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Lake Doster Golf Club
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Lake Doster Golf Club in Plainwell is ranked as one of the top 25 golf courses in Michigan. The layout has undulating greens and watered fairways that will test even the most experienced golfers. The course is home to the affectionately nicknamed "Little Monster," its third hole, which boasts a reputation as the toughest par 3 in the state. This infamous hole features a tee that sits high above a treacherous green that is surrounded on three sides by water and even further protected with three sand traps. The hole is also completely isolated thanks to the surrounding mature trees. There is another par 3 on the golf course that is almost as equally tough, the 15th. There is a pond to the right that is seemingly out of play but it's still intimidating enough to push you too far left, risking a landing in the sand trap.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6540 yards | 72.7 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 6112 yards | 70.7 | 127 |
| Gold | 73 | 5530 yards | 67.7 | 120 |
| Gold (W) | 73 | 5530 yards | 72.8 | 126 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4828 yards | 68.5 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.0/129 | 338 | 426 | 100 | 300 | 393 | 474 | 394 | 154 | 535 | 3114 | 340 | 515 | 136 | 523 | 431 | 190 | 400 | 427 | 405 | 3367 | 6481 |
| White M: 70.1/124 W: 76.2/136 | 325 | 392 | 96 | 283 | 353 | 462 | 377 | 135 | 515 | 2938 | 327 | 476 | 125 | 510 | 413 | 182 | 382 | 414 | 365 | 3194 | 6132 |
| Gold M: 66.7/118 W: 71.6/126 | 313 | 269 | 88 | 267 | 262 | 422 | 294 | 115 | 448 | 2478 | 316 | 448 | 118 | 450 | 384 | 172 | 373 | 276 | 292 | 2829 | 5307 |
| Red M: 63.7/111 W: 67.7/118 | 301 | 265 | 75 | 190 | 253 | 388 | 287 | 84 | 381 | 2224 | 237 | 418 | 105 | 421 | 255 | 162 | 268 | 274 | 292 | 2432 | 4656 |
| Handicap | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 8 |
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Disappointed
I played 18 on Saturday they had 2 foursomes in front of ne and did not want me to play through. There was no one on the course enforcing rules so it took nearly 6 1/2 hours for me to play a team by myself. The layout of the course has huge potential it’s challenging scenic, but the course itself is terrible shape the fairways the greens and the bunkers which I was told were out of commission and they were a free drop, not worth Worth the $50 I paid to play. Staff was friendly not too much of a pro shop their courses in the area that are a lot nicer condition and a lot cheaper to play but again the course has a lot of potential. It’s just not up kept for whatever reason.
Such Promise, but Squandered Potential
Could be a championship course, but a lack of basics and actual care of the course are just painful. Missing ball washers, lack of any water in the ones that exist, dirt mounds in the Bunkers where plants are growing... hard to justify the money for the value. Tough course and great layout, all things considering.
Sand trapped
They were working on the sand traps, that part was evident. The problem was they started the project last year based on all the weed growth and lack of attentiveness that was quite obvious. The track of the course is nice and it’s otherwise well maintained.
Needs some work
Overall, an above average course for the Kalamazoo area. There are a few holes that need some work, one hole actually has a beat up range mat in the tee box. Sand traps haven’t been taken care of in some time and were either full of water or weeds over grown. It was much nicer when I went a few years ago. For over $50 a round I expected a bit more from this course.
Always under maintenance
Course was in rough shape and every bunker was closed
Course has Potential
The layout is beautiful, but sand traps need fresh sand. You don't want to hit out of them as they have lots of stones :(
The fairways are pretty nice. Some Greens are nice, but some are very patchy :(
The scenery and peacefulness is amazing.
It is worth the $25 for 9 holes w/cart on GolfNow. Hopefully, the community and others can help put this course back on the map for many golfers.
The Doster
Course is well kept except for holes 6 and 7 are using a fake green at the end of the fairway to help the original greens be resurfaced (original greens look fine) . Offer $5 off or notify golfers at check-in
still playing on temp greens on holes 6 & 7. saw the repairs to old greens, looked good they cut them for the first time since repairs. Excellent work by the staff on the mending of the greens.
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