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4.7
286 Reviews (286)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
5
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
97.9%
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270 out of 286 reviews
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4.6
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.9
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34 out of 34 reviews
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4.5
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
97.8%
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6836 yards
Slope 137
Rating 72.8

Eldorado, located just south of Cadillac, has built a reputation as one of the best golf values in the Great Lakes area. Conveniently situated at the US-131 and M-115 interchange, the course has a scenic northern Michigan setting that is easily accessible. The championship layout sprawls across rolling hills laced with flowering wetland areas. The golf course features elevated tees and generous green complexes with subtle but tricky undulations. Most of the greens are sloped back to front. The opening nine is more forgiving the back. There aren't as many forced carries and you won't be as severely penalized for missing the fairway. Eldorado's final hole is one of the toughest. This par 2 requires a long and accurate tee shot and the approach across a sizeable water hazard leaves little room for error.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Greens Bent
Golf Season Open: 5/01 Closed: 10/31
Architect Bob Meyer

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

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4.7
286 Reviews (286)
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Conditions Excellent
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Fun & Challenging

Have played this course 7 or 8 times and always enjoyed

it. Play it with a 12 person golf group - it is both fun and challenging. #18 is a very challenging finishing hole - need a great drive and great 2nd shot to hit the green.

Very friendly staff, too. Good value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
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Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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First Time Playing

Course is kept up great!

Unfortunately pace of play was our demise. We had a frost delay and we’re from out of town so we ended up paying for 18 and only playing 9 due to the late start and slow play. If that was not a factor, it was great, friendly staff, lots of elevation which kept things interesting, and a new challenge on every hole. Great course and we will definitely have to play again early in the year before football season starts! :)

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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5.0
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Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Beautiful course!

We had a great day on the course and really enjoy having Don Smith as the Golf Pro!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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5.0
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Hot weather
Used cart

Great Course

Love this course; very tough to do anything better than 2-putts! Course was in wonderful shape. Only negative today was "cart path only!" That, coupled with a slow foursome in front made for a long round. Will return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Handicap 10-14
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5.0
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Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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5.0
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Previously Played

The best golf in Cadillac

Course was in great shape. Staff is always very friendly. Great practice facility. By far the best course in Cadillac.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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5.0
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Previously Played

Great golf experience

Course is always in fantastic shape, staff is extremely friendly. Gives you the feel of playing a $200 course without having to empty your wallet

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
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Previously Played

Beautiful course but the layout is brutal

This course is beautiful but very demanding. Some holes are downright brutal. We are seniors and played from the Chrome tees. Those tees are 5888 yards, which is reasonable. A lot of the holes are over water and marsh, so you have a lot of Decisions to make. It is tough but beautiful. The one hole I thought was a little much was the par three that measured 211 yards to the pin, almost every yard of it of it over a marsh. Really? A par 3 a senior has to use a driver on? The next time I will play the next set of tees up. So, I think it is a beautiful course and quite challenging. I need to expect to enjoy the beauty and the challenge and not plan to score very well. I guess I can do that.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Consistent

In terms of staff, friendliness, pleasant business demeanor, consistent. Course condition and lay out near perfection, consistent. Have played the course for several years, and relocated downstate however have brought up friends and family, from scratch golfers to bogey golfers and just about everything in between always had fun and been treated the way a customer would appreciate being treated. Will always make the trip up north at least twice a year and unfortunately with the unique health circumstances probably that's all we'll be able to do. However it's always on the must playlist, and if you can only make it up for one annual trip do it in the early fall, and for a challenge play the Power,

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Difficult but awesome

Staff is extremely friendly. Course was difficult and had to do a lot of walking due to cart path only. Understandably so. Course had a lot of rain.

Would play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

El Dorado golf course

1st time out in this course. In town for work and wanted a good course to play. Very challenging and it was in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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Great condition

This course is not for the faint of hart. Well maintained large greens that have some roll also you must place shots and several blind shots. Make it hard for the player that doesn’t play on a regular basis

I would play here again

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/14/2020

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 Eldorado. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Always A great experience

The course always provides a great challenge on a beautiful layout that is taken well care of. The course can play as tough as you like with your choice of the five tee boxes. The staff is friendly and has always provided great service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Lack of Ranger

This was our first time playing this course which we drove 75 miles out of our way to do. The course itself is very nice. The problem we had was the lack of a Ranger on the course. We had a group of 12 guys out to have fun which I'm all for. They were playing a scramble very slowly. The problem was twice we had guys drive back down the hole they had just finished just to have shoots with their buddies. This brought the course to a standstill. What made it worse was the cart gal was there providing the drinks and watching it happen. A couple of holes later we drove up on them again on the tee box and the cart gal was hitting all four guys tee off shots. Being a weekend in August I would expect more from a top notch course. Won't drive 75 miles out of my way again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course-great deal

Played Arcadia Bluffs the day before, preferred to play ELDORADO. We play Eldorado every year because it's a great course with 5 sets of tees, great greens and the staff is phenomenal. Every hole is different nothing seems to be tricked up to make play more difficult and slower. Practice green perfectly mimics greens on course. Great clubhouse ambiance and good brat at reasonable price. The only thing I regret about writing this review is that I don't want the course to be too crowded next year when we return!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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