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4.0
221 Reviews (221)
5 Stars
64
4 Stars
106
3 Stars
31
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.0
85.6%
Recommend this course
189 out of 221 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
5.0
4 Reviews (4)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
5.0
Layout
5.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
5.0
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
4 out of 4 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.3
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.8
90.9%
Recommend this course
20 out of 22 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6672 yards
Slope 119
Rating 71.3
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Winding River Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1963
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Kern

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

4.0
221 Reviews (221)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 12
Undulating Greens 12
Bunkers 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 15
Seniors 11
Advanced Golfers 10
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13
Near the Airport 8
Worth the Drive 7

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Reviews 84
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great course

Enjoyed playing at winding River today the course was in immaculate shape greens and fairways and tees were beautiful I would highly recommended this course to my friends and fellow golfers. You can tell they work hard to keep this course inShape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/19/2020

Thank you for the wonderful 5-star review! We're glad you enjoyed the course conditions.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst day ever for a hot deal

My brother and I have used golf now for years and this is by far the worst experience. With Golf Now. We showed up for our tee time and the first thing that happened was the first tee was backed up by 5 or 6 groups. They also had to take a cart away from other people to get people out. We finally just gave up and left the course knowing our round would take 6 hours with waiting time. This experience has made me leery of booking a hot deal in the future.

Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Overbooked

Showed up for an 11 o’clock tee time. Wait to tee off was well over 45 minutes. One poor guy trying to keep track of everything couldn’t handle it. There were no carts. Round looked like it would be 5 to 6 hours. We left even after paying for a hot deal. I don’t understand why a hot deal was offered for an overbooked course. They were totally under staffed and unprepared for such a busy day.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Amazing course for a challenge

I've played this course since I was a teenager. Being 26, it still provides a challenge which is awesome!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/27/2020

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 Winding River Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/20/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Winding River Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fun course

Haven't played here in years. Great grass, tough greens. Practice your approach and putting cuz its gonna matter. Beautiful course with some weird layouts occasionally but definitely worth a trip if you're in Indianapolis. I'll be back this summer for sure. Great course for you if you like your driver.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/08/2020

Thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another awesome experience. Thanks for choosing Winding River Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Pretty Rolling Hills Course

Pretty Rolling Hills Course For a flat state lined with beautiful huge trees.

Great Vakue

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/12/2020

We're glad you found value in the Winding River Golf Course experience!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/12/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Winding River Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Value

This course is enjoyable to play and is in great shape. I was pleasantly surprised with the green quality and the tee to green lushness. There are 2 holes that play a little quirky but dont really detract from the overall appeal. I find the back 9 to be a much more enjoyable layout. For the price this is a great option. Well worth the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/14/2020

We're glad you found value in Winding River Golf Course! We hope you're taking care.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
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 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Horrible booking.

I schedule a 8:50am tee time as a single. I get to the course and there is an outing getting ready to start, 17 teams of 4. Now normally when a place books an outing they close it down to the public for a certain amount of time, not these money hungry people. Then to top it off I get forced to join a group of 3 that spoke very little english and we couldn't communicate. It was the worst round of gold I have ever played, almost 3 hours to finish 9 holes. I didnt even bother with the other 9. Would not recommend this course to anyone.

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

Fun course

Winding River is a fun course to play. Challe ging enough but enough short holes to try and post a low score. I have played this course for years and have always enjoyed it. Pace of play depends on time of day. Avg round in peak time is 4.5 hrs. But off hours easy 3.5. Greens are fast in summer, and leaves are heavy in the fall. Bring bug spray cause it is near water and mosquitoes can be an issue. Overall enjoyable course, I only wish they would hold and amatuer stroke play event. That would he cool.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

better than working

the course was average in every area...but..it was still fun playing...no serious complaints but not one of the better courses in indy

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

So so

This course definitely has potential, but is in desperate need for some upgrades. Traps are like concrete, and cart paths are almost gravel. Definitely a $25 course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/10/2019

We appreciate you taking the time to give us your feedback. We will look into the concerns you raised and continue to grow. We hope you'll join us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not Great but not bad either

First time playing this course, it is a 55 min drive for us. We were not thrilled that we drove so far to play this course.Its a good community course, so if you live in the area will be good to play on a weekday evening or some low key weekend. The course has bunkers but they are mostly not it play or even maintained very well as they probably don't see much action. No water in play either just straight up holes layed next to each other except 1 hole. Greens are well maintained, grass overall is well maintained.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Worth the $

The course was in good condition specifically the greens. The fairways and parts of the rough could you some water. The staff is friendly and the golf carts are in great condition. The cart paths on the course are in disrepair. I played during a outing and its slow the pace significantly. Definitely worth the money.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Everything was ok not spectacular but better than average greens were quick and holding pace of play was ok

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 08/13/2019

We're glad you enjoyed the greens as well as the pace of play. Be sure to book your next round with us very soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great change of pace

Loved the rolling hills and elevations of this course. Many of the courses in town are flat and narrow, but this had plenty trees, doglegs, and hidden fairway areas to make it fun. Will definitely play here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Rate For a Pretty Good Course

Found a real good rate on Golfnow. When we got there we figured the rate was good because we were going out behind the women’s league (sorry girls, no I’ll intent meant). However, the women didn’t slow us up one bit. They stayed up with the group in front of them and we tried to stay with them.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/23/2019

We're glad you found value in our golf course!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Will make this my "Home" course!

This course is such a quality course for only $30 for 18 holes w/ a cart. The course is well taken care of, it is always near capacity, yet the pace of play isn't bad. After golfing around other nearby courses, I think I've found my "home" course where I'll golf most of my rounds. Keep it up, Winding River.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 07/16/2019

Thank you for the excellent review! We're glad you found value in our golf course. We're also honored to now be your "home course!" We look forward to your next round of golf with us soon.

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