Lives
Aurora, IN
Handicap
10-14
Age
55-64
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

3.8
3.8
Total 17 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

17 Reviews
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Recommended Courses
15
Not Recommended Courses
2
Helpful Votes Count
0
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
07/11/2013
Last Review
09/23/2022

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Sugar Ridge Golf Club

Played On 09/22/2022
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome views and layout

One of the best layouts I've seen. The course is well-maintained. Great risk/reward holes. Course management is a must. You will learn target golf or take a beating!

If you haven't been here yet, why?

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good

Sugar Ridge Golf Club

Played On 09/22/2022
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Spectacular views. Awesome risk/reward throughout.

This has always been my favorite course. It is so well designed and very well maintained.

There are a couple par 4s that big hitters can reach the green, but it is very risky with green side ponds.

Overall, this course will really make you consider your shots. Target golf is definitely the key.

It has become very popular for good reason.
If you haven't played here yet, you are really missing out.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good

Sugar Ridge Golf Club

Played On 06/28/2020
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Always have loved this course, but they doubled their prices!

I have been playing at Sugar Ridge when is wasn't so well-known. Its a shorter course, but has plenty of risk/reward challenges. Beautiful views. Well-kept. I probably won't be playing here as often as the price has sky-rocketed.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Dearborn Country Club

Played On 08/23/2019
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Vistas,

The course is quite challenging, especially if you haven't played here before. You need to really think about each shot and aiming for the middle of the fairway isn't always the best play! The course if very rolling, which gives way to beautiful vistas from numerous spots throughout the course. There are some tight shots and using a driver isn't always the best play. The course is always in great shape, even when the area is in a drought, the greenskeepers do a fabulous job of maintaining the fairways, tees, and greens.

Downside? No drinking water on the course. The cart path is in terrible shape, so driving a cart requires a little bit of skill!

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

White/Blue at Neumann Golf Course

Played On 08/08/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Well Maintained. Wide Fairways. Good Scores

No blind shots. Wide fairways. I played from the champion tees (blue). It was relatively short. The course is in excellent shape. What I don't understand is how! They don't have sand/seed to fill in divots, which would make you think that it would look like the surface of the moon. Especially with the amount of traffic this course has. Its always busy! Interestingly, the play hasn't been slow for me yet. Love this course. It's quite forgiving. Would recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Belterra Casino Golf Club

Played On 07/25/2018
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pampered and Perfect

Staff treats you like royalty. You get free use of golf range before tee time. They give you a towel to use. you get a cooler on the cart with 2 bottles of water in ice.
The course is in perfect condition. Like playing on carpet. Very wide fairways. Large greens, Large Traps. Ponds. All make for a very nice round of golf.
I've played at a lot of courses this year and I haven't seen much better unless you compare to resort courses down in Florida! Highly recommend!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate

Stonelick Hills Golf Course

Played On 07/21/2018
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Memorable features. You won't forget this one.

Beautiful golf course. Nice views. Nice layout. and of course the island green top feature is next to a very nice clubhouse. You really had to think about your shots on this course. Plenty of risk/rewards. It was well-worth the hour drive it took to get to the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Pebble Creek Golf Course

Played On 07/18/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Memorable Features

The top criteria I use to determine if a course is above others is: "Does it have something that makes it memorable". And I mean that in a positive way.

If you are like me, you play a lot of courses, but they don't have anything that really stands out, so the course becomes just average at best.

This course has some memorable holes. The vistas, and island style greens were fun to play.

Highly recommend it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Meadowood Golf Club

Played On 07/14/2018
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Simple 9 hole course with some nice features

This is a 9 hole course (not 18). The holes are tightly built next to each other, so if you miss, you'll likely be in another fairway. The conditions were pretty good considering the low budget feel. The greens were in great shape though, so I commend the keepers for that. There were several ponds, which definitely made this a better than average low budget course. The 8th and especially the 9th hole were the most memorable. If you go for the green on this par 4, you have to hit about 230 yards to carry a pond directly in front of the green or if you are very accurate, you can hit a very slim shot to the left of the pond, but more than 30 yards to the left and you are in trees. If you lay up, its about 150 yards to the water. It was a fun hole. I would recommend going for it with a cheap ball just for fun.
I can see this course as being fun for locals. It's perfect for walking. You really don't need a cart.

If you are out for fun and don't care too much about the conditions or tight layout, I would recommend at least trying it once.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Snow Hill Country Club

Played On 07/11/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice, but not quite as nice as I expected

Based on the price and the hype from Snow Hill's web page, I thought this course would be near-immaculate. It's not.

The course has a very nice layout and a couple memorable holes where the green is on a peninsula (nearly an island). I love courses that have at least 1 memorable hole, so this was a treat. The ponds were better than most because these had stone walls instead of being swamp-like.

All-in-all...it was a lot of fun and I would go back, but it is a long drive from where I live.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Dearborn Country Club

Played On 07/06/2018
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Gasp! No water to drink on the course!!

There are a couple of amenities that you EXPECT from a golf course. 1. Water to drink on the course 2. some kind of quick food or beverage (usually hotdogs). Dearborn has neither of these. The course has some nice views, and they keep it well-watered (unlike they do for the players). The biggest I have with the course layout is that many of the fairways angle toward tall weeds and woods where you will NEVER be able to recover your golf ball. If the course weren't so close to where I live, I probably wouldn't play here more than once per year.

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

Belterra Casino Golf Club

Played On 06/27/2018
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I felt like royalty

Staff went out of their way to makecyou feel welcome. Cooler with ice cold water on cart. Cart also had onboard computer to get distance to center of green and other features too.. Free golf range to warm up before round. Course is very well maintained. Lots of wide fairways, but with lots of sand traps. The course was saturated when i played so ball stuxk where it landed, including the drives. Carts on path only was unfortunate, but understandable due to the conditions. Unusual amount of rain caused this. It was still a very enjoyable time..

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good

Timber Ridge Golf Course

Played On 06/18/2018
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Basic Public Course

This was a typical public golf course. The fairways are close together. Other groups coming the other way hit into our group twice (didn't warn us either time), and of course someone picked up my ball on my very 1st drive and I had to claim it back. The grounds were fairly dried out and its only June.
Despite the negatives, it was a fun round, especially for the price I got. 3 people at $55 (included $10 off using a promo).

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Meadow Valley Golf Club

Played On 06/15/2018
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

A decent course, but nothing memorable

The course was in "ok"shape including Tees, fairways, and greens (greens were a bit rough).

The don't honor extra tee times at a lower rate unless you pay their full price. The excuses were lame, but they ended up losing money by doing this because 4 golfers left and played elsewhere.

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

Battle Ground Golf Club

Played On 06/14/2018
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Course in great condition

The course was in great condition. The greens were fairly slow, but consistent. The fairways are wide and a bit too close together with other fairways in my opinion. The price was a bit high for the caliber of the course, IMO. Still, I had a great time and would recommend if someone liked this type of layout.

I didn't see any foods at the club house. I'm not sure if I just missed it, but I was looking for a quick bite. So if that is the case, don't go starting your round hungry!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Brook Hill Golf Club

Played On 05/28/2018
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very few players for Memorial day

Hardly anyone on the course on what should have been a busy day.

The greens were not in good shape, but the rest of the course was okay.

Overall, it was an enjoyable round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average

Grand Oak Golf Club

Played On 06/31/2013
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Nice Course, but bring your game

The course was in great shape when I played it in late June, 2013. There was plenty of rain this year so I imagine most courses are looking good. There are some nice scenic views that make this a step up from many other courses.

I played the back tees and it played long. The greens are very well guarded by water (several ponds), bunkers, and drop-offs. You need to be accurate for this course, especially on the approach shots. You definitely want to plan your shots so you have an easy approach, sometimes its not worth going after the hole if its a tight shot.

Overall, I enjoyed the course. The staff was friendly and the course was wide open when I played. One annoying thing at the time I played was there were groups starting at 10 instead of from 1, which caused some hang ups for other groups. This is never good management.

Please Note: I don't give 4 or 5 stars unless the course has something unique about it...and never a 5 unless it offers ALL the amenities plus something that you won't forget.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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