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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.
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Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses(2015 #10)
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Northwoods NIGHTMARE
Northwoods has recently put a great deal of money into renovating their course and to their credit, it definitely shows. However, making money back on an investment is no excuse for overbooking or allowing groups of 5 (I counted 4 groups of 5 on the course on this particular day) to play together. My round of golf with one other person took in excess of 6 hours due to these conditions. When I brought this to the attention of the attendant in the Pro Shop, he said that it was GolfNow that allowed the course to get this crowded and also was responsible for allowing groups of 5 to be able to play together. This is simply not true. And personally, I am offended that this gentleman would throw GolfNow under the bus and not put any of the blame on the course itself. I will not be back to play this course again until these policies change. In the meantime, I would highly recommend that GolfNow do the same.
Good value
Went out at 10:30am and the tee boxes were very wet and muddy, and it hasn't rained all month so it was the sprinklers over watering.
Nice course! Great value!
Played this course for the first time a year ago and it was good then but now it has greatly improved!
Definitely will be in my normal rotation!
Hidden Jewel
This course is very challenging and the greens are gorgeous! We will be back!
Getting better
Gets a little better each time I go. Several years of neglect will take another growing to overcome. Couple gimmicky Dye holes but overall good layout.
Course is in great shape. There were only a couple holes towards the end of the round that are needing some attention but not bad by any means yet. The one thing that seems to be an issue is the pace of play. We had a group of 4 in front of our 3 that were taking forever on every hole, pretty much doing everything you’d hate for a group in front of you to do. Hit the ball 100 yards off the tee and then get down in the creek to look for their ball for a solid 10 min. Wait on each other to hit their ball before they even assess their own shot. Each time we caught up they’d look at us as if we were rushing them. So on and so forth. Not until they realized we were legitimately upset did they let us through. At that point everything was great. Definitely will go back.
Good and Bad.
This is a very good looking course, too many trees in the way, fairways tight and in average condition. Greens are fine and average in difficulty. The problem I have is if you are even a little off on your drives, it's going to be a bad day! My recommendation, if you are driving the ball very well, this is the course for you. If not, try a more open course.
Weekend golfer picks a winner
Wow, what can I say. The course layout is great, the staff was great, and the beverage cart was everywhere that day. Pace of play can always be a challenge as there are a few "short" holes that can back things up. Beyond that, you need to go out and try this location.
Much Better
Under this new Management, course has improved greatly. Enjoy playing here about four times a month. Only bad hole is #8. They've been working on this hole for months now. But overall I love playing at "The Spur".
Course in much better shape than when i played a year ago. I thought i would have not gone back, glad i did. Enjoyed the round very much
Big Improvement
Greens are getting a LOT better, fairways are also looking better- one more year of up keep and it will be back to its best days.
Ranger
The Ranger was useless, a 4 some was holding up the whole course and said or did nothing !!! We had to skip the 10th hole ! Then didn't see anybody the rest of the round !!!
Great for value just make sure there's not a tournament going on very slow play
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.
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.
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
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.
Best value out there for early morning tee times. The staff is very friendly and the course gets better every month.