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Devils Head Golf Course: Glacier Course

eclark53520

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Part of my Midwest Golfing magazine subscription. Played here for $25. Wow what a bargain at that price. $75 on the weekend for regular rates...which honestly, this is one of the only courses I've played that I think actually warrants that price.

Every hole is unique in some way. There are longs ones, short ones, great dog legs, great elevation changes. It's difficult enough without being depressing. Greens are fantastically difficult to read. More times than not, your put was traveling at a 90 degree angle from it's original direction. Greens ranged from massive 50 yards deep, to a postage stamp. Lots of great variety on the greens.

The only thing I can fault this course for is that there was a lot of sand on a lot of the greens. Maybe this was from the massive amount of rain that we got the night before and a recent sanding of the greens? It never happened to be in the way of a putt for us, but it could definitely cause problems.

I didn't actually keep score. I was just out there to have fun. However, I did shoot 5 pars, and another par with a mulligan off the tee.

The clubhouse is pretty terrible...but they do have food, drinks, and polite staff. Just don't expect anything more than a couple picnic tables to sit on. The courses don't come back to the club house at the turn either...so take a cooler with you and buy your beers at the beginning. We made that mistake...had to take a long drive back to the clubhouse for a bite to eat. We didn't realize that you don't return to the clubhouse until 18.

As of right now, not counting price, this is probably my favorite course thus far. We had a great time playing here. I should have taken a bunch of pictures. I'll be going back at some point though. Maybe I'll update then.
 

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Part of my Midwest Golfing magazine subscription. Played here for $25. Wow what a bargain at that price. $75 on the weekend for regular rates...which honestly, this is one of the only courses I've played that I think actually warrants that price.

Every hole is unique in some way. There are longs ones, short ones, great dog legs, great elevation changes. It's difficult enough without being depressing. Greens are fantastically difficult to read. More times than not, your put was traveling at a 90 degree angle from it's original direction. Greens ranged from massive 50 yards deep, to a postage stamp. Lots of great variety on the greens.

The only thing I can fault this course for is that there was a lot of sand on a lot of the greens. Maybe this was from the massive amount of rain that we got the night before and a recent sanding of the greens? It never happened to be in the way of a putt for us, but it could definitely cause problems.

I didn't actually keep score. I was just out there to have fun. However, I did shoot 5 pars, and another par with a mulligan off the tee.

The clubhouse is pretty terrible...but they do have food, drinks, and polite staff. Just don't expect anything more than a couple picnic tables to sit on. The courses don't come back to the club house at the turn either...so take a cooler with you and buy your beers at the beginning. We made that mistake...had to take a long drive back to the clubhouse for a bite to eat. We didn't realize that you don't return to the clubhouse until 18.

As of right now, not counting price, this is probably my favorite course thus far. We had a great time playing here. I should have taken a bunch of pictures. I'll be going back at some point though. Maybe I'll update then.
Played that many years ago. Was a fun course.
 

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I too have played there and enjoyed it as well, only a 35 minute trip for me to get there too. Nothing real memorable sticks out as far as holes go though other than the one oar 3 where you are way up top and the the green seems like its 25 stories below you.

Another great course in the area is Wild Rock in the Dells, definitely more expensive but worth it. They have the par 3 course which is challenging while staying fun and it offers some great views. The big course is stunning and can be difficult depending on the tees you choose to play from.
 
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I too have played there and enjoyed it as well, only a 35 minute trip for me to get there too. Nothing real memorable sticks out as far as holes go though other than the one oar 3 where you are way up top and the the green seems like its 25 stories below you.

Another great course in the area is Wild Rock in the Dells, definitely more expensive but worth it. They have the par 3 course which is challenging while staying fun and it offers some great views. The big course is stunning and can be difficult depending on the tees you choose to play from.
You must have played the prairie course? There wasn't a massively downhill par 3 on the Glacier course.
 

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Few shots from Wild Rock, haven't found any yet from Devils Head, not sure I took any.
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