Windy Knoll Golf Club
About
Windy Knoll Golf Club is known among locals as being one of Springfield's best public golf courses. The course was built in 2001, though you would not be able to tell from its traditional links design. It manages to be a classic links golf course while still being a challenge. The site was originally a horse farm and the design incorporates some of the features from the terrain's former use. Water hazards come into play frequently throughout the golf course and there are trees and rough lining the fairways. Golfers will find many risk-reward opportunities on the course, one good example being the par-4 eighth. This hole plays into the prevailing wind and if you miss your drive, you may find yourself in one of the eight bunkers surrounding the undulating green.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black Shoes | 71 | 6834 yards | 73.2 | 135 |
Grey Shoes | 71 | 6400 yards | 71.3 | 130 |
White Shoes | 71 | 5939 yards | 69.2 | 125 |
White Shoes (W) | 72 | 5939 yards | 74.2 | 128 |
Burgundy Shoes (W) | 72 | 5101 yards | 69.7 | 118 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 71.9/126 | 350 | 427 | 170 | 425 | 531 | 445 | 203 | 412 | 565 | 3528 | 402 | 206 | 504 | 230 | 479 | 530 | 440 | 300 | 215 | 3306 | 6834 |
Grey M: 70.1/120 | 330 | 402 | 148 | 411 | 514 | 420 | 183 | 396 | 530 | 3334 | 380 | 188 | 492 | 211 | 425 | 500 | 425 | 287 | 158 | 3066 | 6400 |
White M: 67.8/117 W: 72.8/125 | 320 | 375 | 135 | 364 | 496 | 389 | 160 | 380 | 515 | 3134 | 360 | 178 | 480 | 183 | 380 | 485 | 385 | 275 | 150 | 2876 | 6010 |
Gold M: 64.5/110 W: 68.8/116 | 315 | 352 | 125 | 320 | 464 | 335 | 130 | 319 | 443 | 2803 | 315 | 154 | 415 | 170 | 360 | 480 | 380 | 271 | 134 | 2679 | 5482 |
Burgundy M: 64.0/108 W: 68.1/116 | 271 | 314 | 94 | 320 | 400 | 310 | 108 | 319 | 443 | 2579 | 311 | 147 | 415 | 163 | 314 | 431 | 380 | 234 | 127 | 2522 | 5101 |
Orange Shoes M: 63.1/106 W: 66.1/111 | 271 | 314 | 94 | 320 | 361 | 310 | 108 | 277 | 393 | 2448 | 249 | 147 | 362 | 109 | 267 | 352 | 286 | 234 | 127 | 2133 | 4581 |
Handicap | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 16 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 8 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 15 |
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Best Course
Windy Knoll is an excellent course. It is a challenging course but fair. Our group has played this course multiple times this year and it is not overpriced.
Great staff and the course has a great restaurant on site.
Frank
Worth the drive from Columbus
Beautiful golf course. Challenging but fair.
The bad - they have the worst hot dogs you will ever eat. They are: huge, overpriced, and barely cooked.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u755851418. Thanks for visiting Windy Knoll Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Hi, u000005562342. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Stay in the fairways
Challenging course with semi fast greens. Stay in the fairways to score well. Rough is trees and hills. Haven’t played the course in two years but found the course was still in very good condition just as I remembered. Shot a 74 and the wife shot a 96. She said it was a little long for her skill level. She’s been playing 3 years driving the ball 150. A little insight for anyone who has a significant other playing.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Love Windy Knoll
We had such an enjoyable day.. the course was not overcrowded and the pace of play was okay until we ran into a foursome about 11 holes in. We were a foursome and felt terrible for the two somes behind us. No starter available to pair people up at the beginning.
There were a ton of geese that made a nuisance on a few of the holes. The red horseshoes were difficult to find on many of the holes.. they seem to be shoved into the higher grass. Otherwise, the course was spectacular as always!!
Thanks so much for your wonderful review, jlhcolumbus. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club!
Windy Knoll
Played alone, mid-afternoon. Surprisingly the course was all mine. Never pushed from behind or slowed up by anyone in front of me. I'll definitely be back to play it again with friends.
Thanks so much for the great review, mclark2285. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Some patchy greens and fairways, very friendly staff and nice carts. Cart path around parking lot is a mess and had to wait for other golfers to get out of way to go through
Hello, jimd0376. Thank you for visiting us at Windy Knoll Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Nice value
Nice, challenging track. Front nine is more challenging and ran slow with a group ahead of us. No one in front of us on the back now and we cruised around in hour and a half.
Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round, u588182624! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club!
Nice and fun, but bring extra balls
Very fun and well maintained course. Well laid out if you wanted to walk. I'll definitely be playing here again!
Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round, KellyHunter! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Windy Knoll Golf Club.
ALLAN1627008, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, js1237. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club!
js1237, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Poor Day at Windy Knoll
It started as soon as we arrived at the starters booth. They had no documentation of our prepayment. We were told to go inside and of course as soon as we walked in he said "Yep you are right here you're good to go but you need to hurry" .. mind you, we were 20 minutes prior to tee time but they already had a outing that they started off early. They held up the outing and let us tee off but we were already behind two of the groups who started early. Which really slowed our play down. Of course, we had no time to stretch or even take practice swings.
To make things worse, they had a redesigned/layout of the course and there are very few markings or distance/yardage scattered about. Nothing online or GPS gives you directions of the new course layout. We spent the entire round searching for yardage markers or just guessing which really made the round quite miserable when you have no idea yardage and cannot check GPS.
With the very slow pace of play, being placed in the middle of a group outing, and constantly having to search for yardage and the next tees made this experience not so good.
We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced during your visit to our golf course. We understand your frustration with the lack of documentation of your prepayment, the delay in starting, the unfamiliar layout of the course, and the absence of yardage markers. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration to improve our services. Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club!
u000005651882, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
Never Disappoints
Windy Knoll is one of the best courses around for convenience, value, and quality. The course is always well manicured and the bunkers are playable, unlike many Ohio courses.
Thanks so much for the great review, u000007500287. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Windy Knoll Golf Club!
A lot of geese
Course was great other than an influx of geese. I was afraid I was going to hit one as there were many more geese than usual at this course. I saw a couple of them limping so I assumed they got hit. We stopped counting at 65 of them on one hole. That many geese also leave a lot of poop behind.
Hi, skyhook79. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Windy Knoll Golf Club!
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Windy Knoll Golf Club.