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Rouge Park Golf Course is the city of Detroit's hidden gem. The course has been a local favorite since it first opened in 1923. Despite the expansion of Detroit's golf offerings in later years, Rouge Park G.C. is still considered one of the best and most challenging of them all. The tranquil setting boasts an abundance of wildlife including deer, pheasants, and herons, making you completely forget that you're in the city. The golf course was carved from rolling hills, providing tricky contours and dramatically elevated tees. The Rouge River winds through the layout, coming into play on six holes. The difficulty of the course is balanced by the wide, player-friendly fairways. The par-4 11th is considered one of the Detroit metro area's toughest holes. It requires a 280-yard drive in order to clear not just one but two water hazards.
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Best in Town
After a great deal of rain in the city, course in great shape!
Rouge Park
Decent course. Staff is friendly, course is nice and price is great. Has amenities for food and drinks. Layout is nice, courses are well taken care of. Shame the neighborhood is not a good area.
Detroit golf
A gem in the city of Detroit. Well managed and great layout for this little beauty sitting of the Plymouth rd and Burt intersect. A most play . Great for all handicaps. Go play it.
Unexpected
Good course condition. Staff saud it was cart path only by 80% of course didnt have a cart path guess it would be more of a 90 degree rule staying towards the side and not the middle. Good course for a beginner not alot of challenging holes
Intriguing course, poor service
Went as a foursome for an 08:40 tee time. There was a threesome one hole in front of us and a threesome who showed up behind us. At hole seven, the course manager drives up to tell us we are golfing "way too slow" and "the group ahead of you is now TWO holes ahead." This was repeated three or four times before he left to direct the threesome behind us to skip hole eight so they can pass us, when we planned to sit back and let them do so anyway at the turn. It should be no surprise that groups of three move faster than groups of four, and both groups were curious as to why it was such a concern of the manager. The course itself is challenging and has a lot of nice features, but being hounded for not keeping up with smaller groups made the experience less enjoyable.
Not managed properly
No carts left. 30min wait in 1st hole. Not in great shape.
Cool layout
Very neat course with great layout! There are some real interesting couple holes. Best course right in the Detroit area I have played. Pretty challenging for 6400 from the tips.
Poor shape, interesting design
The staff is extremely friendly. The course was in poor condition; rough, fairways and tee boxes were all same length. Greens were well kept and fast. Very odd design, some holes were like mini putt layouts. Paid $22, wouldn't pay more than $10 to play again
Rouge park is challenging
Great design and challenge. Make sure you stay on the fairway or hit out of the rough, which makes it challenging
They need someone to actually push pace of play.
The course is in good shape and is overall a challenging layout. I love the course. I absolutely hate the wait on. Every. Single. Shot. It's not the first time, either, as this has been ongoing for years with no one doing anything about the pace of play. I paid for 18 and only played 9 as it took 3 hours.
Not Worth the Money
Relative to the courses you can play for a few extra bucks, this course is substantially over priced. The course overall is unkept and the greens need some attention. Also, the 'club house' is more like a delapitated garage. We waited 40 minutes past our t-time and had to go off of hole 10 and were told that it should be expected. If you sign up for a certain time, you should EXPECT to go off at that time.
Kind of a fun course with a few quirks and a few cool holes that made you think...
First hole was a challenge of shot placement... 7th par 3 had a cool unseen green shot... 8 and 9 were also fun elevation challenges...
Nice course
I played several courses around Dearborn, but I can say Rouge park course is one of the best. Well maintained fairways and fast greens. There is an interesting blind par-3 hole where you can't see the green from the tee box due to the green is in high elevation. I like such dynamic holes.
Great municipal course
Don't be fooled by this being a City municipal course it's more than a handful. I am a 4 handicap who often has trouble breaking 80 at this course.
Best Value for your money in the Detroit Area
For $34 on a Sunday morning, you will not find a better golf course for your money. Elevation changes (for Detroit), a Donald Ross course, and fantastic playing conditions. No range on Site but across the street.
Couple tee boxes are in need of replacement but other than that I found nothing wrong with this course.
Decent change of pace
Staff was very friendly. Price was reasonable. Beware: There are a few holes that are tricked up (sharp blind doglegs that run very close to other holes). Other than those 3 or 4 holes, the course was in decent shape, had variation, and presented a fair challenge. A decent change of pace from the northern Oakland county courses we usually play. Planes flying by periodically -- nothing too loud or distracting
Fun course, BEST BURGERS EVER !
This place has it right with the cook and his outdoor grill station making your hotdogs and burgers in realtime! The burgers were awesome. 5star for food! The course was maintained and greens rolled nicely. You can tell they do their best to care for it. The layout of a bit odd and the morning tee time didn't get us out until about 15min late, pace (as expected) was a bit slow because we had some real hacks in front of us who seemed to enjoy hooking into the trees a lot and spending too much time hunting for it.. But this is about the course and playability/conditions. I give them a Solid 3 star for overall. They def care for this old Detroit relic. Fun time for sure. It was a great morning, even with the 4.5hr round. I'd go back for a late day got deal to bang around out there. Plays quite friendly, should t be any reason not to walk away with 85-90 if you're typically a 17-20 hdcp I'd say