The East at Forest Akers Golf Course
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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 6452 yards | 70.5 | 127 |
Black (W) | 72 | 6452 yards | 77.2 | 134 |
Green | 72 | 6189 yards | 69.4 | 124 |
Green (W) | 72 | 6189 yards | 75.2 | 126 |
White | 72 | 5511 yards | 66.3 | 112 |
White (W) | 72 | 5511 yards | 71.7 | 122 |
Silver | 70 | 4634 yards | 62.6 | 103 |
Silver (W) | 70 | 4634 yards | 66.4 | 109 |
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: 70.5/127 W: 77.2/134 | 354 | 378 | 512 | 152 | 402 | 551 | 357 | 174 | 365 | 3245 | 297 | 205 | 528 | 200 | 398 | 487 | 521 | 360 | 191 | 3187 | 6432 |
Green M: 69.4/124 W: 75.2/126 | 334 | 363 | 494 | 141 | 389 | 540 | 337 | 164 | 356 | 3118 | 277 | 183 | 512 | 190 | 382 | 473 | 507 | 349 | 162 | 3035 | 6153 |
White M: 66.3/112 W: 71.7/122 | 319 | 329 | 486 | 129 | 332 | 424 | 317 | 154 | 347 | 2837 | 258 | 174 | 459 | 184 | 329 | 433 | 424 | 338 | 152 | 2751 | 5588 |
Fossum M: 64.0/105 W: 68.6/116 | 319 | 264 | 374 | 129 | 332 | 424 | 283 | 112 | 347 | 2584 | 258 | 115 | 416 | 133 | 329 | 433 | 424 | 252 | 108 | 2468 | 5052 |
Gold M: 62.6/103 W: 66.4/109 | 254 | 264 | 374 | 119 | 322 | 414 | 283 | 112 | 302 | 2444 | 192 | 115 | 416 | 133 | 292 | 363 | 416 | 252 | 108 | 2287 | 4731 |
Handicap | 17 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 10 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
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Slow play
Older groups hitting off tee’s that they used to hit off of 30 years ago it’s no shame hitting off the Red tee’s it will speed up your play
Unfortunate Timing
I've played this course before and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I think this trip had reminders of all the rain we've had fairly recently. Some holes has fairly large wet/pooled/muddy areas while others had (oddly) some dried out, brown-ish colored areas that crunched when you walked on them and smelled like wet dog. The cart I was in died on the 14th hole and we had to wait a fair amount of time for another to be brought to us. I kept checking the date to be sure that it wasn't Friday the 13th. :-)
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Jgolfer
Love this course but heavy rain has left standing water in places for a week...some fairway and rough flood damaged
Decent course, but could be run better
This is a relatively nice course; it's fairly easy, without much water or sand, and without a lot of elevation changes. The conditioning was pretty good for July; the tees and fairways were in good shape, the rough was manageable and slightly thick, and the greens were nice, although a bit slow. We had a 3:20 tee time and pace of play was reasonable. We waited to hit about 20% of our shots, but nothing unreasonable.
Our main gripes were with how the course is run. First, we made our tee time online, and the email confirmation listed the wrong address for the course; it listed the address for the West course, not the East course. Given the extensive road construction in the area, we would have been late for our tee time if we hadn't arrived at the West course so early. It would be relatively easy to include the correct address to the course in the several confirmation emails sent out, so it is puzzling that this happened.
Even worse, though, was the fact that we were given an 18-hole tee time less than three hours before a league started off on both the 1st and 10th holes. This was not mentioned when we booked our tee time, nor was it mentioned when we checked in. As a result, after completing the 7th hole, a ranger had us move to the 12th, to play 12 thru 18, the idea being that we could come back afterwards to play holes 10-11 and then 8-9. When we finished 18, though, there was still a long line of league golfers waiting at the 10th tee, so we just packed it in. As a result, we paid for 18 but only got to play 14 holes. Again, it's hard to comprehend how this could be allowed to happen, but it gave the impression of a very poorly run course.
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Problem with group in front.
Group in front held up my group of two and the other two groups behind us. Man in front of us made a scene about us taking a shot once they were off the green and in their carts…both of us landed on the green that was 40 yards from the cart path. We spent the entire round waiting for them to progress the ball because they played from green tees inside of white, when they couldnt even hit the ball past the womens tees. I truly love the course but the pace of play today was flat out horrible and no ranger keeping people moving.
Good course but welcome to poor customer service
The course was in good shape and the greens were quick. Always keep your ball below the hole. Stay straight on the course.
I was dissappointed by the staff. I had some outdated certificates which I had purchased before. These were not honored due to the use by date. I have never been denied by a course for outdated certificates that were purchased. I thne wanted to use gift cards bought for me but their new system has not been set up to read the cards. So I paid full price.
Finally the electric golf cart ran out of energy by the 16th hole. I called the club house and was told that they would try to reach the cart barn. (No indication that a replacement would be sent out. I had to assume that.) A cart arrived as we were nursing the cart through the 17th hole.
When I called the Manager on Duty to report this after our round, all I got was the same excuses. Poor customer service.
It pains me to say this since I am an alumni and I love Forest Acres West. We were playing east because of availability. But, once I can use up the certificates, I doubt I will be back again. I love my MSU but the customer service is similar to what you get at big companies - a bunch of policy...
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Shouldn’t have booked GolfNow tee times today.
Very well maintained course, pace of play was great on the front until I got shotgunned on 14 in the back, by 4 plus groups. Not sure what happened or why this occurred. But wasn’t able to finish my round.
We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!
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