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Golden Hawk Golf Club
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Golden Hawk Golf Club is an 18-hole course in Casco Township, which is just south of Richmond. You won't find too many elevation changes throughout the course but you will encounter plenty of water. There are also 36 bunkers coming into play on 12 holes. The course isn't particularly long at 6,117 yards from the back tees, but the par 4s offers some good length and the ample room off the fairways gives the course a spacious feel. The fairways are generous and quite forgiving, but golfers will face tough approaches to the greens, which are often nestled into the woods or bordered by ponds. The slightly elevated, undulating putting surfaces require accuracy. Golden Hawk Golf Club is a fair test but it's player friendly enough for high handicappers to approach with confidence.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 71 | 6402 yards | 68.9 | 118 |
| White | 71 | 5651 yards | 65.6 | 108 |
| Gold | 71 | 5238 yards | ||
| Red (W) | 71 | 4884 yards | 68.5 | 109 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.9/130 | 435 | 514 | 368 | 181 | 468 | 430 | 126 | 347 | 402 | 3271 | 433 | 361 | 147 | 338 | 385 | 274 | 191 | 398 | 582 | 3109 | 6380 |
| White M: 67.6/112 W: 72.8/127 | 412 | 477 | 329 | 146 | 430 | 382 | 99 | 334 | 273 | 2882 | 348 | 330 | 128 | 325 | 330 | 246 | 152 | 389 | 489 | 2737 | 5619 |
| Gold M: 65.6/109 W: 70.4/120 | 360 | 460 | 320 | 125 | 420 | 370 | 98 | 300 | 250 | 2703 | 250 | 304 | 120 | 315 | 327 | 230 | 150 | 330 | 480 | 2506 | 5209 |
| Red M: 62.7/102 W: 67.3/112 | 355 | 335 | 293 | 122 | 413 | 263 | 97 | 280 | 242 | 2400 | 242 | 256 | 105 | 261 | 254 | 223 | 115 | 325 | 370 | 2151 | 4551 |
| Handicap | 1 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
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Fall Fun
This is a great course mover very long but tight in some areas. The greens are always in good shape and the fairways match. Club house manager is a very accommodating guy. This course is worth the money.
This is one of the many courses I play all over Michigan!
Fun round
Course in excellent condition and very playable fun round
No Complaints...All is good
Everything was perfect. The course is in the best condition I have seen all year. We arrived early and were allowed to tee off right away. No one in front of us and no one behind us! It was like we had our own private golf course. 18 holes in 3 hours and 20 minutes. Scored one of my best rounds this year (82).
Good Sunday Morning Round
Solid option in this area. 9 holes on a Sunday AM was expecting it to be pretty full and it was. Good for them, kid in the shop said we got a great deal on GolfNow so that made us feel good. It was nice to see a 9 hole option for 2 players on a Sunday AM.
Pretty nice layout, blind first tee shot and played the whites as 3 other players in the group needed to play there. I only hit driver 2 or 3 times and if played blue might have been a little more normal 5 to 7 times. Big greens and everything was in pretty good condition, not pristine but good, fairway weren't shaggy but it was early in the AM so wasn't tight. Layout was pretty standard for the area, a few open holes that run along side each other which is good for spraying the ball around and 2 to 3 shots that look like bowling alleys where you have to keep it tight and forced layup.
To Many Outings
This was the third time I have played here this year. Each time we have had to follow a large outing made up of people that play probably once or twice a year. It was a death march. When am I going to learn to ask ahead of time if there is an outing the day I want to play.
Sad
The lack of attention Vargo Management Company is providing at this course is extremely noticeable. The condition they present this course to the customers in is an absolute disgrace. My advice to the owner of the golf course is to fire Vargo, immediately. I see it as the only way to save the reputation of your property as a hidden gem before it’s too late and they’ve stripped it of it’s beauty. For some added confirmation, give a call to Chandler Park or Racham and ask how much money and effort were required to restore the health of their property once Vargo had been in control of it for a relatively short period of time.
Pleasant Surprise
Great experience this time around at Golden Hawk Golf Course. We were hesitant to come after our 6 hour round last year. We decided to give it a go because the price was right. $39 on a weekend morning is terrific. We were pleasantly surprised with our 4 hour round this Sunday morning. No issues getting around the course and the conditions were excellent. Staff was friendly and helpful. The only disappointment seems to be the trees that had been cut down all around the course. Seemed bare and the course itself lost some of its charm. Overall a great experience though.
Educate the Players
Took us almost 5 1/2 hours to play. Not because it was crowded but, because the golfers in front of us didn't know the etiquette or rules of the game. No one ever asked us if we would like to play through so, we skipped a hole to get in front of them. Then there were 3 guys that played army golf. Both carts would go over to one guys ball wait for him to hit then they all would go over to the next guys ball and watch him hit then they went to the 3rd. guys ball and waited for him to hit. It was almost comical. Then there were 7 people playing together on another hole.
Golden Hawk personnel need to police the course more in an effort to stop that type of play.
Other than that, the course is fun to play.
Needs Trees
The course is not the same since DTE cut so many trees down. used to be a pretty course is now a wide open every day track. I'll still play here though, because the price is right.
To Many trees cut down
While the course remains in good shape it is a shame there were so many trees cut down. Many I believe were removed un necessarily. Some of the charm of the course is gone.
Course was in good condition considering all the rain we've had. Cart paths were in rough shape and the traps were full of water, but we had a great time. 1st time there and it was a bit of a challenge with the tight fairways and water hazards. Liked it a lot !
Great course
Fairways were well maintained, and held there challenges. Every hole had great layout.
Wet,Wet,Wet
Didn't know it rained so hard here. Everything was saturated. We had the course pretty much to ourselves except for the couple in front of us. I think they were drinking to much. The greens were very soft. I must have fixed two / three ball marks on every one. Hopefully, it will be dry next time we play here.
