Emerald Greens Golf Club - Gold Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 72 | 6585 yards | 71.6 | 127 |
White | 72 | 6361 yards | 70.6 | 126 |
Gold | 72 | 5603 yards | 67.1 | 119 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5004 yards | 69.0 | 117 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 71.1/124 | 499 | 385 | 399 | 181 | 504 | 413 | 195 | 429 | 405 | 3410 | 371 | 509 | 133 | 510 | 143 | 210 | 508 | 384 | 407 | 3175 | 6585 |
White M: 70.1/121 W: 75.9/129 | 484 | 374 | 372 | 173 | 490 | 398 | 183 | 416 | 387 | 3277 | 364 | 478 | 129 | 500 | 138 | 202 | 501 | 376 | 396 | 3084 | 6361 |
Gold M: 66.9/115 W: 72.0/120 | 427 | 296 | 365 | 144 | 428 | 353 | 171 | 379 | 347 | 2910 | 350 | 424 | 120 | 440 | 121 | 177 | 443 | 357 | 309 | 2741 | 5651 |
Red M: 63.9/109 W: 68.4/112 | 379 | 288 | 312 | 137 | 416 | 310 | 128 | 298 | 302 | 2570 | 280 | 388 | 108 | 382 | 114 | 150 | 383 | 334 | 295 | 2434 | 5004 |
Handicap | 13 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
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Rolling Back Nine Makes This Course
Emerald Greens Golf Course comprises two 18-hole tracks named Silver and Gold. This review covers only the Silver course, which is a bit of a par 73 beast at 7,163 yards from the back tees and a 74.2 rating. Three other sets of tees are at 6,792, 5,953 and 5,184 yards. Like its companion course, the Gold, this track is partly set on boring flat terrain with half-grown trees lining the fairways and partly on more rolling and visually appealing ground. The rough is relatively short, making it unlikely that you’ll lose any balls that stray from the fairway. There are some “natural grassy areas,” but these are set quite a bit off the fairways, so they shouldn’t be a problem. The greens are really smooth and in great condition, rolling moderately fast and true. The first four holes of the front nine are set on the more rolling part of the course. The dogleg left 347 yard (from the middle tees) par 4 2nd requires a long drive from an elevated tee box. Interestingly, the course discourages trying to cut too much off the corner by placing OB stakes between this hole and the adjacent hole. There are also some fairway bunkers along the inside corner. A good drive in the fairway should leave a short iron to an elevated green protected by a large bunker on the right and a grassy slope on the left. Holes 5 through 12 are flat, mostly straight and boring, except for the par 3 6th with its island green surrounded by water. The last four holes are what really makes this course a treat to play. The par 3 15th requires a shot from an elevated tee between (or over) trees set like goal posts protecting a wide but not very deep green. This is followed by a 632 yard (from the back tees, but only 576 from the middle tees!) par 5 that curls around to the right almost like a large capital C. Again, OB stakes prevent long hitters from playing into the adjacent fairway. Making the hole play even longer is the fact that the second and third shots are uphill. Par is a really good score on this hole. The 17th is a 503 yard (from the middle tees) par 5 that doglegs uphill to the left. The fairway is the fun here, as it undulates like a mini roller coaster. You’re almost guaranteed to have either an uphill or downhill lie on your second and third shots. The finishing hole is a 404 yard par 4 with a fairway that splits at about 180 yards from the tee into a high side on the left and a low side on the right. The hole has a slight curve to the right, but there is water on the right which makes taking the low road a bit risky. There is also a water hazard about 40 yards in front of the green, so if your lie won’t let the approach shot carry this hazard a layup is the wise choice. Par is a good score on your last hole of this round. Emerald Greens is about a half hour drive from the Twin Cities, but the Silver course is well worth the drive.
Nice condition
Some of the tee boxes we being repaired, otherwise course is in nice shape.
Booked to play Gold, ended up on Silver
Pace of play was very slow and 1st tee Gold was stacked with 4-somes waiting to tee off. Talked to clubhouse and were told to play Silver instead, which worked out great.
Silver Course
Lots of construction going on around the grounds, parking lot(s), cart paths. Tee boxes need a lot of work as they’re quite small, not level and long grass.
Greens were slower than I like, and the fairways needed to be cut shorter in my opinion.
Overall, an average course that was more expensive than I think it should be.
Silver
Dirt parking lot , everything dusty. Only 2 people in clubhouse - long line to check in. Started late. Super slow round - over 5 hours.
Disappointing Day!!
I was scheduled to play the Gold course at Emerald Green on Sunday August 28. I made the reservation about a week before. On Saturday 27 we had a fair amount of rain that night leaving the course very wet. It was open, but with cart path only restrictions. Our tee time was for 10:56 am . I called the course about an hour before to say that as a senior golfer I needed to ride a cart more than just on the path. I left my name and phone number as instructed by their message, but unfortunately I never got a call back even though the message said I would. I did get a text that said my new tee time would be around 3:45 pm that day. My playing partner, my son, was unable to make that time due to a previous planned event and we never requested an afternoon tee time. I did play the Silver course a month or so earlier and would schedule a time for the Gold course again if I could use the fee I paid for the 28th round that I’ve not been refunded. My first experience with this course was fine, but this was terrible as they didn’t follow their own way of handling calls. Please let me know if I can get a refund from the 28th to use in the future at the Emerald Green course. Thank you.
Bruce Gibson
Ok
We had to have the beer cart gal get a ranger out to get the 4 some in front of us out of the way because there was literally 8 groups backed up because they were so slow. After they were out of the way we played the back nine in an hour a a half. Course needs some water because the rough was hard as a rock. Greens and fairways were in decent shape.
Good day
I don’t hit it long so this course right up my alley. Slopey greens add defense making it a great day. I would hate to see it when wind is up