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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: 72.7/134 | 338 | 426 | 100 | 304 | 396 | 483 | 397 | 162 | 540 | 3146 | 348 | 515 | 138 | 531 | 426 | 195 | 409 | 427 | 405 | 3394 | 6540 |
| White M: 70.7/127 | 320 | 392 | 88 | 283 | 353 | 462 | 377 | 141 | 515 | 2931 | 327 | 476 | 125 | 514 | 413 | 178 | 369 | 414 | 365 | 3181 | 6112 |
| Gold M: 67.7/120 W: 72.8/126 | 301 | 383 | 88 | 262 | 341 | 388 | 356 | 120 | 448 | 2687 | 305 | 465 | 105 | 421 | 399 | 162 | 359 | 279 | 355 | 2850 | 5537 |
| Red W: 68.5/117 | 301 | 270 | 81 | 220 | 262 | 388 | 287 | 84 | 448 | 2341 | 237 | 405 | 105 | 421 | 255 | 162 | 268 | 279 | 355 | 2487 | 4828 |
| 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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Potential is there
This course has so much potential to be really good; it has a great layout and variety in the holes. However, it deals with the same problems any course with mature trees has. Tee boxes on the front are in really bad shape. Not giving players a heads up there are temporary greens on the front is also a big negative. Definitely not worth the price with shape it is currently in.
Thank you for playing Lake Doster Golf Club. We see you rate the conditions poor. Our grounds grew continues to work hard through the tough conditions we have had over the last few weeks. We hope to see you again and improve on your past experience!
Thank you for playing Lake Doster Golf Club. We hope to see you again and make your experience better then your last!
Too bad conditions stink overall, nice layout Cant believe seniors qualifiers played here
My buddy paid for this round on tea off.com $32 each. We had driven by here several times and always wanted to play it. I remember hearing good things about it 30 years ago and finally we played it and we did not expect much because we heard the conditions went downhill which was very true. It’s too bad also because the layout is very nice the hills and the scenery are nice and settles in between the homes very nicely. The only thing that is really still pretty good are the greens which are fast and sloped and not a flat green on the course.
It’s really horrible how bad the car paths are with the 30 to 40 year old concrete just falling apart it looks horrible and it’s hard on the golf carts. The tea boxes are atrocious and the sand traps are bad and I can see that the conditions are similar to what happened at Wallingwood in Jenison being it is the same ownership. Well I would say go ahead and play it but make sure you don’t pay much more than 30 bucks the layout is nice but the fairways are average and the tea boxes are awful but scenic why is it is it is fine
Yes and you also probably know that two of the greens are under reconstruction because of some stupid kids riding their all-terrain vehicles across them last year which of course they put up to temporary greens Richard a joke so you can basically rule out two holes there.
Thank you for the honest review of our Club. Our grounds crew continues to work hard every day to provide the best golfing experience possible. We recognize areas of the course that need improvement and hope to address them all. We are doing our best to manage the temporary greens while we work to recover from the damage. Thank you for playing at Lake Doster Golf Club!
Thank you for playing Lake Doster Golf Club. We hope to see you again!
Great shape considering how late in the year we played.
a good fall test
a couple t boxes in need of repair but overall course was in better shape than last year and continues to be a mixed bag difficulty the par 4s have some length so distance off the tee is a premium for the length of these holes for par score.
Needs some TLC
The only thing that saved this course was the shape of the greens. Tee times are booked way too close together to squeeze as many golfers in as possible. Round took nearly 5 hours for just two players. Around the greens and the even some of the in play areas are dead and hard pan. Gravel traps have no sand in them. Overall not impressed since my last visit. Until I hear of improvements I can skip this track.
Tough but fun course
I really enjoyed the course. It was tough but fun. A couple tee shots you really had to thread the needle. The fairways & greens were in great shape despite having heavy rain the prior few days. Will play it again.
Course was extremely wet. Poor drainage. Grass needed to be cut.
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Thank you for playing Lake Doster Golf Club. Unfortunately we had heavy vandalism to our course over the winter. We are working to restore the damage to the greens as fast as we can! We hope to see you again soon!