Smock Golf Course

As far as value for money goes, this is the best course I’ve played around Indy. Well maintained, nice scenery, and nice pace of play. Two of us teed off at 7:30am, we were done by 11. 4 of the last 5 holes are very challenging, with the whole 18 playing as an intermediate level course. Definitely going back for another early morning tee time soon

Always a good course to play and the staff is great! Pace is ALWAYS slow on Saturday afternoons

I teed off at 7:30 am, and the course was perfect. I've played this course 8-10 times now, and this was easily the best shape I've seen the fairways, greens, and tees. Finished 18 in 3:10.

You’d think with a month off the course would be in perfect condition. It wasn’t too wet but cart path only which I understand is why the pace was so slow. Thing that made me upset was how bad the grass was. I get it, it was raining the day before but the grass was too long and thick couldn’t even hit it out of the rough let alone even find it.

Pros

Greens consist speed and smooth

Tees and fairways good shape

Staff very friendly

Carts good

Cons

Carts on cart path only

Course lot of standing water in fairways

Bunkers need work

I bought a voucher off facebook that allowed us to play the course for $18 with a cart. For Indianapolis and busy Greenwood this is outstanding value. The layout is standard city parkland style: pretty flat, lots of down and back holes, a variety of par 3 length holes. The greens were in decent shape, but the bunkers were washed out. There staff was friendly, and we got around quick!

Check out Smock if you are in the Indy area. She is a solid muni!

Depending on the tee selection you chose to play , this course can be very long or short ! Some tricky par 5’s ! The wind always plays with your ball on the par 3’s . The par 4’s are about average for a city course ! A good place to practice and the driving in back is a great place to tune up your game !

Grew up playing this course, and glad to see it is still in solid shape all around. Course plays long, so intend on hitting some long irons into the green. Indy has received a lot of rain over the last month, so fairways were off limits on Par-5s when I played, and some sections of fairway were roped off for repair. They've really narrowed fairways, for some odd reason, and have removed some bunkers around the course over the years. Also, they've allowed grass to grow high around the creeks. Fairways, rough and greens were all in great shape and really enjoyed playing the course. Bunkers all around have just been let go and it seems to be a theme with public courses in Central Indiana. Definitely worth the $29 to play twilight on a Saturday. Shot a 43-40 for an 83 from the white tees.

From afar this course looks like a simple easy course. On the course it is challenging with water and small creek meandering through holes. If you miss the fairways the challenge is the rough which was nicely kept and could have been even more challenging if a bit longer. The greens were very nice and we'll kept with no disease this late into the summer. Nice course for our junior players. Staff was friendly and pro shop and clubhouse were nice.

The course is nothing special. Not bad, not good. Watch out for blind lakes and streams on some holes, which mostly go back and forth.

Two major complaints: 1) the pace of play sucked - just under 5 hours on a Friday late morning/early afternoon. 2) the greens were hard as a rock. If you flew it on the green, it took a huge bounce. If you landed short on most holes, since the greens were slightly elevated, it wouldn't bounce on. Also , the fringe isn't really fringe. So if your ball nestled against it, you needed to blade a wedge to putt, even though you're on the green because the grass/rough was high and patchy behind it.

Don't get me wrong, it was in decent shape for this level of course, and you can do a lot worse around here. But be prepared for a long kinda boring round.

I really enjoy this golf course. It is one of the lengthiest golf courses in central Indiana and has parts that have a lot of hills. The course definitely rewards you for hitting the fairway. The only down side when I played was that there were some areas that didn't drain water very well, but most of the course was dry. Definitely an enjoyable and challenging golf course.