Rackham Golf Course
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back/Blue | 71 | 6555 yards | 71.6 | 129 |
| Middle/White | 71 | 6268 yards | 69.9 | 124 |
| Silver | 71 | 5774 yards | 67.9 | 118 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5774 yards | 74.5 | 132 |
| Forward/Red (W) | 72 | 5316 yards | 71.4 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.8/128 W: 77.1/134 | 530 | 326 | 376 | 364 | 166 | 322 | 507 | 185 | 420 | 3196 | 451 | 424 | 348 | 213 | 519 | 387 | 220 | 349 | 448 | 3359 | 6555 |
| White M: 69.3/125 W: 75.2/131 | 515 | 315 | 365 | 348 | 153 | 311 | 502 | 150 | 387 | 3046 | 442 | 418 | 333 | 204 | 511 | 369 | 215 | 299 | 431 | 3222 | 6268 |
| Silver M: 67.0/113 W: 72.2/124 | 492 | 315 | 291 | 300 | 135 | 311 | 439 | 132 | 365 | 2780 | 415 | 353 | 333 | 181 | 473 | 346 | 180 | 299 | 414 | 2994 | 5774 |
| Red M: 65.3/109 W: 70.1/120 | 446 | 262 | 291 | 263 | 108 | 273 | 439 | 102 | 321 | 2505 | 368 | 353 | 319 | 163 | 449 | 319 | 144 | 282 | 414 | 2811 | 5316 |
| Handicap | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 14 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2019 #13)
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Terrible
Instead of apologizing after their disrespectful and arrogant employee ruined mine and my friends day the manager called us liars for mentioning the utter disrespect. On top of that the course was in terrible shape and moved at turtle speed. Stay Away
Changed pricing upon arrival
Our reservation was made through golfnow and it was supposed to be $25 per player for 18 holes walking. Once we checked in we were told new price, that allegedly changed due to holiday weekend, was $40. It’s not about extra $15 but about false advertising, there are much better courses to play than this one for $40 in Metro Detroit area. Pace of play was super slow. Will not be back to play Rackham.
Jake S.
Trash
They don’t care about the golfers. Pack as many in as you can, charge as much as you can, enforce all the rules possible. Course is average, but hour plus round, sit at the first hole waiting for an hour alone. Wear a mask, no booze, nobody washes the carts, but congregate at 1 with 2 dozen people for an hour
Flat
I only play here once or twice a year and found it to be a bit long for me @ 68 but senior tees play short. Played here because it is relativity flat and walking is the new norm. Not my first choice but is its golf during a crisis.
20 years ago this course was a gem in the city. Now it has a few issues with drainage.
Still worth the reduced rate. $15 to walk is great.
COVID Fail
Do not play this course if you are concerned about health in the pandemic. Despite making a tee time there was a massive line of golfers (probably 50-60) at the first tee. We were told that they were running 50 mins behind on tee times, which after discussing with others in line must have been to the course scheduling tee times only 2-3 minutes apart. Starters said they couldn’t do anything to help, saying it was all managements fault for overbooking the course. I finally convinced a starter to let our group go off the back nine, but it was still a nearly 6 hour round. I don’t understand how not enforcing tee time punctuality and allowing that many people to congregate is reflective of the social distancing regulations.
Better course
So easy Very widely General area,
But winding green and difficult pin layout today.
It’s unbalanced.
But I like this course.
Donald Ross Designed Course!!
Great simple course located in Huntington Woods. Too early in the season to give green condition report, but well worth the money to play in omen of the Donald Ross designed course Inn Detroit at very reasonable price!!
Staff was friendly and courteous. No starter to Ben found on the day I played but no problem amongst friendly players here!!
Nice Time
The course was in good condition. The pace of play was good. Course layout was not too challenging. Used golf now to get a good price.
Good course, good staff
Was a nice sunny day. Course was well maintained. Certain holes did have a lot of ground under repairs which is to be expected this late in the season. The fairways and greens were well kept.
Fun Course
Enjoyed the course very much. It was very busy. Greens were great, fairways are good, sand traps were good. Big Donald Ross fan and the course layout was really good. The pro shop/ clubhouse building is about 100 years old and is really cool. They don't want make them like that anymore. I definitely want to play this course again now I know what to expect. The 18th confused me. I thought the green was right behind a sand trap but it was about 30 yards between the trap and the green.
Swiss Cheese
Aside from greens looking like Swiss Cheese & actually having mud/clay within bunkers, fairways could need some TLC.....otherwise for a muni owner by the city ( Detroit ) she’s fair at best & needs lots of work, to bring it back to what it should be.....
Classic course w/ character
Every time I play this course it gets better ;and I appreciate it more.
Bravo to the the management team.- job well done ! So many improvements to restore this Ross classic.
Good course
Greens excellent,
Fairways very rough
Long course for seniors
Love This Donald Ross Course
Always a pleasure to play Rackham. I've been coming here for 50 years and it's in the best shape ever. Pace was a bit slow due to pokey threesome ahead of us. Ranger talked to them but that made no difference. First-timers thinks the course looks easy but there are some long par fours and the wind always sweeps across the course to add to you challenge.