North/South at Tanglewood - The Lion
About
Opened in 1991, the North and South Courses were Tanglewood's original championship 18-hole course before the West nine was added in 1995. All 27 holes are known as "The Lion." The North is the gentlest of the three nines and the South is a mix of trees and water while the West has water on almost every hole. The North/South course has a gently rolling terrain that doesn't offer dramatic elevation changes but it also makes a flat lie hard to find. The undulating landscape also gives a bowl-shape to most of the holes that enclose errant balls and bring them back into play. The South nine incorporates a variety of wetlands, offering a pond or marsh hovering around many of the greens. The club is consistently ranked as one of the best public golf courses in the metro Detroit area.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7022 yards | 74.4 | 138 |
| Blue | 72 | 6573 yards | 71.7 | 129 |
| White | 72 | 5872 yards | 69.1 | 118 |
| Silver | 72 | 5494 yards | 67.4 | 116 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4971 yards | 69.9 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.9/135 | 385 | 429 | 524 | 397 | 370 | 192 | 427 | 174 | 517 | 3415 | 449 | 175 | 502 | 456 | 445 | 407 | 405 | 207 | 540 | 3586 | 7001 |
| Blue M: 71.2/132 | 380 | 396 | 492 | 373 | 350 | 165 | 380 | 160 | 505 | 3201 | 444 | 170 | 502 | 430 | 415 | 377 | 330 | 184 | 520 | 3372 | 6573 |
| Blue/White M: 69.5/125 | 343 | 396 | 446 | 373 | 350 | 165 | 352 | 160 | 449 | 3034 | 392 | 170 | 434 | 430 | 372 | 377 | 330 | 184 | 456 | 3145 | 6179 |
| White M: 68.7/122 W: 74.3/134 | 343 | 373 | 446 | 331 | 320 | 159 | 352 | 136 | 449 | 2909 | 392 | 155 | 434 | 365 | 372 | 342 | 294 | 153 | 456 | 2963 | 5872 |
| Silver M: 66.6/118 W: 71.8/126 | 320 | 350 | 425 | 311 | 295 | 135 | 335 | 120 | 430 | 2721 | 368 | 125 | 416 | 335 | 365 | 315 | 275 | 132 | 442 | 2773 | 5494 |
| Red W: 69.1/122 | 311 | 245 | 407 | 282 | 278 | 102 | 297 | 109 | 362 | 2393 | 296 | 118 | 416 | 333 | 324 | 314 | 228 | 131 | 408 | 2568 | 4961 |
| Handicap | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 8 |
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I have always enjoyed playing this course in the previous years - all my interactions with we’re hurried - not as personable - good price/challenging course.
Good value for this time of year
Booked for 18 holes with a friend. We played the South/West loop. Completed 18 holes right at 4 hours so we decided to play the last 9 holes, the North. Finished that in 1.5 hours.
Pace of play was great, course conditions were mostly good (greens and fairways) with the exception of the tee boxes. Not terrible. Clear they've seen a lot of play and haven't had the weather to recoup yet.
The staff were all very friendly and engaging. From the golf shop, grill, to starters.
Easy residential community course
Nice residential community, there are (3) 9-hole courses here, we played north/south, it looks like west was the most unique/challenging.
Not too much challenge, although there were a few fairways that required accuracy off the tee, and some holes that were target practice off the tee (no driver).
Grass on tee boxes badly needed to be mowed. Greens were inconsistent - this was late season and one of the 9-hole courses had greens full of sand, while the other 9-hole course had fast greens. There was still plenty of seed throughout without much dirt/dry spots. Sand was good.
No GPS in carts, no water on course, no coolers in cart. Made the turn at the clubhouse and the bartender had no hot dogs cooking or ready. Cart return was blocked off for a wedding.
It's fine, there's other options in the area that I prefer (10 public courses and 2 country clubs within 15 min), but this would be an OK rotational course.
One of the best course I have played in Detroit Metro, esp for the valuefor
Great course, greats are true and FAST, fun layout, pace was great esp for a holiday weekend, people working here were all very positive, nice. Highly recommended
still a great fun fair course !
Had not played this course in over 15 yrs . They really take good care of it. For a public course the playing time was cery good even though twe were behind avlarge group of players. All good marks will definetly return.