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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6936 yards
Slope 128
Rating 73.8

Windmill Lakes Golf Club consistently ranks as one of the best courses in the state and is definitely the top golf course in northeastern Ohio. Located in Ravenna, it is the home course for the men's and women's golf teams at Kent State, which is only six miles east of the club. The large, undulating greens are the layout's defining feature. The greens also have a reputation for being some of the best-maintained in the area, allowing them to roll fast and true. The fairways, tee boxes, and rough also boast the same great conditions. More than 50 bunkers are strategically placed throughout the golf course and there are seven lakes that provide water hazards. The Windmill Lakes layout, which measures to just under 7,000 yards, only has two par 5s but there are several long par 4s that demand accurate drives and strong iron play.

Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1970)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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4.5
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Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Perfect conditions

The course was is perfect shape as usual. The fairways perfect and greens rolled very true and somewhat fast. Cold and wet weather did not keep us from having and great day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/06/2020

Thank you for your review. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great course

I love the layout and condition of this course. It’s a good challenge and so well groomed. My only complaint is they do not offer handicap flags so you can go up close to greens

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 10/06/2020

Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Challenging course for novice players

Pretty nice course. Have seen it in better condition, but still nice. Challenging for novice golfers.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/26/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Average

no range, small putting green poor tees good design, food mediocre

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/16/2020

Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the conditions of our course is important to us. What you describe is not the standard we strive to achieve. Our maintenance team works hard every day to get the course in top shape. 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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over priced

Not worthy $52.00 at any point I understand COVID-19 has changed some things but for golf it haven't. If anything COVID-19 has help golf courses because I know for sure golf was the only thing open during the pandemic. Why are they changing extra for a single cart if you want to ride along when for years you have benefited from two golfers riding together. Example if your cart rate is $20.00 to ride and we pay for 18 holes and a cart that's $40.00 for one cart when two players ride together. At this point you're not give each golfers $10.00 back for riding together. Before COVID-19 it was offered to ride together or not. Now it's a way for golf courses to just make extra money instead of enjoying the fact that golf has been the only sport/business open during the pandemic. Let me help you out with something. When you are out of carts it's not because players are riding separately it's because your attendance is up and maybe at a all time high. Because there nothing else to do!!! So stop trying to take advantage of your customer's and just be happy that you haven't suffered like other businesses and families during the pandemic. Because if things every get back to normal you're going miss not having a full tee sheet.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/08/2020

Totally agree . We played yesterday 11/7 with absolutely no leaves removed on a Saturday. Still had the gull to charge 39.50 to share a cart. 4 hour 40 minute round very frustrating to hit in the middle of the fairway and struggle to find your ball through the leaves. Greens were terrible. We started around 9 am and there were greens you could not see your ball for the leaves ...

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Commented on 09/26/2020

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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

course in great shape and all way a challenge. try it, i"m sure will like it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/26/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Average course w slow play

Course was in good shape however the layout is very boring. I couldn’t tell what hole I was on because every hole seemed the same. Pace of play was also very slow. Needed a ranger to speed pace up.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/15/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/01/2020

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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful club/facilities

First time at this club. Nice course, well maintained. Roughs were dry and patchy in places due to the dry summer. Nice course layout. Very little water obstacles. Shady course. Bunkers are well maintained. Very friendly staff. Rate of play was super slow. We caught up to the foursome in front of us by the third hole and it was play-and-wait the rest of the day as the backup became more and more congested ahead of us and the party in front of us. Would golf here again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Commented on 09/26/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Would definitely go back

Nice course, friendly staff. Some challenging holes. Overall very pleasant experience and would definitely go back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/25/2020

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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Course

Windmill Lakes never lets you down. Course was in really good shape. Fairways and Greens were perfect and the rough was thick. Absolutely love this place. And the Pro Shop is top notch. Go see Justin for your Club Fitting needs!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 10/06/2020

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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/24/2020

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 Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Windmill Lakes Round

Staff was very courteous. Made me feel welcomed and helped make the experience extremely enjoyable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/17/2020

We are beyond happy to hear you enjoyed a great day at our course. We will pass on your kind words to those responsible so they can continue to help others enjoy great experiences at Windmill Lakes Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
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Commented on 08/12/2020

Hi, we appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Windmill Lakes Golf Club

OMG...what happened to Windmill. This course used to be beautiful, Now not so. There are many dead areas in some of the fairways from water decay, Many approaches have dead areas requiring to move the ball to find grass. Hole #8 is a disaster. The once large scenic pond guarding the green is now covered with green scum. The long tee is just a mass of divots with no filling whatsoever, Other Par 3's are chopped up from divots from players. Looks like very little attention given to divot repair by staff. The 10th tee apparently died as it is closed and being redone. All the tee blocks are in front of the once tee. Looks like the 1st tee is going to get the same as tee blocks are all in front of the tee. There are five sets off tees on every hole. However the greens are very nice and clear of dead spots. Windmill always had nice and fast greens and pristine course conditions. There was a lot of rain in the area but all the other courses managed to keep their fairways and ponds attractive, The greens fee at Windmill is the highest in the area. Sad to see course so bad. Hopefully some day it will receive the proper maintenance it deserves.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 08/12/2020

Hello, 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.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 08/05/2020

We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Windmill Lakes Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

All around excellence

Great course and a great experience from arrival to departure. Very courteous staff in the clubhouse (Let’s Go Falcons!!!) and very helpful starter.

Course was in great shape and a privilege to play. Reasonably priced range balls and ample practice green. You earn every par on this course - very challenging yet nothing unfair or unreasonable. Will gladly make the drive to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/05/2020

AllBS, we want to hear more about your experience with us! Please call us at (330) 297-0440. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Always a challenge

Course is always in great shape.. and one of the most challenging courses in the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 08/05/2020

Hi, thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Windmill Lakes Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Go to any other course

I will start with the positives with this course. Windmill lakes is a fair course when you have good weather on your side. The course layout is good, with some interesting par 3 holes. The clubhouse is large and maintains and adequate selection of balls, clubs, and other accessories. That’s the only good I have about this course. In my opinion, it is over priced. I have 10x the fun when I’m at a more local course that charges 10 or even 15 dollars less than windmill. Staff members do not have the best attitudes at the course. The pace of play there is turtle slow. The time it takes for people to play through is atrocious. This is not my first time at this course, I’ve been here more than a few times. Too many people think they’re tiger woods on the course and wait a whole 15 minutes just to chunk or thin the ball 100 yards. Going back to staff, you will encounter having your tee time booted for no apparent reason when you reserve. I have no idea why they do it with no explanation, but I guess that’s there way of saying “we have more important people willing to spend the same amount of money you guys are”, so bye. Lastly, this is half of the app’s fault gold now and windmill, but when you want a rain check at this or any course, good luck. I had a hot deal up on this course and I didn’t get to play my back nine because windmill shut down the course because of rain. So, I thought it would be easy to get a rain check, but it wasn’t. I had no option to get a rain check from golf now, and I was ripped off about 20 dollars. I don’t know why there isn’t an option to get a rain check on this app, but I guess that’s how it is. Windmill wasn’t helping dirt either. They said, “you have to call golf now.” WHO DO YOU EVEN CALL? Take my review with a grain of salt for somebody who’s been there multiple times. It’s not going to be like this for everyone. I’m probably getting the worst of it. 2/5 stars.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 08/12/2020

Hello, 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.

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/05/2020

We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Windmill Lakes Golf Club!

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