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Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
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Course Highlights
Bridges delivers strong value with a varied layout featuring challenging par 5s and short par 4s that reward strategic play. Friendly staff consistently earn high praise from golfers visiting this course.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6867 yards
Slope 128
Rating 72.4

Bridges Golf Course is a municipal, 18-hole course that sits on the northeastern side of Madison, just south of the airport. It’s popular with locals since it’s both affordable and challenging. The layout starts out on low-lying wetlands and then on the back nine it climbs up a ridge along Anderson Avenue. For a championship golf course it’s not particularly long at 6,900 yards from the back tees, but golfers will still face several tricky holes. Players of all skill levels will enjoy Bridges Golf Course for its variety of risk-reward opportunities. It’s not terribly punishing though so beginners can approach it with confidence. In addition to the golf course, Bridges offers a practice facility that includes a driving range and two separate practice greens for chipping and putting.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Blue
Greens Bent
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $18
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes - $6
Caddies No
Clubs Yes - $15

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Relaxed dress code: denim jeans, tank tops or shorts ok

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

3.9
283 Reviews (283)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
Watching the Game 8
Brunch 7
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 14
Bunkers 10
Narrow Fairways 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 10
Advanced Golfers 7
Walkers 7
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 17
Convenient to the City 15

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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good challenge, but fair for ALL ABILITIES!

The Bridges is a pleasant course that wanders through a marshy area. Most of the holes are lines with wetlands, while the fairways are reasonably wide, there is always the possibility of wild shots becoming lost balls. Keep it in play and you will be rewarded. The wide variety of tee boxes allow for everyone to enjoy this course. I lost the use of both my hands 5 yrs. ago and play in a very creative way. With little distance, I rely on accuracy playing from the red [forward] tees. I shot 43-47 and had a great time. Excellent open faced hot beef sandwich afterwards!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

This is a very nice course.

I will definately be back. Everything was top notch.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Bring lots of balls

Challenging layout, easy to loose a few balls! Greens in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun Course

I always enjoy golfing at the Bridges!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for Discount price!

The fairways and greens were in good shape. The course is fairly private from the holes around it. Some holes were tree lined and others were out in the open. Many holes have borders with tall fescue grasses. Water comes into play on 10 holes. Mostly flat layout on the front-nine, although three tough holes on the back nine offer elevation change, and a view of the local brewery and beer garden. Good value golfing for the reasonable price.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Normal Bridges

Real simple the course isn't well maintained by the players or the crew so it isn't as fun to play as other area courses. GolfNow slapping a $5 fee on each golfer made a HotDeal into no deal also.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

I like the layout, but course needs maintenance.

I try to play here at least once per year. I have not been here in a couple of years, and yes, it is April in Wisconsin, but the course was in pretty bad shape. Tee boxes were ragged and uneven, fairways were clumpy, and the greens were shaggy, uneven, and inconsistent. It seemed like it hadn't been mowed in days. Pace of play was horrendous: We made the turn in 3 hours, the back nine took 2:45. So, 5 hours 45 minutes of walking through a cow pasture. It is a great layout with lots of water and interesting holes. But they need to do some heavy duty maintenance.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

variety of holes

course in good shape except the tee boxes
more care needed on tee boxes

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

needs help

The greens were bumpy roads because of aeration.
no sand in holes. They have been that way for some time. Dusty cart paths have been that way for years so you eat dust from the cart in front of you. New owner would be great to fix this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course in Madison

The course was in very good condition although the greens were a little rough.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

super deal

great deal through golf now. great course well maintaind. got there early did 18 in under 3 hrs.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 149
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Great value

The course is in great shape. Nice practice area, range, sand bunker, green. New charts. Super value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice golf course

Fairways and greens were in good shape. There were a few spots where you could teller water collects and grass had died. Greens were a little on the slow side. Cart paths are gravel, so if following another cart, you eat a little dust.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very Challenging Track

This course was very tight with no room for slicers or hookers. There was trouble on all sides of each fairway and you needed to be a straight hitter. The greens were in excellent condition and putted wonderfully. I would recommend this to others as a great course to play. You thought you were the only player on the course, all holes were secluded. Great place to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, pretty tough

I'm not the straightest hitter and this course is surrounded by thick brush, keep it in play and it's very fun, if not you're going to lose a lot of balls. Nice fairways tee boxes and greens though one of the par 3s has construction going on. Very nice.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Deal

My friends and I had a great day at Bridges. The course was challenging for each of us in different ways. There were plenty of opportunities for the big hitter and the touch golfer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great golf for those looking to maximize their utility

While the course is close to the airport and main roads, Bridges makes up for that with a well-cared for course and an even better price. A few challenging holes paired with tall weeds make for a fun course that rewards you greatly if you can keep drives moderately on target. Bring the mosquito repellent!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value

The course has a fun layout and multiple tees for different skill levels. The course is very well maintained and very green early in the year. Bunkers are the one downfall of this course as they aren't very good. Other than that the course is very fun to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Lots of Water and Marsh here.

Had this Course pegged for this year with my golf buddy who's also a Dave like me. I Am 48, and Dave's 27. We are 10 HDC's Literally, We played the Blues at little over 6,800 Yards, How ironic, As the Blues at The Bull In Sheboygan are The same yardage. He Holed out with a 81, and I an 82. This course is a course management course to me, Is Pretty flat for the most part. A couple elevation changes holes, like 13 And 15 I believe give you a different look. But this course makes you play straight. If you don't bring around two dozen balls, because if you go out of play consider your ball lost literally. We both thought this course layout was awesome. YOU will see tons of planes from Madison Airport fly right over you all day here. We found the conditions to be very pleasant here. Nice 2 cut fairways, and the greens surprised me, in nice shape average roll to them, and fairly large size. And YOU will see why they call this he Bridges, Yes so many to cross all round long. We got out early on A Sunday around 8:30am just a two sum, and motored around it at very pleasant pace. Again bring your straight game here or you will be scoring in triple digits. We both lost just 2 balls, this is no Links course my fellow golfers. Tons of water and thick brush and marsh line almost 95 % of this course. We had a great round and enjoyed the Bridges. Thumbs Up from both of us.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

First Time Out for 2015

It was great swinging the clubs, of course. But the ground was literally oozing water and mud...to be expected as the ground is thawing out. Not having any ball washers out was a bummer...greens were pretty slow but I know things will improve as the sun starts warming things up!

All of the airplanes flying overhead (next to an airport), brought to mind visions of Harrison Ford crash landing...maybe that's why I kept picking up my head?

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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