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Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.0
81.6%
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170 out of 245 reviews
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4.0
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Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
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4.2
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4.2
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Conditions
3.9
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Layout
4.6
Pace
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4.3
91.7%
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6765 yards
Slope 133
Rating 73.3

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1993
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/15
Architect Raymond Floyd (1993)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No cut-off clothing.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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4.0
245 Reviews (245)
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Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Bad pace of play

Course played great. Just no one out there making sure people are moving along.

Almost four hours to play nine hole NINE HOLES.

If youre gonna load up the t times at least make people pair up into foursomes. Sheesh

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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One and done

Horribly slow. No GC personnel monitoring. Really bad drainage problems. No sand in the bunkersn. Left after 7 holes and didn’t even ask for my money back. They need it more than me.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One and Done

Walked off after 7 holes to what would have been a 3 hour 9. Course conditions really bad. Bunkers worst. Save your money and go play somewhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Captains club

Great Course! Staff (pro shop, starter, and cart attendant) were polite and top notch! Check this place out!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
First Time Playing

Not Impressed

Driving up to the course it feels like you’re at a country club. Very exclusive and grand looking. Big dining area and practice area. The facility is probably the best part of the golf course

The conditions of the course is below average. Fairways are not well cared for and the cart paths around the corse needs to be replaced. Too many pot hole damages throughout.

The putting greens were firm and rolls true. Many undulating greens and challenging

Hole #7 is a par 5 with a blind layup shot where you can’t tell if the group in front of you is still there or not.

Pace of play is really bad. There is no Marshall managing the pace of play. Lots of older retired people playing here and too many slow players

The geese poop is a real issue like many others have said. If the course of well maintained it could be a 5-star course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Needs a Landscaping and course maintenance budget

This is one of those rare courses that finds itself in between a potential country club and a public course. Clearly in my mind if this enterprise had a substantial course maintenance budget and could put powder white sand in all the bunkers and use a weed control agent this would be on its way to a top notch golf facility.

The course layout is great; location is close to Flint area being in Grand Blanc and the northern suburbs of Detroit -easily accessible via I-75. I really cannot comment onthe facilities as we did not eat there but they seem to do a regular business on events like weddings.

Some of the holes are tricky with semi blind tee shots and some holes have hidden doglegs.

Once you play this course, you will have a much better feel and score the next time.

The weeds on some holes really are extreme but the fairways are in good shape for the most part and the greens are some of the best I have played this summer.

Price is reasonable for this course but better maintenance could make this a premier public course.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

Great challenging course. Big greens with lots of break

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 58
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Blugene

Very good course; it is in good condition but it is tough for a high handicap player.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

OK

Layout is nice, some challenging holes but not many with good distance. Path is horrible it feels like you’re off-roading most of the time. They don’t facilitate tee times so you’ll see 4 separate groups all start at once. Fairway is well cut but very lumpy, could use a rolling. If you want a change of scenery it’s alright, but I won’t be coming back.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

They are not taking care of the course

Cart paths are full of pot holes.t boxes prolly haven’t been moved all year they are putting no money back in the course they are milking it dry

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

So much potential

This course used to be nice. There have been a series of unfortunate events and management has not done a good job recovering. Most bunkers are unplayable, tee boxes are horribly uneven, and fairways are either a swamp or a desert. Food is good, service is not. Draft beer is undrinkable.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

good solid course

Fun course, challenging from back tees. Short but tricky from the forward tees. fairways in good shape, greens had a little of everything. some pretty flat ,some tiered some with large breaks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Gorgeous course

It was a day after rain, so bit sloshy, but we won’t hold that against you.

I had an 11:04 tee time, and there were three people at the tee ( showed up at the same time) so I’d say manage the starting spot a bit better. ( didn’t see a marshall)

Other than that no issues at all. Staff was awesome. Food was awesome. Course was awesome

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good layout interminable playing time

We had the 744 tee time Saturday. Fourth group off. We tees off ten minutes late. Third hole four groups on the hole. I left after 2:40 for nine holes. Round I guess took over five hours. Someone needs to live people along especially that early. All it takes is one group. Playing early means finishing early not five plus hours

Hopefully someone reads these. Clearly from other reviews this happens a lot

Good course good condition. Fun otherwise. Just hate to pay for 18 and walk off after nine aggravated and unhappy

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Course was slow-going for the first 5 holes, as I was a single playing on a Monday morning (I get as a single, it happens... get over it). After the 5th 3 groups let me play through and by the 8th I was flying. I didn’t run into anyone on the back, and no one caught me (I hit 2 balls). Definitely shot placement golf,. I think I used my driver once on the 1st hole (it helped my score). Course winds through sub-division, but the houses aren’t “right on you”.... it’s nice. I don’t know how I played this course for $20, but it was awesome. I will be back. Thanks for having me guys!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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