Wallinwood Springs Golf Club
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Wallinwood Springs Golf Club is bordered by the scenic Grand River on its eastern side. The challenging layout boasts an island green, an island tee, and a peninsula fairway. The golf course has two distinctly different nines, beginning with an open Scottish-links layout before moving onto the back nine, which is enclosed by mature trees. Wind definitely plays a role on the front nine and on the backside of the course there is a 26-acre, man-made lake, where if you're not careful you'll be met with a watery grave on five holes. Extensive mounding is paired with 30 strategically placed sand traps to provide even more challenges. The most difficult hole on the golf course is the par-4 16th, which stretches to more than 400 yards. Golfers will need a long, straight drive from the island tee in order to avoid the water on both sides of the fairway.
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Good layout and pace of play
The course layout is nice and the pace of play was good. It was okay value for the price you can definitely get better. Bunkers are the biggest downside like playing in a gravel pit
Great course but not kept up. Needs many trees trimmed back (hitting from the back tees some holes have branches blocking one side within 50ft). Beautiful layout and length. This was once a premiere course but is now lacking
Great round of golf
What a great round. The course was in excellent shape. The pace of play was great. It flowed smoothly. Great value for he money: I didn’t break any course record but I had s great time.
The course has potential
Pretty average for this early in the year. Still some patchy spots on the green, and bunkers were hard and rocky. Just don't hit your ball in there and you'll be good. The back 9 is quite a bit more challenging than the front. We went to get food at the turn and were severely disappointed when we received cold hot dogs. We're still alive though.
Pretty good day!
Might be back. Course layout if just fine for your average golfer looking to get out. However, might be the slowest course I’ve ever played.. I had a twosome and when we came upon hole 3 it was backed up all the way to the turn and beyond. By hole 11 there was 4 groups jammed on a single hole. we were able to go play the same hole a couple times on more than one occasion. Had there been a group right behind us I would have likely left for the day.
I understand spring course conditions and you get a pass for that but I never once saw a ranger attempting to keep the pace of play going... Four groups on one hole is completely unacceptable.
Love the back side
Just like my ladies, I enjoyed the front, and I loved the back.
Front 9 is always a bit slow and kind of beat up in places, but the back is in great shape and typically wide open so you can golf as slow or fast as you want.
This is one of my favorites for the money in West Michigan. Highly recommended, just be patient on the front.
Nice layout
Had a few bad spots on the greens but very receptive on the approach shot and putting was good. Pretty open on the front comparison with the back cut out of the swamp and river. All and all I would play again for the price.
Lots of Potential
This course has lots of potential with its layout along the Grand River. Unfortunately, the course maintenance is in very bad shape with blight on the greens and weeds growing in the bunkers. A shame really. If you get a good price on GolfNow I would play it otherwise....find a different course.
Not as good as it use to be
Golfed this course in 2016 was really impressed. Golfed this course yesterday and less than impressed. Grass was super dry. Super bumpy. Greens not the best. Mine as well go to Lincoln country club for $15 unlimited
Nice Round
Good round. Nice day out. Some of the greens were soaked and some were dry as a bone. It was my first time play, but I've been told that the back 9 can flood.
Front 9 played well for an early April round.
Didn't get to play the back due to flooding, but enjoyed my round. Especially at the weekend rate I paid.
could be great
Play this course several times a year, great layout, and it could be great if anyone cared. Fairways poor condition along with greens. Today 3/29/17 is probably my last time to attempt to play this course, called at 4:00 to check if I could get a round in after work 5:30-5:45, was told no problem. So I hurried over after work got there at 5:32 and the pro shop was all locked up. Staff has been going down hill for several years now. Don't see myself ever playing here again.
Solid Front 9 stupid back 9
Layout on front solid. Back is horribly wrong.
Tough back nine
I have always liked the layout of this course. Great par 3s and tough par 5s. The fairways were in decent shape. The greens and tees are very poor condition. The pro shop is almost empty. I hope they make it, but it looks like they are struggling.
Perfect Family Golfing Day
Perfect timing as our group was 3 couples and the course mentioned they didn't have anyone playing after us so we got to play all 6 together. We let a twosome and a single play thru on the 5th and 6th holes and they understood and were pleasant as well. We had a fair amount of beginners and a first timer with us and the front 9 was the perfect set up for them. Didn't lose too many balls, not too many forced carries or trouble on the front 9. 4th green had some hydraulic spill which caused some strips on the green and a few burnt out spots in other areas but the greens were very playable and rolled true. Trouble areas were well to the fringe and outskirts of the green. Everything was nice and green and rough was actually rather penal as it was on the longer side. The fairways weren't cut super short which as a middle handicapper I love as the ball sits up a bit for you and I don't have to worry about the tight lie thin shot which I skull over the green from 50-75 yards. This course is a good test and the back is murders row for the expert and the front is a nice test and you get to use many clubs in the bag. I'll be back at some point.
Course needs work.
This course could be one of the best in west Michigan if it was taken care of, but it is not. The greens need a lot of work and there were even ant hills on some of them. Missing patches of grass in the middle of the greens is unacceptable, especially for a course that requires you to pay as much as this one did. The cart paths are destroyed due to tree roots growing under them. The grass seemed like it hadn't been cut in a couple of days and there are divot marks that haven't been repaired on every hole.
Thank you for your review. We are very disappointed to hear that you did not have a good experience. Please email us at WallinWoodSprings@gmail.com to further discuss your round. We hope to hear from you soon and to have another chance at exceeding your expectations.
HI Dan3175619,
Thank you for choosing Wallinwood! We are happy to hear that you had a great day with your family. We look forward to having you back!