Lake Mills Golf Course
About
Lake Mills Golf Club first opened in 1927, making it one of the area's oldest courses. The original nine-hole course was shaped and molded from gently rolling farmland. The course eventually expanded to a full 18 holes and has undergone other major renovations since it first opened though it still retains the same traditional character as the original course. At just over 6,700 yards from the tips, the course has several holes that will please long hitters. The occasional water hazard comes into play as well as several strategically placed bunkers. Mature trees also line the fairways, demanding accuracy. Lake Mills Golf Club has a fair amount of challenges in store but beginners should still feel confident about approaching it, especially with four different sets of tees available.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue | 72 | 6745 yards | 72.3 | 125 |
White | 72 | 6218 yards | 70.2 | 121 |
Gold (W) | 72 | 5468 yards | 71.4 | 124 |
Gold | 72 | 5468 yards | 66.5 | 112 |
Red (W) | 72 | 4925 yards | 68.4 | 117 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blue M: 72.3/125 | 445 | 382 | 441 | 179 | 564 | 301 | 173 | 294 | 520 | 3299 | 347 | 593 | 217 | 549 | 411 | 357 | 445 | 182 | 345 | 3446 | 6745 |
White M: 70.2/121 | 425 | 363 | 384 | 146 | 521 | 284 | 157 | 289 | 514 | 3083 | 329 | 573 | 160 | 503 | 354 | 347 | 390 | 151 | 328 | 3135 | 6218 |
Gold M: 66.5/112 W: 71.4/124 | 411 | 276 | 361 | 101 | 455 | 263 | 132 | 280 | 469 | 2748 | 295 | 490 | 111 | 395 | 290 | 300 | 372 | 139 | 328 | 2720 | 5468 |
Red W: 68.4/117 | 262 | 276 | 324 | 101 | 431 | 224 | 132 | 236 | 419 | 2405 | 295 | 490 | 111 | 395 | 290 | 300 | 267 | 116 | 256 | 2520 | 4925 |
Handicap | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 18 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Course Details
Rentals/Services
Practice/Instruction
Policies
Food & Beverage
Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage CartsAvailable Facilities
Meeting Facilities, Banquet FacilitiesReviews
Reviewer Photos
HOLE IN ONE!
I am excited to say I got my very first ever HOLE IN ONE on the 4th hole par 3 at Lake Mills on July 20th during our round we booked through Golf Now. We never would have made the extra drive out there if we didn't get that great deal, but I love that course so it was worth it. I used to work there too and have come close on that hole before but never saw anything like it! As a 46yr old female non professional golfer with horrible arthritis on top of it, this was the most exciting thing that's happened to me in years! i didn't get to celebrate however because I had to get my partner to an urgent care before it closed for a torn muscle/tendon. But I'm rejoicing every day! And thank Golf Now and my Callaway ball for making it possible! :) Thank you again!!
Poor customer service
I bought 3 rounds of golf through Groupon. Groupon included 18 holes with a cart. We got to the course and was told it was walking only. We couldn’t walk because of physical limitations so I asked for a refund. Golf course said they don’t recognize Groupon and they don’t receive any of the money I had to prepay through Groupon. Golf course stated if I wanted to walk I could but it’d be at full price.I simply want me money returned to me. I’d give the course zero stars if I could.
Never before has this happened!
I booked and PAID FOR a Hot Deal Tee Time on GolfNow, I arrived at the course 30 minutes early only to be told that "No, there is nothing here to show that you've paid." I pulled out my phone and showed him the payment receipt from my credit card company, but he insisted that I still owed $44. He also insisted that they had NO AFFILIATION with GolfNow and he didn't know how those Hot Deal T-Times got on there. They get NO MONEY back from GolfNow for those T-Times. I have NEVER had this happen in all the years I've used GolfNow, so what an awful precedent to set for users of GolfNow. To pay online for a tee time thru GolfNow, drive all the way there and be told: "No, you haven't paid"?
I am responding to you as the owner of this course. I am the person our pro shop staff called when you came in, and I listened in the background when he was talking to you.
First off, when you buy a Hot Deal tee time, it is the equivalent of buying a hotel room on Expedia or Hotels.com. You are buying through a 3rd party site, and you are taking the actual business out of the equation. What I mean by this is if something goes wrong, there is nothing the business can do to help you. You have to go back to the site you purchased from (Golf Now) and straighten it out with them.
You came in and told us you had a tee time, but there was no tee time booked on our tee sheets, which is always done automatically by Golf Now when someone books a Hot Deal. We also received no email indication that you booked on our end, which is also done automatically by Golf Now when someone books through them. You may have had a receipt, but many people have booked tee times and then cancelled, and they still have a receipt too from the original transaction, but they aren't on our tee sheets anymore.
The pro shop told you repeatedly to call Golf Now because they were the company you booked through and the only people that could straighten this out for you. As we explained to you over and over, when you book through a 3rd party site, there is unfortunately nothing we can do to help.
You then demanded a refund for golf. As we explained to you, when you book a Hot Deal tee time, you are not booking one of our tee times. We receive $0 from any of those tee times, so there is nothing we can refund to you. We make nothing; therefore, we cannot refund what we don't receive. On a side note: You aren't actually supporting the small business/golf course you are at when you buy Hot Deal times. You are supporting Golf Now, which is owned by NBC.
Unfortunately, when you talk about the "awful precedent" being set, it is being set by Golf Now, not our golf course. When you book an outside tee time like that, one of the risks you take is that Golf Now will send us the information and book the tee time. They did not do ANY of that, so they let you down. We are just the golf course that incurred your wrath for something we had no control over.
If you would like us to explain anything in further detail, please call our pro shop at 920-648-5013. We hope you have a great day.
For the weather we have had the course is in great shape
Tough Night
Nowhere on the booking did it say you could only play the back nine, so we needed up playing the back twice. The course is pretty dry with the lack of rain.
Thank you for your review. Our online booking tee sheets are run by Golf Now, so unfortunately we are not allowed to make notes as to when only 9 holes are open. We do have a men's league on Wednesdays that rotates the front and back 9. We do apologize for any inconvenience that this caused you. If you call us when booking, we can always tell you if something is going on. As to dryness, we are currently in a drought across most of the state, and we are down 11 inches of water currently. We are keeping our watering focus on greens and tee boxes, with 3 staff members out full time daily to make this happen. We are watering the fairways too, but the focus must be on greens and tee boxes in a drought. The hard fact is, when there is a drought like we are experiencing, there is no irrigation system that can do 100 percent of the work that we are lacking from rain. We, like every other golf course in this drought plain, are doing our absolute best to water as much as possible right now.
Used to be my favorite
Pace of play was horrendous due to multiple people splitting up instead of pairing for same time slots. Was playing as a single and nobody would let me pass them up. Scheduling needs to be worked on. I did nothing but cool down and wait for the entire 9 holes. Almost every one we had 3 groups on each hole. I payed for 18 holes and they refused a raincheck due to their crap schedule. Left anyways. I used to go here alot, used to be my favorite course, and used to recommend it also. Not anymore. Also why isnt there a beverage person on an 80 degree day?
Hi Jesse. I just had a chance to go back and further examine the claims you are making here. First off, you are complaining that there was no bev cart out when you played. I looked at your tee time, and it appears you played on a slow Monday. Like the majority of courses, we do not have a bev cart go out on Monday. We do have a sign in the pro shop stating this fact as well, and we offer you coolers to take out on the course that hold a six pack each. Second, I want to address your comments about pace of play. You are claiming that is was horrendous because of multiple people splitting up and that there were 3 or more groups on each hole. I checked the tee sheet for the day, and at the time you were out there there was only 2 singles and 2 two-somes on the course. The only other people that may have been out there at the time would be the high school teams, and they are required to let paying customers play through at all times, which I know that they do.
Hi Jesse. We would certainly appreciate it if you would call the clubhouse and let us know that pairings were splitting up instead of leaving a review about it, so that we could have actually sent our ranger out to address the situation. Additionally, I looked up your tee time and you bought it as a Golf Now Hot Deal. Unfortunately, the course makes and collects $0 for that tee time. 100 percent of the money you spent goes to Golf Now. There is no way we can give you a rain check or a refund on a tee time we collected no money for. You would have to discuss it with Golf Now.
Great course
This course was recommended to me last year, and I am so glad I tried it. It is a really nice, well-maintained course for a great price. The staff is very friendly too. It definitely has become my favorite track in the area.
Poor customer service
I’ve been booking tee times with Golf Now since it’s inception. This is the first club that told me Golf Now customers can’t have a cart until 25 minutes prior to the tee time because Golf Now customers were teeing off early. She said I was rude and belligerent. Nothing could be further from the truth . Very unaccommodating staff . STAY AWAY!
I was there when this went down. I was told by the course you left a review and felt I needed to respond. There was no poor customer service. Your behavior was completely out of line. You screamed and harassed that poor girl in the pro shop for following the set discount times you agreed to when you signed up. I have never seen an 80+ year-old-man stomp around and throw a temper tantrum like a toddler before. You were asked nicely to leave for at least 30 minutes while I was there, and you wouldn't go. I was one of the people who complained about your behavior and suggested that the cops be called because there was no telling what you were going to do during your tantrum. Six of us sat outside the pro shop and listened to you screaming on the phone about attacking the staff with your golf clubs and about being reimbursed for gas money. We were more than 200 feet away from you and heard every word you said. You are lucky you weren’t arrested when the cops showed up. As a financial advisor, I am going to give you a piece of free advice. If you are chasing golf deals around and screaming about getting paid back for gas, you have no business playing golf. This is an expensive sport, and you clearly can’t afford it. If I were you, I would take that money and spend it on counseling. You clearly need it after the way I saw you act.
Joe, you came in 2 hours prior to your GolfNow Hot Deal time. When you book those tee times, here are the rules on your reservation email:
From GolfNow: "Tee Time Notes: This Tee Time is offered exclusively by GolfNow and not the golf course. Please expect to play precisely at time chosen in reservation. **This special rate is valid only for this tee time and will not be honored at any other time of day.**"
When you came in... two full hours before your set time.... you were given this information by our pro shop staff. You proceeded to berate the staff for following the set rules and became belligerent. You then stomped into the pro shop every 5 minutes to further scream and yell, which made our pro shop staff very scared to see you behave in such a bizarre manner. We had other golfers come in to express their concerns about your behavior as well. We finally made the decision to call GolfNow and ask them to refund your money as we felt very uncomfortable letting someone who was behaving in such an unhinged manner onto our golf course. After we secured your refund, you proceeded to scream and yell obscenities at our staff and wouldn't leave the premises. The highlight of your tirade was when you told the GolfNow operator you were going to take a golf club to the side of the owner's head.
Given this unstable behavior, we had to call the police to have you removed. They told us they found your behavior disturbing as well and waited with us for quite awhile to make sure you didn't return.
This should go without saying, but you are permanently banned from the course. GolfNow also has a file on your regarding this incident and your behavior. Good luck to you in the future.
Holy Hail!!
Bring cash, the credit card machine was down / not existing?? It took a long time to process CC transaction for a few drinks. Weather started off excellent. course was in good condition for this time of year. Playing from the front tees anyone can play this course and enjoy it. layout almost requires a cart with the long distances between some greens and the next tee (kind of through a subdivision and across a few roads. (not great signage for some holes where you had to go through sub division. The layout was decent, you didn't have a lot of holes that looked like what you just played. This was a welcome change on a small town Wisconsin golf course. The greens were small to medium in size, mostly round or oval Got through 12 holes when the rain started, then we saw the lightning for the first time. We headed for the clubhouse (from almost the most distant point) as there was no place to take shelter in site. On the drive back it seemed like there was lightening all around us and that is when the HAIL started, not quite golf ball size but close (cart had a top but that didn't help). By the time we got back to the clubhouse the sun was coming back out, we were too soaked and went home. You have got to love spring storms. I would recommend this course to players of any skill level, but in terms of value, for a few dollars more you can play better courses in the area. Price we paid was after Golfpass discounts were applied.
Extremely Dissapointing
This was the worst conditioned course I’ve ever played! This includes many munis I grew up on. Plus the staff treated us as unwanted because we booked on a Hot Deal.
I am not sure if you were aware of this, but Lake Mills and many of the surrounding communities were under the second year of the most extreme drought we had experienced in decades. This was actually reported on in the news nearly every single day. At the time you posted this review, we were down more than 20 inches of rain from where we should have been. In fact, we only had two significant rainfalls since April. Just. Two. Rainfalls. I hope we can both agree that this would qualify as an extreme drought.
I understand those who are uneducated as to golf course operations would accuse the golf course of poor maintenance as you did and think the solution is just to water more. It is simply not that easy. Irrigation is made to supplement rain, not replace it. It is virtually impossible to keep up with an extended drought like this one. Given the heat, low humidity at times, and wind, the evapotranspiration rates are higher than a course’s irrigation system can put down at night.
We personally put down tens of millions of gallons more water than normal and watered our greens twice a day. Higher end courses that charge more put down wetting agents to help, but those are courses that charge $100 or more a round. We are trying to remain an affordable “mom and pop” small business, so wetting agents are outside of our budget unless we want to double our prices, which we do not.
With this kind of prolonged drought, the soil can also become hydrophobic, which means that no matter how much water is put on it, the soil will not absorb it, creating what are known as isolated dry spots.
Adding to the misery is that fact that many municipalities put water restrictions in place during times like these, which limits your ability to water. This compounds the frustration for golf course owners and maintenance staff alike, as do reviews like these.
The bottom line is all the courses in this situation are doing their best to keep up. The good news is most people were aware of current events and empathized with our situation.
If you would like further education on droughts and golf courses, please feel free to call us. We would be happy to explain it to you!
Small greens
Course was in decent condition. No range to warm up and a small chipping putting green. Greens were slower. Greens were small but in decent shape. Course does offer challenges.
You bought a tee time through Groupon, which was sold by Golf Now... IT WAS NOT SOLD BY THE GOLF COURSE. We informed Golf Now last week that we were walking only, and they told us they would put a notice on our site and inform everyone who booked a Golf Now tee time that the course is currently walking only. They clearly did not.
When you buy a tee time through a 3rd party -- like Golf Now/Groupon -- you are accepting their terms of service. You asked us for a refund, but we are not the people you bought your tee time from. You purchased from Golf Now. We make NO money off of those tee times; therefore, we cannot refund you anything as we didn't collect anything.
We explained this to you repeatedly, but you didn't want to listen to us. We also gave you the number to call Golf Now and talk to them about your refund. I hope they gave you one. Had you actually bought your tee time through the golf course, we would have been happy to refund you and accommodate you in any way possible. When you buy from a third party, you tie our hands because we are unable to help you. You have to accept their conditions and risks. Your issue is with Golf Now, not the golf course. We told you this, and your friends understood it. I am sorry you don't.