Classic Golf Club

Course has changed allot since the last time played. They remove 1,600 trees which has opened the course up allot. Green riled fast and true. Definitely a position golf course. Hit it in the wrong place and it plays tough. But enjoy playing there.

It'd been a couple years since I'd played here last. The crew has opened up so much space between holes!!

The greens were rolling well and mostly true. Late afternoon round on a hot day=some bumpy spots on the greens.

The classic still provides a challenge from all tees and we absolutely flew around the course at 2pm on a Saturday.

Playing greener than normal through the fairways, but can't complain about that. The greens were smooth and fast as usual, but receptive to approach shots played with spin. The course is starting to recover from the removal of all the trees.

Decided to check out Classic after mass removal of trees. Pleasantly surprised that in my opinion it was now better. Greens were great

Having played this course twice about 15 years ago, I was looking forward to returning to this gorgeous tree lined course. However, I was sadly disappointed. The photo for this course on this site is how it used to be, but it looks nothing like this now. After playing most of our round, my partner and I realized that the entire course had been logged for timber production leaving only scattered patches of mostly scraggly trees. While the fairways and the challenging greens were in nice shape, off the fairways was either numerous stumps or large piles of wood chips where the stumps had been ground up. To me, the pleasure of spending a beautiful day in a scenic setting was ruined.

Played the course yesterday and it was in pretty good shape. It has an interesting layout that has been made easier because of the removal of a lo of by of the trees. My friend and I loved the layout and creative cf city needed to play. The course needs much more signage for where by you are going to get to the next hole. We f OK and ourselves wondering where to go quite often. The greens we're in good shape and we had a good day. I would not want to pay the full price for the course and i would not play on the weekend. I think most players would struggle with their speed of play becausr of the layout and dificult turain around the greens. We played quickly until we got to our balls around the greene. Overall, i wOK uld say you should play this course ifyou want to play a course with intetesting holes.

Haven't played The Classic in a while but glad to see it is still a nice course. They have taken down a number of trees (but not too many) to open up the course a bit - I think it has been nicely done. Course conditions were excellent - fairway were well groomed, greens rolled nice as I remembered and pins were tucked in some unusually tight places (probably b/c it was US Open w/e) which made for a fun challenge. Pleasantly surprised we walked the course in 3 hrs and a Saturday - probably due to the Open and poor weather forecast (though it never rained and it was a comfortable 65F)

Hadn't played the classic in a few years. The removal of some 1800 trees is a positive for the course, though still very challenging for any golfer. Terrific undulating greens. Course knowledge a positive to help score

Will definitely play more often.

Terrific GN rate

Very slow pace, took me just about 3 hours to play the front nine. Played 4 holes on the back nine and finally quite after the 14th hole. Too slow. Only saw the ranger once in the front and never saw him again. This was my first visit to the course and was disappointed when I left.

this course was much better before RMG decided to remove what appears to be 1000 or more trees from the golf course. The picture shown on this site is in no way accurate anymore. This group has ruined Oakbrook as well as McCormick by selling off timber as well.

To any of you who have played the Classic in the past, the course has been dramatically altered for the better. They removed over 1000 trees letting in light, helping the greens and fairways become dryer and healthy. This also improved sight lines speeding up pace of play. The only issue I found was the lack of sand in the bunkers. Overall a very fun and demanding course.

I played the Classic last Monday May 30th 2016:

The course I played with a new friend and his son whom had known this course for many years. They were surprised and pleased to see the now 'lack-of-trees' living the fairways of days old. It was now a park-like setting. The winds were challenging for us this day, but the day was absolutely beautiful.

There were water hazards that if I hadn't had Dan with me, I would not have known they were there. Thank goodness he WAS with me so that I would be able to avoid them as much as my 'less-than-perfect-drives' would allow me.

The greens were in great shape, very consistent in play. However, those who golfed before us had left their plugs or 'ball-marks' and we spent quite a bit of time fixing them on each green. So with that said, a plea to our fellow Golfers, "PLEASE always fix your divets and plugs or ball-marks on the greens. It makes ALL OF US look better and it keeps the putting and playing surfaces much better for playing.

The cart paths need work. And inbetween fairways there were patches of DEEP GRASS that caused losses of balls that should not have occurred. An example: I hit fat in a par three, the ball landed just over the green, which we could not see past because it sloped down away from the back of the green. When we got up to the green and looked past the green only feet away, the grass was 2 feet tall and think. I could not find my ball. All of us looked. Not cool guys. Please cut this grass down to managable if it's THAT CLOSE to the green or fairway.

It was a fun course. I'll have another go at it some day. I'm off to play North Shore next. Till then...

Have a great day and good Golfing everyone! Remember always: To bring your best gentleman's Golf etiquette WITH YOU to the courses.

Always, L. Nicholas J.

RMG is working on improving sunlight to course by removing many trees. It has changed the "look". Still it is tough by most standards with it's undulating FWs and greens. For amount of play it gets it is very well taken of despite current improvement work going on. Greens very good, fast, IMHO! Very good deals with GolfNow on weekends.

This course has a little of everything. A few long par 4's and 5's. Some layup only par 4s (I recommend a long iron off of 3, driving could prove frustrating to get into position). The only thing i wish they had was a little longer par 3 (200ish yards) to test some long iron play.

This course used to be one of the prettiest in the Pacific Northwest. It has been logged off. It is like playing in a stump farm or slash field. One of the ugliest courses you will ever see. It was previously one of my favorites. I won't ever play it again. I understand that RMG ruined its' other two courses the same way. It is unfortunate that golf course owners are allowed to cut all the trees for $$$.

Course was in great shape along with the greens.

Played this course several years ago and course condiitions were deplorable! They have made drastic improvements since: darinage now great, (course played dry and firm even this early in spring), greens rolled true, boxes are 'under construction' - appeared to have been recently punched and sanded., and trees between fairways have been thinned just enough to allow for a recovery from an errant tee shot. amy hat is off to the course superintendent!

This was my first time playing the course since they cut down the trees and I really liked it. I've heard mixed reviews about the tree removal and that the course has lost its character, but that's not the case. The course is still great, and still poses its challenges. The fairways and greens were in great shape despite the wetter weather we've been having. The bunkers, on the other hand, need to be fluffed up a bit. The lies are tight and the sand was firm, which made for some challenging greenside bunker shots. All and all, I like the new look and I'll definitely return.

Course is in bad condition. Everything is old and rundown. I would not play here again for free.

The front nine is decent. The back nine was significantly less so.

The greens are very small and are awkwardly shaped. Portions of multiple greens were no wider than 6-10 paces and yet, pins were still tucked in these locations.

Small greens provide a tough challenge as it is, but some of the mounding and frequently elevated greens made getting on the putting surface exceedingly difficult to the point of being unfair in many places.

The greens themselves were in nice shape and rolled well. No complaints about the surfaces themselves.