Northwoods GC
A fall day view of a hole at Northwoods Golf Course
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3.9
615 Reviews (615)
5 Stars
130
4 Stars
258
3 Stars
133
2 Stars
58
1 Stars
36
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
84.7%
Recommend this course
488 out of 615 reviews
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3.2
10 Reviews (10)
5 Stars
2
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3
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3
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1
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.2
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
3.9
50.0%
Recommend this course
5 out of 10 reviews
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3.9
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.1
81.8%
Recommend this course
36 out of 44 reviews
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Course Highlights
This P.B. Dye design delivers a well-regarded layout with memorable features like a stone retaining wall and a creative blind approach shot. Affordable rates and friendly staff make it a solid value for golfers in the Columbia area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6800 yards
Slope 122
Rating 71.9

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Golf Season Year round
Architect Pete Dye P. B. Dye (1990)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2015 #10)
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Reviews

3.9
615 Reviews (615)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
Watching the Game 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 29
Water Hazards 24
Undulating Greens 18
This course/club is great for:
Locals 33
Beginners 16
Advanced Golfers 14
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 37
Worth the Drive 9
In the 'Burbs 7

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good value for the money

This course gets better and better. They need a little more work on the tee boxes and some better rough but the fairways are great and the green improve every time I play here.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Northwood - great course and price

Second time I played this course. Very challenging. A lot of the greens need work as it looked like some type of fungus was affecting most of them; not the entire green and the pins were placed in such a way you didn't have to putt thru the bad areas of the green.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good for price

The greens had just been aerated two days before I played so they were not ideal but there was an advisory so I knew they would be that way. As a broke medical student I really enjoyed getting the hot deal price and enjoyed an early morning 18 very much. First time playing the course. I thought it was long, challening, and scenic with plenty of forgiveness for bad shots. The cart paths could definitely use some love due to tree roots. But they are definitely putting in work to maintain the course currently which I appreciated

Response from on 06/05/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to write a review about our course, we appreciate your feedback. We are glad you had a great experience at our golf course. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Northwoods-The Spur

Good time fun course it was a little slow paced because they over booked for 8:00am. The greens have been in better shape before but it was a really good course for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always a good place to have a diverse round at the Pete Dye designed Northwoods GC in Columbia, SC. Prices are competitive and the staff is excellent.

Add to you list for one that will require some accuracy yet open enough for all player types to enjoy,

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice track

course was in good condition, a little rough (bare) near cart paths and under trees. many holes have character, a few are a bit quirky, with some elevation changes. a good experience near I77 for folks headed south.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good course......bad groupings

Liked the course and layout. There were two groups of 5 golfers ahead of us........slowed down the play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/05/2017:
Hello James, thank you for taking the time to write a review about our course, we appreciate your feedback. We are sorry to hear about the subpar pace of play, we will pass your feedback onto the appropriate department. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best condition in years

Management has spent a lot of time and money to get this course back to its glory days. The course looks great... All of the fairways are in really nice condition and all but 1 of the greens are in good/great shape (you can see they are working on it all the time). If you don't play well it isn't because of the course!

It is well worth the money and the staff are always friendly...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Its just alright

Fairways are great. Tee boxes are okay. Greens are going away. Some of them are good other are horrible. If you are looking to play a quick round of golf, stay away from this course. Or just make sure there is no "dog fight" going on. The dog fight consist of numerous groups of 5 somes (some using 3 different tee boxes) who will not let you play through. Course is worth the price if you get the hot deal on golf now. The regular price of $40 probably not.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 05/02/2017:
Hello Steven, thank you for taking the time to write a review about our course, we appreciate your feedback. We are sorry to hear about the subpar pace of play, we will pass your feedback onto the appropriate department. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Enjoyed the course but didn't like the fivesomes.

I was surprised to see that 2 sets of fivesomes were playing in front of us. It slowed down play considerably. On a Sunday it really made for a long round. As crowded as it was yesterday that should have happened.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens are lost

Sorry to say the greens are in horrible shape. Every green had large dirt areas the size of a golf cart. Some greens had several spots like this and the roll of the ball was rough. Something, maybe a fungus, must have attacked all the greens. The fairways are coming in nice and greener. The tee boxes are very firm and had trouble getting the tee in. We were told they punched the greens last month but that didn't do much good IMO. Each green we would look around to see if the pin could have been moved for a better location but no luck! All areas of the greens were almost bare. You could see the black underlying dirt since the grass was so thin.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/25/2017:
Hi Terry, thank you for the review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed the course layout and that our staff was friendly. We do however regret to hear that the course conditions were not up to par. This is not the standard we are trying to set for our golfers and will pass this info along to help make improvements. Thank you for playing and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very nice course and good layout. A couple of the greens were horrible but overall a nice experience

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don't bother calling to find out course conditions.

Prior to booking I called to find out course conditions as well as their price per round to compare to GN's. Which was $37 compared to a none hot deal price of $24. (Why would you want to pay $13 more). I was told the course was is good condition which is turns out was a lie. There are a several holes where the greens are in dire straits, in need of serious help. I played this course last year and it was in ok condition. The problem I have is the staff are not honest and don't mention other details such as club dog fights- 5+ groups of 5 that have these matches during the week and weekend. The tee times that are within an hour or so after these matches start should not be available on GN. It makes for a horrible experience having to wait for these groups. Also the staff should mention this whenever a customer calls to gather info about the course. One should not have to ask specific questions to get a truthful answer. It will be awhile before I return to this course, that's if I do return. GL.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 05/09/2017:
Hello Josh, thank you for taking the time to write a review about our course, we appreciate your feedback. We are sorry to hear about the subpar pace of play, we will pass your feedback onto the appropriate department. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/17/2017:
Hello Steven, thank you for taking the time to review our course. We are glad you enjoyed our pace of play and found our staff friendy. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Northwoods

We were disappointed. The tee boxes were run down. Fairways ok not great. Greens were aerated earlier in the week. They were bumpy, of course. This course has great potential to be great again. Pace was fast for here ..under 4 hours. We did run into a 5some which shouldn't be allowed on Saturday.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/19/2017:
Hey Talbert, thank you for taking the time to review your experience with us. We are sorry to hear that the course conditions were not as enjoyable as they should have been. We will pass along the issues mentioned to the appropriate team in order to make improvements where needed moving forward. We are happy to hear that the pace of play was great and we will be keeping a better lookout for the rogue five-somes which slow down play. Thank you for stopping by Northwoods Golf Club and have a great day!
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good condition for February.

The course is in decent shape for February. The pace of play was slowed down because of a large group in front of us, but hey eventually let us play through. I would recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

An unknown Gem

This course was well kept and challenging. I really enjoyed it from beginning to end. We will be returning!!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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