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Heron Lakes Golf Club - Greenback Course
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Heron Lakes Golf Club is home to two championship courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, the Great Blue Course and the Greenback Course. Both utilize the rugged natural terrain in different ways, offering challenges that will appeal to both low and high handicappers. The Greenback Course is a versatile parkland layout that is gentle enough for beginners to approach with confidence. It is a less demanding design than the Great Blue but it still has plenty of challenges in store. There are 86 bunkers framing the elevated greens and six ponds come into play throughout however the mature trees present the most prominent threat. The par 3s on this golf course can be especially tough. The more challenging elements are nicely balanced by large, inviting greens and generous landing areas.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6615 yards | 72.0 | 128 |
| White | 72 | 5952 yards | 68.6 | 123 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5952 yards | 74.2 | 132 |
| Red | 72 | 5240 yards | 69.8 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.0/132 | 536 | 408 | 176 | 369 | 506 | 404 | 207 | 377 | 392 | 3375 | 499 | 397 | 428 | 503 | 205 | 318 | 178 | 356 | 379 | 3263 | 6638 |
| Blue M: 69.6/127 W: 75.6/136 | 512 | 384 | 151 | 339 | 486 | 364 | 178 | 355 | 354 | 3123 | 465 | 389 | 372 | 477 | 188 | 292 | 144 | 332 | 359 | 3018 | 6141 |
| White M: 67.7/124 W: 73.4/131 | 480 | 368 | 125 | 317 | 460 | 344 | 152 | 335 | 343 | 2924 | 450 | 368 | 349 | 461 | 167 | 273 | 105 | 314 | 339 | 2826 | 5750 |
| Yellow M: 65.0/115 W: 70.2/127 | 461 | 346 | 100 | 268 | 425 | 309 | 139 | 303 | 335 | 2686 | 417 | 345 | 319 | 386 | 149 | 263 | 92 | 283 | 329 | 2583 | 5269 |
| Orange M: 60.4/106 W: 62.5/108 | 382 | 282 | 61 | 208 | 317 | 239 | 95 | 244 | 225 | 2053 | 285 | 230 | 230 | 355 | 110 | 220 | 75 | 200 | 255 | 1960 | 4013 |
| Handicap | 1 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
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Old rundown course
Check-in easy, staff was fast, friendly and efficient. Course is beat-up, Course maintenance seems to be at a bare minimum, good lies in the fairway were rare, hard pan, dry spots everywhere. Greens were bumpy, grainy and soggy on the surface, but firm on approach shots. Greens were inconsistent. Most bunkers were firm and wet, Front bunker on hole 8 was terrible, deep soft sand with deep foot prints. I’ll never play this course again. They get lots of play because of location, anywhere else they’d be bankrupted. Way overpriced.
Bottom of the barrel customer service!!!
So for starters I love the setup here. Great options for multiple levels of golfers. I chose to play greenback this day. Got there almost 1.75 hours before tee time (4pm) with my lovely gf who enjoys to ride along with me. Chris at the front desk could not find my reservation. He said I could go out at 4:10pm if I’d like. I showed him the confirmation from golf now & Chris tried explaining to me that was not the confirmation but I had another step to do before I booked the time. (Chris was wrong as my gf had paid for the round the confirmation was in her name but my name was the tee time.)So a little confusion and we got it squared away or so I thought…. Chris then charged me 162$ for a cart, a bucket of balls and 2 golfers (I told Chris only 1 golfer). Chris’s counter part told him how to fix it but Chris was clueless. Making it awkward as possible for me and my gf. After fixing it they still charged full price for everything, except my gf playing golf they took off that single charge. No accommodations were made for the hassle or embarrassment. I was extremely displeased. After letting that go on my walk to the dinner I go to order and the girl behind the counter is not paying attention at all, I had to repeat myself multiple times and it was just bottom of the barrel customer service.
Step Child Course
The Greenback course can be considered the step-child course when compared to the Great Blue. Both were designed by RTJ Jr, however, the Greenback course always gets lets maintenance.
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Overall, Course was great but for some reasons Greenback greens were not rolling well at all. Not sure if maybe they air rated their greens or something else. Was a challenge trying to make a 1 foot putt. Hopefully they do fix this.
Tees moved forwrd
The course is in good condition, but they have moved the tees forward and has made the course easier and try to make pase of faster
Not recovering from the rains well at all
The greens are in terrible shape, they need to do some serious recovery on these greens before the heat hits them. Bumpy, bald spots and obvious disease issues.
Fairways are still really muddy and thin Coverage
Tetherow Golf Experience Package
Pronghorn Golf Experience Package
