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Shale Creek Golf Club
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About
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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Great course
Only complaint was the group 2 in front of us.... They bogged down the entire front 9! At one point, there were 3 groups on 7, 2 groups on 6, 3 groups on 5, 8 & 9 we're wife open. One guy had his dog with him....
Thankfully the left after 9 and it was smooth sailing after that....
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Great atmosphere
I hadn't been out to Shale Creek in a few years but I definitely will be heading back soon for more rounds. The course is in excellent conditions from tee to green. Plenty of option off the tee help as we all played separate tee boxes and played a 4 hour round. The starter was knowledgeable, friendly and accomodating as well as the restaurant staff. Come here with your game face on, this is a test or patience and putting. Enjoy, 5 stars all the way
Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Shale Creek Golf Club.
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Great Course
Great course in Medina County. Would play again. Green roll fast and smooth, fairways in good condition. Tee boxes got a bit tore up with an outing the day before playing.
Thank you for visiting us at Shale Creek Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
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We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon at Shale Creek Golf Club.
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.
Great Course
I have not played here in a few years, I should play it more. Great course and layout. Super staff and options.
We agree, you should play it more! Thanks for coming out. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon!
This course is nice
Overall the course is in nice condition. It’s disappointing that the people go play there do not fix their ball marks on greens which takes away from the course. But the tees, fairways, roughs, and bunkers are in nice shape. The biggest drawback was with no starter, it was the Wild West in pace of play. My group was a two-some, there were two singles in front of us, and two two-somes in front of them…somehow we had to wait 5-10 minutes to tee off on EVERY SINGLE HOLE.
Hello. Thank you for reviewing the course. We apologize for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. We will continue to look for ways to improve, and we are glad to see you rated the course conditions to be great during your game. Thanks for your feedback on repairing ball marks as well. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Shake Creek Golf Fun
Great day on the links!!!
All staff are customer focused and friendly.
Thanks for the excellent experience, we will be back soon.
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon at Shale Creek Golf Club.
Rainy Sunday
Cons: Bunkers are in poor shape prior to the rain they played like wet sand, tons of ball marks on greens not addressed, bartender was on the slow side and oblivious took 20 minutes to get an order in.
Pros: course held up well to the first round of rain unfortunately wasn’t able to finish due to weather
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Shale Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for an even better 5-star experience!
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 such as the wet conditions and service at our bar. We obviously can't do anything about the weather, but we always are working to improve the course and thank for for acknowledging the course conditions holding up to the heavy amount of rain Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club.
Great experience!
Such friendly and helpful staff had a great round today at Shale Creek. Awesome course and will definitely be back again
We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. 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.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club!
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Country Club Feel
The course was in great shape and proved to be a challenging round from the tips. I was pleased with the pace. The course was plenty busy, but it was evident that the tee times were appropriately spaced out and running on-time. It’s not common on a lot of public courses to have free time at the range prior to teeing off, and that was a nice little perk that goes a long way in my book. It’s apparent that Shale Creek values professionalism and aims to provide a “Private Country Club” like atmosphere to everyone in attendance.
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Not worth more than $25
This is supposed to be an upscale course - used to be co-owned with Quarry in canton. The layout is OK, greens are OK but for this money play Pine Hills or for much less Pleasant Valley. Both have much better layout and conditions (Pine Hills). Quarry is possibly the best course in Ohio and the senior rate is $30. The senior rate here is $49!
What bugged me particularly was a 4-some that we caught on the seventh hole and then got stuck forever. They had many options to let us through but did not even acknowledge. I contacted the clubhouse thru G Now and received zero help. We were told that the 4 some were "43 minutes ahead of schedule". Lets think this thru. We caught them on the seventh hole so they must have started at least 1 hour 45 minutes before us. That makes it 10::15. We finished at 4:10 pm. They finished at 4 pm. Do the math!
A course like this needs to invest in a ranger. There are many outstanding courses nearby where golfers have common etiquette. Play Brookledge or Fox Den
Hello, Golfnutoh. Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the price of our course is important to us. We always want to make sure we are offering golfers a competitive price for their round. It is our goal to give visitors the best chance to get out and play more. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Overrated Golf Course
$31.35 for 9 holes is ridiculous, particularly when theclub house staff is less than helpful and the greens are scuffed and beaten up pretty badly.
Hello, BreyleyGolf. Thank you for reviewing the course. Your feedback about the price of our course is important to us. We always want to make sure we are offering golfers a competitive price for their round. It is our goal to give visitors the best chance to get out and play more. Thank you for playing Shale Creek Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Oglebay Golf Around Package
Best of Battle Creek Package
SW Michigan Golf Around Package
Pohlcat Golf Getaway Package
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