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The Timbers Golf Course
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Timbers Golf Club is situated just 10 minutes from Frankenbluth in Vassar, a town that is known for its great shopping. Though you might look at the 133-slope rating and pass it off as a "resort course," it would be a mistake to underestimate this golf course. It starts with a challenging front nine that features tight fairways and tricky doglegs. There are also several marshes scattered through and water comes into play on seven holes. At 3,141 yards, Timbers' front nine will put your short and mid-iron skills to the test while the back nine is a little longer at 3,454 yards. There are considerably more sand bunkers on the back. Be sure to build up your score on the par 3s and par 4s because the tough par 5s are sure to swallow a few shots.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 72 | 6631 yards | 71.7 | 133 |
| Orange | 72 | 6082 yards | 70.1 | 127 |
| Blue | 72 | 5552 yards | 67.5 | 116 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 5552 yards | 72.7 | 130 |
| White | 72 | 4783 yards | 63.9 | 107 |
| White (W) | 72 | 4783 yards | 69.6 | 114 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green M: 71.7/133 | 368 | 228 | 543 | 508 | 372 | 180 | 375 | 364 | 507 | 3445 | 357 | 408 | 156 | 319 | 166 | 328 | 563 | 390 | 351 | 3038 | 6483 |
| Orange M: 70.1/127 | 342 | 163 | 505 | 490 | 352 | 162 | 365 | 345 | 495 | 3219 | 338 | 381 | 135 | 304 | 151 | 310 | 542 | 370 | 332 | 2863 | 6082 |
| Blue M: 67.5/116 W: 72.7/130 | 319 | 147 | 468 | 468 | 319 | 147 | 348 | 329 | 437 | 2982 | 300 | 365 | 115 | 267 | 128 | 277 | 497 | 330 | 291 | 2570 | 5552 |
| White M: 63.9/107 W: 69.6/114 | 243 | 126 | 452 | 401 | 258 | 116 | 283 | 293 | 397 | 2569 | 261 | 335 | 72 | 229 | 105 | 234 | 450 | 282 | 246 | 2214 | 4783 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Michigan (2021 #15)
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2026 membership prices Photo submitted by UTD1621 on 10/27/2025
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by dwal64 on 06/24/2022
Nice shape
I'm so glad I went back to this course, after golfing there last year was not sure if I would go back. The course was not in good shape. I am so glad I did the course in good shape for this time of the year, the greens were in great shape and rolled true.
Fun course
I highly recommend playing the Timbers. Fun course to play.
Bring your swamp buggy and balls, fun course for sale $1.5 million
We have golfed northern Michigan, southern Michigan, Western Michigan, and not too much eastern Michigan so this time we made the trip over towards Frankenmuth and did not want to spend the price of the fortress and everything in Frankenmuth the chicken dinners, and all that are very expensive and over priced as far as I’m concerned, then we found this course about 510 minutes from Frankenmuth. Call the Timbers and scored a deal for $30 each and the ratings were pretty good so we booked it.
We started about half hour early 1 o’clock on a Friday afternoon and breeze through the front nine pretty much all woods and a lot of swamps. I don’t think I’ve seen more swamps ever even swamp fire up in Garland did not have this many swamps, and Carrie‘s, but it was fun. Very challenging And then on the back nine we played through one foursome and then you ran into a few homes. There was one hole that had a real weird looking house on a dog leg par five that was like a 90° dog leg and it had nets all over the house because it must’ve got quite a few times But the overall condition of this course is pretty good not perfect by any means but the layout in the the mounds and the swamps in the woods, create a very visually stunning course close to Trent Frankenmuth as I said, so we did Bronners and then we went up to Bay City, and had a very nice dinner at Luckys steakhouse in State and Bay City, and then worked her way up to Houghton Lake and played a course there that was having so much fun and place is old and called white deer which I do not recommend then I will review that next, so yes I will try this course. Call the Timbers mom it is for sale for 1.5 million if you want to buy it seems to be a pretty nice area but overall yeah the surface conditions were a few spotty areas but overall they took good care of the course to greens were not overly fast and it was a relatively flat Course yes it was a flat course, but bring some extra balls because there is a lot of swamp water in lakes and ponds and all that good stuff so enjoyed it. Thank you.
Awesome course fair price
There's a nice layout. Stay in the fairway or get in trouble a little bit. Great round overall, I'll come back, thanks.
Love the new GPS
Love the new GPS. Course was in very good shape & greens roll true. Great value & will be back again.
Okay golf course
Golf course was “okay” at best. Fairways were good, greens okay and pace was slow.
Great layout. Going back the 15th of July for Moose State tournament. Can't wait to get back.
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