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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7223 yards
Slope 131
Rating 74.4

The Castle Course at Northern Bay gives you the unique opportunity to play some of golf's greatest holes all in one place. This championship course features seven holes that are replicas of the most famous holes of seven different PGA Tour courses, including Augusta National and Bay Hill. It is the only golf course of its kind in the Midwest. Besides the replicas, the other 12 holes on the course all have unique and challenging designs that are just as interesting. Bunkers are strategically placed throughout and water hazards also come into play frequently. The signature hole is the par-3 10th, which is the replica of no. 17 on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, a hole known primarily for its island green. The Castle Course's replica was voted one of the best par-3 holes in Wisconsin.

Course Details

Year Built 2005
Fairways Bluegrass
Greens Bluegrass
Golf Season April - December

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirts & no denim

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Internet Access

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Wisconsin (2015 #7)

Reviews

3.2
72 Reviews (72)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
19th Hole Scenic Views 7
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 13
Water Hazards 11
Undulating Greens 10
This course/club is great for:
A Weekend Splurge 14
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 10
Entertaining Clients 9
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 13
At a Resort 9

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course was very playable , good variety of holes and the layout was excellent

Enjoyed playing this course again. Course was in good condition and very playable . It is a very fair course for the average golfer and would play it again. The different sets of tees allows golfers of all abilities to ah and enjoy it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

ONE OF MY FAV'S

A MUST PLAY FOR ANY GOLFER AND YOU WILL WANT TO PLAY IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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

enjoyable experiencwe

The experience was enjoyable! It is worth the money if played thru golfnow! (Half off) At the end of the day to be able to play some replica holes adds some prestige to your round. The other holes on the course can be as difficult ,and can provide agood challenge.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Castle Course Northern bay

Each hole seems isolated from the outside world. Greens are pristine, course is in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Memorial Day weekend

The course was hard yet; its need watering to green up the tee boxes; the fairway were just satisfactory.
I don't believe the course is worth the fees that they ask. I paid a discounted $70 but I still believe this too much for the course.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

A golf hideaway

Great course with replica holes. Fun to play. Reasonable rates through Golf Now.com

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

great course - great day

Mothers Day present for me - better than flowers! Quiet on the course, but just beautiful and good weather.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

excellent replica holes

best course I've played this year even though it was past prime season

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was in great condition for the fall. The staff was accomodating and the beverage cart was out frequently.

The course was in great condition for the fall. The staff was accommodating and the beverage cart was out frequently.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 65
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Beautiful views

Loved the course. The views were great. The replica holes
with the history description on score card, very nice. Hole #10 the island green one my favroite, as the favroite of other golfers I'm sure. Also loved hole #18.
Most fairways are quite wide and forgiven for hi-handicapers.
The included practice area is top notch.
The pro shop staff were very nice. My only regret is that I live
over 2 hours away, so I can only enjoy the course a few times a year.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

see below

we got a special thru golf now-certainly would not pay full price for the course conditions. Fairways were very thin and the sand traps needed edging. The greens were fast and nice but very overpriced without a discount

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

greens were in tough shape. group ahead of us held up play.

I'VE PLAYED THIS COURSE BEFORE, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PRISTINE YESTERDAY THE GREENS WERE TERRIBLE,BALL MARKS EVERYWHERE. THE ONLY OTHER COMPLAINT WAS THE GROUP TWO IN FRONT OF US REALLY HELD UP PLAY I WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY UPSET IF IWOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE . I DO LOVE THE COURSE AND WILL PLAY IT AGAIN JUST A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THIS TIME. THANK YOU GOLFNOW THIS IS TRULY A GREAT SERVICE YOU OFFER MY HATS OFF TO ALL.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

They ruined a good farm field when they built this course

Staff- nice and friendly, great staff

Course conditions- Terrible, not maintained at all.

Fairways- not mowed, long grass, patchy grass a lot of grassless spots

Bunkers- worst bunkers I have ever seen, there are no crisp edges to any of the bunkers. None of the bunkers were raked. The bunkers look like someone just dumped a bunch of sand on the ground in random areas.

Tee boxes- long grass and patchy areas just like the fairways not trimmed up nice at all.

Greens- were in good shape they look like some one actually pays attention to them.

Rough- Long and patchy, and full of dry mud. It looks like dried out farmland with some patches of long grass

Replica holes- This course is known for its replica holes. The 10th hole which is the famous 17th hole island green at TPC Sawgrass which is the best hole on the course. All the other replica holes just have parts of the original holes that are nothing special at all and often play minor roles in the hole itself.

Original price $75-90 Price I Paid $30 because of a deal on golfnow
Location is terrible, its in the middle of now where, there is nothing around this place besides the resort/condos across the street.

Conclusion- I drove 3 hours to this course and was alright with that because I only paid $30, if I paid full price I would have been outraged. The layout of this course is nice, but the grounds crew must have taken the year off because it was in absolute terrible condition. I always see this course on the top 10 list of courses in Wisconsin and this course being on the list is an embarrassment to the other courses on the list. Nice staff, but not worth full price, worth about $40 at most because of the poor condition of the course which has been a problem for some years now I've heard.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love this course

Awesome course. would have finished comfortably but got stuck behind a foursome. Couldn't really play 18.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course in very good shape. Greens ran true. Fairways solid.

The Castle Course was in very good shape. The greens held iron shots and putted true. Fairways were in good shape. They have started to aerate the tees.

Pace of play was slow. Took 5 hours. Couple of foursomes ahead of us were extremely slow. Would have been nice to have a ranger who would have encouraged them to play faster - WHILE WE ARE YOUNG!!

Staff behind the counter and cart girl were friendly and personable.

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

Awesome Replica Holes!

This course is known for the replica holes. They keep these in pristine shape. Super fun testing yourself against what the pro's play! When getting a great deal on Golfnow, I highly recommend this course!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, with some awesome holes.

Replica holes were a lot of fun, but the whole course was great. Two of the par 5's were over 600 yards...a real challenge but a lot of fun.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun layout

Great layout - very helpful staff.
Challenges for any skill level.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very pretty course.

This was a very well maintained course and I loved the replica holes from famous courses that were part of the PGA championships. Fun and challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A must visit

Very nice course. excellently maintained. signature holes introduce a lot of tradition. fun atmosphere. great area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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