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4.0
125 Reviews (125)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
63
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.5
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
87.5%
Recommend this course
115 out of 125 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.3
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
0
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.0
Value
4.3
Layout
3.3
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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4.0
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.5
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.6%
Recommend this course
11 out of 13 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 5542 yards
Slope 112
Rating 67.3
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The Pines Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Golf Season Open: 3/15 Closed: 11/15
Architect Bill Austhof

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Bar, Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

4.0
125 Reviews (125)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 9
Bunkers 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 9
Beginners 8
Seniors 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 13

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Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyed the day with my wife

Had a good experience course was in good shape. Staff was very good pace of play is always good when I play with Barbie.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played

The Pines

I play here regularly and most times it is great fun. It is not to difficult and is well maintained.
My round today was not great as I was caught behind a young man who was visiting the course with a younger sister who was From out of town.
They were the slowest playing twosome I have ever seen.
They did not practice golf etiquette and would not let me plat through even when at least 2 holes were open in front of them.
Overall, The Pines is a fun course to play, is a great value with very friendly and professional staff.
I will play there many times again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very Pleasant

Shorter course but played longer. Wet due to rains but staff did a nice job setting up ropes to divert carts away from soggy areas. Can be tight but scoring opportunities there too.
Very pleasant staff. Large range.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 61
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Nice little course

I enjoyed playing this course today despite a slow foursome holding up play for everyone behind. I finally got to go around them by skipping a #11 and playing it later. Course conditions were fine with nice fairways and greens. The course plays fairly short, but holes are interesting, especially on the back nine. A few holes would have played better with a 3 wood off the tee as you can easily hit it through the doglegs and end up in the rough. I will bring some friends with me next time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 68
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
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Michigan Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

What a day!

6:32am tee time on 4th of July to beat the heat and get in a quick 9 holes. What a perfect weather day, 78 degrees when we finished and this course has plenty of trees to find shade if needed.
Always love the back and forth layout here for a guy who sprays the ball off the tee, you always have a shot and a chance to get the ball back into play. Course has in great shape still even with all the heat we've had. Kudos to the superintendent and their team, greens were rolling true and for the other 3 players in my group, very fast.
You need to play here once or twice to figure out the layout of holes and aiming point of tee shots but once you get it figured out its fun to cut corners and aim for greens. Front is a bit easier and more wide open then the back and no water comes into play on the front. Can't wait to go back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for the money

Course was in great condition. This course suits beginner to intermediate players. Water only comes into play on two holes. Losing balls is not concerning here, which is great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Confidence Builder

not terribly difficult but it'd build your confidence. courses in really nice shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Course - worth the money for sure !

Good Course - worth the money for sure !Took grandsons and was fun for them .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

JYCBC

We like the course very much.
Don't know why we don't play more.
GOOD COURSE

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great

The only problem I have was I saw 3 or 4 groups tee off and each one hit 2 some hit 3 balls before they started down to get them

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

After work course

This course is a decent course in town. Weekday evenings are packed with leagues of hackers so the pace is terribly slow, expect to wait at almost every hole/shot. I don't even attempt to play here after work anymore. Not bad if you can get in 9 earlier in the day or even sometimes on the weekends. Very playable layout, not terribly challenging. Greens aren't the fastest or most undulating but are maintained relatively well. Staff is hit or miss, some guys are pretty laid back and others take their job way too seriously. Practice Range is below par, nothing special. I only play here if there's an awesome deal on golfnow, I'd never pay full price for this course all things considered.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pass it up...

This was my second time playing here. The last time was about three years ago. Both times I played it because it was a good deal. Both times the pace of play was extremely slow. This isn't the type of course that should be played at 4.5 hours a round. It's very, very short and could be played in around 3 hours easily. The problem is the caliber of golfer it attracts. Because it's not a great course, it attracts very poor golfers. I won't pretend to be any count, but anyone who is a 10 hdcp or better should look elsewhere.

Pros: A few unique holes. Cons: Poorly manicured tee boxes, odd layout, slow pace of play, below average skill level cliental (lots of people wasting time looking for balls),

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
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

Good Value

The pines is a great course for a good value. It is well taken care of and the staff is very accommodating. If you are looking for your high end country club type course, this is not it. A working person's course with a good beverage selection and an excellent golf outing set up for the gang at work.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Such a nice course.

Not the most challenging but very nicely maintained. Surprisingly nice considering the dry hot weather thats been around the last few weeks. Definitely recommend to play. Greens are in great shape, as are the fairways and tee boxes. Gas carts are little old and noisy, could probably be upgraded, but they get the job done. Overall, I give it an B+.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great greens and layout

Friendly professional clubhouse staff! The greens and fairways were in perfect shape. The course is slightly short but in terrific shape and has a nice layout especially the back nine!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

1st timer but I'll be back!

Beautiful course, challenging yet make-able. Deceiving par 3s are a nice diversion.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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