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Orchards Golf Course
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The Orchards Golf Club in Belleville offers an 18-hole championship course designed by Belleville native and former Masters winner Bob Goalby. With four sets of tees, the course appeals to a wide range of skill levels. The layout starts out with a gentler front nine where you won’t find any doglegs on the first six holes but as you move towards the back nine, the course gets more challenging. The golf course has an interesting and diverse mix of holes, with the seventh through the 14th being a particularly notable stretch. You’ll have to contend with abundant out-of-bounds and both water and sand come into play often. In addition to the golf course, the Orchards G.C. boasts a multi-level driving range as well as a large practice putting green with a sand bunker.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 71 | 6787 yards | 72.2 | 126 |
| Blue | 71 | 6407 yards | 70.3 | 124 |
| White | 71 | 5821 yards | 67.3 | 114 |
| Gold | 71 | 5420 yards | 65.5 | 110 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5001 yards | 70.1 | 120 |
| Orange | 71 | 3572 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship M: 71.8/128 | 458 | 208 | 369 | 553 | 440 | 186 | 503 | 224 | 451 | 3392 | 410 | 530 | 414 | 434 | 178 | 349 | 326 | 142 | 612 | 3395 | 6787 |
| Blue M: 70.1/124 | 428 | 173 | 357 | 532 | 404 | 170 | 493 | 210 | 440 | 3207 | 400 | 516 | 375 | 398 | 156 | 330 | 314 | 116 | 595 | 3200 | 6407 |
| White M: 68.0/118 W: 74.0/130 | 386 | 136 | 300 | 495 | 384 | 151 | 454 | 170 | 400 | 2876 | 375 | 470 | 340 | 359 | 132 | 304 | 290 | 110 | 565 | 2945 | 5821 |
| Gold M: 66.6/117 W: 71.5/126 | 373 | 106 | 265 | 457 | 359 | 119 | 409 | 144 | 383 | 2615 | 368 | 465 | 338 | 344 | 114 | 290 | 272 | 93 | 552 | 2836 | 5451 |
| Red M: 64.4/111 W: 69.3/120 | 337 | 97 | 252 | 411 | 296 | 114 | 403 | 140 | 370 | 2420 | 346 | 410 | 335 | 316 | 88 | 284 | 257 | 90 | 446 | 2572 | 4992 |
| Green M: 63.8/111 W: 68.6/118 | 330 | 93 | 245 | 405 | 291 | 110 | 398 | 136 | 365 | 2373 | 338 | 403 | 331 | 310 | 85 | 280 | 225 | 88 | 440 | 2500 | 4873 |
| Handicap | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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Learn when to be Cart Path only...
It was Completely Dry Every other course within 50 miles was 90 degrees .... There were 3 damp spots on the Whole Course yet you had a Scramble and open play took over 5 hrs..... Ridiculous..... Should have been minimum 90 degrees could have been wide open..... I would have got my money back and played somewhere else had I known been dry 3 days.... Sun blazin. Not even water in fields or ditches....Maybe New Management is needed....
Had to play before I leave
I wanted to play this course before I leave because I’ve heard mixed reviews on it since I got here. The staff was not very friendly for an early morning teatime but I wrote that off as personalities differ from place to place. The course was extremely saturated with all the recent rain and having an 8 some tee off in front of us In front of us didn’t make the experience that much better. We skipped a few holes to get the round under five hours. But the course layout has a lot of potential .
Good layout
Course in descent shape for this early but greens rather rough with quite a bit of “weed like” matter which caused a lot of Boucher
Don't play after rain!
It's not fair to judge the course based on how much water was on it, because I made the decision to golf after a day of rain. That being said, there are a ton of improvements the course needs to undergo. The tee boxes are horrible! Some have wild patches of grass while a couple are just dirt (mud)! The orchards used to be a really nice course to play. It's sad to see it has turned into an over priced dog track of a golf course. I play it once every year, and every year it looks worse! C'mon guys...get a greens crew that cares!
Orchards Review
Very nice course, great layout of the holes. The white tees are plenty long even though the card lists the yardage as 5,841 yards. No. 18 is a beast, 565 yard par 5 dogleg right with narrow, tree lined fairway. The fairways were very nice, the ball sat up nice even after the zoysia grass has turned yellow and gone dormant. Minor thing, but I didn't like the markers in the tee boxes, faded paint which made it hard to differentiate the colors. BUT NOW FOR MY MAIN COMPLAINT--THE GREENS. The greens a bad, very thin and infested with crab grass. Never mad a long put all day, but didn't expect to. I imagine the greens were even worse during the heat of summer. If I learn that the greens problem is corrected next season, I'll be back, otherwise I will wait another season or two and see what happens. Not worth the 30 mile drive to me to play on greens like I would expect on any municipal course anywhere in the area. Too bad, the course is so nice it deserves good putting greens.
help the greens
grat place great people, only down side was that the greens are in rough shape, but im sure they will correct it soon
Fairways are in great shape.
All greens had patches of a different type of grass. This made it hard to get a true straight putt.
If you like crabgrass, this is the place to play :-)
First time playing the Orchards this year and I was really disappointed. Crabgrass on tee boxes, fairways, and most greens. The rough (also thick with crabgrass in places) needed to be mowed...finding the ball in it was quite the challenge. I wouldn't recommend playing here unless you get a great deal and you can put up with the course conditions.
orchards2
Grass in fairways and greens improving a little.
Made the turn and found out a full course league just started. We stopped playing.
There was no mention of this at check in.
The Orchards
The Orchards is a great little course with a real fun layout. Course is in good shape with the only thing I would have liked were the greens to be a little faster, although with the elephants buried under some.....what's the expression...be careful what you wish for!
Excellent experience
The tee boxes, fairways, and greens were in great shape. Service was above average in the clubhouse and I was pleasantly surprised there was a refreshment cart out.
Hazards
Has a lot of hazards. IE: Houses, Water, Rough.
Course is spread out thru the Subdivision.
Thanks for the review, we hope to see you back out again real soon!
orchard1
very windy that day.
most fairways have areas that are grassless.
Will be a challenge for the grounds crew to get even growth this year.
Thanks for coming out and braving the wind. We definitely have a few areas that we are working on in our fairways, but we are confident the course will be great all year long. Thanks again, and we hope to see you on the first tee again very soon!
Thanks for the great review! Hopefully the weather will allow us to play some over the winter and you can come back out! Happy Holidays!
Poor Conditions!!!
Tees bad shape some not even cut, fairways horrible you can't play the ball down and the greens are slow with many patches and obstacles on them! Sand traps not maintained. They do have a course marshal riding around hawking balls! I'm going to wait till next spring before I any think about playing this course!!
Kycat56, sorry to hear you had a poor experience on Sunday. We are working on improving our fairways. We are aware that they do have some spots that are tough if you are playing the ball down. The greens may have been a bit on the slower side, but there is only 1 green that has any "patches and obstacles" on it. We have added some new sod to that green to improve its conditions. We are also working on the sand traps. We are in the process of removing some of them, and we apologize if they weren't in as good of conditions as you would have liked.
As for our marshals riding around hawking balls. That is inexcusable. We will make sure that will not be happening in the future. They have a presence on the course to help our customers have a more enjoyable experience. They are there to help the golfers, not keep their own golf bags stocked. We would love to talk to you more about your experience. If you'd like to give us a call, please do at (618) 233-8921 and we can discuss making your next trip to The Orchards a better one.
Playing in a sand castle
Greens were more sand than grass and nothing was said at the time tee time was made
Matt, we are very sorry nothing was mentioned to you about the recent aerification of the greens. As you know, punching and sanding the greens is a necessary evil in the golf business. We will do a better job of informing customers in the future, and we hope that you enjoyed the rest of your round, and come back to see us again soon.
Thank you for the great review! We hope to see you again real soon!
Wow Impressive!! Hidden gem..
Very sorry it took me so long to try out Orchards! The course shows some wear & tear, but it well designed and the greens are cool and challenging. I'll definitely go back.
Thanks for your review, Chris. We are very happy that you enjoyed your round the other day. We are in the process of improving the fairways in some of those wear and tear spots, but we are pleased in the direction we are headed.
Thanks for coming out. We hope to see you again soon!
Nice course
Good overall course, good variety of holes and distances
Thanks for your review, we appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. We are happy you enjoyed the course and we hope to see you out on the links again real soon!
In Good Shape
Been going to this course off and on for years and this is the best it has looked in years. Some fairways still have some bare spots (#'s 4 and 5). And #8 green is a little rough.
Thank you so much for the kind words about the course. We are working very hard to get it back into the shape that everyone expects. We hope to see you again very soon.
Thank you for your great review. We are glad you had a great experience with us. Come back and see us again real soon!