The Woodlands Course at Whittaker

Really bad conditions. Holes in the fairway, cart path and the worst was the tee boxes. This place is basically a higher end muni.

Course was in generally decent condition several sand traps were suspect. Greens were good. Some blotchy and mis colored but not bad. Tee boxes were just okay and pace of play was a bit slow.

The only dislike about Whittaker Woods is , most of the tee's have blind landing areas. Would be a great course other than that.

The golf course is always tough with woods, rough, and wet areas to catch your ball! Course was not in as good of shape as in recent visits-some rough spots in fairways and greens. We had quite a long wait to get a golf cart for our playing partners as well which is not usually the case. That being said we didn’t have anyone in front so still finished playing in 4 hours or a little less. They did a great job cleaning and sanitizing carts and taking precautions in Clubhouse with the virus. Nice day with friends as always on the golf course.

Great course. Pace of play was less than desirable, however, great course. Layout is nice and well worth the money.

A challenging layout features excellent greens and many right to left holes. Set in the beautiful woods of southwest Michigan. It's proximity to Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana make it a must for serious golfers.
The staff is very friendly.
Bring your best putter and drive it straight.
Enjoy

This course used to be so nice,. The course was super dry with many burnt out areas on most holes. I was so disappointed.

I've played here a few times and it's too expensive for the lack of effort put into maintaining the course to playable conditions. Always hear about the glory days of the course 20-30 years ago. No money going into the course and it shows. Layout is amazing but everything is in bad condition.

With woods on one side and wetlands on the other, it's very important to hit it straight... and the doglegs make you pick your angle wisely. Bring a few "extra" balls! We enjoyed the challenge and we'll gladly return to this beautiful course. I'll bet it's really spectacular in the Fall when the leaves change.

This course is challenging and spread out across the forests. The first seven holes are very challenging. Then big complaint to me was the sand traps. Some had fluffy sand and some looked like a rock quarry. Very inconsistent and was my only big complaint.

The traps had plenty of water. Tee boxes were brown. Greens were in poor shape. I was told to take a cart that had garbage from previous golfer. I hope they clean them better for the next golfer during these times when it should be sanitized.

This course needs some TLC. A large portion of the fairway grass is brown and dying, and the greens have a decent amount of dead spots as well. Overall a pretty challenging course, as there are a lot of sand traps, narrow fairways, and hilly greens. Further they had no food available for sale on the course. I would say that this course is definitely overpriced as well. $70 on weekdays and $100 on weekends is way more than what it is worth. Would say the current conditions make it only worth as much as $30. I think with some grass-seed, fertilizer, and water this course could be in much better shape. Hope to see it rebound.

I'm not sure if the current economic conditions have had an impact, but I found the course to be in poor condition. The grass was mostly burnt out, the tee boxes were hard as a rock, the greens were uneven and mostly brown, the bunkers had hardly any sand in them at all. The layout is great and it would be a very nice course if it was maintained. I would suggest that the course either lower their rates or invest the money needed to properly maintain a golf course.

Always a challenging layout.. Able to tee off early and our twosome played in just about 3 hrs. Course not too crowded. Concerned about all the brown tees and fairways. Some holes looked like low end muni. Was told by cart guy course was not able to do proper early season maintenance due to covid in MI. Some rain would help. Greens not too bad, even with off color. Sadly I would not hurry back until things improve.

ok so The last time I played this course was after 3 days and 10" of rain, yesterday I played During a drought. The course is in good shape the greens are beautiful But due to the weather there were issues but to no fault of the course. I love this course and hope it stays open because due to the pandemic there is hardly anyone out there playing like normal. It's a challenging course and fun to play an extremely fair for women, I had a penalty shot and still ended up shooting a 76

First time playing Whittaker Woods and had a great time!

Golf course was not busy at all so we basically had it to ourselves. Lots of challenges at WW as always rough areas to hit across, water and beautiful scenery. Greens and fairways in good shape too. We will be back now that allowing golf carts out!

The woods make this beautiful... and challenging. Rolling fairways, accuracy is rewarded... wayward hits are not!

Layup and enjoy or go fir it and challenge yourself. Either way it’s a beautifully quiet time in the woods.

Staff always friendly and quick to get you going.

played this course after it got 3 days of rain and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't drowning, it was built out of a marsh after all. They followed the covid 19 guidelines so joy johns on the course are gone so ya better get used to peeing in the woods which is very difficult for me as a woman. Plus I think it's stupid to remove the joy johns cuz we all carry sanitizer now anyway and all Michigan courses have done this soooo i guess I'll stick to Indiana courses until Michigan wisens up. I hope it's soon because Whittaker woods is an amazing course and we try to golf here as often as possible.

This could be a very special course but the maintenance was awful. I'm not sure if it was because of the pandemic or if that is just what their normal maintenance is like but it really ruins what could be a fantastic course. There are a bunch of holes that go through the woods and it is a lot of fun, also beautiful. The layout is entertaining, and would easily be worth the hour 15 minute drive from Chicago if the course was in ok conditions but it is not. The fairways are pretty torn up, but that is nothing compared to the greens. They were the slowest greens I have ever played on. You literally could not go long.