Washtenaw Golf Club

first day of the year 2020 that the course was open,a huge bonus to play golf in Michigan 8th of march! Considering the time of the year it is,it was in decent shape, and it will be really nice when the season is in real bloom! Always a pleasant place to visit!

Excellent local course for the price, especially if you get a Hot Deal. Fun layout. The staff is very friendly. Given the affordable price, it can get pretty crowded. After a rain, the greens are like putting on glass.

Started off rough with first tee time since carts were not available since staff left keys at home . Had to walk first four holes with out of country guest since it took employee 45 mins to go home and get keys! No backup plan? I’m sure when it was private there were always backup plans to take care of guest. Course tight but in good shape.

Started out bad when the driving range is for irons only. $10 for a small sandwich and $5 for a beer. $8 for range balls. Then on to the course. Most if the holes are down and back next to each other. Greens are difficult with some impossible pin placements and some very patchy. Tons of ball marks and bald spots. The group was unanimous we won't be back again.

Great staff, nice course. All was great, except we made the turn in 95 minutes only to find the course put people off the back side in front of us and we ended up waiting on every shot, significantly slowing us down. Other than that, all was great

100 year old course that is a pleasure to play...coming back soon.

We played on a Friday noonish, we were harassed by an old curmudgeon member from the 1st tee until an eventual altercation on the 14th green. We were surrounded by 2 groups of former members (I assume) who are now seasonal members as the course IS open to the public. We are 4 single digit handicap players. The groups in front and back regularly did not finish holes or putt out on greens. The group behind us had 3 carts for 4 players. We played the front nine in 1:50 having never seen the course before (tricky greens and VERY tight off of the tee along with thick heavy rough). On th 14th hole the old timer hit into us just missing one of our group. The altercation started when he drove up to the green shouting wheres my F/"_*6 ball! Which we had taken and thrown into a hazard. It was obvious members of his group were familiar with his behavior and allowed it although he wasnt very well supported. The altercation was loud and aggressive. On the next hole the Dir. of Golf came out to stalk us on the 15th green, it was clear he too new the trouble maker. We then gave him our opinion of the group behind us behavior. Needless to say our back 9 was ruined. I went to proshop to ask for B9 raincheck Dir of Golf had left for day. We hit our 1st shot at 12:14 and were done with two lengthy stoppages due to confrontation at 4:10. Players like that man are VERY bad for business. I am a member at another club and would never behave like that toward guests. In addition the one member of our group was lucky to not be seriously injured when the horrible old timer hit a long shot over a hill missing him by inches. Loved the track waiting for our rainchecks, one seasonal membership is not worth having a jackwagon like that on your course.

Have played here a lot. It has changed ownership a few times. It’s a classic old layout and when in good shape it’s a fun course with some good holes. But it was in rough shape. The tees were beat up. Greens were ok. Fairways were shaggy. No dirt on the carts. Just needs work and it can be good again but it needs work

If you love playing courses from the golden era of golf course architecture, Washtenaw Golf Club is for you! Beautifully lush, rolling fairways. Exceptionally groomed and sculpted greens all complemented by a very friendly and knowledgeable staff. It is a tight course that rewards good ball striking and positioning, but a fair test of golf by most measures. The course has great bones and was in excellent shape when I played it, save for the sandtraps, which have been an issue all season. They need to be better maintained and adequately filled with sand that is consistent from one trap to the next. Also, the trap rakes feel like Fisher Price tools you give to a young child, they are so ridiculously light. They should have wider, weighted heads with longer handles to allow guests to do a more effective job of raking after playing out of them. As stated here by many, the course is tight, but I'd argue it's too tight and can use some tree thinning. There are at least two part threes (holes 9 and 12) where tree limbs obstruct the line to the green and the same for overhanging limbs on fairways that penalize goods drives. Were management to address these two areas and make the course a fairer test of golf, I'd give it five stars in a heartbeat. That said, I'll be back many more times to play it in 2019.

This is a classic, with origins to 1899. A private club until the last couple of years, it still bears marks of exclusivity, even if the 10th hole snack shack has been dismantled. Narrow by today's standards. Lots of old trees. Hilly. Very unusual, obviously, for a public course. And an absolute crazy value with the Golf Now tee time.

I’ve played this course many time (a private membership previously) and this is the slowest I’ve ever had. We gave up after 15 and headed to the 19th hole. Food there was exceptional bar food. Wait staff were super friendly. We found out that we were following an outing (on Saturday!). Well at least we beat them to the bar!