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Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Par 72
Length 7531 yards
Slope 133
Rating 76.3

NorthStar Golf Club measures out to a whopping 7,351 yards, which makes it one the longest golf courses in Ohio. The layout covers over 350 acres of woodlands interspersed with 21 ponds and three rambling creeks. Water is definitely a prominent presence on the course but there are also 41 sand bunkers strategically placed throughout. Being such a lengthy golf course, long hitters will have a chance to shine but sharp short game skills and accuracy are also vital to getting a good score. The versatile NorthStar layout is made even more playable with five different sets of tees that accommodate golfers of all skill levels. The semi-private course is open to guests everyday and the club offers all the extra amenities of a private club including an expansive heated pool and two tennis courts.

Course Details

Year Built 2007
Golf Season Seasonal
Architect John Cook (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required. T-shirts, cut-offs, and jeans are not permitted.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

Reviews

4.2
195 Reviews (195)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 13
Undulating Greens 12
Bunkers 11
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 22
A Weekend Splurge 11
Entertaining Clients 8
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 17
Convenient to the City 7

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Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/29/2018:
Thanks for the 4 stars! Come back again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Thank you, Alexander! Come back again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Extremely slow pace

Great golf course new amenities great staff just really slow I know it is November but they should have a starter and or ranger out there too nudge folks about

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 11/27/2017:
We're glad you enjoyed a great first visit to NorthStar! Thank you for your 5-stars and kind words about our staff! We appreciate your feedback.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great price! Can’t beat the value for how nice this course is

What’s else can I️ say? Beautiful course for $39?!! Yes please

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 11/10/2017:
We happy to hear you got in a great day at NorthStar at a great value! Thank you for your 5-stars!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great golf course design

The course was in excellent condition and offered multiple tee boxes for everyone. We really enjoyed playing Northstar and the pace of play was great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/27/2017:
Thank you for rating and reviewing NorthStar! We're glad you enjoyed a great round of fall golf and enjoyed the course!
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has a great layout

Green was in bad condition but fairway and rough was in great shape

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/25/2017:
Thank you for your review and feedback, Denise! We're glad you enjoyed the layout and hope you will come back for another round before the end of the season!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0

Denied play on this course

I was denied the chance to play this course due to the fact I'm in a wheelchair and use a special cart ( solo rider). I always call the course to give them a heads up. This is the first course in 10 years that has denied me a chance to play. Will never recommend this course to anyone. Was told that the superintendent didn't want the cart on his greens. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/06/2017:
We appreciate your 4-star rating and review, Chance15. We hope you'll be back for another round soon!
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice

Tee boxes and fairways was top notch. Some greens are very large. Fairways are mostly wide open with some shots needing to be positioned for next shot. Biggest item would not advise walking some distances between holes are long.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Response from on 09/08/2017:
Thank you for your 5-star rating and review, Kirk! We're glad you had an enjoyable experience for your first round at NorthStar Golf Club and we see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 09/08/2017:
We appreciate your 4-star rating, Adam. We hope you will book another round at NorthStar soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

I love this course. BUT--There was no starter, so I ended up playing by myself and hooked up with a threesome later. The greens were worked on so putting was a problem. There should have been a discount for this. I have ALWAYS received a discount wherever I was playing if work was being done on the course.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 08/30/2017:
Thank you for playing NorthStar and for your feedback on your experience!
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

First time playing. A good value for the money but the round was ponderous. 5.5 hours and we had to go to the clubhouse and ask that a ranger go out and see who was holding up progress. People don't do a good job of replacing ball marks and the bunkers are variable. On the plus side, nice layout, generous fairways and peaceful setting. I'll be back but please police the pace of play...especially on the weekends!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 08/30/2017:
Thank you for your feedback on your experience, jbergerjr. We're glad you've enjoyed playing at NorthStar and are helping do your part in course maintenance and golfer etiquette!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Stay Away for a Couple Weeks

I'd stay away for a few weeks. Played this morning, started on 10, which is the worst hole in central Ohio in my opinion, and it was completely a mess. Fairway was burnt out, dead, dug up, something. It was beat up. Got past that par only to get to the green and see it was aerated 5 days ago. No one told me this, website didn't say anything. I was very annoyed that they don't have the common decency to tell people when the aerate. It also seemed as though they hadn't cut the fairways in 4-5 days, and the ones they had cut had clumps of grass everywhere. I play his course 6-7 times a summer because it's 5 miles from my house. I was very disappointed in the shape of the course as well as them not telling me before I paid that it had recently been aerated. I'll probably stay away from here for a while, maybe the rest of the summer until they get the greens under control.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/28/2017:
Thank you for your feedback, bakert062009. We have put alerts up anywhere that we have our tee times are available online, including our website, in the hopes that everyone is made more aware of when we are in recovery. We hope you will be back before the season ends and we will update you on the course throughout the season!
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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

Really enjoyed my round at this challenging and well maintained course. The fairways were in excellent shape. Well worth the drive to Sunbury. I will definitely play here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 08/30/2017:
Thank you for your sharing your five-star experience, tater1! We look forward to having you back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Two thumbs up

Terrific layout with a nice variety of holes. Beautiful surroundings. Will definitely come back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 08/11/2017:
We're glad you enjoyed your round! Thank you for sharing your experience at NorthStar!
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout but...

First time playing this course. Played the green tees. Front nine is links style and back nine is tighter with tree lined fairways.
Cons: Greens had a lot of ballmarks and scuff marks. Bunkers are in need of sand.
Pros: fairways were lush and wide. Some were 70 yards wide. Nice practice facility with chipping green, bunker practice area and putting green. Course layout is amazing. Worth the price we paid.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 08/08/2017:
Thank you for your review and feedback, Pablo. We're glad you enjoyed the layout and the value of playing NorthStar!
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Response from on 09/06/2017:
Thank you for your 5-star rating, Kirk!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course design

Extremely wide fairways and small contoured greens makes for a fun, yet challenging round. Course was in excellent shape. Bunkers could use a bit more sand in them.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 08/01/2017:
Thank you for your amazing five stars! We're glad you enjoyed your round, and hope that we will see you back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not as expected

I have heard so many good things about this course. The layout was really good as well as the challenge of the course. However, the condition of the greens was horrible, they hadn't been cut or rolled in a while! The ball bounced as much as it rolled and for the price this is just unacceptable! Also the sand was very different on the two green side traps i encountered. One very thin and hard and the other deep and soft as I would expect it.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 08/01/2017:
Hi Dennis, Thank you for coming out to play NorthStar Golf Club. We appreciate your feedback on what your expectations were, and are glad you enjoyed challenge that the course presents. We hope that you will not be deterred from coming back to play again as we are always making improvements to the course to provide the best experience for our golfers.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

What a great day for golf

The course was in great shape. It was very windy which made for some challenging golf but I'd highly recommend this course. The only drawback was a slow 2-some in front of us, but they seemed to be struggling in the conditions.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 08/01/2017:
Thank you for your five star review! We're glad you enjoyed the course, despite the wind making your round a tricky one, and hope you'll be back to see us again soon at NorthStar Golf Club!
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