Arboretum GC
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4.0
703 Reviews (703)
5 Stars
264
4 Stars
292
3 Stars
93
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
22
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
83.1%
Recommend this course
586 out of 703 reviews
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3.9
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.0
86.7%
Recommend this course
13 out of 15 reviews
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4.0
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.2%
Recommend this course
50 out of 58 reviews
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Course Highlights
Arboretum delivers a well-maintained, water-rich layout with plush fairways, sculpted bunkers, and consistently excellent course conditions. Friendly staff and a unique sushi restaurant with Japanese beer on tap make this a distinctive and rewarding experience.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6447 yards
Slope 139
Rating 71.7
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 12/01
Architect Dick Nugent (1990) David Whelchel

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

4.0
703 Reviews (703)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Patio Dining 9
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 38
Bunkers 25
Forced Carries 18
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 24
Locals 20
Walkers 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 34
Worth the Drive 15

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Loved the Challenge!

I love this course as it really challenges your course management. For example, I can't hit a driver on numerous Par 5 holes. Course was in excellent condition. Loved the round and will be back! It's a test and one that I use to see how my game has improved!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 06/09/2020

Your feedback is important to us, ro22. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Arboretum Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 06/09/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Arboretum Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Great place to play!

I’ve played this course before. A couple of days ago there were heavy rains in the area. While the course did have some standing water, most of it was drained off, very playable and OK for carts to go anywhere on the course.

If you haven’t tried the Arboretum course, I highly recommend that you do.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 06/03/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us stevemcdermott11. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Arboretum Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/14/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Arboretum Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 107
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/11/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Arboretum Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Good course overall, except for the s-l-o-w play.

First time playing here. Very early in the season, so didn’t expect much as far as course conditions, which were overall in good shape (except for the unkempt bunkers, which is not unlike their competitors right now). Good layout, challenging but fair. The biggest issue today was how slow it was - especially lots of twosomes, stacked up, who were seemingly all slower than molasses in January. No ranger(s), which is also to be expected this time of year, so the blame today goes more to the idiot golfers than to the course. Nevertheless, I was waiting to hit on literally every shot, so finally gave up after 9 holes and called it a day.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/13/2020

Hi Tim6200562! 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 and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging target golf course - layer out real well

Played at end of season when foliage was dormant.

Real nice course . Good layout. / challenging elevation changes and water in play on numerous holes.

Only issue was playing late in season mgmt wanted

Golf carts returned by 4pm but neglected

to share this when visiting the club

house. While getting ready to tee of on 18

hole, it was 4pm - Young staff help wanted

me to return immediately to club house,

and had a major issue with me playing

the last hole in.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

The distance is not crazy long and the scenery is great. Perfect pace and value for the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A challenge.

Great challenge for a higher sloped course. Hit em straight and give yourself a chance to score.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather

Jim

Played here for the 1st time. Not at all what I expected. Extremely playable. I will be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 155
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fall maintenance and mix-colored flagsticks

First time at this course and we were met with most tees arrested and no too markers to designate blue white and championship tees. Also, the red white and white blue flags were hard to see from the fairway. Course was very challenging and fairways wew in great shape. Most Greens were just aerated causing many bouncing putts, You should lower the price when you do all this maintenance. Staff was great.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Marshalls in the course would be good.

The pace of play was held up by a foursome that would not let anyone through.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent course for the money

It’s an awesome course, good price and good challenge, the greens and fairway a very well maintained which makes you Blame yourself but not the course. I will definitely play it again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful layout and enjoyed the play..

However, no Rangers were around to keep pace of play going..

What ruined the round was was waiting 2 and 3 deep to Tee off..waiting 10 minutes to tee off was terrible..no one too tell the three some ahead of the twosome ahead of us..they should not be hitting two balls off the tee every hole...

Terrible!!

Hope this changes..would love to come back!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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