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.
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.
