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4.0
221 Reviews (221)
5 Stars
59
4 Stars
106
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
87.0%
Recommend this course
194 out of 221 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.9
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
88.9%
Recommend this course
16 out of 18 reviews
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4.2
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.7%
Recommend this course
44 out of 48 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7083 yards
Slope 136
Rating 74.2
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Lake Spanaway Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1967
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $16
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Washington (2023 #16)

Reviews

4.0
221 Reviews (221)
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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Previously Played

Manager n staff poorly

Hard to put in word. Pay for it n you will understand what I mean.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/04/2020

Hello, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see that you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Lake Spanaway Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pristine condition

Challenging and beautiful, you can't beat the price and course condition

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

GolfPass Thursday

It’s been over a year for me on this course and I wasn’t disappointed one bit, even the three singles that joined made the round better to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wet, Slow Greens

Overall condition pretty good with wet patches throughout the fairways. However, greens were a bit wet,soggy and very slow.

Staff in the pro shop are very nice and friendly!

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/05/2020

Hello dshim86. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Wet, unmowed greens

I wouldn't play the course for a few weeks to let the greens come back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/05/2020

Hello Zoomie1515. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

These greens for this price?

Pretty frustrated. It was a Monday so the fact that they didn’t mow greens is not a big surprise and with the impending heat wave, I understand the soft/wet conditions around the greens. What I can’t get over is the amount of pitch marks left behind by previous golfers. I know that the course has limited control over people’s behavior but this is an issue that is bad enough to keep me from Returning anytime soon. It’s one think to play twilight for $20 and deal with the days wear and tear. It’s a whole different issue to pay full price for these conditions. Other than that, course was in its usual, very acceptable condition.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/03/2020

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!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

The course is good

Can’t be flexible to play the back 9 holes. Basically everyone starts at hole 1, causing traffic and longer waiting time.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Always ready to play!

Lake Spanaway is my "Go To" course in Pierce County. It is always kept is great condition and ready to play. The greens ARE green and kept immaculate. The fairways are well tended and problem spots are being fixed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Making ready for a tournament

The course has been put in Tournament condition, and it played great!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful day, rough round.

I played terrible despite the fact that the course was in good shape.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Course - old favorite

OK Practice Facility with a driving range (low compression balls), chipping green, and large putting green.
At this time, the course had soft pan (like hitting out of fairway sand-traps) at many places in the fairway where the grass is cut so short that there is none, requires spot-on ball striking with irons, tougher for iron play, so bring your fairway wood type clubs. The greens were very recently punched, so not perfectly mowed, but still fairly true, just slow in some places. Some tee boxes are a little lumpy and not flat (maybe on purpose).
Still, it's a good challenge for our golfing skills, a great and fun course to play!!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Round of Golf

Beautiful day, course in good shape and pace of play acceptable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Early Bird gets around in a hurry

We were the second group out this morning and had two very fast ladies in front of us, whom we never saw after the first hole.
We had a great round in 3.5 hours, outstanding.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Golf Now makes it worthwhile

We had an 8:24 tee time and all went well. Good conditions all around.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slow but good conditions

The greens were in good shape, the course played well, but the pace of play was slower than it should have been.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

What a great muni.

Lake Spanaway Golf Course is a great asset to this community. The greens roll perfectly.
For a round to take five hours is ridiculous. There was a marshall out there so I don't know what the answer is.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played

Best bang friendly staff

The staff at the desk is great. Being recognized when you come back adds a personal touch! The app gives you very nice perks and the course is in decent shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/30/2019

We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Lake Spanaway Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

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