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Stony Creek is part of the Huron-Clinton Metroparks system and many locals consider it to be one of its gems. There aren't any residences near the golf course, giving it a secluded feel and providing unhindered views from the elevated tees. The course opened in 1976 but underwent a major renovation that included re-sculpting the bunkers and reconditioning the entire golf course. The layout features several doglegs and a surprising amount of elevation changes. The fairways are tightly lined with trees and bunkers are strategically placed along the greensides and landing zones. There are also lakes and ponds that come into play on six holes on the front nine and three on the back. Stony Creek's par-3 17th is the most memorable water hole and the 14th is also notable for its tiny "postage stamp" green.
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Feels like playing Up North
Always enjoy playing this course. Good layout and challenging for the everyday golfer.
4th of July Golf Round
Overall the golf course is okay, but the staff was weird and very unfriendly. They were acting and responding like a little 'dictators', which was the opposite of what I wanted to see for a fun day out with my family. Not going back, it doesn't worth the hassle and the price paid
Decent track for the price
For the price it’s not so bad. The pairings and pace of play could be managing a little better, but need to keep in mind it’s a public course managed by city workers so there’s no impetus to compete with other courses or improve customer service.
Also need to be mindful that if you don’t have a park pass for the Metro Parks then you’ll be paying an additional $10 to enter, even if you’re just golfing…
All in all I thought the course was manicured quite well, and the conditions were just fine. There were a few challenging holes, but overall enjoyable, so I’d recommend.
Overall good course
Overall the course was good. The off course amenities could be refreshed but for a muni-course it has great variety. The carts need a refresher.
Stoney is a nice track
Stoney is nice. Still plenty long from the whites.
Poorly Managed
I arrived 20 minutes before my T time as a single and didn’t T off until 20 minutes after my T time. There was legitimately 6 different groups waiting to T off. This is at like 1pm on a Thursday. I get paired up with a father/son twosome. The son flew in from it of town so was sharing his dads clubs. Finally our time to T off and the starter stops us to tell us they need to rent a set of clubs. Like bro you had over 30 minutes to bring that up. While renting the clubs they asked “what if we didn’t have an extra $30 on us for the rental?” The response “then you can’t afford to golf.” My broth in Christ, this isn’t Augusta.. it’s a Metropark. I play 9 holes and make it to the turn where there is 6 different groups on both 9s again. I get in line for the back and after about 10 minutes I find a starter and ask what’s going on. He tells me there is a league going and I can’t finish the 18 I paid for… zero mention of this at any point during the many interactions with course staff. When you have a league going off at 4 and are blocking everyone else, mention that to your customers.
Overall the actual course is fine, not great, not awful. Cool nature vibe being in the metro park but some of the greens are pretty bad, like pothole in the middle bad. But power tripping staff that don’t know how to manage a course and overbooking T times makes this place worth skipping over. Don’t forget it cost $10 to even enter the park so factor that into your budget.
Rangers need to relax
Had 8 people broken into 2 groups of 4. Played 18 holes and the ranger was following our group for at-least 6-7 holes. Tried telling us to play only best ball and change which Tees we should hit from. Absolutely annoying! We did not hold up pace of play as we were waiting for groups in front of us and the group behind us was full of Karen’s that wouldn’t stop whining. We let them through for the back nine and then the Karen’s started holding us up because they couldn’t hit 200 yards. Rangers know this as well but still chose to annoy everyone. The course is good but tell ur rangers to stop following groups when they can already see they everyone is moving along.