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Shale Creek Golf Club
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Nestled in a quiet residential community, Shale Creek Golf Club sprawls across land that for a century prior had been the Gunkelman Farm. The course repurposes the rolling terrain into a challenging layout. The subtle changes in elevation make for some tricky lies. There are also many streams that meander through the golf course before cascading into the nearby Rocky River. The river even comes into play from the 10th to the 15th holes. The golf course features large, undulating greens and wide fairways. Water has a dominant presence on the course but the final holes showcase more traditional Ohio terrain with wooded, gently rolling hills though you'll still have plenty of water to contend with on these holes. Shale Creek Golf Club requires accuracy and it will make you think, but it's not too difficult for a beginner to enjoy.
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Conditions4.0
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Value3.9
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Layout4.6
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Friendliness4.4
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Pace3.7
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Amenities4.3
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Beautiful!
Can’t believe it took me so long to play here! I almost never write reviews, but this course was so amazing I just had to let everyone know. Set up wonderfully, staff friendly and helpful, cart GPS worked well, and unbelievably manicured. Can’t wait to play here again
Overall nice course
Overall nice course. Good variety of holes. Will need to use most clubs in your bag. Some of the greens had significant scraping from mowers.
Hi Tim. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Slow play
Love the course unfortunately for us the only other two people we seen were in front of us and extremely slow back and forth on fairway at one point decided to just skip hole but then went back and just dealt with it also spent extreme amount on green and kneeling could see there knee indentations when on green Not really a reflection of course or staff maybe others will see and maybe pass along some golf etiquette. Amateur here also but know when to let someone play through
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon at Shale Creek Golf Club!
Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon at Shale Creek Golf Club!
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!
Hi Kevin. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club.
It's been better
Conditions have gotten worse this year. A nice layout. Staff is friendly enough. You normally pay a premium to play here, so the conditions should be better.
Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback in regards to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!
Bruce and Rick
One of the best courses in n e Ohio
Excellent fairways
Fast challenging greens
We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Shale Creek Golf Club!
Course overall was in good condition. Some greens were in need of some care. Overall $35.oo was a fare price for this track. Pace of play was very good started at 11am on a sat.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Hi, dlangowski. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Shale Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Shale is a nice course
Overall had a good experience. Golfed here for the first time for my birthday. I enjoy more scenic courses and hole layouts (a lot of holes run through a housing development) but the course itself was in great shape. The greens were a little used but very well taken care of even with the amount of play they’ve taken. Fairways were in beautiful conditions. Staff was very friendly and accommodating, price is a little higher than I would expect to pay for the course but overall this was a nice place to play a round.
Hi Jacob. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Excellent Golf
The course was extremely wet it still played very well greens were fast and true,bunkers need some help ,fairways are very good,love to play again when it is a little dryer big rain the night before
Thank you so much for the great review even with the wet conditions on the day you played. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Shale Creek is a difficult yet awesome coarse to play. The facilities are great and I can not wait to go back.
Hi Brian. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Shale Creek is Fun in Great Shape
Course conditioning is good: greens, tee-boxes, sand in bunkers, etc. ProShop, starter, cart guy, all accommodating to the Hot Deals players (no less service for our discounted rate). The layout is awesome, with wide fairways, fairway bunkers to avoid, and rolling terrain. The greens are big enough for a few GiRs, but also undulated so you have to pay attention to avoid the 3putts. Greens were really holding well on this mid-day round, so be sure to pay attention to yardage to avoid the long putts. #17 was playing a club extra (little breeze affecting), and it's green is the toughest (with big swale in middle). We got rained on (passing t-storm), but the cart's hoods are quick to position over clubs/bag. Thanx for the Hot Deals Special to outstanding Shale Creek.
Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club.
I got my first hole in one on #11 par3 118yrds with a 9 iron !!! Great day ! Great course !
Hi, thanks for the four-star review! We are thrilled to hear that you got your first hole in one on #11. We can't wait to see you again soon.
Fix Bunkers and Sprinkler Heads
Shale Creek is a fantastic layout, greens are quicker than previous years. However, bunkers still need cleaned up and more sand added. Number 2 green and landing area is fried. Numerous sprinkler heads throughout the course are cracked underground and leaking. Rather than fixing the sprinkler lines, the maintenance staff ropes the areas off and does not mow them???
Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!
Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon.