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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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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.
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!
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 at Shale Creek Golf Club!
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.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Shale Creek Golf Club!
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.
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, u314160511297. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Shale Creek Golf Club!
We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Shale Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Too Pricey for the condition of the course
Traps not good. Greens not recovering. Nobody working on the course. Weekday rates are OK, weekend rates way too high for the condition. NO red, white or blue flags at all. Clubhouse guy was too busy on phone (non golf call) to talk w/ me after the round.
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.
We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Shale Creek Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
As a first timer, I had a wonderful time and enjoyed my round. It was more difficult to find your way to and from the course than playing it,,, however, you will definitely need a cart as most holes are a good distance apart.. Not good to walk it. A couple holes on the course butted against a cattle farm supplying an abundance of the fresh country air, if you catch my drift. Hopefully, this won't deter you from playing... It's a great golf course.. I plan to return next time I'm in the area... ..
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 another 5-star experience!
Greens
Great layout. Greens suck. Inexcusable for what they charge. That’s the only downside though but it’s a big one.
Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note of your thoughts on the greens and we hope to see you back at Shale Creek Golf Club!
We are so happy you enjoyed your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Shale Creek Golf Club.
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing 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!
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.
Hello and thank you for your review! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon for a 5 star visit, and thanks for choosing Shale Creek Golf Club!
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon at Shale Creek Golf Club.