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Far Oaks Golf Club
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Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville has a unique layout with a front nine that is designed in a Scottish-links style and a back nine that plays through rolling woodlands. The links holes are framed with native prairie grasses and wildflowers while mature oak trees line the fairways on the back nine. There are plenty of elevation changes throughout the golf course, making it hard to find a flat lie. Mounding and strategically placed bunkers lurk treacherously along the greensides and there are also several holes with water. Far Oaks Golf Club is a challenging course that demands accuracy, which is most apparent on the 10th hole. Although it's not the longest par 4 on the course, it is still challenging thanks to a slew of bunkers that border both sides of the green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 72 | 6926 yards | 72.1 | 133 |
| Championship | 72 | 6521 yards | 69.8 | 128 |
| Club Regular | 72 | 5649 yards | 67.6 | 119 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5137 yards | 70.0 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.0/130 | 464 | 167 | 581 | 422 | 428 | 140 | 358 | 167 | 518 | 3245 | 375 | 392 | 370 | 181 | 532 | 334 | 178 | 392 | 504 | 3258 | 6503 |
| Blue M: 69.3/128 | 440 | 140 | 566 | 399 | 405 | 130 | 314 | 155 | 494 | 3043 | 347 | 374 | 361 | 172 | 508 | 301 | 172 | 371 | 475 | 3081 | 6124 |
| White M: 67.8/118 W: 72.4/133 | 415 | 123 | 546 | 351 | 382 | 120 | 292 | 133 | 466 | 2828 | 329 | 344 | 336 | 139 | 475 | 274 | 164 | 323 | 417 | 2801 | 5629 |
| White/Yellow M: 66.7/114 W: 71.4/129 | 415 | 123 | 509 | 323 | 382 | 120 | 292 | 114 | 429 | 2707 | 329 | 320 | 336 | 139 | 436 | 274 | 164 | 323 | 417 | 2738 | 5445 |
| Yellow M: 65.3/109 W: 69.6/123 | 386 | 115 | 509 | 323 | 358 | 110 | 288 | 114 | 429 | 2632 | 318 | 320 | 263 | 128 | 436 | 252 | 136 | 286 | 405 | 2544 | 5176 |
| Yellow/Red M: 64.0/104 W: 67.7/118 | 386 | 115 | 438 | 275 | 271 | 110 | 288 | 114 | 396 | 2393 | 318 | 270 | 263 | 128 | 422 | 252 | 116 | 277 | 405 | 2451 | 4844 |
| Red M: 62.5/104 W: 66.0/115 | 342 | 112 | 438 | 275 | 271 | 100 | 242 | 101 | 396 | 2277 | 278 | 270 | 207 | 108 | 422 | 189 | 116 | 277 | 366 | 2233 | 4510 |
| Handicap | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Every hole is different with its own challenges!
Played on a perfect Tuesday evening. Started at 4:00 and was loading up at 8:00. Greens were fairly consistent, and the fairways were ok. If you hit in the rough, you might as well drop another cause you will waste your time looking for it! Love the hills and scenic views especially on the back nine.
Great course
We played on a late Saturday afternoon and pace of play was good. Greens very consistent and quick but not crazy fast. Bunkers were bad but there had been a lot of rain the night before. There are some great holes. The bunkers are in great spots to make you have to think your way around. Plenty of tee boxes to chose from.to make it play as long as you want. Tee boxes were in great shape. Fairways good not perfect. If I lived closer I’d play here more.
Course is always good to play
The course was in good shape considering all the bad weather...
Nice Track
I Love The Two Totally Different Personalities Of The Front And Back Nine. Two totally different Courses. It’s like you left the property and went Somewhere else. Great course, Greens where in Good Condition.
Soggy Morning
CPO, but pace of play was not bad at all... finished in 3 1/2 Hrs with a 4some in front of us, while CPO.
Course was in good condition considering the amount of rain we had over the past 2 weeks and the night before
Pace of play
The pace of play was unbearable. It was bad enough that people were leaving the course/skipping holes to get around the slow groups. There were no marshals to help the situation.
Tough & Wet
At 80yrs.young it was a tough day with cart path only. I enjoyed the challenge but I had to give it up on 17/18 due to a knee acting up. I WILL BE BACK, Marty Sweazea
Rain threatened round
Lots of layup type holes with long grass areas in the middle of the fairways. The back nine is very interesting and picturesque. The greens were a little slow but rolled true. Sand bunkers were not maintained and had to rake and place. Club house and grill is excellent.
Springtime Hope
It’s spring, the course is still coming to life. Fairways are coming in and it’s great to see the greens being saved from last year.
Pace was on the slow side. Our 4-some caught the 2-some in front of us on #5. We waited every shot from then on.
At the turn, the marshall asked us if we hit into them on 9, which one guy unknowingly did from 250 out on a par 5 into the wind. We told him they hadn’t to speed up. His response was “Well one of them plays league out here and they are playing best ball.”
What does any of that matter? They are a 2-some holding up a 4-some, with no one in sight in front of them.
He THEN put a different 2-some in front of us, to put a “cushion” between us, because that guy was upset about the shot on the par 5.
NOW WE HAD TO WAIT LONGER!
None of it wasn’t the end of the world, but come on.
Slow play
I really like Far Oaks a lot it's a fun layout and is usually in good shape. That being said I don't know what courses can do to speed up play but I can't stand 5 hour rounds and having to wait on every shot and hole. There are way to many people playing the wrong tees for their ability!!! Also if you're going to hit balls all over the place use a cheaper ball so you don't have to spend 5-10 minutes on every hole looking for your ProV 1 ....last rant go to the driving range instead of to the course blind !
Great day
Great day of golf. Course was great considering the amount of rain we had.
Challenging and fun
The greens and fairways were spot on, The rough just outside of the fringes was a little Baron other than that the course was in great shape really enjoyed my round
