Arboretum GC
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4.0
705 Reviews (705)
5 Stars
265
4 Stars
293
3 Stars
93
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
22
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.1
83.3%
Recommend this course
588 out of 705 reviews
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3.9
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
88.2%
Recommend this course
15 out of 17 reviews
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4.1
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
86.4%
Recommend this course
51 out of 59 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
705 Reviews (705)

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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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best course I've ever played

I could not believe how nice of a course it was. I only paid 40 bucks for the round and I thought I got my money's worth just from the first hole. Beautiful course highly recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Twilight

Always a fun course. Greens are very challenging dollars

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great value

Grabbed a deal $27 per person. Cart included.
Excellent deal for a great course. It depends on the golfers but I thought the pace was little bit fast. But overall, it is a great and fun course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Tight layout, somewhat target golf

the design of this course includes several holes which require 3 wood tee shots because of the length of the hole or the narrowness of the fairway. The greens are excellent with medium contour and multiple design shapes. About half of the holes require target tee shots though and if that is to your liking, you will enjoy this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great value for a nice golf course

Course was in very nice condition throughout. Staff was very friendly and welcoming. Tight but very fair front nine. The back felt as if we were on vacation and has some very nice views. Traps were in good shape and greens ran true. Best value in the area for this type of course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great golf course

I was very impressed with this course. When I pulled into the parking lot there was someone there to unload my bag from my car and put into my golf cart. It was a very nice introduction to a very nice day' of golf at this course. I also enjoyed the course design and condition. Overall, a very nice experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

wizard

course was moderately challenging and fun. $29 rate for green fees and cart is hard to beat. will be back .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course kicked my butt!

What a great course. I have to go to try to get even.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Surprisingly Good! Excellent value

This course was great but the pace was not good we were all waiting on the tee boxes all day. It had nothing to do with the play in front of us. Really enjoyable game though. We got paired up with a couple of great guys and we all enjoyed ourselves. I will definitely go again if the price is right. I don't enjoy waiting on every tee, by the time we played the back nine I was bored, tired and game went bad. Greens are super fast and small.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent "target" course

The Arboretum is an excellent course. The holes are varied and challenging. The facilities are quite impressive.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Layout is challenging

I've played Arboretum a few times before the last couple years and did not really like the course. Thought it was unfair on many holes. However, today under great conditions, I changed my mind. Despite all the rain we have had, the course was actually very dry. Plush and green, but dry. Fairways in great shape. Greens are in great shape and running true at medium to fast. Still a challenging layout, but seemed more fair than in the past for some reason.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Extremely slow pace

We liked the course and the layout. The greens were in good shape. We would probably like playing this course on a regular basis but-------The pace was extremely slow. They need a ranger on the course to pick up the pace. We would have liked to play this course again and again but will not due to the pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great Course - Outstanding but slow play

This is a great course in perfect shape. Unfortunately it is very slow play. We talked to different golfers as we all waited at numerous tees and they said that it was typical. A ranger is needed to move the foursomes along. If they could improve the pace of play this would be my number 1 course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Short & Beautiful

I really enjoyed playing this course. It plays fairly short but still has a nice mix of holes. Just because there isn't a lot of distance doesn't mean you can just bomb it-- there's a fair amount of trouble if you get too wild. The back nine was especially nice. This isn't a course that is going to blow you away, but it's a great value and was in great condition.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Target Course

I knew ahead of time, by looking at the course scorecard online, that there was a lot of water. I was very thankful that the course provided for free a great yardage sheet that showed yardages from all tees to the end of the fairway - start of the water. Because it is such a target course you should expect the round to last over 4 hrs. on a nice day. We played in 4:45 and it wasn't painfully slow, but you do have to wait for people searching for balls.

I would like to see a "senior" tee available. The red tees are 4900 and the whites are 6000+. It would be nice to have something in the middle of those two.

Overall, nice course, good shape, greens putt very well. Just make sure you take that yardage guide with you!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic

Always heard great things about the scores, finally played. Course is in great shape, greens are true for this early in the season, looking forward to being back. I would've paid a lot more than I did, great day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course for the money

Recommend if you are looking a decent course at a great price.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Target Golf

I enjoyed my round here, but would say the pace of play is slow- luckily 2 groups let us play thru - we were a 2 some.

There was a temporary green on 13 and 14 was closed (we found both out while on the back 9).

Course was in good condition.

No driving range.

Played from blue tees (6000 yds). Felt yardage was shorter then advertised.

A lot of holes if you hit driver you may run out of fairway and be in rough or a hazard. Not a course for people who like to hit driver off the majority of tees.

Also, almost no yardage markers on the course (except 150 yard pole) and no GPS. Though most people have lasers sights to shoot the distance, markers would help the average/below average golfer play faster.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course

Overall nice facility and course. Some holes very scenic, but yardage seemed a bit off on the course. Pace of play a little slow for a week day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great fun

Execlent value. Great condition .
Challenging front nine followed by a killer back nine.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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