side door to get them out. I found out the next day from a guest that their bar bill had a ridiculous service charge. What service?!! Outrageous!! There was supposed to be snacks put out at 9:30. That didn 't happen either. We overheard some staff saying the only reason the bride was being difficult was because she was drunk when, in fact , she didn 't have a drop to drink. And at end of the night, the cake knife went missing. Unless you care to have such a fiasco happen to you , steer clear.

Great course with many unique challenges. Smooth complex greens. Rolling fairways. Nice practice facilities. Will definitely be back again.

Spectacular course in phenomenal condition. Very scenic. I played the Palmer course at Geneva National last week and I would rate The Bog above that. More secluded, better maintained. Greens were fast and rolled true. Will definitely be back soon. Golf shop and cart staff were very friendly and accommodating (Thank-You Owen!

This review is for our wedding day in the Clubhouse (not the Barn) on June 15th, 2024. It will include our experiences from initial tour through the wedding day. Please keep in mind that this is entirely anecdotal, so feel free take our experience as you will. This is purely for the consideration a future couples looking into The Bogs' Clubhouse as a venue. PROS: Beautiful scenery Great aesthetic Decent amount of space Food was good Price fit our modest budget Fire pit is great Lilly and Caroline were particularly awesome! CONS: Owner had us tour the barn despite us telling them we weren't interested in it. Not sure if it was a hard sell attempt, or if the event assistant didn't let him know. We had to communicate with 4 different staff/event assistants the first quit or got fired, the second left on maternity leave, the third is more of a GM, and the fourth is a catering person. It was confusing. One of the event assistants accidentally sent us the entire wedding itinerary of another couple. We saw everything they paid for. They didn't landscape the ceremony area as promised, except for a few very small, barely bloomed flowers. The area was left as an expanse of sun baked, old, grey mulch with some weeds. This was truly upsetting because that is not even close to what is depicted on their website. This is the area that a couple stands during the ceremony, so our family had to troubleshoot this massive judgement lapse by putting in our own flower pots to cover the god awful looking area. We didn't speak to any management during our entire event, only a handful of very young and overwhelmed girls. On our wedding day, they didn't set up chairs for the ceremony or remove golfers from the clubhouse bar until roughly 30 45min before our ceremony started. This resulted in our photographer having to flag down someone to get the chairs, as well as my own mother kicking out golfers in front of Bog staff. Some of the staff removed the DJs speakers from outside right after the ceremony, resulting in him not being able to dismiss the guests to cocktail hour. We asked for their yard games, and were told they would be set up for us. On the ceremony day, Cornhole was not setup and giant jenga was at the Barn which had its own set of games. We had to flag down staff to go get the games, as our guests had already arrived. They didn't clean the outdoor patio tables before our guests arrived. There was a wedding at the barn the same time as ours, and it appears that Bog staff/management will overtly favor that venue without a second thought. We overheard some staff saying that they didn't realize there was a wedding in the clubhouse that day. Food was served buffet style, but we had some veggie and kids plates. They initially forgot to serve these or were very delayed in serving them (parents had gotten their food and nearly finished it by the time kids food was served). I had to literally walk into their kitchen to check in about this. Management allowed us to use a conference room to store stuff for the wedding. They then proceeded to pile chairs in there, which blocked access to all of our stuff. My aunt literally had to crawl over chairs and the table to get to what was needed. Their credit card readers didn't work, causing delays for guests ordering drinks because staff had to manually enter in card info. FEEDBACK FOR THE BOG: Don't offer the clubhouse as a venue if you don't care enough to assist with a wedding event there. Improve communication between management and the staff so that staff are not thrown into the deep end. Put effort into cleaning up and landscaping.

Awesome course with amenities. Grand clubhouse, nice pro shop even with a simulator, and bar area. Course was in great shape. Very fast and hard greens that were difficult to roll. Many elevated greens, dog legs, and challenges to test your game. Many teeboxes to choose from based on your skill. The green fees are in a spot that you pay for what you get but aim for the early bird rates and it's a good price for this course. Driving range included for those playing for warm up. The staff were awesome. The list just goes on for this course that lives up to the reputation I've heard about. You will not be disappointed playing here.