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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7071 yards
Slope 131
Rating 73.7

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.

Course Details

Year Built 1993
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1993) John Cook (1993) Dana Fry (1993)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "John Cook Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire. Collared shirt, bermuda shorts.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Ohio (2017 #21)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Layout in the U.S. (2017 #12)
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3.5
373 Reviews (373)
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Reviews 114
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Great fall single outing

Cooks Creek is always a delight. Along with a Golfnow great rate and reward, you just cannot beat the value. I played at a temp of 42 starting around 11am to about 47 around 3pm. Partly sunny and little to no wind. The front side was being airated so I was limited to only the back nine, which was fine with me. I played it twice and then some. The folks in the office said play as much as you want. There was very little play going on. The course was in great shape including the traps, which at this time of year is unusual. After my two rounds of the back nine I played about 5 holes jumping around groups of twosomes or driving my ball to end up picking up not wanting to be held up. These were extra holes I did not anticipate getting to play. All in all a great day and all the golf I wanted to have on an October chilly afternoon. I always look forward to playing Cooks Creek!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/26/2018:
Hi Dan, thank you for the amazing five-star review! We are so happy to hear that you had a great round of golf at Cooks Creek Golf Club the other day. Thanks for the detailed review, and we can't wait to have you back again soon! #cookscreekgolfclub #ohiogolf
Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

The course was in great shape and the players in front of us were very kind to let us play thru. The layout is great and each hole has a different look. I enjoyed the round very much, great shape, course good pace of play and great value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/26/2018:
Hi, thanks for the five stars! We are thrilled that you had a great round of golf at Cooks Creek Golf Club the other day. Thanks for your detailed feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall fun

Enjoyed a late 9 holes today. Greens a re fast but true and have not been aerated or sandy yet. Not sure why they don't have a pro shop or why it's not more busy. Good place to play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 10/18/2018:
Hello, thank you for the three stars. We have done a lot to bring back the course from previous ownership. We continue the work on Cooks Creek Golf Club to make it a place to bring your family and have a good time. Don't forget to check out Cooks Bar and Grill for one of our yummy paninis! https://cooksbargrill.com/
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Very nice course

My buddies & I venture over to Cooks Creek every so often from Lancaster because it has a country club feel. The layout it challenging but fair. The greens were in decent shape considering a lot of the surrounding courses seem to be struggling to maintain theirs. We experienced considerable rain a few days ahead of our play date so we had to stay on the cartpath. But, since we basically had the course to ourselves, it wasn't a big deal. If you're playing at a high-demand time and it's "cartpath only", you might be in for a long round.

We always enjoy our time at CC and would certainly return.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/04/2018:
Hello David, thanks for the four-star review! We are thrilled that you chose to play Cooks Creek Golf Club. We appreciate your feedback, and we can't wait to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Sunday at Cooks

Course was in great condition. Unfortunately there was a foursome ahead that was extremely slow. 5 hour round. No ranger in sight.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 10/01/2018:
Hello Bernie, thanks for the four-star review! We are glad that you enjoyed your round of golf at Cooks Creek Golf Club, but we are sorry that you encountered slow pace of play. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/04/2018:
Hello, thank you for the five stars! We are happy to see that you had a great time at Cooks Creek Golf Club. Come back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Average

Fairways are in good shape, greens and tee boxes are diseased need alot of work. I should have known I was in for a long day when there wasnt a starter on #1, pace of play was extremely slow had to wait on each hole NO ranger at all to keep it moving, will not return

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 08/21/2018:
Hello, thank you for the three-star review. We are sorry to hear that you experienced poor pace of play. Your feedback is important to us. And we hope that you will give Cooks Creek another chance in the future.
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

very nice

Course was in excellent condition. Some very beautiful holes there to be played. look forward to playing there again very soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 08/16/2018:
Hello, thank you for the five stars! We are thrilled that you found our course in excellent shape. Thanks for the feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad

The teeing ground was so dry and hard you couldn’t even get the tee in the ground on the majority of tees. The bunkers are not taken care of and have no sand in them. The pace of play was atrocious. 3+ hours on the back nine alone...no ranger the whole time for a near 5 hour round.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Response from on 08/01/2018:
Hello, we are sorry to hear that you did not have a good round of golf the other day. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bent grass tees, fairways and greens

This is a well maintained course. The greens were receptive to approach shots and rolled fast and true. A great golf value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 07/30/2018:
Hello David, thank you for the five stars! We are thrilled to hear that you had a good time out there. Thanks for stopping by, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

COOKS CREEK will be on your favorite list!!!

The course was in beautiful shape! if you haven't been in the last few years, do yourself a favor and go there now... the Cook family has brought it back to life and is a joy to play there!! LOVE this course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 07/30/2018:
Hello, thank you for the five stars! We are thrilled that you had a great golfing experience at Cooks Creek Golf Club the other day. We can't wait to have you back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

The staff was friendly, the pace of play was good, and the course was in great shape. Had a very enjoyable round of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 07/24/2018:
Hello, thank you for the awesome five-star review! We are thrilled to hear that you had an overall great golf experience. Thanks for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/17/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to see that you had a good round of golf out there the other day. We hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beutiful Couese

Love the layout and the course is beutiful. Too many courses now have housing developments so all you see are people's yards. Cooks Creek is a very scenic very fun course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/17/2018:
Hello, thank you for the five stars! We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our course layout and found it beautiful. We hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good day of Golf

Overall it was a good day of Golf. Course is in pretty good shape. Not quite to where it needs to be. Some of the fairways are starting to burn out,and the Bunkers are awful. Greens were decent for the most part. Pace of play was a bit slow,but not terrible. With a few Improvements Cooks will be back to where it once was a top 10 public course in Ohio.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 07/13/2018:
Hello John, thank you for the three-star review! We are happy to hear that you had an overall good time out there despite the conditions and pace of play. We appreciate your feedback, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Really good but could be so much better!!

Every time I play Cook's Creek I ask myself why I don't play it more often? While it's about a 45 minute drive, the layout is really good and the setting is beautiful. The course was in pretty good shape despite some spots being pretty wet/soft. The fairways and greens were really good with the exception of people not fixing ball marks. The only negative, as others have mentioned were the bunkers. Many were filled with standing water, and others had more mud than sand.

The staff was very friendly and helpful. I will definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 07/10/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed our layout and had an overall good time. We appreciate your feedback regarding the bunkers and ball marks. Come back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, greens are fantastic, a few bunkers need work

Great course, greens are fantastic, but a few bunkers need work and have standing water in them. Aside from a few of the bunkers not draining properly, the course is in fantastic shape. I love the layout, and I’m happy to see that the course belongs to the Cook family again...the quality of the course has improved significantly. Will definitely be back! (Hopefully the bunker drainage problem can be fixed...#17 was a pond with tadpoles, not a bunker)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 07/05/2018:
Hello, thank you for the five stars! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed our course and found it to be in good shape. We appreciate your feedback regarding the bunkers, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Everything but the sand traps.

Other than the sand traps, the course is in great shape.

Sand traps lacked.....SAND!!!

Staff was friendly and helpful.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 07/02/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are sorry to hear that you found our sand traps in bad shape, but we are glad that you found our staff helpful and that you had an overall good time out there. Thanks for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Slowly getting better

Fairways much improved from last year. Rough is better too. Greens are better but still not up to par compared to other publics in Columbus area. People need to fix their ball marks. Traps are awful. We walked the front nine with pull carts in 2 hours and because of the threat of thunderstorms took a cart on the back. 3 hours to play the back nine. No sign of a marshal. Staff was very friendly and there was a beverage cart so we could stay hydrated. It will be a while before we go back given the other good options around.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 06/25/2018:
Hello and thank you for coming out to Crooks Creek and for leaving us a review. We apologize about the course conditions, but we are happy to hear that you were able to see some improvement since the last time you were here. Thank you for the feedback regarding the slow play. This will be passed onto our staff. We hope to see you out here again sometime soon, and we hope that you are able to see more improvements with our course.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love it!

One of my favorite courses in Columbus. A little bit slow play but we teed off at 1:00 on a Saturday afternoon so to be expected. Looks like it's back in the right hands!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/25/2018:
Hello hock8, thank you for playing Crooks Creek and for the 5 star review! We apologize about the slow play. We will keep doing our best to ensure faster play in the future. Thank you for the compliments, and we will look forward to seeing you out here again.
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