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3.0
735 Reviews (735)
5 Stars
115
4 Stars
277
3 Stars
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2 Stars
101
1 Stars
81
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
2.9
55.5%
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492 out of 735 reviews
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3.0
35 Reviews (35)
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Conditions
2.8
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.0
51.4%
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18 out of 35 reviews
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3.0
63 Reviews (63)
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Conditions
2.7
Value
3.3
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.4
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
57.1%
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36 out of 63 reviews
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Course Highlights
Tamarack's layout consistently earns praise for its challenging holes and fun par 3s that reward repeat visits. Staff friendliness stands out as a reliable highlight, with welcoming service noted across recent rounds.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6901 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.7

Tamarack Golf Club is a course that will test your shot-making skills yet it is still player-friendly enough to appeal to all skill levels. Pete Dye designed the course with tight, sculpted fairways and undulating greens that come in a range of sizes. The layout offers plenty of challenges with water or sand coming into play on every hole. The golf course will test your accuracy but it is not as difficult as many other Dye designs. The third is one of the toughest holes. A severely undulating green protected by deep bunkers makes placement vitally important on this par 3. The 15th is one of the back nine's more challenging holes. It presents an interesting risk-reward opportunity with a myriad of teeing options. Water lines the entire right side and the two-tiered green is flanked with bunkers to the front and right.

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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Greens Bent
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/31
Architect David Gill

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.0
735 Reviews (735)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 7
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 44
Bunkers 37
Narrow Fairways 21
This course/club is great for:
Locals 34
Advanced Golfers 21
Seniors 11
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 42
Worth the Drive 12

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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Golf course

Golf course in great shape
Played in 31/2 hours
Pace of play was good

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Tamarack review / excellent value

My friends and I were very impressed with the conditions of the course. The greens rolled true and the course is quite challenging with a lot of water. We enjoyed our day and plan on returning again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice layout, back nine extremely challenging

Overall, a really good course and great value. A few improvements can be made. Tee boxes were in need of maintenance. Bunkers were left unraked by multiple players during the day. Adding a course ranger or assistant to monitor play during the day could improve players' responsibility to maintain playing conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Better than average

Priced. Right. Well worth it.course well maintained

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Too much sand!

Beautiful but deadly for we "18 handicappers!" I had one of those days when I wandered into too many bunkers and after a long winter, that part of the game clearly needs work.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

Course was in excellent shape and pace of play was fast.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

good value for the price

Tee time was 3:08 on a Tuesday and we were basically alone. So our pace was as fast as we could play. Lots of good traps and water. Not much elevation variations or difficult rough. Right in a neighborhood so close proximity to streets and homes. Most fairways were straight. Said 6000+ yards but felt shorter. It was May 19th when I played but there were way too many dandelions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for $35

Course is in decent condition all things considered, but there were dandelions everywhere. That was a little off puting. Also we waited on every single shot. From the 1st tee, to the approach on 18. Slooooow.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Get a ranger and starter

I live near this course and wanted to enjoy a morning round as a single, no matter if I was paired up or not. I had an 845 tee time which wasn't honored. I got bumped to 853 which was not a problem. The pair I was grouped with never showed so I was asked to wait another 40 mins to tee off which I declined. I went off as a single. There was no starter, no ranger on the course to keep play at a decent pace. 4 hours into my round I was not even to the 15th tee box, with 3 foursomes ahead of me. This I find unacceptable. I guess I am spoiled by Catigny and Prairie Landing but I feel a round on a morning as a single should not take over 5 hours. I will not ever go back and play this course.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

It HAD a good reputation

I was recommended this course by a few people and have heard of it quite a few times in the past as a nice course. Maybe courses like mill creek and prairie landing have spoiled me but this course was in pretty rough shape. No way to repair divots on the tea boxes so they are pretty hacked up. Cart path needs a lot of work in some places and there's a few street crossings to make to get around the course.

On the good side of things, the overall layout was nice, the greens on some holes were protected by bunkers which made an approach shot a challenge.

Overall, not a bad course but the way people have talked about it in the past made it seem it used to be a lot better. It certainly had the potential to be a really nice course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good value; slow play

Very slow play. 5 hours to play 18 holes and no rangers are enforcing pace of play. Great value for some tee times and course in decent shape. No ball washers on the course either which are desperately needed.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf

Early in the year but pretty good shape pace was great I will play again!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Almost good

Could be a great course (interesting holes/layout) except for the poor conditions. I've played Tamarack several times and find the Tee boxes, fairways and sand traps need a lot of maintenance. Lots of unrepaired divots in the fairways, ball marks on the greens and it seems like no one rakes the sand traps.

Also, bring your own drinking water. The on course facilities are lacking.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

"UNKEPT"

The owners of this course must have given up on it. Pathetic

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

"UNKEPT"

Looks like the owners forgot about their investment.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course for the money.

The half way house for food is a joke. All they serve is hot dogs.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

For late fall, course was in fine shape. Greens were a challenge as usual.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Need to hit it straight here or wind up in hazard, ob, or in a fairway trap.

Need to hit it straight here or wind up in hazard, ob, or in a fairway trap. Greens were bumping and needed mowing. With not a flat lie on any green and lots of bumps, I found putting very diffiucult

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Water Loves Company

First time I have played Tamarack and overall had a very good impression of the course. A LOT of water so consistency and straight shots are key to posting a good score. I am currently at about a 20 handicap and shot a little over my average score. Water shows up on about 15 of 18 holes. Prior to going I saw a lot of reviews regarding slow play and no rangers. However, the course was pretty open for a foursome to complete the round in about 4.5 hours. We frequently saw a ranger to and the beer cart was around practically whenever we needed it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tamarack Golf Course

I was dissapointed in the condition of the course. I have played there several times over the years. This is the first time I have been there in about three years. The ballwashers had no water, waterpoints had no drinking water, and there was piles of brush all over the course that needs cleaned up.
All my previous rounds have been very good and course was very nice. I'm not sure why course is in bad shape now.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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