Cooks Creek Golf Club
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About
Cooks Creek Golf Club (previously known as Raintree South Golf Club) is bordered by Little Walnut Creek on one side and the Scioto River on the other, providing a scenic setting that is ideal for a round of golf. The course is a certified Audubon Sanctuary and there is also a Blue Herron rookery on site. Opened in 1993, the golf course is relatively young but it has already established a reputation for being one of central Ohio's best public courses. Local architects Michael Hurzdan and Dana Fry designed the course with the assistance of John Cook. Cooks Creek has two completely unique nines that offer two different sets of challenges. The diverse layout requires careful strategy and it will also test your shot-making abilities. With two bodies of water serving as neighbors, water definitely plays a role on the golf course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks/Black | 72 | 7071 yards | 73.7 | 131 |
| Back/Scarlet | 72 | 6648 yards | 71.3 | 128 |
| Middle/Gray | 72 | 6182 yards | 68.5 | 122 |
| Forward/Green | 72 | 5095 yards | 68.2 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks M: 72.5/126 | 552 | 366 | 455 | 408 | 397 | 219 | 521 | 189 | 390 | 3497 | 533 | 311 | 461 | 123 | 394 | 223 | 621 | 420 | 488 | 3574 | 7071 |
| Scarlet M: 70.6/121 | 528 | 345 | 427 | 383 | 378 | 208 | 484 | 170 | 370 | 3293 | 512 | 294 | 435 | 113 | 380 | 183 | 563 | 401 | 474 | 3355 | 6648 |
| Gray M: 68.6/118 | 507 | 321 | 367 | 379 | 357 | 183 | 452 | 151 | 356 | 3073 | 495 | 289 | 415 | 106 | 351 | 162 | 481 | 405 | 444 | 3148 | 6221 |
| Senior M: 67.4/116 | 455 | 321 | 367 | 370 | 342 | 142 | 420 | 151 | 346 | 2914 | 442 | 274 | 399 | 106 | 351 | 162 | 481 | 381 | 444 | 3040 | 5954 |
| Green W: 68.0/116 | 440 | 256 | 296 | 245 | 320 | 84 | 388 | 133 | 252 | 2414 | 437 | 237 | 384 | 66 | 336 | 78 | 433 | 361 | 349 | 2681 | 5095 |
| Handicap | 5 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by Tribefan21 on 12/11/2020
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Photo submitted by Tribefan21 on 12/11/2020
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Photo submitted by Tribefan21 on 12/11/2020
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Photo submitted by Tribefan21 on 12/11/2020
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Photo submitted by Tribefan21 on 12/11/2020
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Love the Keebler hole Photo submitted by u6954911 on 10/06/2020
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Photo submitted by jarrodclay on 05/11/2020
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Photo submitted by jarrodclay on 05/11/2020
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Photo submitted by jarrodclay on 05/11/2020
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Photo submitted by jarrodclay on 05/11/2020
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Tee Boxes (This is one of the tee boxes with actual green on it, rather than just pure dirt) Photo submitted by ScEGDxKM8Z1A9tQ5q63k on 10/13/2019
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This was a fairway, patches of dirt like this were extremely common throughout. Photo submitted by ScEGDxKM8Z1A9tQ5q63k on 10/13/2019
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Photo submitted by tDdLN7nRzQ2U1egXBPBo on 10/06/2019
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Photo submitted by tDdLN7nRzQ2U1egXBPBo on 10/06/2019
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Photo submitted by Lee251 on 09/03/2019
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Photo submitted by Ozcat on 08/19/2019
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Photo submitted by Ozcat on 08/19/2019
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Photo submitted by Ozcat on 08/19/2019
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Photo submitted by Ozcat on 08/19/2019
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Photo submitted by PingMyDay on 04/10/2017
HOLY GUACAMOLE (in a bad way)
What can i say about this course that hasn't already been said about Syria? It's bombed out and depleted!
Bring your spelunking gear to get up the dilapidated adventure they call stairs. Fell through at least 2 different steps while playing. Also make sure your tetanus shots are up to date...
The greens will make you sick with how unkempt they are. Seriously half of the green is actually brown.
The fairways are just straight up dirt.
The teeboxes are.. uncertain(?) at best? not really sure where they are, there not marked and the grass as you could assume is non-existent.
Towards the end of last year I could tell this place was struggling. It's a sad story, Cook's used to be one of the BEST places to play in Columbus. Now, its a total joke. It's clear they've given up.
There is no chance that this place is NOT going to sell out to become a development or park or something... no chance of this place ever "coming back." It would likely cost +750k to bring this course into an actually playable course. $2m+ to bring it back to its former glory.
-Matt B.
Shut it down!
Wow has this course gone off the deep end. No more carts. Who knows if they staff a grounds crew. Nothing mowed to height. Foot tall crab grass is what you get as rough. Greens are mostly scalped and covered in debris. Front nine seems to always be closed. Surprised nobody has been injured on what they call stairs to some of the tee boxes. Speaking of tee boxes there are no markers to identify the tee boxes unless they’re under the unkept grass.
I would be embarrassed if I was the owner to even call this a golf course.
They destroyed this course
This is one of the best layouts in Central Ohio. What a shame they have allowed it to go to seed. The course looks like it was abandoned a few years ago and a few goats have been keeping the grass from getting too high.There was not a single tee marker
on any tee boxes.
It is very hard to believe this course is this bad, almost too hard to describe just how bad it really is.
I might be a good place to take four wheeler's and coolers and get drunk. Not a place to play golf.
Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We are sorry to hear your experience did not meet your expectations; however, the way you have provided your feedback does not offer us any room to grow or change. Making comments that cut down the course are not helpful to us or any golfers reading your review. We encourage you to update your review to fit a more constructive form so we can use your experience to make changes. Thanks for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Dumpster fire
It seems to be no more money being spent on course and will probably close soon. With the length and hills it's hard for anyone to walk this. I played dozens of times over past few years despite poor conditions but hey 18 and cart for around $23 was worth it. It really was once a great course with a challenging layout
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Awesome Layout!!
ABSOLUTELY the best layout anywhere near Columbus. I look forward to its return to where it deserves to be(And once was). Way too nice a course to go by the wayside, good luck in the future!!
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Cooks Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
total disgrace
Anyone who gives this dump 5 stsrs is either on drugs or using a burner account for the course. I wouldnt play this dump if it was free, i honestly do t know how it is still open do not any hours of your life you cant ever get back going near this place
Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We are sorry to hear your experience did not meet your expectations; however, the way you have provided your feedback does not offer us any room to grow or change. Making comments that cut down the course are not helpful to us or any golfers reading your review. We encourage you to update your review to fit a more constructive form so we can use your experience to make changes. Thanks for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Terrible conditions and deceptive pricing
Used tee off to book and had a tee time with a cart. Get a text less than 24 hours before tee time telling us they are not offering carts to to COVID. Every other course is doing this and we paid for a cart. Asked if they would refund the car fee and they said they couldn't. Offered us a 6 pack of beer instead. I don't really drink when playing. They said fine we can cancel your tee time and issue refund. Made no sense that they could cancel but not refund the $8 difference each for a cart fee. We wanted to play so just accepted the 6 pack which is ridiculous!!
I arrived and the lady was NOT wearing a mask. They didn't have pencils and claimed it was due to COVID. So here we are no carts, no pencils, using covid as an excuse, but they don't wear masks???
The course? Absolutely joke! Played here years ago and course was immaculate and amazing. Half the greens were burnt out and they used sand to fix. Traps have no sand. Fairways are like cow pastures. NO tee boxes or markers for tee boxes, so just tee off where you think is right, and the tee boxes were worse than cow pastures, complete garbage.
This is an extremely hilly course, so no carts was a challenge. Them to have the course in compete crap shape, even worse. We were on of 10 people on the course, so not sure how carts was an issue whatsoever.
Our opinion, will NEVER play here again. Great layout and used to be amazing, but just complete junk now. Seems like they are trying to screw people by doing as little work on the course as possible while still charging based on what it used to be!
BTW, we get it is December, but just NO excuse for not at least having tee boxes!! They did have some arrows in paint, but at least 1/3rd of these were completely off what the scorecard had for distance.
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We appreciate you reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the experience you had when booking your round. Your feedback about confusion during the booking process is important to us. We always want to make sure our golfers are clear about their purchase before checking out. We see you said Tee off, but it sounds like this may have been a GolfNow tee time. If that is the case, we ask that you contact GolfNow customer service at 1 (800) 767-3574 for clarity. Please have your confirmation number handy. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
how is this possible given the comment 10 days later
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Cooks Creek Golf Club!
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Top ten public place to play
This is truly a unique place.the layout is great it’s in the top courses in Ohio all of Ohio .don’t gyration the condition it’s the same for everyone. Definitely one of my favorites and the staff is top notch.*****
how is this possible given the conditions there?
Thanks! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Pleasure
I really like playing this course as you have to use several clubs on your way. Th scenery is worth the trip. I like the challenge of each of the holes as there is the risk reward with each shot. The staff is outstanding as they do everything to make your fun.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
This course was once a very nice course.
The course was in horrible shape. Everything! I'm in the grass business, so I know what I'm talking about. What was once a very nice course is now only fit for goats or cattle ti graze. I'm sure they have to small a maintenance crew and don't apply the proper chemicals to keep it in good shape. I was very disappointed.
Hello, jacktrott. Thank you for reviewing the course. It is our goal to give visitors the best chance to get out and play more. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
A central Ohio favorite.
One of my central Ohio favorite courses. Because of weather conditions the past several years, it has experienced some challenges. Even though it is beat-up, I still enjoy playing it. Wonderful setting, lots of nature, many challenging holes, don't want to use driver on several of the par 4's.
Hi u00000638047. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Former shell of itself
Used to play every Monday with a foursome about 12 years ago. Used to be one of the best. Needs some serious love. I know the challenges of maintaining a course; worked on greens crew at both Medallion and OSU Scarlet and Gray. But greens were real bad. Still a challenging layout and beautiful track of land. The cost was a value, will play again there if nothing else for the course that I know it can be.
Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the price of our course is important to us. We always want to make sure we are offering golfers a competitive price for their round. It is our goal to give visitors the best chance to get out and play more. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.
Terrible maintenance
Loved and respected this course for many years but this time I need to good bye.
Need to work hard to regain and respect to rebirth
As prime golfer course.
Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the price of our course is important to us. We always want to make sure we are offering golfers a competitive price for their round. It is our goal to give visitors the best chance to get out and play more. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Thanks for the review. We see you rated the course 1 star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Cooks Creek Golf Club.