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4.4
197 Reviews (197)
5 Stars
84
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
6
1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.1
94.6%
Recommend this course
172 out of 197 reviews
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4.0
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
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0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
81.8%
Recommend this course
9 out of 11 reviews
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4.5
55 Reviews (55)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
96.4%
Recommend this course
53 out of 55 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6715 yards
Slope 128
Rating 72.2

Located less than an hour from Seattle in Lakewood, Oakbrook Golf Club is one of the area's hidden gems. Opened in 1966 as a private club, the course opened its doors to the public in 2012. The course is known for its smooth, firm, and fast greens. The 6,700-yard layout plays both narrow and long but it is player friendly enough to appeal to a wide range of skill levels. With hundreds of mature oak trees scattered throughout the course, accuracy is key. It's a course that rewards strategy rather than raw skill. One of Oakbrook Golf Club's toughest holes is the par-4 seventh, which you'll have to play from below since it's sloped steeply from top to bottom. The downhill shots and doglegs will put golfers of any skill level to the test.

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Course Details

Year Built 1966
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $17
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Accolades

Reviews

4.4
197 Reviews (197)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
Patio Dining 9
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 25
Undulating Greens 25
Narrow Fairways 18
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 32
Locals 28
Advanced Golfers 25
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 25
Convenient to the City 18
Worth the Drive 18

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Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

They are now allowing fivesomes

This really slowed down the pace of play. We had two fivesome's in front of us and waited on every hole.
This used to be a well maintained golf course but the greens are in really rough shape and sand traps are a joke. RMG is not taking care of their investment.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Best of the RMG courses

Oakbrook is the jewel of the RMG courses. Wide fairways, groomed greens and challenging obstacles. I highly recommend this course to anyone in the Tacoma area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 09/07/2014

If Oakbrook is really the jewel of RMG, that will save me visiting the other two.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

Play it for the fast greens.

Finally walked a round after hearing about fast greens. First, finding the place was a pain. Nobody playing on a Monday, just me with another single. Basically, it's your typical boring layout with trees on bother sides, but not dense like Meadowpark (which is more interesting). Many bunkers, but not enough sand! You cannot bounce out of them without hitting the hard bottom, a shame. The only memorable experience are the fast greens. They are fun to putt after practicing on the exceptional practice greens. I prefer links courses, so didn't find Oakbrook interesting at all. No water, grasses, waste areas, soft sand, etc. Could not remember even the 2 holes I birdied! Too old style I guess. Very walkable and you should! Worth a play, but there are many better courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Walked

Bad, Bad Bunkers

Friendly staff, but holy smokes the bunkers are awful. And there are plenty of them all Filled with rocks and pebbles. Spend some money and fix the traps. No one who spends good money on equipment wants to hit from those. Too much risk to damage your clubs. If it wasn't for that detail I'd rate much higher but because of it I can't. Don't really want to play it again unless they fix that issue.

Conditions Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

Very Good Course

Although I didn't play well, can't blame it on the course. Fairways and greens were excellent and running fast. Course was fair and somewhat challenging, especially with the pin locations. Sand was well kept and very playable. I enjoyed the round in under 4 hrs which is good. I would recommend this course from a beginner to a scratch golfer.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful course

This course is in excellent shape. The fairways are in top shape and the greens are very receptive in great shape and lightning fast!
My only complaint is that there are absolutely no markers on any of the tee boxes telling you what hole you are on , or any signage anywhere directing you to the next hole. We actually missed an entire hole . Other than that a great experience and will definitely be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Almost perfect

The only thing I can say negative was that the bunkers were/had compacted sand only top <1/2" was loose. They needed to be tilled/stirred.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great course, slow play

Got stuck behind a slow 5-some. Course allows 5-somes and has a tin ear to complaints about it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 52
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Hidden Gem

Oakbrook is a nice addition to the public golf menu in the South Sound... a very playable (and walkable) course with enough tee options to satisfy golfers of all levels. The course is in very good shape. Narrow fairways and big trees require accuracy off the tee; the greens are firm and fast.

You'll need GPS to find this course (or find anything in Lakewood!), but it's well worth the drive.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course for the money but not great...

Good course for the money but not great...there are at least three small things that would make this course much better such as adding hole signs with yardage, adding more hole yardage stakes/stones and finally have sandwiches and hotdogs available quickly at the turn.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long course and challenging

Great golf course: well kept, dry, and friendly staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, first time playing there, direction to get there is a bit confusion, but course is well maintained, it's all worthwhile!

Great course! first time playing there. although direction to get there was a bit confusion, but course is well maintained, it's all worthwhile!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent greens, fast and true.

The course played a bit longer today since we have had a lot of rain in the past 3 days, but the greens were in excellent shape. I produced one of my best scores this year with 9 one putts on the day.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great value

Oakbrook is never a disappointment. The greens are always in fabulous shape. Even with all the rain we have had the course is always fairly dry. A must play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Former private gem now available to us all!

This is a beautilful course - very well maintained. While some of the fairways are quite narrow, it is still playable for mid to high handicappers. A very walkable course. There are some challenging holes with 400+ yard par fours, evilly placed bunkers, and several trees that just seem to want to get in the way of your path to the green. And speaking of the greens, they're fast and several have some undulations that create a opportunities for a few nasty pin placements (which the greens keepers seem to like to take advantage of).

I enjoyed my round and linked up with some very pleasant company both times I played. Definitely put this on your list of must play courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice well maintained track

Ex private club which has recently converted to daily fee. Still has a feel of a Country Club, super condition, fairways very good condition, tee boxes excellent and Greens superb, bunkers were all raked with decent amount of sand. My only thing here and this is really picky but the tee boxes are not numbered (I know this is a throwback to the country club days) the layout is fairly easy to follow and the map on the scorecard helps. Hitting thru the power lines crossing the fairways was interesting. overall a great place and the halfway shack was reasonable priced too.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Nothing special

Course is ok. Flat. Greens were littered with pitch marks. Apparently the people that usually play out there do not know how to fix them. Would have appreciated knowing there were about 4 temp greens from the course staff or golf now but that didn't happen either.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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