The Captains Club Golf & Event Center
About
Located just 15 minutes from Flint, The Captains Club Golf & Event Center is one of the area's most popular public courses and it was even voted Grand Blanc's best golf course. Known as much for the challenging layout as it is for the affordable rates. The spacious layout offers plenty of room with wide-open fairways, none of which run parallel to one another. Dense stands of mature trees enclose most of the holes, making them feel even more peacefully secluded. Towering trees loom above the narrow fairways and they also surround the large, undulating greens. Water also has a prominent presence on the golf course. A series of waterways weave through the holes, almost completely surrounding some of the greens. The Captains Club Golf & Event Center is a course that will test your iron skills, but there aren't many opportunities for driving.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6765 yards | 73.3 | 133 |
| Blue | 72 | 6121 yards | 71.0 | 126 |
| White | 72 | 5501 yards | 68.3 | 121 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5047 yards | 70.3 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.3/141 W: 80.1/152 | 490 | 395 | 498 | 140 | 387 | 173 | 478 | 220 | 529 | 3310 | 504 | 349 | 176 | 325 | 362 | 219 | 414 | 447 | 620 | 3416 | 6726 |
| Blue M: 70.4/128 W: 76.6/145 | 429 | 356 | 474 | 117 | 341 | 156 | 461 | 213 | 492 | 3039 | 449 | 323 | 149 | 299 | 328 | 185 | 383 | 384 | 568 | 3068 | 6107 |
| White M: 67.1/119 W: 72.5/137 | 369 | 330 | 446 | 97 | 307 | 135 | 444 | 155 | 396 | 2679 | 413 | 299 | 105 | 275 | 300 | 148 | 371 | 353 | 490 | 2754 | 5433 |
| Gold M: 64.0/116 W: 70.2/121 | 331 | 304 | 419 | 91 | 282 | 113 | 408 | 123 | 382 | 2453 | 386 | 230 | 89 | 256 | 285 | 134 | 309 | 293 | 480 | 2462 | 4915 |
| Handicap | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Course Details
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Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet FacilitiesAccolades
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2024 #2)
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000004773297 on 10/16/2024
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Photo submitted by Romesy87 on 07/21/2023
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Photo submitted by Romesy87 on 07/21/2023
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18th green Photo submitted by u000001200683 on 06/15/2023
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18th fairway Photo submitted by u000001200683 on 06/15/2023
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18th Green Photo submitted by u000001200683 on 06/15/2023
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18th fairway Photo submitted by u000001200683 on 06/15/2023
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Photo submitted by u109855337 on 05/02/2019
Nice round on crisp autum day
Course was in nice condition with greens having been aerated in last week or so. Greens rolled fast but, true. Thanks golfnow for another great golf value.
Great value
This course is one of the nicest courses in the area. Very well maintained and challenging. There is wide fairways and undulating greens.
greens maintained
Pace of play was terrible, complained to rangers with no outcome. 51/2 hrs for 18 holes.
The card path is in very bad shape.
It is a very challenging course. Needs a lot of repair.
Greens were beat up!
We got behind a slowsome, had three young kids hitting into us all day. No rangers in sight through the whole 18 holes and the refreshment cart was invisible as well. All the par 3's were shortened up to <120 yards for the white tees, not much of a test of golf. The ball marks and overall condition of the greens made it impossible to roll a true putt.
Hard course if you don't hit it straight.
Course was in great shape. I was alone and the starter let me start off the back 9 and the round went great. You would not want to walk this course.
Overall, this course was pretty good
Friendly staff, and the course was in decent shape. The greens rolled well and were fast. My only complaint would be there are a lot of holes that are "target golf" which can be a struggle for my game, but overall it is a pretty solid track.
TERRIBLE
I rarely take the time to condemn a person or place but Captains Club is a complete mess. The combination of the deplorable condition of the motorized carts and of the cart paths on this "semi private" course, made My experience excruciating. I have to mention the asphalt cart path on number nine hole that dips with no warning. The cart I was in had a horrible suspension and the cart bottomed out and My lower back was jammed. I went into the clubhouse to notify them of this hazardous condition and I Am shocked that no one would have had this condition rectified.
A bargain for this nice course.
Nice people, nice golf course, nice restaurant. What else do you need?
Good back 9
This is a course that runs throughout the Woodfield subdivision, with several long rides to the next tee. It has lots of water and several tight fairways. Poor landing areas on many. High handicappers be prepared to lose a few balls. The only information for the holes is the score card map which is very small and is inaccurate. It showed water to the left on hole three, but not directly in front of the green, and you guessed it, I found it. Hole 7 is a poorly designed par 5, that mandates a middle iron off the tee. Some fairways and greens were in rough shape. Drainage issues. No problems with pace. Overall a decent course, the back 9 an improvement from the front. I will play here again, but probably only on a Golf Now special.
The course is in much better condition than early in this season(2013)
Always challenging and great day of golf fun. Course plays much better than early in this season.
Nice course
Nice course with challenging shots. Greens in good shape and run true. Play was very slow over 5 hours for 18.
needs work
I hate to bash this course after the great deal I got from Golf Now, but it needs a lot of work on the cart paths and the greens.
Private conditions offered on a public course
The course is in great shape, wildlife on near every hole.
Normally play from black, played with a senior and from the whites this time.
Found hazards that don't come into play from the black tees.
Lunch at the turn is the best I've had at any course.
The course was good, pace of play was not
We found out on the 18th tee that staff was short, which is why we had not seen a marshall the entire day. This was a problem, as play was very slow on the back 9, due to the group (threesome) in front playing 2 balls most of the way-and not caring they were holding up our group and the group behind. Lack of marshalls last year was a reason we stopped playing this course in 2012. We tried again this year because we DO enjoy the course, but the pace of play and the people to enforce it is very disappointing.
Nice Course
Played this course for under $15 including cart on Golf Now. Great deal. Very nice course. Rained while we played which was a pain but otherwise very nice course. One thing this course does very well is separate its tees. From white the course is quite short and even a bad golfer can score well if they hit the ball straight and avoid the hazards. From blue and black the course is much more challenging. White is sometimes 100 yards shorter than black and the angle is totally different. Good to play with friends of differing skill levels. If you cannot hit the ball straight the course will be difficult as its more of a Florida style subdivision course than on old style Donald Ross out and back. Great value for the money. I will play again.
Greens were fast with many slopes
The pace of play was 3 hours on the front 2 on the back. Long day. For me there are to many short tricky par 4s. I hit .4 drives all day with my driver. Teed off 4 times with irons on par 4s
Tricked up and poorly marked
It is a challenging course and as such should have some sort of hole descriptions on the card or at the tee box. There were many, many blind shots off the tee and we had little idea of what shot was in order. It is not a freindly course for beginners.
Additionally, the course was over-booked and our start was delayed more than 45 minutes. Play was pretty slow.
Challenging holes with carries over water and wetlands.
Great staff and good food to go with the challenging golf.
Terrible Shape
This course was probably pretty good back in the day but it was in terrible shape. Might be worth playing for <$20 but even that's a stretch. Greens rolled true but that's about the only thing worthwhile about this course.