Chicago Park District Golf: Robert A. Black Golf Course

Robert A. Black

9 Hole Course featuring elevated tee boxes, greens, and tucked in sand traps that create a challenging and fun golf experience.

Attention Guests!

We now have a variety of options for booking tee times on our site. Choose from the tabs below to find the best booking option for you.

What’s Available - Tee Times at Robert A Black
Simply book one of the available listed tee times. Our lowest rates are only available on our site!

What's New - SmarTee
If the available tee times aren’t right for you, try booking with SmarTee! Make an offer, join the PairTee to book as a single, or purchase a Prime Play package for your preferred time.

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You may also call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 866.223.5564.

Tee Times at Robert A Black

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Golfers With Disabilities
We welcome golfers with disabilities. The course will make reasonable accommodations to ensure that golfers with disabilities are able to enjoy the course. Please contact the General Manager or Head Golf Professional at the course for more information.

Tee Time Policy
If you wish to cancel your reservation, Robert A Black Golf requests that you do so at least 24 hours before the start of your round. However, at no point during the online reservation process will your credit card be charged by Robert A Black Golf for the amount due at course. Cancellations inside the 24 hour cancellation window are subject to being charged to the credit card at the applicable rate.

SmarTee Policies
All SmarTee bookings policy information including cancellation, no shows, refunds, scheduling and payments are unique to SmarTee and are not included in the above policies. SmarTee policies can be found in this link. For all inquires regarding a SmarTee booking, please contact SmarTee directly via email. The course does not have the ability to make any reservation changes for SmarTee bookings.

Golf Rates

Golf Rates

Rates	Weekday	Weekend
9 Holes	$23	$25
9 Holes W/ Advantage Card	$18	$20
Juniors & Seniors W/ Advantage Card	$14	$20

Cart Rentals	Everyday
Powercart- Per Person	$11
Powercart (Seniors)- Per Person	$9
Pull Cart- Per Person	$3

• Players Advantage Card rates available with Purchase of Players Advantage Card

• Weekdays (Monday-Friday), Weekends (Saturday-Sunday), Holidays (Officially Observed)

• Chicago’s Amusement tax of 9% is included on green fees in above rates

• Seniors ages 62 and over; Juniors age 17 and under

• *Seniors/Juniors rates only available with Players Advantage Card

Surf the Earth on a GolfBoard!

Take the best from a skateboard, surfboard, snowboard and a golf cart and what do you get? The GolfBoard! Strap your bag to the front, put your drink in the cup holder, thumb the throttle and you're off! Shift your weight from side to side to literally carve the course up. This is golf like you've never experienced before!

Here at Robert A. Black, we are proud to offer you the chance to ride one on your next round! Even if you've never rode a wave or mountain, you'll be able to pick up the GolfBoard in minutes. All we ask is that you fill out this online waiver and watch the safety video before you come to the course. We will give you a quick training before your round, and then it's time for you most entertaining round of golf ever! Please note that there is a $10 charge in addition to your green and cart fee. All riders must sign a GolfBoard rider agreement prior to rental. GolfBoard tee times are booked on a first come - first serve basis. To reserve a GolfBoard please call our clubhouse at 312.742.7931

To fill out an agreement prior to your tee time please fill out this waiver

The Course

The newest of all of the golf courses in the CPD Golf portfolio, the history of Robert Black is quite possibly the most interesting!

Once a private club in 1896, at a location two miles to the east along the shores of Lake Michigan, Robert Black was once the exclusive private five hole golf course named Edgewater Golf Club. In 1910, the golf course moved to its current location. In the 1970’s, the park was redeveloped into split open parkland and the nine hole golf course that is in place today.

Elevated tee boxes, greens, and tucked in sand traps all make for a challenging and fun golf experience. Robert Black offers four par 3’s for those who enjoy the challenge of shorter golf holes.

Scorecard

HOLE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	TOTAL
BLUE	473	133	341	158	309	313	161	105	346	2339
PAR	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	33
MEN'S HDCP	1	8	3	7	5	4	6	9	2
WOMEN'S HDCP	1	8	3	7	5	4	6	9	2
PAR	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	33
RED	439	113	316	125	285	286	133	81	321	2099

Course Statistics

Tees	Rating	Slope	Yardage
Men (B)	31.7	100	2,361
Men (R)	30.7	96	2,146
Women (B)	33.0	103	2,361
Women (R)	31.8	98	2,146

Course Architect: Killian & Nugent

Greens: Bent Grass

Fairways: Rye Grass

Club Rentals: Yes

Practice Facilities: Putting Green

Dining Facilities: Sell Bottled Drinks & Packaged Snacks

Dress Code: Appropriate Golf Attire

Junior Programs

The Chicago Park District Golf Courses offer a variety of leagues and lessons designed to get Kids of all ages and skill levels into the game of golf! The First Tee Chicago and Chicago Park District Golf have teamed up to provide golf access, instruction and life skill training for Chicago’s Junior Golfers.

For more information about some of the programs we offer please contact us by calling the Golf Shop or clicking the link below!

Click to Learn More About The First Tee

Leagues

Whether you want to join a league, or need a place to host your league, our course has something for you! We have leagues for men, women, and seniors. No matter what your age, or level of golfing ability you'll get a warm welcome!

Stay tuned for our 2019 League schedule

League Inquiry