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 |
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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 |
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Black M: 73.0/141 | 488 | 405 | 538 | 145 | 383 | 165 | 513 | 221 | 479 | 3337 | 501 | 354 | 182 | 330 | 378 | 221 | 398 | 439 | 601 | 3404 | 6741 |
Blue M: 69.9/130 W: 76.1/148 | 473 | 367 | 510 | 112 | 335 | 156 | 486 | 220 | 426 | 3085 | 444 | 323 | 149 | 300 | 338 | 182 | 376 | 372 | 564 | 3048 | 6133 |
White M: 66.8/120 W: 71.8/135 | 408 | 360 | 490 | 96 | 302 | 133 | 468 | 165 | 388 | 2810 | 409 | 300 | 107 | 276 | 309 | 142 | 306 | 344 | 493 | 2686 | 5496 |
Gold M: 63.8/118 W: 69.6/121 | 375 | 315 | 458 | 94 | 284 | 105 | 431 | 112 | 313 | 2487 | 382 | 287 | 90 | 250 | 290 | 127 | 299 | 309 | 490 | 2524 | 5011 |
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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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2024 #2)
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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
Slowest play ever!!
Tee time 5:45. Paid for 18, and played 9, finishing at 9:50 in dark. Beer cart girl stopping by twice thankfully. Wound up playing in a group of 10 to try to speed things up. Do not try to play this course in the evenings following leagues. The people we met up with said this is the norm. No course ranger anywhere that I saw.
Tough course
The day I played, the course was a little wet, but not terrible. The pins were in very difficult positions. Almost every one was tucked away in a corner of the green. On hole 8, which is a par 3, it was a blind tee shot, which I’ve never seen before. Overall, I enjoyed the course. If you play the blue or black tees, you must be able to move the ball left to right and right to left.
Brutal pin placement
The reviews on here are prolly from bad golfers. The cart paths are beat up drive slow or don't use them not a big deal I never had a cart path ruin my day. The tee boxes are used it's a golf course use a tee they are flat it's all that matters to me. Prolly seen the cart girls 5 or 6 times on a Monday with bad weather cudos to that. As a guy that plays 120 rounds a year the course will be getting more of my money. Only complaint is that for a course that is all about shot placement and really nice layout their was no place to hit the ball to go at pins. all very front or very back. 2 were in middle but right on huge slopes. The one par 3 you could not even see the pin from blue's that is unacceptable at 200yards plus. This course should give us a discounted round for the carnival pin placements lol. Really nice course just be fair with the pins I don't like having to hit pin point shots only to have a 3foot circle to hit my approach to have less then a 20 foot put.
2021 Captain's Club
Greens: Excellent
Tees: Choppy
Fairways: Generally excellent, but with some choppy areas
Rough: Generally good, some areas have been allowed to grow and block views toward the green making it difficult to see groups ahead and plan shots.
Cart paths: badly in need of repair - many potholes and broken areas
Bunkers: Sand is in good condition, making them very playable. Patrons tend not to rake, and saw tire tracks in one bunker.
Layout: from the White tees, excellent variety. Course requires hitting targets from the tees on many holes. May be too short for some.
Needs Lots of TLC
The captain's club is a great layout. Feels like you're playing up north. But the course is in dire need of some care. The tee boxes are atrocious. Divot marks make a difficult to get a comfortable stance. Cart paths are indicative of Michigan roads....all broken up and full of potholes. Greens roll good but are full of unprepared ball marks.
I'd recommend Sugarbush in the area rather than Captain's club.
Slowwwwww
They overbooked so there were several groups ahead & behind us.
They also squeezed two groups in front of us & the group we were waiting on at every tee box.
Great courae but with pace of play, I’m not sure I’ll be returning.
Also don’t book on Thursdays as they have leagues. Only got in 14 holes, but we’re waiting at every hole.
Not terrible, but not great
Course conditions were very dry (as has been the weather). The cart path was worse than most Michigan roads. A lot of challenging holes, but don't go in June the cottonwoods and horseflies are atrocious. Was expecting a nicer course for location and price.
Decent course, slow play
The course is fine, but this place has been plagued with slow play for 25 years. They have rangers, but no one will say anything to the slow players, so they upset everyone else on the golf course. 3 hours to play the front nine. Number 7 tee had 3 groups on it. It would also help if they would mow down some additional areas. The fact you can lose a ball on every hole makes this course terrible for beginners.
Looking pretty bad!
I was disappointed with the conditions. Needs water everywhere. Tee boxes are the worst I’ve played this year. Glad I was able to use my golf now rewards and pay less than 30. Not worth anything more
Fun to play
Price is a little steep for the condition of the course but it was fun to play. Tee boxes need some love.
A course that needs repairs.
Tee boxes in bad shape, greens need work, fairways average do have large bare spots. Cart paths will throw your back out.
Other courses in area are in better shape.
Course deteriorated
This course needs lots of maintenance. The cart paths are full of potholes and severely decaying. The sand traps have been ignored throughout the course. There is way to much growth on some holes which makes it hard to pick or find a target to hit to ( hole 8 back tees & 18 from back tees 14 back tees). Tees, fairways and greens are fine. Feels like the course is in financial hardship? This was always one of my favorite places to play in the Flint Genessee county area.