About
Ravines Golf Club is southwest Michigan's first Arnold Palmer signature course. The course is situated three hours outside of Detroit in Saugatuck. Thanks to wide fairways and generous landing areas, the layout is not as tough as it seems but it does have plenty of challenges in store. Strategically placed bunkers, mature trees, and wetlands all come into play throughout. There are some challenging holes on the front half, including the sixth and seventh, but the back nine opens with the golf course's toughest hole. The ninth is a long and difficult par 5 dogleg left where trees, water, and bunkers come into play. Ravines Golf Club's signature hole, though, is the par-3 17th, known for both its scenery and level of difficulty. This hole requires a risky shot over a ravine to one of the golf course's largest putting surfaces.
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Photo submitted by chadbury on 05/11/2023
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Photo submitted by coopmike on 07/24/2021
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Photo submitted by u043424768 on 05/06/2020
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The Ravines Golf Club, hole 3 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/08/2019
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The Ravines Golf Club, hole 13 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/08/2019
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Photo submitted by Michael6810649 on 06/02/2014
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Photo submitted by Michael6810649 on 06/02/2014
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Photo submitted by KO68 on 09/06/2013
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Challenging par 5 - tee shot over the ravine Photo submitted by u00000638985 on 06/03/2013
Golfer Reviews
Fun course, a little overpriced
Enjoyed the course, despite being a little overpriced. Some really cool holes, although the greens were a little slow that day. (heard they are usually faster when talking with some regulars after the round).
Only issue was staff was a little cold and not talkative.
one of the premier courses to plsy in West Michigan
Absolutely in great condition as always. Pace of play was good. Fairways were soft and greens a little firmer than normal. Very scenic yet is a little more forgiving off the tee. I always look forward to playing the Ravines two or three times per year.
Ravines - A very nice golf course
I chose to play Ravines due to the excellent rate I got using teetimes.com. We tee'd off at 7:40am on a Saturday and played the entire roundin 3 1/2 hours. The place was pretty much deserted which really surprised me given it was a Saturday morning with excellent weather. The course was in great condition. Plan to play again this year.
Great day to play a great course
This was my first time playing this course and all I can say was this was one of the coolest courses I have played. The layout of the course was good and had some challenging holes. To get a great value for this course book your tee time through GolfNow.com and not the course. Overall a great experience and would highly recommend this course to anyone staying in this area.
Great course
The course conditions were extremely wet, but everything else was top notch.
Arnold Palmer Courses
Played several Palmer courses and have enjoyed all of them. This one was perhaps the most beautiful. Well kept with flowers and good landscaping.
Excellent course
This is a very challenging course. Plenty of opportunities to get in trouble.
Fast Round
Played on cool summer day and course was empty. Really enjoyed not having to wait on any shots!
Perfect conditions, gorgeous layout
I traveled to the area on vacation and was on the lookout for a place to place near Douglas/Saugatuck. Didn't dream I'd find an affordable round at an Arnold Palmer course and I'm so glad I did. It was probably the nicest course I've ever played, but the scenery was what made the experience unforgettable. I was able to snag a Hot Deal and get on for under $40, but I really think that I would've felt as if it was worth twice what I paid.
Great conditions
The conditions tee box through greens were hard to beat. The greens were fast and challenging but rolled really true and took approach shots in softly despite their speed. Overall I have no negatives. The course was enjoyable and challenging and with 5 tees playable for anyone who enjoys golf.
Great conditions
Entire course was in great shape from tee to green and everywhere in between. Greens roll real true and make for a good challenge. Be careful using your driver on a lot of the holes. You can out-drive the ideal landing area and get yourself in some trouble. Have a trusty 3-wood or 3-iron handy.
Narrow challenging
Strategy golf course. Many designed landing zones and narrow fairways. Challenging greens.
Great course and worth the money
We played 27 holes at The Ravines today and it was terrific. We played the first 18 in about three hours but the third nine was very very slow. We ran into four turtles and a five -some and none of them seemed to care that it took an hour to play the last 3 holes.
Challenging, fair and well maintained.
Course was in excellent condition. It is challenging but fair in its design and distance. The ravines throughout the course make some very pretty settings. I will play it again every time I am back in the area.
great course
We got a great rate and the course was in good shape. A few burn spots on very fast greens. Fairways were excellent and the course is beautiful. I would pay more to play it again.
Good golf experience
Beautiful course with great framing of the holes. Played the back tees so a couple of holes seemed tighter than the actually were. A second play or a good yardage book would have made the experience even better because we could have taken a more aggressive approach
A great play overall
Jcb
Carry off tee important onto awesome fairways,
It is a great layout, featuring an important carry off most tees. The fairways are the best I have played. Unfortunately, this day they fertilized the greens, but I would expect they will be good in a couple of weeks. The 600 yard 14th is picturesque off the tee. Fairly long, as local courses go. As the name implies there are many hills/valleys to cross, probably not a good layout to walk. Definitely will return.
great day for golf
great course with alot of challenges in the course. have a great time playing golf with my son. alot driving on the pathways but awesome time.