Blackheath Golf Club

Its a nice course to go play.

Just wish it would play a little faster. Seems like most of the times I play this course its at least 5 .25 to 5.5 hours , one time 6 hours.

Id give it a higher overall rating if play time was faster

Played Black Heath for the 1st time, 8/11/13. After playing courses in northern Michigan as well as some in the Detroit area that look like courses up north, it was nice change to play Black Heath which is a more open links concept. It was in good condition. Glad that the heavier fescue really doesn't come into play unless you are very wild because it would have only added more time to an already lengthy round. Although we did'n't have any really really long waits, we did wait on just about every tee. Black Heath sends groups out every 8 minutes and with a very short par 4 2nd hole and a short par 3 3rd hole, you are waiting right from the beginning. I would definitely go back but it would have to be a day when a longer than usual round would be okay.

Enjoyable day greens are very nice, loved the rolling terrain. Would play again.

The course is in good shape and fun to play. The forward tees are favorable for women golfers. My wife and I enjoyed the round.

Fun links style course... well maintained. There is some elevation as well..pretty cool for course around here

Mike in the pro shop is very friendly and kind.... The course is in great condition. Nice fast greens. Pace of play could have been a little quicker. However it was a Sunday at 2:30.

The golf course was very slow and the tee times where not manage good

People need to repair their divots on greens. Or the course needs to do it every evening/morning. Terrible green conditions. Other than that, course is great. Very slow play as well.

I played with a friend on a Saturday morning and we got paired up with a couple of guys. There was a huge backup at the first tee box because they were sending groups off every seven minutes. The starter was this guy with an English accent and when we were in the fairway ready to hit our second shot, he was yelling at us to 'hit the dang ball' from the tee box. As if there was anywhere for us to go. The group in front of us had just gotten off the green and he was yelling??? Ridiculous. It took us an hour to play the first two holes but then the groups spaced themselves out naturally as the day went on. The entire round took five hours so not terrible.
The course is always fun to play, but that starter made me pretty angry. I mean, show some respect for the game.

The course management was friendly, but apparently can't schedule very well.
Took three and a half hours to complete nine holes, so I quit at the turn. Staff was fully aware of the issue, but refused to make improvements to speed up play.

The course was in good shape and the greens were well maintained!

I enjoyed the course but we were getting harassed by a ranger a lot of the time to speed up our play, even though we always had to wait for the group in front of us. Seems like they could be better organized.

I found the course well maintained but too many fairways interfered with other fairways. Since this is a links course, there are no trees to separate fairways but there should be somethings to encourage more thoughtful positioning of shots.

It was disappointing that they paired 4 total strangers that booked on golfnow.com together, to form a foursome, regardless of tees that were being hit, and golfer skill levels. We were told that no twosomes would be permitted, yet on the course we encountered multiple twosomes, and even a group of eight! Must be different rules if you book with golfnow.com

blackheath is a challenging course yet a good place to get out on a nice day with friends.

this course surprised me. it is laid in the mid city area of Detroit, so i didn't expect much, but it was a good course to get out on and just play. not too challenging but still required some skill. greens were in nice shape which was par for the rest of the course. overall good course to get the guys out on the course for a day with friends

stay in play, heather rough will destroy your score, fairways and greens are in great shape

The course was in very good shape. The front nine plays more open than the back nine, but unfortunately they started us off the back. The greens were in great shape, rolling very true. Pace was a little slow but for a pseudo holiday not bad. The club house is just a glorified pole barn but if your there for the golf, that shouldn't bother you. All in all a good course to play, specially for the price.

Hole in one!!!!

Very happy and disappointed, the staff just said nice job take a scorecard and frame it. That's it? It was my first ever and I didn't know what to say or do. After I left and told some friends they said the course should have logged it, instead they did nothing. Oh well it was still a great feeling and I'll always remember it :)

Ranger was nice and took me into the clubhouse and was telling the guy however the counter guy did nothing at all..

I have been played at this course several times in the last few years. It is a nice links style course and is well kept.

Note of caution - some of the holes play real long !

My only concern is the backups that happen on hole 2 and 3 - hole 2 is a short par 4 (driveable) and hole 3 is a par 3 - I have always seen a lot of clogging happening at these holes which slows down the progress. My suggestion to the management is to swap the front 9 with the back 9 and vice versa - that will definitely speed up play and remove this clogging.

This time I also saw a lot of geese on the course - something needs to be done to remove them - they are a nuisance and make the course dirty.