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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 7026 yards | 73.5 | 134 |
| Black | 71 | 6652 yards | 71.7 | 130 |
| Blue | 71 | 6338 yards | 69.8 | 125 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5913 yards | 73.8 | 128 |
| White | 71 | 5913 yards | 67.8 | 120 |
| Green | 71 | 5043 yards | 68.8 | 118 |
| Green (W) | 71 | 5043 yards | 68.8 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.3/136 | 342 | 205 | 524 | 458 | 195 | 486 | 471 | 573 | 412 | 3666 | 359 | 171 | 419 | 424 | 557 | 191 | 569 | 209 | 461 | 3360 | 7026 |
| Black M: 72.3/135 | 329 | 175 | 509 | 435 | 184 | 462 | 443 | 547 | 392 | 3476 | 349 | 168 | 406 | 367 | 532 | 173 | 551 | 192 | 438 | 3176 | 6652 |
| Blue M: 70.6/130 | 316 | 163 | 496 | 424 | 173 | 444 | 419 | 533 | 369 | 3337 | 330 | 154 | 392 | 342 | 516 | 158 | 537 | 168 | 404 | 3001 | 6338 |
| White M: 68.6/126 W: 74.0/135 | 291 | 147 | 487 | 396 | 152 | 417 | 394 | 508 | 357 | 3149 | 307 | 136 | 377 | 285 | 504 | 137 | 513 | 142 | 363 | 2764 | 5913 |
| Green M: 63.9/112 W: 68.8/123 | 272 | 115 | 417 | 323 | 127 | 358 | 337 | 449 | 297 | 2695 | 263 | 89 | 344 | 260 | 417 | 112 | 404 | 127 | 295 | 2311 | 5006 |
| Handicap | 13 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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Beautiful Layout
We play this course a couple of times per year. Appreciated the free range balls. The course is a challenging layout with enough water and traps to get your attention. Our only complaint was the greens. They were overly firm and didn’t hold at all. We’d definitely would go back, but would like to see the greens a little more receptive.
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Dancing in the rain
Everything was cut very nice. The Fairways were great. The rough was thick and well cut. The greens ran true and quick. All this throughout a steady rain. Lol
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Fun time
Great course with friendly staff and nice clubhouse.
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Challenging
Great course! You will use almost every club in your bag. Staying in the fairway is numero uno. Staff is great. Will be back again and again.
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Sçrinkler system was broken and course us completely burned out. No reduced price for poor course conditions
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the broken sprinkler system which caused the conditions of our course to be poor. We take your feedback seriously and will work to ensure that this does not happen again in the future. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
I played this course as part of a golf trip to/around the Cleveland area in late May 2023. This course was included on our itinerary based on its listing as a Top Course by Golf Advisor.
PACE: It was a busy Saturday, but with 10-minute tees the course moved just fine. It did bunch up a bit towards the end, but we still came in at 4 hours.
CONDITIONS: Everything was good. Played with a 2some who played here before and said the course needed a big drink of water. I would agree. There were brown and burnout spots all over. The tees and green were okay. The pace of the greens was fair. The bunkers had a lot of pebbles in them.
STAFF: Pro shop and starter were very helpful.
VALUE: The greens fee seemed good for a Saturday afternoon.
LAYOUT: Played the Blue tees (6,300). This is a sub-division course that winds thru a housing community. The front 9 has longer holes with wider fairways and areas to miss. For the back 9, holes #10 thru #14 pack a lot of golf into a smaller area of land. It's fun, but keep your head on a swivel as several errant shots came close to us. Good variety of holes, and I used every club in my bag. Given the distance between some of the holes, I would not recommend walking this course (#2 to #3 is over a quarter-mile).
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Great time...as expected.
Throw in the fact that it was absolutely perfect weather with just enough wind to challenge you, Shale Creek never disappoints. Two thumbs up. 👍 👍
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u418823446, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club.
always in great shape one if best public course in cleve area
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.
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One of My Favorites
I've played most of the public access courses over the years and created my own personal 'rota' of the favorites. Shale Creek owns a top slot among the most preferred venues. It's all right in front of you. It's fun and more than fair. Do your part, that would be hit the golf ball, and you'll likely have a scorecard you can proudly take home and show to Mom. Not tricky or quirk some, Shale is very straight-forward. It's putting surfaces, (whenever I've played, they've been in great shape.) along with a handful of water hazards provide the greatest challenge to scoring. Keep it dry, roll it true, and you'll be well positioned to have a very good golf experience at Shale Creek.
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THERE WAS NO SIPULATION THAT THE CARD WAS ONLY MON-THURS WHEN PURCHASED.
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