Shawnee Hills GC
A view of a hole flanked by sand traps at Shawnee Hills Golf Course
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3.7
315 Reviews (315)
5 Stars
108
4 Stars
160
3 Stars
30
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
12
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
3.6
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.4
74.9%
Recommend this course
282 out of 315 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.5
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.3
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
3.2
66.7%
Recommend this course
4 out of 6 reviews
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3.6
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
3.4
72.7%
Recommend this course
8 out of 11 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6366 yards
Slope 115
Rating 69.7

Shawnee Hills is home to two different golf courses, an 18-hole regulation course and a nine-hole, par-3 layout. The 18-hole course has a front nine that plays across gently rolling hills accented with water hazards while the back nine presents a different set of challenges with more dramatic hills covered with forests of mature pines, maples, and oaks. The scenic Deer Lick Creek also runs alongside the back holes. The second half of the golf course definitely has more of a Carolina-feel to it while the front nine is more like a Florida course. The back is a bit tougher than the first half of the course, but wide fairways throughout make it a fairly forgiving layout overall, though the golf course boasts what may be the toughest hole in the Cleveland Metroparks, the par-4 fourth. This dogleg left hole plays uphill and demands accuracy with a line of trees on either side.

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Course Details

Year Built 1957
Fairways Bluegrass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/15 Closed: 12/31
Architect Ben Zink (1957)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Showers
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3.7
315 Reviews (315)
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Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

this. course os just ok

Will play here when other courses are unavailable.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good shape

Good course, good value, fair track. Front 9 backs up bc par 3s are front loaded.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 139
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Good scene at Shawnee

Always nice to play this course. Greens were true and relatively fast. Recent dry conditions helped. Real nice track. Bit short but plenty challenging here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great time!

Shawnee has never looked better. The course is in excellent shape and managed by a good staff. Just a very nice course overall. There are better values at some surrounding areas though. $18 is fair however.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

The metro parks always maintain their courses to a high level since they have so much money. I recommend this course to golfers at any level.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome

Home course played a million times but continues to impress with excellent manicuring for a public course. Greens pretty fast and in great shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Will be back, hopefully to play little quicker

Great staff, course in very good condition even with the amount of rain we have had. Greens in great shape. Just wish we saw a ranger on the course to speed play up. Played on a Tuesday morning, over 5 1/2 hours to play. Had foursome 2 groups ahead of us, very slow and would not allow groups to play through. Would have been nice to see a ranger pushing that group, none to be found.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great course, great people, great price.

Despite the amount of rain we've had, the course was very playable. The people there were super friendly. And the price was definitely right. Well dawn Shawnee and the Cleveland Metroparks.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Conditons for the Price

Pace of play was fast for a Sunday afternoon. Course was in great condition, with the greens playing fast prior to some rain. Back 9 is more fun than the front, with narrower fairways and more elevation changes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Great fun course for all ages

Course in great shape, which is playable to golfers of all abilities.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect storm

Greens aerated and top dressed
Fairways and rough aerated not cleaned up
Course was wet like never seen a course that wet.
Luckily we had the first tee time and played in 2.5 hours.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great staff

Rangers facilitated play and starter sent us out early.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

This is the second best metropark course I have ever played

I booked a foursome through Golfnow.com for 22.00 ea 18 holes w cart for 12:30 PM tee off time We got there thinking we might be able to tee off early but the ranger said no. So we went to the practice green to due some putting and chipping at 12:45 PM we got the call from the ranger to go to the first tee. They we already 3 groups ahead of us. So we waited another 25 minutes before we got to tee off. the greens were very fast and we all missed a lot of birdies putts. It was the men against the boy I was on fire the first 9 holes with 3 birdies and one birdie from Rick we shoot a 31 on the front 9 and had a 8 stroke lead over them it was a different story on the back 9 my son got 3 birdies and Patrick got one so the lead was down to 4 shots and they just won't go away until the cut the lead to a one stroke lead for us going to the 18 hole they needed to make a birdie and we just needed a par and Rick did just that by putting in a 20 footer for par and the men beat by the boys by one slow play we were waiting at every hole about 20-25 minutes and the people behind us was shooting shots before we were on the green I said something to the ranger and he just left They have no yard markers on most of the holes with was had to tell your distance one group on the back nine got so mad at himself that he through his group club onto the other good that was uncalled
for because he could have hurt somebody. It took us 6.5 hours to play 18 holes you need the ranger to do his job by keeping up the pace rather then doing nothing at all Steve from North Olmsted Ohio

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Not good

We received a refund, they sent out 4 groups of 4 kids walking in front of us. We would of been there over 6 hours. This is the second time this week this has happened, here and sleepy hollow. It took 3 hours to play 9 holes at sleepy hollow after the first nine we got a raincheck. If these courses are letting school kids go out they should block all those tee times. Will not visit a metro parks course again.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Nice Course

Nice course and I wpould go back. I like the area

nice nice nice nice

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Shawnee Hills

Had a 1:00 Sunday afternoon tee time and finished in 4 hrs 20 mins. Greens were in good shape, but most courses are this year. There are some plain holes but also some really good ones - nos 4, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 17 are among the good ones. Staff is very friendly. Can't beat the value at Cleveland Metroparks courses.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

Been at this course plenty of times in the past few years. At sometimes such as early in the season the course isn't taken care of as well as it can be. But later in the season they really step up their game and make it a beautiful and quite fun course to play. If you're looking for a easier course to play as someone just getting used to the game or you're someone who wants to shoot that really low score you're looking for, Shawnee hills is for you.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good metroparks course

The course has come a long way and is in real nice condition. Course is great for all skill levels with some challenging holes. A good place to play if you want to score low

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course

Course was in good condition. A lot of beginners. Pace was good considering so many novice on the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

overall review

The course was in pretty good shape. Except the holes where not cut properly. They almost seemed over grown. Not clean cuts. Which is dissapointingand frfrustrating. The starters do their job properly as well as thw inside staff. The rangers however will drive ya nuts. They seem to be hawking all over you. They will drive up in the middle of your swing and or just stare and watch you, which is really annoying when they can drive all over the course and not just seem to be stalking you. Other than that its pretty decent.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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