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4.3
277 Reviews (277)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
90.9%
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234 out of 277 reviews
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4.4
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
95.5%
Recommend this course
21 out of 22 reviews
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4.5
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
96.8%
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30 out of 31 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6252 yards
Slope 129
Rating 70.9
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Whispering Willows Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1967
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/15
Architect Mark DeVries

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts must be worn at all times. No tank tops.

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4.3
277 Reviews (277)
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Reviews 2
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4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good course operations mostly

The course is nice, but they inexplicably changed the policy about taking carts into the parking lot. I've been playing this course for 30 years and can't understand the change. I'm an aging senior and this is difficult for me. Keep this in mind if you want to play here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/14/2020

Hello, we appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Whispering Willows. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor Planning on Tee-Times

We were the first group off after an outing took place and we sailed through the front 9. When we made the turn, we were stuck for every shot behind people. It's as if they put out players playing 9-only out on the back 9, instead of starting on the front, so it slowed everything to a screeching hault. Also, the GPS units in each cart were on, but didn't work. The course was playing Cart-Path-Only, but there were no signs in the club-house or around the practice range stating such, so not until getting stuck in the middle of the fairway on the first hole did you know that it was Cart-Path-Only.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 09/01/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Whispering Willows. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

It is ok course

Overall It is a good experience to play there, but several tee box areas are not maintained very well with less grass.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/26/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Whispering Willows. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, but needs better maintenance timing

Played here for the first time yesterday, and the views were spectacular! The greens were very well kept, and the course layout was challenging but very manageable.

My only real point of frustration was with the lawnmower operator. It sounds silly to say, but for almost five entire holes he was following me very closely, idling loudly behind me and smoking cigarettes (and leaving them on the ground. I must have stepped on six of them just of the greens).

Even after letting him pass, and waiting a few extra minutes at the turn, he still wound up behind us again. I'm not sure if it was our tee time or what, but it was very distracting and really detracted from the overall experience, and it definitely affected my game.

Again, this is a small and simple point, but hopefully something that will be considered by management for future rounds. I would definitely love to come back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Almost everything!

GPS and digital scorecard was a great touch to the carts! Only two complaints: Hole #10’s fairway runs along side the driving range, making it hard to find your ball. I recommend using a red ball on this hole since the range balls are yellow and white. The other complaint was that we had a 6:36am tee time and for some reason the lawn tractor was in sync with us most of the course, constantly having to wait for him to pass- or he’d stop and wait on us to hit- made things a bit distracting. I suppose the course needs to be maintained SOMETIME, but it affected our experience. Staff inside was very friendly and the value was awesome! We will be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

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Commented on 08/13/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round? Please feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/21/2020

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pretty average course

It’s been a long time since I played here last, and it was pretty much how I remembered it. Decent layout, but so many blind shots from the tee. If you’re not familiar with the course, you’re just guessing how far to the doglegs, etc...The carts has some sort of gps system for course layout and scoring, but offered no assistance for yardages.

I would call this course mediocre. The pace of play was decent, as we completed our round in about 4 hours.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 08/13/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Whispering Willows. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Challenging First Time

This was a challenging course for first time play. Most fairways were narrow, lots of trees. Tee boxes were a little rough, greens were good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Will not patronize this course anymore

I live in the area. Have played this course for many years. First time I was extremely disappointed with the personnel in the pro shop. First, went in the pro shop to ask about the estimated round time. Was told that if we needed to leave after 9, we could get a rain check. Was denied a rain check by the next person when we went back after 9. Next, while on the first tee waiting to tee off, a threesome pulled up in two carts and one set of clubs. The starter made a comment that they each need their own set. He called the pro shop. They let them go. First taboo of a course is to not allow club sharing. After many years playing here, I will probably not go back.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/21/2020

Hello and thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for your experience during your round. Please know that this is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. We are glad to know you consider the course one of your favorites, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Whispering Willows. We hope to earn your business again!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

no GPS

i would have probably still golfed this course, but they should add to the website that the course has decided to not activate the cart GPS system to save costs. a staff member did not inform me of this either. or the starter.. NOONE informed me. so i had to wonder for many holes WHY it wasnt working. im glad my phone app was working mostly. but this is the type of course to where you have to know how far it is to the end of the fairway or how far it is to the bunker or the creek, or the hazard. i had to guess. this would be a good course to hold an outing, a scramble. but all in all, the cart paths were color marked with distances, and there was sprinkler heads that had distances too.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Decent course

Good place to play. Very fair price for the hot deal. Only complaint is that the pace was a little slow but not too bad. Overall good place to play locally!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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