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4.0
454 Reviews (454)
5 Stars
128
4 Stars
214
3 Stars
75
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.7
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
83.7%
Recommend this course
387 out of 454 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.6
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
77.8%
Recommend this course
7 out of 9 reviews
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4.0
57 Reviews (57)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
80.7%
Recommend this course
46 out of 57 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Style Links
Par 71
Length 6554 yards
Slope 133
Rating 71.9
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Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Bent grass
Greens Bent grass

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.0
454 Reviews (454)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 26
Bunkers 19
Thick Rough 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 15
Advanced Golfers 12
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 10
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 23
In the 'Burbs 20
Worth the Drive 8

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Very disappointed

This has been my "home" course for several years due to it's convenient location near my house. This was my first time playing it this year, and needless to say I won't be back anytime soon. My recommendation is to close the course for a couple days and repair the fairways and greens. It does not look like any repairation has been done to the course since it closed last year. I've put up with slow and crowded play here, but I'm not going to chip and put on what looks like an Elementary Playground.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/17/2017

Rando - We are sorry your experience did not live up to your expectations. We are confident our product is on par if not better than previous years. Lower temperatures through April and May have not been conducive for growing grass and therefore course repairs have taken longer to complete, but we are confident in our course and hope you give us another shot.

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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good condition for February

The course was in good shape for February. The fairways have dried up a lot. Greens were not bad had a good speed to them.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Decent track, needs to have an on course ranger

The course is not bad. It's definitely overpriced for what it is though. Its ususally overbooked and pace is usually pretty slow. I've played there for 3 years now and I've never seen a ranger on the course and/or manage the pace of play. Costs should be cheaper for a city course, tee times need to spaced out appropriately and a ranger needs to manage pace of play. If they made those changes it would really improve things.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golfing in February awesome

For being February the course was not in bad shape. Little wet in a few places. The greens were nice

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great place

This is a great course. Everything u need and a very challenging layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

The worst pace of play in SE Michigan

Such a nice course and so unenjoyable. Wait at ever hole, every time out.

It's not a little slow, it's dreadfully backed up all the time. If you get your round in in 5 hours it's a success

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition, challenging but in a good way, priced perfectly.

This is exactly what I hope for a 60$ 18 hole course. Beautiful views on a few holes, two stunning par 3s where you’re hitting from above downhill, and it’s in great shape. Staff is good and it has a golf range where you can hit off felt or grass up to you, nice for warming up. If I had to find a complaint I would say the pace on the front 9 is great bc the starters are actually doing their job but pace slows down tremendously on the back 9 which tends to happen everywhere bc ppl stop to get drinks and food at the bend but be warned the back 9 will take much longer than the front 9. All in all completely worth the money and would fully recommend for the above average golfer whose looking to test his skills a little bit.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid golf, Slow Play

Had a 4:30 t time on a friday afternoon and sunset was 8:45 so figured we would get it in pretty easy. On the first t, a group cut us after the starter told us we were next to go(already 10 mins behind) and the starter came up and I told him and he talked to the group in front of us and pretty much just said I’m sorry, you’re just screwed. Don’t know why he didn’t put us back in front of them and he knew their t time was after ours. This group ended up being extremely slow and never let us pass. Couldn’t finish our last 2 holes. Would of never happened if starter enforced t times.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, with a grain of salt

The course itself is beautiful. Great views and scenery are on every hole. The real downsides are the pace of play and some of the tee boxes. The rangers tried to keep the pace of play up, but after the 3rd hole they were gone. It should never take 3 hours to play the front 9. Then there’s multiple narrow and blind tee boxes where you cannot see the flag and are swinging up hill.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Overpriced for average course. No beverage cart or ranger.

I've played here more than a half dozen times in the last few years. This was my first time since the spring. Full disclosure, I had a GN discount code, but I would not pay the full asking price to play here. No beverage cart girl on any of the days (one weekday, multiple going back to last fall) and 90% weekends we played- none. No ranger too to help enforce when its slow play. Hardly anyone repaired their green side ball marks to make putting more like a putt-putt course as almost every green was promised one or more big bounces. Must be short on staff too because the club house lady (she was very polite and professional) was overwhelmed with what looked like an earlier outing and didn't have time to put on any more hot dogs etc. (anything on the grill). Additionally, we saw a sign that said the range was closing early on Sunday's (4pm). As they are one of the few, if only, grass practice ranges in the area, it only creates more a bottle neck when trying even just get in some range practice. Tee boxes, fairways are nice when it's rained but the rest of the course is usually battling standing water every time it rains in multiple areas and most bunkers were unplayable with standing water and nowhere close to ideal to hit out of. It is what it is as it used to be a garbage dump site decades ago.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Smooth

Unfortunately, course condition is not good. Because got hard rain before playing day.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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