Warren Golf Course At Notre Dame

This course has really gone down hill over the past few years. It has great potential, but things need to change. Maintenance has hit an all time low- bunkers go unraked (if you aren't in someones footprint, you are truly lucky), greens go days without being mowed or rolled (they are slow and bumpy), fairways and tee boxes are not mowed nearly as often as they need to be, and no one fixes pitch marks. This course does like to water- so its always green..the problem is that they water constantly. They will water fairways and greens during your round so that every green has a different speed. They also make sure that your ball picks up as much mud as possible. You will not get roll out here if you are a mid to high ball flight player.

The staff is terrible- the worst part of this course. Incredibly rude and will talk behind your back, it doesn't matter if you are a first timer to the course or a seasoned member. Not a welcoming experience. Also, do not get lessons here. The pros will charge a pretty penny, but spend half their time talking to other people or be on their phone while they should be helping you.

Finally, the food service is sub-par. Thats the reason the carts advertise restaurants on campus for after your round.

Do yourself a favor and play Blackthorn if you want to play a nice course in the area.

Tough layout. Smallest greens I've played in years. Was a wet semi-rainy day. Course drained well. Very well. A true championship track. Gotta go back to play it when its dry. Conditions of course were fantastic.

I like the course and have played it off and on over the years. Maybe we should have known better than to play on a Sunday afternoon. The starter sent us off 10 minutes early which defeats the purpose of spacing out tee times. By hole #2 it was 2 groups on each tee and the front 9 took 2:05. With 3 groups on the 10 tee, the prospect was 2:30 and a lot of waiting on the back. We bailed. While I can understand the inclination to send groups off ASAP, maintaining tee times will provide a reasonable gap to prevent the constant backup we experienced.

10 minute tee times not enforced -- starter put groups off ASAP. Result -- slow play. 2hr 15 min 1st 9, with 2 groups on 10 tee & 1 in fairway turned the round into 9 holes. Marshal waved & did nothing to get things moving. The slow play is not a consequence of the course layout -- it's very playable. Course conditions OK -- tees & greens well manicured, but fairways full of unhealed divots. I will pass on this course next time I'm in the area & play a private course instead.

The Warren Golf Course was considered to be "too difficult" by many players in the first years of its existence. The staff listened to that critique. The golf course is more playable for the bogey golfer now, yet still a challenge for accomplished players. The greens have matured and are fast and true. The bunkers have the Coore-Crenshaw features of depth and taller grass around the edges for a real challenge. Juday Creek bisects a few fairways at an angle to make accuracy of direction a must. Players who use a cart benefit from a vastly improved GPS. Even if you are a Michigan Man or a Son of Troy, you will enjoy this home of the Fighting Irish.

We played this tract many times when it was new, but now it has matured and is very beautiful. This course gets a lot of play but is still in pristine condition. The greens, fairways and tees are outstanding. The native fescue grasses have filled in well.
Pace of play has been a problem here in the past.
The pro shop assigned us the first AM tee time, but the starter allowed his buddies to tee off ahead of us.

The starter was very confrontational because we were planning on playing fast as a twosome, and he wanted to pair us up with an older lady and a youngster.
We don't encounter this type of attitude normally.

Their GPS is very awkward because they have multiple commercials on the GPS screen. This does distract from the overall experience. We have our own wrist GPS so we didn't need to use their cart GPS a lot.

The pro shop is fully stocked and there is a snack bar.
This is a beautiful operation and should not be missed.
What started out nasty became a fun round of golf.

At first appearance the course looks easy. The greens are well protected with subtle undulations. Approach shots must be accurate. Although fairways are tolerant, wandering too far can be disasterous.