Fire Ridge Golf Club

First time playing Fireridge. Very interesting layout. Tough greens that you need to hit certain sections to give yourself a chance. Fair off the tee, pretty much everything right in front of you. Course conditions were average. Bunkers as other reviewer's have mentioned, need some work. Lots of rocks that could be removed fairly easily with some work. It's clear they don't drain properly as their was standing water in many of them. And I think because they don't drain properly, they harden after they eventually do dry, making it seem like there isn't sand in them. I believe the sand is there, its just been compacted so much from lack of drainage.

A few of the greens were a little spotty, but nothing outrageous.

I liked the layout and variation of holes. I wouldn't feel good about paying $70 to play this course. I paid $35 on a Golf Now deal and felt that was fair. It seems like this place is at a crossroads----either lower your green fees to reflect course conditions, or invest in the conditions so it's more like a $70 course.

I would play again for same deal, unless I knew conditions were better.

First, the sand traps are full of rocks and left my 8 iron with a big ding in it! Unreal they would leave these bunkers looking like mount rushmore! Second, the course was over booked and took 5.5 hours to play 18. Thrid, we played hole 7 while the people in front of us were on the green and from 338 out we hit the green from tee and no one said anything to us at that point. Clearly, a 338 drive is not normal and got lucky there so i assumed they understood. Then, on hole 18 where they NEED A BELL!!!! we drove up to see the 3rd guy hitting and drove 175 yards back and figured 5 minutes later the 4th should have shot by then. So, we tee off and hit another beautiful 320 yard drive and here someone yelling. They come charging back yelling because we've drove at them all day which is false! No way should they still have been there at that point. Maybe if they had a bell to ring it would have helped. Then, the old guy decides its ok to steal my ball and throw it in the woods!! no that's not ok at all! We said sorry numerous times and he was having none of it. so, we go in the clubhouse and get yelled at by the clubhouse for shooting at them all day?? if it was all day why did they not say anything until 18??? The guy wouldn't listen to me and blamed us for everything. when i said he stole my ball he laughed. not funny!!!! We have come here a lot even with the bad bunkers because the staff was nice. Today was anything but that. I wanted to talk to the people in front of us but somehow they moved faster than they had all day and were gone already. I was shocked at how we got treated and will never come back to this course again!

Great golf course but the condition of their sand traps is deplorable... something you would encounter at a inexpensive muni or county course. Very little sand and lots and lots of rocks. Staff is nice, amenities are nice, course is challenging but fair. For what they charge as a daily fee course, I sure hope they attend to this. I'm not the first to make note of it on Golfnow either.

Add a little fly ash and water to the aggregate mix in what they call bunkers and you have cement jethro!!

This place will never be a destination!!! until they replace ALL their so called sand in their bunkers.

You will never call this course a premiere course unless they improve the traps!!!

Dirt traps need attention. Like, add some sand and clean out the stones. Otherwise, a very nice course.

During our play. We arrived to find that an outing had been scheduled for the course. At no point were we told this or even should have been allowed to book a round during this time. We couldn't even finish 9 holes without running into this outing. This slowed the pace of play down to a crawl. We tried to see at the turn if we could play the front 9 again, however were told this was not possble and we would have to tee off behind the 4 groups waiting on the 10th tee box. We literally left the course after this and were very disappointed how the staff managed the course. We will not be back here again. If you can't manage your course you will not manage our money.

the course needs to do a better job marking the course for yardage distances. If you don't have some sort of GPS device, it will add time to your round.

Other than that, it is a very nice course

The course was pretty wet but considering the amount of rain that we've had lately the course was in good shape. I always enjoy playing this course. Lots of different shots required to score. Fast undulating greens. Don't short side yourself or get on the wrong side of the pin. A real test from the tips.

The course was in good shape given all the rain and spring conditions in WI. The greens were at summer caliber. I played as a single under 3 hours and it was cart path only.

Coarse is in great shape for November.

The course is beautiful and really enjoyable. Two problems we had were pace of play and lack of markers. It took us 4 hours 45 minutes to play because we were behind a foursome that was walking. There was a ranger out there but he was of no help. He couldn't even tell us which putting flag numbers we were playing. Also if you are aren't going to have GPS on your carts then you need to have better markers. Too bad because the course is beautiful and fun to play.

Ok course but has not seen improvements in a long time. Has the earmarks of a place that is being milked till new owners take over. Fun layout with great potential on a great piece of land.

The Milwaukee area doesn't have a great public golf scene, but Fire Ridge is a solid choice at a good price when you can get a Hot Deal. Played this course three times this season, and it was always in very good shape (bunkers need work though). There are some challenging holes, a few easy holes, a couple gimmicky holes. The course is pretty wide open, but it never feels overly simple. I wouldn't pay more than $40 or so for a round here, but each time I was able to get a Hot Deal for $25 or less. At that price, a great deal.