Northwoods Golf Course
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About
Northwoods Golf Club is one of the Columbia area's premier public courses. P.B. Dye, son of renowned course architect Pete Dye, designed the layout, incorporating some of his father's signature features. The golf course is player friendly enough to appeal to any skill level but there are some challenges in store as well. Mature trees line most of the fairways and there are a few strategically placed bunkers that come into play. You won't come across much water on this golf course and it's not terribly long either. It's gentle enough for beginners to approach with confidence. The golf course's signature hole is the par-4 14th, which features the famous Dye railroad ties bordering a lake that hugs the bunkered green. Northwoods G.C. also offers a practice facility with a lighted driving range and putting green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6800 yards | 71.9 | 122 |
| Back | 72 | 6485 yards | 70.4 | 118 |
| Middle | 72 | 5936 yards | 67.6 | 113 |
| Forward | 72 | 4954 yards | 67.8 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.6/139 | 386 | 175 | 520 | 244 | 352 | 494 | 472 | 414 | 373 | 3430 | 412 | 186 | 394 | 501 | 313 | 469 | 170 | 435 | 520 | 3400 | 6830 |
| Back M: 70.7/133 | 372 | 138 | 497 | 234 | 337 | 465 | 465 | 397 | 362 | 3267 | 398 | 176 | 389 | 492 | 304 | 440 | 160 | 394 | 465 | 3218 | 6485 |
| Yellow M: 67.1/120 W: 72.9/129 | 348 | 122 | 472 | 204 | 301 | 454 | 428 | 362 | 335 | 3026 | 373 | 158 | 341 | 468 | 243 | 410 | 128 | 350 | 439 | 2910 | 5936 |
| Red M: 63.3/110 W: 67.1/116 | 294 | 103 | 398 | 134 | 262 | 413 | 331 | 293 | 273 | 2501 | 317 | 124 | 298 | 399 | 200 | 307 | 107 | 306 | 395 | 2453 | 4954 |
| Handicap | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Nobody on the Course this past Monday!
Wow, what a treat it was to show up at this fairly busy public course at 11am and see a parking lot not even one third full! I basically had "the course to myself" playing as a single with no one in front of me or behind me. People said maybe golfers were turned off coming given they were irrigating several fairways (which I easiy worked around) and the greens were recently aerated so they were a bit bumpy from all the plug holes. But all in all the course was in great shape. Just one of those lucky days timing wise.
It was excellenet.
It was excellent.
I wanna go again.
By the way, I lost something
so I sent email.
Could you check it?
Thanks.
Great time
Greens just aerated but the course was in great condition. Narrow course at times but a lot of fun
Love this layout.
The Spur is always in good shape and the layout is stimulating due to the unique layout.
5 somes welcome, even 6!??
At some point these knuckleheads decided 5somes are ok? Yesterday I witnessed a 6some make the turn..
And these guys have the audacity to talk about pace and time limits in the afternoon..? Joke.
The Course is in decent shape, fairways and greens are good.
Almost all of tee boxes are a dirt box! Unbelievable..
I like this golf course. It is a good layout, Just don't expect any customer courtesy and go play.
Hi, thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!
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Course Staff
Course is in good condition, although it is always wet. Does not drain well, but maintenance does well. However staff at the desk complained about the use of golfnow. Other than that good day.
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Great Value!
Played on Monday 4/11 in the morning. Staff was extremely friendly, the starter accompanied me to the tee box and gave me some pointers about the course to be aware of. Fairways a little bare in spots but greens rolled true and were in great shape. Nice driving range and chipping/putting area ($4 for a small bucket of about 25-30 balls). Overall had a great day and look forward to coming back.
Painfully slow
We waited on every single shot, and after 12 holes figured it wasn’t worth the pain. Interesting layout, but pretty rough tee boxes and thin in the fairways. Not a good value
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SC Gem
Made a trek down South to escape the Midwest weather and catch a practice round of the Masters. Nice course, great layout, had rained quite a bit so not fair to comment on the upkeep of the course. Would definitely play if back in SC.. Definitely the nicest of the Columbia area courses.
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Enjoyable round
Enjoyed the course. Fairways still looked to be in winter mode some. Heavy rains in last couple days made the course fairly wet in spots so cart path only for carts.. greens were firm and in good shape. Cart paths are a bit “rugged” in places.
Greens in good shape but fairways, rough and fringe thin
Still in winter golf condition. Ball will roll very far on the fairways (good) but if your roll of the green it just keeps rolling (not so good). Had a couple of foursomes that were dog slow and quit after 9 holes seeing the backup. Just one of those days
Thank you for reviewing us! We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Northwoods Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Lots of bare spots in fairways - greens very slick!
Had a beautiful day in the mid 70's to play. The course is very forgiving if you have a stray shot on many holes but holding a pitch shot onto the green was tough today! The ball seemed to roll endlessly and then fall of the green given no real fringe to stop it. When you add a 20+mph continuous wind to the mix, once a ball started rolling on the green the wind would really push it along! Putting was also quite the challenge in lagging longer putts up close to the hole. There we also a number of wet and muddy spots in the fairways.
All in all it was a great day though to play given no playing pressure from behind and therefore I was able to work our a few kinks in my swing walking as a single. Definitely enjoyed the course and will be back.
Nice folks, Great value
The course marshall was especially friendly. Our foursome had a nice round.
Really Good course
This was a really good course. Not great, but I would definitely play it again. The front nine is a little tighter and requires good strategy, where the back nine felt more open allowing for more aggressive play. My only issue was the range was closed the day I played so I was not able to warm up. The the course and putting greens were in great shape for the off season.
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Thank you for your review, Parkar. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Northwoods Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.