Tanglewood Golf Club - Championship Course
About
Since Tanglewood Golf Club's Championship Course opened in 1958 it has consistently ranked as one of the top public courses in the U.S. This Robert Trent Jones layout has 99 bunkers. It was designed to test the best golfers in the world and fits Jones' design philosophy of "easy bogey, hard par." RTJ believed the long iron shot separated the championship golfer from the average golfer and created several holes with that in mind. The seventh and 12th holes, both par 3s, play over 230 yards from the back tees. The par-4 11th hole is 490 yards. Fortunately for the recreational golfer, Jones built multiple teeing grounds to Tanglewood's Championship Course enjoyable for all skill levels.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 70 | 7101 yards | 74.6 | 140 |
| Blue | 70 | 6637 yards | 72.6 | 134 |
| White | 70 | 6014 yards | 69.3 | 126 |
| Black | 70 | 5333 yards | 65.9 | 123 |
| Red/Long (W) | 74 | 5023 yards | 69.5 | 120 |
| Red/Short (W) | 74 | 4562 yards | 67.3 | 114 |
| Family | 74 | 3404 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.5/139 | 362 | 483 | 232 | 417 | 408 | 364 | 190 | 571 | 436 | 3463 | 373 | 183 | 459 | 400 | 606 | 380 | 237 | 448 | 434 | 3520 | 6983 |
| Blue M: 72.8/135 | 340 | 460 | 209 | 394 | 380 | 346 | 179 | 551 | 408 | 3267 | 365 | 168 | 411 | 386 | 581 | 358 | 203 | 416 | 411 | 3299 | 6566 |
| MGA Hybrid M: 71.0/131 | 340 | 460 | 178 | 394 | 332 | 327 | 142 | 488 | 408 | 3069 | 365 | 161 | 411 | 386 | 581 | 301 | 188 | 416 | 387 | 3196 | 6265 |
| White M: 69.8/127 W: 75.7/133 | 326 | 394 | 178 | 375 | 332 | 327 | 142 | 488 | 379 | 2941 | 357 | 161 | 388 | 372 | 559 | 301 | 188 | 403 | 387 | 3116 | 6057 |
| Black M: 66.2/124 W: 71.4/126 | 326 | 341 | 178 | 355 | 273 | 308 | 128 | 444 | 289 | 2642 | 348 | 146 | 329 | 358 | 508 | 281 | 155 | 287 | 302 | 2714 | 5356 |
| Long Red W: 69.6/122 | 261 | 341 | 129 | 257 | 257 | 289 | 114 | 405 | 289 | 2342 | 339 | 131 | 329 | 344 | 508 | 261 | 142 | 287 | 302 | 2643 | 4985 |
| Short Red W: 66.9/115 | 261 | 341 | 129 | 257 | 257 | 222 | 114 | 405 | 289 | 2275 | 255 | 131 | 329 | 226 | 336 | 208 | 142 | 287 | 302 | 2216 | 4491 |
| Family M: 59.6/113 W: 60.9/104 | 150 | 238 | 92 | 200 | 176 | 150 | 112 | 326 | 215 | 1659 | 214 | 90 | 207 | 228 | 260 | 150 | 88 | 258 | 250 | 1745 | 3404 |
| Handicap | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 8 |
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Championship layout -
Great holes And layout No where near a PGA championship conditioned course but the holes are fun Greens were sanded when I played so that took away from it but overall-its a nice course. Fairways were mediocre and bunkers were nice and newly redone. It’s a great course that just need some a little more $ and tlc
surprise, we plugged the greens
having played here several times, I always bring out of town guest to this golf course. was very disappointed the price charged with having recently plugged the greens. Typically is always a great experience, but today, disappointing
Truly championship
Great layout. A true championship style course. Very difficult from the tips.
Much improved
Great job, beautiful course, with lightning fast greens and so many sand traps. A real challenge.
The Championship Course.
The new greens are smooth and the fairways are in very good condition. Overall.the course is in very good condition.
Perfect Greens
The greens are perfect and fast but fair. Fairways are in good shape but there were some rough, clumpy spots off out the fairways. Overall just a fantastic value to play on a top notch golf course.
That said, the white stakes between 14 and 15 is bush league. While I do understand the goal to keep people from playing in adjoining fairways, out of bounds isn't the way to do it. Either redesign the holes or plant trees to keep people in their own fairway, but oob stakes is not the way to fix a design flaw on a layout.
no real reason
ground was hard as concrete yet carts on path only. I wont be going back there are too many good courses in the area that are not so unfair to the paying customer.
Greens are ok but are not up to all he local hype fairways are awful all poe and had not been mowed bunkers are vastly improved. course maintance was incomplete lots of areas bare dirt or stumps from tree removal. could not understand the cart path rule fairways are all poe. so far it is nothing special.
Waste of Money
The big claim about this "Championship Course" being re-done is a joke. Only visible improvement was the bunkering - added white sand. Nothing else seemed "better." There are many, many areas of the course where there has been no improvement to erosion areas, etc. Yardage markers are severely lacking. No 150 bushes. And some holes may, or may not, have in-ground yard markers, or painted yardages on the cart paths. All in all, my expectations of the "remodeled Championship Course" was a disappointment. Also, the "cart path only" rule had no justification.
Best Deal in the Triad
Course was in great shape after the renovation. The greens were dormant but very smooth, fairways were over seeded and great to play off of. Bunkers were excellent and very playable. Course is a great layout with challenging but fun holes. No bad hole on the course, I can understand why there was a PGA Championship here.
Fun Day!
Love the layout! Not a single bad hole on the course. Tough but fair.
Great Turnaround
Greens and new sand traps were definitely a wonderfull improvement. Hopefully fairways and replanted areas in the rough will come out this spring. Usually play here can be pretty slow, but despite the course being full we moved around in well under 4 hrs. Enjoyable round and will look forward to playing as weather gets better.
One of the best public courses ever
With the new redesign this has to be one of the best public golf courses for the money.
PGA Course returned back to its glory
Great golf course, greens excellent although a little bit slow.
Excellent course since renovated
Course is much better since being renovated. Greens are perfect and all the bunkers have new white sand.
Beautiful Course
Beautiful course with lots of challenges. Well maintained with excellent greens! Definitely will be back to play again!
Outstanding
Tanglewood is an outstanding golf course. Every hole offers a visual challenge. A variety of tee locations for any skill level however the greens have been resurfaced and with the slope and contour are challenging to putt. Smooth and consistent from green to green. Bunkering is specular and the sand is playable. The bright white sand contrasting the green of the course is impressive. A difficult course where par is good.
generally on lazy entitled people complain about cart path only.