Bent Tree Golf Club
About
The lush, rolling terrain occupied by Bent Tree Golf Club was sculpted into one of the most popular championship golf courses in central Ohio. Dennis Griffiths, the course's architect, seamlessly blended the design with the natural features of the landscape. The abundant natural water hazards come into play on half the holes and Griffiths strategically incorporated several well placed bunkers. The terrain's gentle undulations provide some interesting slope in the greens that place a priority on accuracy. Bent Tree Golf Club's par-4 eighth hole is especially demanding. It may be short at only 334 yards but it is surrounded by bunkers on all sides. It is followed by another tricky par 4 that requires both distance and accuracy in order to navigate the tree-lined fairway uphill to an undulating green faced with bunkers to the front and back.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Championship Tees | 72 | 6642 yards | 71.9 | 126 |
Back Tees | 72 | 6239 yards | 70.3 | 121 |
Middle Tees | 72 | 5763 yards | 67.5 | 118 |
Forward Tees (W) | 72 | 5110 yards | 69.1 | 119 |
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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Championship M: 71.9/126 | 353 | 182 | 517 | 379 | 422 | 550 | 185 | 334 | 385 | 3307 | 573 | 390 | 383 | 214 | 361 | 521 | 363 | 140 | 390 | 3335 | 6642 |
Back M: 70.3/120 | 332 | 161 | 491 | 346 | 412 | 514 | 175 | 323 | 368 | 3122 | 553 | 376 | 372 | 190 | 344 | 468 | 334 | 125 | 355 | 3117 | 6239 |
Middle M: 67.5/118 | 299 | 132 | 468 | 302 | 396 | 494 | 151 | 289 | 343 | 2874 | 505 | 359 | 334 | 161 | 321 | 445 | 320 | 106 | 338 | 2889 | 5763 |
Forward W: 69.1/119 | 241 | 101 | 425 | 249 | 374 | 450 | 122 | 264 | 307 | 2533 | 448 | 316 | 300 | 145 | 301 | 405 | 285 | 86 | 291 | 2577 | 5110 |
Handicap | 13 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 6 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 8 |
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Great day for a January round and the course was in great shape.
After seeing the weather forecast for the weekend of Jan 30-31, I knew I had to go out golfing, and since I had heard that Bent Tree was open weather permitting, I couldn't pass up playing this course for $29 with a cart. The course was in excellent shape considering the recent rain/snowmelt, with the only exceptions being the bunkers, but that's beyond the ability of any groundskeepers to do anything about.
I'm not really a fan of the bunkers here to begin with. They seem more like shallow (oftentimes fairly wide# depressions in the earth with a thin layer of sand. Sadly, probably due to budgetary constraints, this seems to be more the rule than the exception at most courses, making it to the point that when I do play a course like Ohio State Scarlet who vigilantly maintain their bunkers, while I'd rather be out of the bunkers than in, I almost feel a bit giddy to be in a bunker that you can actually play proper bunker shots in.
But I digress. Once again, the course was in excellent shape for any time of the year really, better than when we went twice last July. Back then, there were some burned out patches on some of the fairways, but I noticed nothing amiss with the course today. It was definitely a thrill to be able to skip a ball over ice and onto dry land. It's not something I've ever had the chance to do, not playing in cold weather much.
This course has a nice layout, and I've played here many times so I am very familiar with it. I'm so glad they mowed the tall grass that they had between the tees and the water on the par 3 7th for a couple years. That seemed a bit punitive for players who struggle to hit the ball consistently, particularly when it's over water. The pace of play was fine, even if the group in front seemed to take twice as long as they needed to on most of the greens.
I will definitely be back here in the future. I'm just not sure if it will be this year. There are MANY course to play in the area and around the state, if you're the type who likes to have a wide variety of courses on their plate each year. I would highly recommend making this course a part of your regular rotation, as it's never disappointed #except sometimes on the scorecard).
Great course to be able to hit your entire bag during a round
This course has some length and trouble, the greens are firming up with the weather and definitely provides a challenge that is fun! Please if you golf here, respect the course and fix your divots and ball marks. The only knock I have is based on golfers leaving beaver pelts in the fairways but it’s constantly maintained and excited to see how the summer months conditions add to the difficulty.
Course layout
The golf course has some challenging holes that make you really think about what club to use off the tee and in fairways or rough.
Not worth the money
Skipped 3 holes and still didn’t finish in 5 hours before it got dark. Waited 20 minutes to hit first tee shot. Called into clubhouse to ask if I could start on the back nine and was told there’s 250 people out here and pace of play is going to be slow. Got put behind 4 frat boys who were ramming their carts together, running around barefoot, yelling across the course and hitting multiple shots just because. Payed somewhere around 50.00 a person for this. Public golf is dead
Not worth it
Took more than 15 minutes before being able to tee off on the first hole. Called in to see if I could start on the back and they told me they had over 250 people on the course so there’s no point. Was stuck behind a group of teenagers using the golf carts as bumper cars, yelling across the course and one even shoeless. Tee time was before 5:00 and skipped 3 holes and still couldn’t finish it got too dark
2:45 to play nine holes….
Played in evening two weeks in a row (Thursday last week and Tuesday this week). Both times pace of play was horrible.
Course is fine. In good shape. But pace will keep me away from coming back any time soon. Ridiculous to take 2:45 to play 9.
The course was in excellent condition as usual. One of my favorite courses in the area to play.
Not worth the money!
The course was in rough shape, the rough was very long, everything needed mowed from the fairways to the rough to the greens. The greens were fast and true which I appreciate however some of the pin placements were absolutely ridiculous. I thought the rule was that a pin placement whould atleast be a flag’s distance from the fringe, not the case on several greens. I will not likely pay $60 on a Friday to play18 holes at this track ever again, it was not worth it in my opinion.
Excellent course
Top notch. Nice layout. Challenging course, but worth the play.
Great review! Thank you very much for taking the time to give us and golfers such great feedback. We work really hard to maintain conditions, even in the more "off" than on-season, so really appreciate your sharing. We hope you'll be back again soon this year!