Winding River Golf Club
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6672 yards | 71.3 | 119 |
| White | 71 | 6238 yards | 69.0 | 116 |
| Green | 71 | 5053 yards | 63.5 | 107 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5053 yards | 63.5 | 107 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.7/123 | 346 | 215 | 422 | 388 | 543 | 313 | 430 | 402 | 196 | 3255 | 521 | 350 | 427 | 192 | 386 | 398 | 452 | 156 | 543 | 3425 | 6680 |
| White M: 69.6/118 W: 74.8/126 | 311 | 200 | 397 | 348 | 517 | 287 | 406 | 383 | 178 | 3027 | 505 | 327 | 412 | 165 | 354 | 375 | 425 | 126 | 522 | 3211 | 6238 |
| Green M: 64.5/106 | 271 | 128 | 339 | 282 | 408 | 239 | 318 | 281 | 137 | 2403 | 400 | 248 | 356 | 131 | 326 | 305 | 335 | 102 | 445 | 2648 | 5051 |
| Red W: 68.9/114 | 263 | 115 | 332 | 251 | 398 | 226 | 302 | 270 | 100 | 2257 | 380 | 242 | 344 | 120 | 280 | 240 | 324 | 75 | 381 | 2386 | 4643 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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Well maintained
The course for being in the middle of winter was amazing. It was green and and freshly cut. The fairways , tee boxes and greens were well defined and maintained.
Fun course
Winding River is a fun course to play. Challe ging enough but enough short holes to try and post a low score. I have played this course for years and have always enjoyed it. Pace of play depends on time of day. Avg round in peak time is 4.5 hrs. But off hours easy 3.5. Greens are fast in summer, and leaves are heavy in the fall. Bring bug spray cause it is near water and mosquitoes can be an issue. Overall enjoyable course, I only wish they would hold and amatuer stroke play event. That would he cool.
Winding River
Biggest issue I have is with green complexes and tee boxes. First the greens. Most of the greens are built into side of hills that have zero flat spots, keeping the ball below the hole is paramount. If you leave above the hole stopping your putt or chip is practically impossible, hole 2, 9 and 14 are great examples of this. You must know where to miss. Tee boxes, all par 3 tee boxes where indistinguishable from my own lawn which I mow at 3 inches, ok I did exaggerate but hitting flyers was the norm on par 3’s. Fairways where manageable as was the rough. Hope so his helps the next group.
better than working
the course was average in every area...but..it was still fun playing...no serious complaints but not one of the better courses in indy
Horrible booking.
I schedule a 8:50am tee time as a single. I get to the course and there is an outing getting ready to start, 17 teams of 4. Now normally when a place books an outing they close it down to the public for a certain amount of time, not these money hungry people. Then to top it off I get forced to join a group of 3 that spoke very little english and we couldn't communicate. It was the worst round of gold I have ever played, almost 3 hours to finish 9 holes. I didnt even bother with the other 9. Would not recommend this course to anyone.
Nice to play the course again
The course was in good condition, even after some rain. The pace of play was very slow as there were some groups playing extremely slow. Overall it was a good golf day just slow going
So so
This course definitely has potential, but is in desperate need for some upgrades. Traps are like concrete, and cart paths are almost gravel. Definitely a $25 course.
We appreciate you taking the time to give us your feedback. We will look into the concerns you raised and continue to grow. We hope you'll join us again soon.
Not Great but not bad either
First time playing this course, it is a 55 min drive for us. We were not thrilled that we drove so far to play this course.Its a good community course, so if you live in the area will be good to play on a weekday evening or some low key weekend. The course has bunkers but they are mostly not it play or even maintained very well as they probably don't see much action. No water in play either just straight up holes layed next to each other except 1 hole. Greens are well maintained, grass overall is well maintained.
Worth the $
The course was in good condition specifically the greens. The fairways and parts of the rough could you some water. The staff is friendly and the golf carts are in great condition. The cart paths on the course are in disrepair. I played during a outing and its slow the pace significantly. Definitely worth the money.
Everything was ok not spectacular but better than average greens were quick and holding pace of play was ok
We're glad you enjoyed the greens as well as the pace of play. Be sure to book your next round with us very soon!
First time at Winding River
Can’t think of a single complaint. The greens are in good condition and provide a fun but challenging putting experience. The hilly landscape of the course provides many opportunities for scenic views that we often found ourselves pausing to take in. The pictures on here do not do the course justice in my opinion. I’m on a journey to play all of the courses in Indy, and this course is one I’m looking forward to coming back to.
Thank you for the 4-star review! We're glad you enjoyed the greens. We hope you'll come back again soon!
Great change of pace
Loved the rolling hills and elevations of this course. Many of the courses in town are flat and narrow, but this had plenty trees, doglegs, and hidden fairway areas to make it fun. Will definitely play here again.
Great course for value staff, not so much.
Winding River Golf Course is a great course and lay out, besides a couple of not so great fairways and bunkers the course was in great condition and the greens rolled true. However, as we made the turn And got to the 12th tee we were waiting on the group in front of us when we heard a loud whistle and we didn’t pay any attention to it. Then we heard it again and we turned around and two golfers were finishing up on 11 green and were whistling at us and motioning to speed up play. Well, we couldn’t because the group in front of us and then the two drove up to us and it turned out that both of them worked at the course. All three of us in the group found it very unprofessional that the staff whistled at us. Then he told us there was a “tournament” right behind us and we needed to hurry up, but we were playing pace of play and couldn’t help that the group in front was taking slightly longer than usually to find their balls. That was a lot to type, but we just thought it was very rude to pushed by two staff at the course when they can play any other time I’m sure.
Great Rate For a Pretty Good Course
Found a real good rate on Golfnow. When we got there we figured the rate was good because we were going out behind the women’s league (sorry girls, no I’ll intent meant). However, the women didn’t slow us up one bit. They stayed up with the group in front of them and we tried to stay with them.
We're glad you found value in our golf course!
Will make this my "Home" course!
This course is such a quality course for only $30 for 18 holes w/ a cart. The course is well taken care of, it is always near capacity, yet the pace of play isn't bad. After golfing around other nearby courses, I think I've found my "home" course where I'll golf most of my rounds. Keep it up, Winding River.
Thank you for the excellent review! We're glad you found value in our golf course. We're also honored to now be your "home course!" We look forward to your next round of golf with us soon.
Like playing golf At this course
Golf course is a great place to play had a good game also the course is in great shape will be back to play again
Thank you for the wonderful review! We're glad you had a great time.
Good Value for your Money
Based on paying $30.00 to ride 18 holes, I would definitely recommend this course. The layout is well-planned with several holes that give you a chance to be aggressive at a risk or lay it up for the one-putt par. Greens were well maintained and relatively challenging, but fair.
Tee boxes could use some work in places, and some of the bunkers could use more and better sand. However, my biggest complaint (and the reason it doesn't get five stars, is the crazy amount of mosquitos on the front side (near the ponds). They really need to treat this water and/or put in some swallow bird houses. There were about four holes that we were literally just going up and hitting our ball quickly because of this.
Otherwise, great course and I would expect to be returning with my buddy again.
We appreciate the recommendation!
6 hour rounds
horrible scheduling. 15 foursomes teeing off between 11am and 12pm. Course looked nice, but wasn’t willing to tee off 45 minutes late and play a 6 hour round...
We are sorry to learn you did not enjoy your experience with us this time around. We hope you'll contact us directly at the pro shop and we'd be happy to discuss this further.
Thank you for the excellent 5-star review! We're glad you enjoyed the course conditions this winter.