Makray Memorial Golf Club

About
Makray Memorial Golf Club (formerly known as Thunderbird Country Club) is a public course that has been open since 1962. To commemorate 40 years of great golf, the course was remodeled and revamped in 2002. The renovations improved its playability and also made it more challenging. The championship-caliber layout features strategically placed bunkers, including some Scottish-style sod-faced ones, and tricky water hazards on several holes. The hilly terrain offers both challenging elevation changes and scenic views. The golf course finishes with a long par 5 that plays across a canyon of berms to a narrow fairway. Further accuracy is needed to reach the well guarded green surrounded by high berms, a pot bunker to the left, and a deep, steep bunker to the right. In addition to the course, Makray Memorial G.C. boasts an extensive practice facility with 1 1/2 acres of grass teeing ground, two putting greens, and a short-game area.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 71 | 6903 yards | 74.5 | 139 |
Gold | 71 | 6573 yards | 73.0 | 135 |
Silver | 71 | 6215 yards | 71.4 | 131 |
Silver (W) | 71 | 6215 yards | 71.1 | 140 |
Green | 71 | 5716 yards | 69.1 | 126 |
Green (W) | 71 | 5716 yards | 74.3 | 134 |
Bronze | 71 | 5168 yards | 66.7 | 120 |
Bronze (W) | 71 | 5168 yards | 71.3 | 128 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 74.2/138 | 436 | 425 | 342 | 175 | 452 | 556 | 201 | 302 | 430 | 3319 | 468 | 471 | 314 | 189 | 355 | 562 | 426 | 244 | 530 | 3559 | 6878 |
Gold M: 72.8/134 | 418 | 407 | 347 | 155 | 433 | 540 | 190 | 298 | 414 | 3202 | 431 | 450 | 304 | 173 | 337 | 552 | 389 | 215 | 520 | 3371 | 6573 |
Silver M: 70.8/130 W: 76.0/137 | 387 | 355 | 298 | 135 | 411 | 524 | 178 | 274 | 388 | 2950 | 408 | 429 | 294 | 158 | 322 | 533 | 351 | 197 | 498 | 3190 | 6140 |
Green M: 68.4/124 W: 73.2/131 | 285 | 355 | 298 | 130 | 366 | 439 | 148 | 254 | 385 | 2660 | 379 | 366 | 288 | 140 | 318 | 480 | 347 | 145 | 495 | 2958 | 5618 |
Bronze M: 65.8/118 W: 70.1/124 | 280 | 300 | 274 | 128 | 362 | 438 | 112 | 249 | 297 | 2440 | 312 | 365 | 284 | 101 | 258 | 439 | 322 | 141 | 392 | 2614 | 5054 |
Handicap | 13 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 |
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Photo submitted by u445449310 on 06/02/2025
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Photo submitted by schoi4u on 05/24/2023
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Photo submitted by u6722019 on 06/03/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159922990 on 09/09/2020
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Photo submitted by u314159922990 on 09/09/2020
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#2 Par 4 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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#4 Par 3 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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#5 Par 4 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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#9 Par 4 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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#11 Par 4 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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#18 Par 5 Photo submitted by BryanTweed16 on 07/15/2015
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Photo submitted by Fred1977382 on 07/06/2014
Awesome! Great condition!
Excelllent experience. Very good value. Fast greens in great shape. Rolled true. Def play again.
Mackray-Didn't Disappoint
Well we had a great day on the course. Although the leaves we plenty the pars soon followed. Still a great track and in amazing condition. Sneak out if you can before the weather really changes.
Hurry up and wait!
Several times the same ranger reminded us to keep up with the group in front. The first time he said it was as we finished a par 4 as the group behind was just getting to teebox. The third time was finishing a par 4 before we could even see the group behind and then we proceed to wait 5 minutes for the group ahead to clear the fairway. He followed us most of the back 9 and appeared to record 3 of our approach shots on his phone. Otherwise it was fine. Greens are tough and we’re not in great shape. We played our round in 4 hours and only once or twice the group behind have to wait a minute on the tee.
One of the better courses in the area. The starter was great but some other staff members were rather rude. ff members
Great layout with some elevation changes. The greens have plenty of undulations and for a first timer not easy to read the greens. Hole 4, a downhill par 3 with narrow, long and elevated lakeside green was a real challenge. I would like to go back, but not willing to take abuse after paying a rather high green fee
Great layout, excellent conditions, fast greens. I will come back.
Great Track with very challenging greens
This was my 1st time playing Makray Memorial GC and it lived up to its reputation. The layout is a typical midwest course. Lots of big trees and relatively flat, with incredibly fast & difficult greens. Also, the bunkers around the greens are sometimes very big and deep, so that makes hitting greens even more crucial. Most of the greens are raised with false fronts, so you should take an extra club when hitting into them. However, many of the greens are tilted back to front, so going past the pin is sometimes inviting a 3-putt.
If you play the tips like I did, you'll love being able to hit your driver many times in the round, but there are short par-4 holes that make selecting which club to hit off the tee challenging. The course was in very good shape, other than some small areas being chewed up by grub-eating animals.
I highly recommend playing this course and I look forward to coming back because I will definitely play certain holes differently than I did the first time around.
Great course!
This was only my second time playing here. First time was charity outing. The course is awesome, my round, not so much! 😂
Great time!
Great course, more beautiful than expected and very well maintained!
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tee to green was in good shape--greens needed work