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The Trout Club
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The Trout Club (formerly known as Licking Springs Golf Club) sprawls across a scenic landscape of rolling hills dotted with natural springs that is also home to an abundance of wildlife. Jack Kidwell, a local course architect who has played in role in many of Ohio's golf courses, designed the challenging layout. The course has a traditional design covered with mature trees, which are especially concentrated along the fairways. The undulating greens provide excellent putting surfaces. Their small size and quick speed will test your short game skills. The course is definitely a shotmaker's layout, placing a heavier emphasis on the placement off of the tee rather than distance. It is a layout that requires careful course management and skillful strategy. In addition to the golf course, The Trout Club offers two practice putting and chipping greens as well as a public swimming pool.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6295 yards | 70.0 | 119 |
| White | 71 | 6001 yards | 68.7 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 70 | 4929 yards | 68.7 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.4/116 | 429 | 151 | 378 | 300 | 351 | 441 | 147 | 524 | 410 | 3131 | 282 | 388 | 472 | 156 | 349 | 280 | 221 | 405 | 392 | 2945 | 6076 |
| White M: 67.7/107 | 416 | 139 | 365 | 290 | 341 | 421 | 137 | 451 | 396 | 2956 | 268 | 378 | 457 | 147 | 336 | 270 | 162 | 395 | 332 | 2745 | 5701 |
| Gold M: 64.9/105 W: 65.9/107 | 339 | 103 | 311 | 229 | 279 | 321 | 127 | 437 | 316 | 2462 | 208 | 311 | 408 | 91 | 239 | 260 | 157 | 309 | 230 | 2213 | 4675 |
| Red W: 67.9/109 | 333 | 100 | 254 | 226 | 270 | 295 | 108 | 433 | 251 | 2270 | 202 | 308 | 405 | 87 | 236 | 250 | 152 | 305 | 226 | 2171 | 4441 |
| Handicap | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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Bar, SnacksAvailable Facilities
Clubhouse, Banquet FacilitiesAvailable Activities
Swimming, Billiards
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
A couple of greens have large areas of un-puttable surfaces but overall the cpurse /layout/ and hospitality gives it a 5 star. Plus $38 for a Sunday afternoon is a steal.
Great value
Happy that they got the course repaired and back in shape
run down
course is run down large missing grass spots on many greens instead of maintained greens they just painted them green overall waste of money for a few bucks more there are many nicer courses in the area
Great time
Course in good condition, besides hole 17 outside construction that narrowed fairway leading up to green.
not worth the trip
the course came well recommended but I was very disappointed when instead of cared for green's the just dyed them green. the greens also had large spots of what appeared to be missing grass chunks. the fairways had allot of pot holes. was not pleased with condition.
Trout Club Golf Course
Nice course for the $$. Everyone is usually very nice & this time was no different. Played alone & got around in just about 3 hours, but I was in no hurry whatsoever.
Great value
Other than a few instances of ground under repair, the greens were immaculate and rolling much faster than I remember last year.
Facilities are nice and the staff is very friendly
Course layout loses a star for me because I do not like the amount of blind tee shots, but not a huge deal
Great staff and value!
Great value and the people were amazing. Fast greens with a few spots, but great play.
Challenging But Dangerous
I loved the front nine, elevation changes and nice scenery. Greens and fairways were in great shape given the recent lack of rain. The back nine is a whole different story. The elevation changes mixed with a fairly crowded course and blind tee shots lead to many tee shots whizzing right past us. There’s no way to tell if the group ahead of you is out of the way so we would end up taking the cart down to see where the next group was.
Had a great time with the guys I was paired with. Start was a little crazy as no Marshall was on duty, also a 4 some showed up 15 min late but work thru it. Only down fall was that other golfers like to pick up others players balls, Didn't matter if in fairway or not we had to yell at a few guys. Balls were even marked. I'll definitely be back to play tho.
