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Northwoods Golf Club is one of the Columbia area's premier public courses. P.B. Dye, son of renowned course architect Pete Dye, designed the layout, incorporating some of his father's signature features. The golf course is player friendly enough to appeal to any skill level but there are some challenges in store as well. Mature trees line most of the fairways and there are a few strategically placed bunkers that come into play. You won't come across much water on this golf course and it's not terribly long either. It's gentle enough for beginners to approach with confidence. The golf course's signature hole is the par-4 14th, which features the famous Dye railroad ties bordering a lake that hugs the bunkered green. Northwoods G.C. also offers a practice facility with a lighted driving range and putting green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6800 yards | 71.9 | 122 |
| Back | 72 | 6485 yards | 70.4 | 118 |
| Middle | 72 | 5936 yards | 67.6 | 113 |
| Forward | 72 | 4954 yards | 67.8 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Long M: 72.6/139 | 386 | 175 | 520 | 244 | 352 | 494 | 472 | 414 | 373 | 3430 | 412 | 186 | 394 | 501 | 313 | 469 | 170 | 435 | 520 | 3400 | 6830 |
| Blue Short M: 72.0/137 | 386 | 145 | 520 | 244 | 352 | 494 | 472 | 414 | 373 | 3400 | 412 | 186 | 394 | 501 | 313 | 469 | 170 | 435 | 520 | 3400 | 6800 |
| Back Long M: 70.7/133 | 372 | 138 | 497 | 234 | 337 | 465 | 465 | 397 | 362 | 3267 | 398 | 176 | 389 | 492 | 304 | 440 | 160 | 394 | 465 | 3218 | 6485 |
| Back Short M: 70.0/131 | 372 | 138 | 497 | 159 | 337 | 465 | 465 | 397 | 362 | 3192 | 398 | 176 | 389 | 492 | 304 | 440 | 160 | 394 | 465 | 3218 | 6410 |
| Yellow M: 67.1/120 W: 72.9/129 | 348 | 122 | 472 | 134 | 301 | 454 | 428 | 362 | 335 | 2956 | 373 | 158 | 341 | 468 | 243 | 410 | 128 | 350 | 439 | 2910 | 5866 |
| Red Long M: 63.3/110 W: 67.1/116 | 294 | 103 | 398 | 134 | 262 | 413 | 331 | 293 | 273 | 2501 | 317 | 124 | 298 | 399 | 200 | 307 | 107 | 306 | 395 | 2453 | 4954 |
| Red Short M: 62.2/107 | 294 | 103 | 398 | 134 | 262 | 413 | 331 | 293 | 273 | 2501 | 317 | 124 | 236 | 399 | 200 | 307 | 107 | 306 | 395 | 2391 | 4892 |
| Handicap | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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The Spur
The course was very muddy, it was cart path only which are in terrible shape. Several of the Tee boxes had a lot of debris. The layout is good if it was dry. If you want to play hear wait until it's dry.
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Great design
Played on a soggy day after 4 straight days of rain, fairways, bunkers etc were understandably soft and muddy, but the greens were bone dry and rolling true! Says a lot about the drainage these greens get.
Plus, tough to beat $20 to walk 18 at a quality course like this one
Always a fun round
Always glad to call The Spur my home course. Of course only at fault to the weather the course was wet, but the greens are still rolling pretty nice regardless of that and I can’t complain. Keep up the great work
Gone downhill
Have played this course many times over the years but this last experience signals it’s on the way down. Clubhouse attendant was rude and spray painted greens prove they have given up. Probably our last round.
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Nice layout, conditions improving
The Spur at Northwoods has a nice, challenging layout, and course conditions are good. They host a terrific practice area with a nice, wide, level range, a large practice green, and a short range practice time area for chipping and sand play. The staff are very friendly.
So-So
Very wet, cart path only round. Pro Shop staff VERY RUDE, and not just one of them, but all of them. Acted as if they didn't want you there. Charged an extra $25 if you wanted to ride alone in a cart, EVEN if you were playing as a single and joined another group.
I won't be back there for a long while.
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Failure to potst COVID-19 Precautions on Website
The management of the course has implemented a COVID-19 cart riding rule that has not been posted on the GN website. They are requiring 2 riders per cart or they will charge $25.00, if a players chooses their own cart.
Given the seriousness of the pandemic, this is an issue that should be in bold red notes on the Good Morning website at the time of booking a tee time.
Hi, 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 Northwoods Golf Course. We hope to see you again in the future.
Always good
Iike the course layout. The back nine puts a different spin on things. Only need to follow COVID guild lines and not have more than one on cart or have carts shared with masked payers.
Stay away.
The pace of play allowed at the course today allowed me to write this review between shots. The course is like a swamp, and the pace of play is miserable a course in this condition cannot allow 8 minute Tee times. I would suggest playing elsewhere. It was not worth $18
Hello and thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for the delay of play during your round. Please know that this is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. With an uncharacteristically full day, we work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and allow our guest the chance to complete their rounds. With that in mind, we are working to best control pace and allow everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve and use your comments as guidance in doing so. Thank you for playing Northwoods Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.
Too slow, too long.
Over all the course is in good shape, but I found it to be too long for a 70 y.o. A super senior tee might help some. The pace was terrible. We waited literally every shot from tee and fairway. I play golf to have fun, this was not fun.
Hello, thank you for reviewing the course. With an uncharacteristically full day, we work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and allow our guest the chance to complete their rounds. With that in mind, we are working to best control pace and allow everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve. We are glad to see you rated the course conditions to be great during your round. Thank you for playing Northwoods Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.
This course has come a long way. The conditions are a lot better than it was earlier this spring, so glad to see it. Now if they can do something about the cart paths.
Nice Round
Friendly folks, good greens & beautiful day... we'll be back.
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