Eldorado
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel | 72 | 6836 yards | 72.8 | 137 |
| Power | 72 | 6387 yards | 70.2 | 128 |
| Chrome | 72 | 5880 yards | 68.2 | 117 |
| Ride | 72 | 5232 yards | 70.6 | 127 |
| Comfort | 72 | 4923 yards | 68.4 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel M: 72.8/137 | 414 | 346 | 195 | 379 | 384 | 466 | 143 | 490 | 378 | 3195 | 532 | 414 | 220 | 443 | 391 | 430 | 560 | 164 | 487 | 3641 | 6836 |
| Power M: 69.5/126 | 382 | 313 | 180 | 373 | 373 | 439 | 133 | 462 | 351 | 3006 | 523 | 384 | 190 | 438 | 333 | 410 | 524 | 154 | 425 | 3381 | 6387 |
| Chrome M: 68.0/118 | 354 | 255 | 170 | 350 | 325 | 435 | 124 | 455 | 344 | 2812 | 481 | 360 | 155 | 323 | 326 | 371 | 493 | 144 | 415 | 3068 | 5880 |
| Ride W: 70.0/125 | 297 | 246 | 130 | 303 | 285 | 388 | 114 | 395 | 313 | 2471 | 463 | 324 | 135 | 319 | 278 | 336 | 448 | 131 | 327 | 2761 | 5232 |
| Comfort W: 68.3/121 | 292 | 238 | 111 | 299 | 280 | 384 | 104 | 391 | 283 | 2382 | 413 | 272 | 120 | 286 | 270 | 313 | 438 | 109 | 320 | 2541 | 4923 |
| Handicap | 1 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
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Solid course with great greens.
This course is always a treat to play and bring able to have the whole back 9 to ourselves was great to have. The staff are more than friendly and usually have your clubs on the cart and ready to go before you leave the clubhouse to play. I enjoy the layout, multiple tees to fit your game and the amazing conditions. I've never played here where the greens aren't rolling true and the fairways are thick and plush. It's right off of 131 so even though it can be a bit of a drive it truly is worth every penny....especially if you use golf now to find a hot deal. Keep up the great work!
Great as always
Course is in great shape save a few soft spots. Can't be helped with all the rain.
Good Value
Played here on a lot of trips to this part of the state. I personally think that dollar for dollar it's one Michigan's best buys.
Best course for the money
Some of the best geens I’ve seen this year. We played the tips and it’s narrow and tough
Tough greens
While both the front and the back are challenging the back is the hardest by far. Extremely helpful and friendly staff. As a single the staff helped me jump a few holes because of a threesome and foursome ahead of me and then I played the skipped holes last. Great day on the course. I hope to play again.
Great Course!
First time playing, hopefully not my last. Took a little time getting used to deep rough, soft fairways. But loved it anyways.
This was a beautiful course and I would certainly play again. The staff were very friendly and service provided was on par with private clubs that I have played, The improvements that I would make would to have a bar staff or kitchen open to be able to sit and discuss the round after finishing.
Comfortable & convenient
A nice track, conveniently located off of US-131. Good course layout and condition. El Dorado automobile theme with vintage 50’s Eldorado in clubhouse $ automobile tee-marker names. If it has rained recently, it will likely be cart-path only. Greens are challenging but not lightning fast. Fairways were a bit spongy - not mowed ‘tight’ when there. 1 size bucket of balls (lrg - $15) for practice tee. Would definitely go back for another loop.
Ps - lotsa confusion on carts in/not in the parking lot - might be based on if you’re a regular or unknown. Be prepared for cart staff to approach quickly for that ‘rushed feeling’ in the lot. If you need to prepare your equipment and articles or put your shoes on, pull off somewhere before arrival.
Course is in excellent shape
Played 7/2/23, got a buddy of mine convinced to try golf he won’t ever play again.
I’ll do cons first I suppose and I hate writing bad things especially when the staff was so nice
- extremely over watered very spongy fairways
- driving range hit into hole one so look out
-pace of play was 6:45 minutes to complete 18
- ppl in carts behind us shot into us several times even with ranger out until we confronted them.
-every hole you’re hitting your second and ppl are teeing off right toward you it was a very frustrating day as far as that goes
-truthfully they should of ask ppl who wanted to leave and give them a nine hole voucher
Pros
-Very big fairways/greens
-clean well kept
-truth is if I was to do it all over I have fantastic golf around home so I come up to golf even better and the courses at home blow it out of the water if you’re up on vacation and want to relax and shoot a round unfortunately I’d say pass definitely during the holiday
GREAT COURSE 👍
Staff was out standing. Don't see that every where. Cource was in extreme condition. Greens were perfect. Can't wait till back in this area again. We play on Golf week amitour an we see alot of courses and this is on the top of the list.
Golf at its best!
Beautiful large greens and perfect fairways! Staff was professional and helpful. Brought a golf cart to our car and picked it up when we were done. Hotdogs at the turn were enormous, hot and wonderful. Love playing here several times a summer.
Absolute gem
Beautiful course. Layout rewards good tee shots and the greens were excellent speed. Find a hot deal and enjoy.
Nice layout
The course has a nice variety of holes and numerous tee boxes to find a fit for your game. The bridges over the wetlands are rotting and will create a safety/playability issue in the future if not addressed...
Good course played very good for very early season
Early season here was good and dry. The greens were a little matted with small aeration holes, but played very good for very early season
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, Brett349. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Eldorado, and we hope to see you again in the future.