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3.7
146 Reviews (146)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
82
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.5
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.0
74.8%
Recommend this course
111 out of 146 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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3.5
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
3.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.1
70.0%
Recommend this course
21 out of 30 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6902 yards
Slope 134
Rating 73.2

The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway sprawls across rolling hills blanketed with towering Douglas firs. Located just 30 minutes south of Tacoma, it is one of the area's hidden gems, offering not only a beautiful natural setting but also a challenging round. The layout features elevated greens, tree-lined fairways, and ponds and wetlands that come into play on several holes. The greens are the most challenging element of the golf course. Some are small, which is tough enough to maneuver as it is, and most are framed by mounding. Sand bunkers also provide contrast against the smooth and fast-rolling greens. The Classic is a challenging course but still playable for all skill levels.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Overdorf

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2016 #17)

Reviews

3.7
146 Reviews (146)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 25
Bunkers 24
Undulating Greens 22
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 21
Locals 20
Walkers 20
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 20
In the 'Burbs 12

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Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tough day on nice course

Tough course with challenging large greens. I've always liked this course, but wish they would have monthly pay as you go memberships. With injuries and winter travel it will never make sense for me to sign a 12 month contract anywhere.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
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 Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Walked

nice layout-horrible weather

I love the layout and difficult greens. I think getting rid of the trees was a good idea especially when the stumps get overgrown some. the greens are tricky and fast even in rainy winter weather. cant wait to play it in summer

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course to challenge yourself

We played right after a frost delay so some of the greens were still frozen and some were really good but if it wasn't for the frost I assume the greens would have been in amazing shape. The course layout is perfect for anyone because you can play from the whites and play it easy or go back to the black or blues to really challenge yourself.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

nice course to play for mod. skilled player.

Since the course has cleared out a bunch of trees, it makes it much more friendly to the avg. golfer.

It was a very nice place to spend the afternoon on a Friday. Not too crowded, weather was really good for Nov.11th--( tee shirt/shorts were plenty )

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall golf

The sun thru the trees from a low angle. The greens rolling good for the rain the day before. Great time with three others.
The course is all that I remember but much better views for the tree removals.
Thanks for a great day,

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Beautiful course. The grass off fairway is tough and make sure to use longer club.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

The course is in great shape

I try to play the Classic at least 2-3 times a year. It is a bit of a drive, but seems to be worth it every time. I had not played the course since they removed a lot of trees, and I really like what they did. It is still a challenging course, but it is a little easier now. Not as intimidating off the tee-box. The clubhouse is still just a small trailer, but has everything you need. The carts are old and in need of repair. With that said I would recommend this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Classic 2016

The Classic has recovered nicely from all of the trees being taken down and is still challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Still a challenging course

Played this course once before all the trees where cut. It was challenging then. I bit easier for a high handicapper now, but they should remove more of the stumps and add more grass. I would look much better. Greens in great shape and the pins in tough places.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Course has changed allot since the last time played. They remove 1,600 trees which has opened the course up allot. Green riled fast and true. Definitely a position golf course. Hit it in the wrong place and it plays tough. But enjoy playing there.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They opened it up!

It'd been a couple years since I'd played here last. The crew has opened up so much space between holes!!
The greens were rolling well and mostly true. Late afternoon round on a hot day=some bumpy spots on the greens.
The classic still provides a challenge from all tees and we absolutely flew around the course at 2pm on a Saturday.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Fantastic Greens as Usual

Playing greener than normal through the fairways, but can't complain about that. The greens were smooth and fast as usual, but receptive to approach shots played with spin. The course is starting to recover from the removal of all the trees.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Surprised

Decided to check out Classic after mass removal of trees. Pleasantly surprised that in my opinion it was now better. Greens were great

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Visually disappointing

Having played this course twice about 15 years ago, I was looking forward to returning to this gorgeous tree lined course. However, I was sadly disappointed. The photo for this course on this site is how it used to be, but it looks nothing like this now. After playing most of our round, my partner and I realized that the entire course had been logged for timber production leaving only scattered patches of mostly scraggly trees. While the fairways and the challenging greens were in nice shape, off the fairways was either numerous stumps or large piles of wood chips where the stumps had been ground up. To me, the pleasure of spending a beautiful day in a scenic setting was ruined.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course made more simple

Played the course yesterday and it was in pretty good shape. It has an interesting layout that has been made easier because of the removal of a lo of by of the trees. My friend and I loved the layout and creative cf city needed to play. The course needs much more signage for where by you are going to get to the next hole. We f OK and ourselves wondering where to go quite often. The greens we're in good shape and we had a good day. I would not want to pay the full price for the course and i would not play on the weekend. I think most players would struggle with their speed of play becausr of the layout and dificult turain around the greens. We played quickly until we got to our balls around the greene. Overall, i wOK uld say you should play this course ifyou want to play a course with intetesting holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Gem of a course, great value

Hadn't played the classic in a few years. The removal of some 1800 trees is a positive for the course, though still very challenging for any golfer. Terrific undulating greens. Course knowledge a positive to help score
Will definitely play more often.
Terrific GN rate

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Slow Going

Very slow pace, took me just about 3 hours to play the front nine. Played 4 holes on the back nine and finally quite after the 14th hole. Too slow. Only saw the ranger once in the front and never saw him again. This was my first visit to the course and was disappointed when I left.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Gone downhill

this course was much better before RMG decided to remove what appears to be 1000 or more trees from the golf course. The picture shown on this site is in no way accurate anymore. This group has ruined Oakbrook as well as McCormick by selling off timber as well.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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