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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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Really nice place
Rained all weekend but place was fairly dry. Greens were soft and tough to read the speed but played well. No complaints for playing co dictions in December. Will be back!
Great Shape For November
The bunker restoration is coming close to the finish line. The new, white sand looks outstanding. Overall, the course is in great shape for early November. The $43 green fees is an excellent senior rate on a weekday - for this quality of course. However, it was $5 higher than a few weeks ago and we are in the off-season starting November 1.
The course needs to be aware of how unsightly certain holes look because of the lack of maintenance of excessive foliage in front of tees or greens. The worst is hole 12, where small trees in front of the tee can come into play on a drive and you have a hard time seeing the fairway. Other holes with foliage situations are holes 6 & 15. The is a beautiful course and this lack of maintenance makes the experience less memorable.
Lots of improvements but another very slow round
Another course I haven’t played in a while but glad I gave it another chance. They finally paved the parking lot, so that was a nice surprise! We got a very good weekday rate of less than $40.
The bunkers are being redone, and the new ones look outstanding. The sand was very nice, white and fluffy. Some of the tee boxes were just OK, and a couple of the fairways were pretty beat down. Greens were very good and had a nice roll.
The course was pretty crowded but we still played the front nine in less than two hours. However, the back nine was bad and took nearly three hours. Started to bog down at 12 and we had to wait on every shot on every shot after that. Holes 14 thru 17 took forever to play. The par-3 16th had four groups on it!
Some of the short holes were quite easy while a number of holes were very challenging. But the layout is fun to play so give it a try.
Great Course, Great Price
For the end of October and a greens fee of $38, there are not too many issues with playing Far Oaks. One of my favorite courses in the St. Louis Metro area. They aerated their greens early and the greens show no sign of any aeration holes. They were in good condition and had good speed.
The bunker restoration is still continuing. The holes that have the white sand – the holes look spectacular! The clubhouse felt that there were about 2 more weeks left. They have removed the two left/front bunkers on hole 2, made the left fairway bunker on hole 3 much smaller, removed the 2 left greenside bunkers on hole 10, looks like they are removing the left fairway bunkers on hole 12.
The biggest thing the course has to do is remove the vegetation/trees that block the beauty of these holes from the tee: 6, 12, 15 & 17.
Great track
Found this course on Golf Now. Played an afternoon round after travel day. Great greens. Layout very fun. Staff was awesome.
Best public course
Far Oaks is the best public course I've played in years. Love the layout of the course. They are redoing all their bunkers with white fluffy sand. All in all it's a great course for all skill levels
course has a great design
my favorite course in the area, very well maintained with constant improvement going on!
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Challenging course. Unfortunately it was cart path only so play was very slow. Course conditions were very good especially since we had heavy rain the day before.
The course has a great layout
Really always enjoy the course and now with the work to improve the bunkers it wlii become even better!
Good News & Bad News
Let’s start with the good news. The bunker restoration is continuing. On holes 2 & 3, they have put in the new WHITE sand. It looks phenomenal. The senior weekday rate of $38 on this course, it can’t be beat. Overall, the greens were good and putted at a good speed.
However, there is too much bad news to give this course an above average rating. I can be a 5-star course someday, if they only add a little extra care to the course.
The number one issue of this course is the excessive vegetation/small trees in front of the 12th tee. You cannot see the fairway now and several tee shots in my group hit the small trees in front of the green.
It absolutely looks terrible. Also, in the creek in front of the par 3, 6th hole, has too much vegetation in the creek. To tell you how bad it is, my friend hit a hole-in-one on that hole and I could not see it go into the hole from the side of the tee. What a disgrace!
Need to start working on some of the fairways. The second part of the fairway on hole 3 is bad. Holes 4 & 5, the fairways are rough too. The end of the fairway on hole 15 is weeds and dirt.
On one of the hottest weeks, they did not have fans on the greens, except for hole 17. Overall, without the fans, the greens were in surprising, good shape. But, why would you only have the fans on one green? The 12th & 13th greens had some small blemishes and the green on hole 14 is showing some stress.
After the bunker restoration and some effort on some of the fairways and removing some excess vegetation/small trees, this course will be one of the best in the St. Louis metro area. However, it is not there yet.
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Course is in great shape and once the bunker project is down it will be one of if not best public courses in the Metro East.
Bunkers are still under repair but the course is gorgeous and is really enjoyable to play. I also shot the best round i have in the last 2 years. #17 and a par 4 a couple holes before are totally drivable as well. Just gotta hit blindly over the trees
