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Value
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Friendliness
3.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6986 yards
Slope 119
Rating 71.7

Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill, Restaurant

Reviews

2.8
121 Reviews (121)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Thick Rough 17
Bunkers 12
Undulating Greens 11
This course/club is great for:
Locals 14
Advanced Golfers 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 20

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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Disappointed

Course conditions were bad and a hole was closed and I got charged for my non golfing girlfriend to ride I have played almost all the courses in the central ohio area and that is the first time I have been charged Eagle sticks didn't even do that I won't be back

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Please stop giving this course money

Much like the Cleveland Indians, you should not give this course any money until they start putting the money back into the course.

The entire course looks like it is diseased. It has numerous spots on the greens that are dead.

I came to just practice since it is the closest place. The practice facilities were awful. $8 for a "large bucket"... maybe fifty balls?? Oh, and three of them were cut or literally in half. Quality stuff here people.

It is a shame... this course had such a nice premise. Making a landfill into a nice golf course... the latter has fallen by the wayside. The water treatment plant has nicer grass than this place.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Course condition is poor.

The fairways and some of the greens are in poor condition.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Fairways in rough shape

The fairways appear like they haven't been watered for months, brown grass and bare spots are plentiful. The greens were fine though, a bit long and slow.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

poor phoenix

The fairways were dead. The bunkers were in awful shape and the greens were spotty at best. Dont play this course until the watering problems are fixed.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

OMG! Seriously? This place needs closed!

In 30 years of golf all around America, I have never played a worse " course". Fairways Brown and cracked open. Greens missing large areas of grass and cracked open. Makes for wonderful putting. The best looking green , #14 is closed its so bad off. I'm not making this up. The dirt fairways are so hard your ball WILL end up in the gorse. If this isn't bad enough the design is awful. Who did this? Darrell and his other brother, Darrell? There is one green you cannot see. The flagstick does barely stick up above the weeds in front. Three greens are long and narrow with so much slope side to side that you would have to putt your ball off the side of the green.....from the middle of the green. I had three like that. I putted at the edge of the green and ended up 10 -12 feet beside the hole. Dumbest course ever. Sorry.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Poor condition--but with a good excuse

I have played this course several times and normally it is in excellent shape. When I checked in this time, the staff member shared that there had been some problems with their watering system, and several places in the fairways were burned up a bit. Also the bunkers were a bit rough. Well, the fairways were more than a bit burned up, the bunkers for whatever reason looked like dirt bunkers and even the greens (which I was told were still in good shape) were a bit questionable. One of the holes, #14, was completely closed, so we were given the option of playing #19--and yes, Phoenix does have a 19th hole. To be fair, the staffer would have offered us a discount--but declined to do this given we had already gotten a discount due to paying via the online discount.
In short, had I never played here before, I would never go back. Given that this time seemed to be an anomaly, I will try it again--next year. Those who venture out this year, however, need to be prepared for less than ideal conditions. I cannot recommend this course this year--but I am fully expecting to be able to recommend it again next year.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dried out

Course needed some mowing. Lots of dry spots. When the fix their pump system it will be fine.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice but not in the best condition

Course was definitely not in tip top shape. Some of the greens / fairways looked to have a fungus that was eating the grass and the 14th hole was closed (they added a 19th hole for total of 18).

However, course is challenging, well laid out and offers beautiful views of city skyline from a handful of holes.

I would definitely play again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

grass lost

Everything green on the course was gone. I understand when things get away from a course, but it wasn't a simple question of disease or fertilization. The bunkers were the worst I have ever seen. Hopefully they can get their act together. There are too many low - cost options to waste your money here.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

SAD

It's a shame, the original owners put a lot of time and money into the course. It started out rough and eventually became a fun challenging course to play. A nice links course lay out with very fast greens and strategically placed bunkers. The post card was the view of the skyline of Columbus. Now, the fairways were burned out (hole #14 closed) and the greens are starting to go to. Bunkers had no sand and more weeds than my flower beds at home. Whenever someone from out of town came to visit Phoenix was always a consideration, nice course, fair price, close by and the view of the city. Now, I wouldn't play there with my Mother-In-Law.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Don't Play Here This Year

Huge patches of dead fairway and greens made for a pretty miserable round. Rough was so high that balls were not findable (this is the "mowed" rough, not the natural areas). Bunkers were totally neglected. One green was aerated put not topped. Very frustrating to play here. I will not go back.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Given up before they knew they were done for in 2014

The course was unplayable. Did not see one ranger, pace of play was below average, was able to play the par 3, three times in a row before the seniors in front of us could finish the par 4. The fairway looked like my cornfield, and I sure as could of broken an ankle just walking with the tracks in the fairway.

Thank goodness this place is closed, I would rather chip golf balls into the old dump instead of playing here.

Sounds intense, but I am serious. I tolerate average city courses but this was PATHETIC and a shame to the city of Columbus. No wonder wants to play inside 270 except Scioto Country Club or Ohio State Country Club.

This was a blessing the course was gone, can only imagine what the city wasted of my TAX dollars to build "golf course"

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

all dirt

Course in very poor shape almost all dirt. would not go again

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Sad

I have played Phoenix for over 10 years but have not been there for two seasons. I know there have been some changes recently but what I encountered was very surprising. When I arrived at the course at 7:30 I was disappointed to discover that the new company handling the food and beverage side of the course does not always show up when the course opens. As one of the course employees told me"it is very unprofessional but all he could do was apologize. It had been that way since the food and beverage operation was out sourced." In fact when I made the turn the girl at the counter was surprised to learn that golfers were attempting to purchase food and drink on the course before her 8:30 arrival.

The pro shop employees were very friendly. The flow of play was wonderful and the starter was fun to talk to. The course layout is still one of my favorite in Columbus but the course conditions were abysmal. From the bare fairways to the poor greens it was like playing at a course that was going out of business. It truly is a shame to see this course fall apart.

Ed

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course

Love the course and the layout. Only thing is the course is in rough shape. Superintendent said they had a water issue. But the greens are in great shape fairways have so e rough areas but still 100% playable

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don't like

Fairways are not in good shape..good place to lose balls

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Unplayable conditions

So much if the grass is dead on this course. The greens are in horrible condition. The whole course is soggy too. During my round (which I quit early because of the conditions), they left the water running on the green twice. I had to wait for them to turn it off. Needless to say, I couldn't even putt because of the standing water. I wouldn't play here for free, let alone the twenty five Golf Now asking price. This is disappointing considering this place used to be one of my favorite courses. Now it's just junk.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Not what we expected

We were not told until we arrived that the course was in such poor condition, and were told this was the reason for the low pricing. We could choose not to play, but had already driven there. One of the par 5's was even closed because the fairways and greens were in such poor condition. We have played here before, but it has not been in this bad of condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

No sprinklers

No indication of course maintenance problems when we reserved. Got there and were told sprinkler system was out of commission. Fairways half-dead and greens 1/4 dead. #14 hole closed entirely.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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