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2.9
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2.9
Friendliness
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Pace
3.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6457 yards
Slope 131
Rating 71.8

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2025.

Course Details

Year Built 1983
Golf Season Year round
Architect Buck Blankenship

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Value .. YOU need to play this course

Great value.. friendly staff.. This course can be a Challenge

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tanglewood in Taylorsville, KY

Right is wrong! Almost any shot to the right will run off the fairway and into trouble. Holes 11 and 12 are particularly nasty. That being said, the course is a fair test and some of the holes, especially those over water, are beautiful. I'll be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

This course was surprisingly in good shape and challenging, for the price you can’t beat it, staff was friendly and professional. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 05/06/2019

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review Tanglewood Golf Course. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice course

Nice course, cheap rates. Tee boxes were mowed, greens were fast, fairways were mowed, rough wasn't to crazy. Staff is incredibly friendly, grilling out burgers, brats and dogs fresh andyou can tell that they care and our putting their best effort into the course. It's way better than where it was a few years ago and had improved every year I've played it. Definitely need to practice your side hill, uphill, down hill, diagonal hill, backwards around the corner hill lies and shots as no shot here seems to play from an even lie. Lots and lots of blind shots so I suggest having a golf app that shows the hole layout if it's your first time playing here. Its definitely worth the play for the price your gonna play. I've paid more to play worse and I've paid waaaaay more to play a little better courses. All in all it's a fun course that I will put in rotation on the play list. 7/10

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 114
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Cold start but nice day

This course is very challenging on most holes. You need to be aware of banked fairways and play them accordingly. The greens were in great shape overall; however, the locals don't appear to own ball mark repair tools. We had to fix several holes on most all the greens. I hate to say it, but we find this a lot throughout the country. It was a little damp today with all the recent rains, but the course was in very good shape overall.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is in great shape

The golf course is in great shape,greens are in great shape, a great course for the price

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

fairways under repair

Greens were good, but around fairways and in fairways there was some ground under repair, as they were tilling most fairways

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 10/11/2018:
Hello, on behalf of Tanglewood Golf Course staff we appreciate you taking the time to address your concerns as we are always looking to improve. We are disappointed to hear that you were not happy with the conditions of the course but still hope you enjoyed your round. Again, we appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course. Most was very scenic. You get what you pay for.

I couldn’t resist $11.00 for 18 with cart. Had been wanting to play based on friend recommendations. Certainly worth the cost. Greens overall in good shape and tested your putting skills. Fairways OK, some in good shape, some not. A little tight in some areas, tee boxes and cart paths close. Tee boxes atrocious., but who cares?

One of the first times using this service to book a tee time. May not be worth the additional $10..00 surcharge. GolfNow needs to tack on a surcharge?

Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 10/05/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good experience

Enjoyed the round – many elevation changes - wide fairways – fast greens - quite challenging for a first-time player at this course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

GOLF TRIP 2018

Our group of 16 golfers just played 153 holes of golf in 4 days and everyone had a great time. The staff was great to work with and made our trip very enjoyable. We look forward to next year for another trip to Kentucky.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 88
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Sorta a disappointment

It had been a few years since we have been in this area and played this Course . The greens and fairways were not in very good conditions and because it is a tight course there were quite a few players hitting it into the other fairways sometimes on your way. The pace of play was very slow and made for a miserable game! No ranger.

There are too many good courses around so we would not recommend or be back.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Response from on 08/22/2018:
Thank you for leaving us your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your disappointment with your recent experience with us. We apologize about the conditions, but our staff will keep working to have the course in shape for great golf. We hope that your next experience with us will be a better one, and we thank you again for sharing your concerns.
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not Knocking Staff or Course

So I have played here 5-6 times this year on golf now. I don’t live near the course so it’s about an hour drive for me to get there. I like the course as a whole, the layout is fine even though it has a few quirky holes. The main reason for my low review is the sad pace of play issues and complete disorganization of the pace of play. My group had a tee time and had to wait on 3 groups (stay and play packages) who came off of 18 and proceeded to cut in front of us. We were nice enough to let 2 of them through but on the 3rd group I said something to them and they let us proceed. Took about 3 hours to play the front, a miserable pace. The back was much faster as these groups in front of us quit and went back to their rooms for a break. My only complaint is this, why have tee times when you don’t have anyone on the first tee organzing groups or setting the tee times for the stay and play groups. I probably will not return here on a weekend due to just the trouble it was to get 18 holes in. The course is fine and greens are decent shape and very puttable.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 07/30/2018:
Thank you for golfing with us and for leaving us a review. On behalf of our staff here at Tanglewood, we appreciate you sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry that slow play affected your experience. We will keep working to improve the situation, and we hope that your next experience with us will be a better one.
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Strong 3 Star Course

Don’t interpret the 3 stars as a negative. Tanglewood is a very nice -and much improved- public course. Course maintenance is obviously a priority. The greens are in great shape and while fairways may not be as lush as most, they are mowed very neatly and the rough is clearly and appropriately cut for recreational play. The layout varies between both open and narrow fairways. Wildly errant shots will be penalized but only a couple of holes require precise tee shots. There are a few blind landing areas but due diligence to make sure the course is clear ahead of you before striking your ball will eliminate surprises! All the staff we met were super friendly and helpful. I played here several years ago and said I’d never come back due to course conditions. A GolfNow deal brought me back with our regular foursome and I’m glad. Again, don’t let the 3 stars fool you. This is a 3 Star course but I would rate it as an 8 out of 10 for its class. (At least it was on the day we played) I will be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 07/30/2018:
Hello Jeff, Thank you for sharing your review, We truly appreciate both your positive and constructive feedback regarding the course conditions and will be sure to pass it along to our team. We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our staff and sceneries at Tanglewood Golf Course, and also appreciate your input on our maintenance. We hope to welcome you back for an enjoyable experience on the course in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Friendly People

This is a great value for the money. I can not believe how friendly the people were and the ones in the community. We will visit again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 07/18/2018:
Thank you for rating our course. We always look to improve, and we would welcome any feedback that you might have.
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

How slow?

Need a marshall! After waiting on #1 for 20 minutes for two groups to go and they were waiting on a couple players to return from McDonalds? Would not let us start. Took over a hour to play 3 holes. By the time we got to 11 there were no groups ahead of them and still no etiquette. So we left.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 07/18/2018:
Thank you for leaving us with a review. We apologize about the slow play during your experience with us. We greatly appreciate your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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