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4.3
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.5
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
94.1%
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502 out of 541 reviews
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4.3
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
96.7%
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29 out of 30 reviews
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4.3
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.7
95.8%
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46 out of 48 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 70
Length 6015 yards
Slope 123
Rating 68.3
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St. Clair Shores Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1975
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round, weather permitting
Architect Bruce Matthews (1975) Jerry Matthews (1975) Jerry Matthews

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted MasterCard Visa card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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4.3
541 Reviews (541)
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Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very rushed

nice course. Very wet but the staff is very strict on how fast you move. They hawk over you like some golf course police. It seriously ruined my game.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Always wanted to play it

Really nice course I was kind of surprised at how well it was kept, very cheap course as well

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wasn’t booked

Knowing i wanted an earlier prime tee time, i booked a week in advance. Arrived to course and they had no tee time booked for us. Thankfully, i showed the woman my email conformation with golf now that was prepaid and she accommodated us. But we were pushed back in teeing off. I was upset with that. She did say it was the third time this morning where golf now bookings were not booked! What gives GN? Really reluctant to continue using your app if this occurs.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Only downfall is pop machine wasn’t working on course and didn’t see beer cart until hole 16. (Forgot drinks so my fault lol) Great Staff!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course was in excellent condition

Play this course often. It was in the best condition that I have seen it. Played in 3hrs. and 15 minutes. How golf is meant to be played.Friendly staff and a hard working grounds crew.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Enough is enough with the rough.

I have played the course hundreds of times but it seems like for the last 4 or 5 years, each year the rough gets longer and thicker to what end? It adversely affects the pace of play, penalizes Seniors and women in particular and backs up league play constantly. It's a short course and I realize they are trying to toughen it up because distance can't be added but it has a great natural defense, it's called the wind and the course has it in abundance consistently, it can make the course play plenty demanding. The fairways are narrow and there is no intermediate cut on any of them, you go straight from fairway to thick rough in fact you are penalized more if you are 6 inches off the fairway as opposed to being 10 yards off the fairway this makes no sense to me. I was the youngest in my foursome the other day and I'm 64 and I shot a 42 (not my best, certainly not my worst), the other 3 shot 47, 50 and 51, I watched them struggle with the rough all nine holes, I had my struggles too! You can hit a ball 3 feet off the fairway and have difficulty finding it and do you think guys are only going to look for 3 minutes when their ball is only just off the fairway, not likely. Again, this adds to slow play and Seniors and woman play a lot of golf, they are some of your best customers. The name of the restaurant there is called Crank's and I'm betting they would rather see happy customers opposed to cranky one's. LOL. Who wants to go in for a couple of beers and a burger and talk about the 51 they just shot. I really think they need to reassess their strategy especially if they continue to have no intermediate cut on the fairways that to me is kind of bush league for a course that is otherwise pretty well maintained.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/21/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Saint Clair Shores Country Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

True greens

course is in great condition. The greens are fast but true and great condition. Best greens around

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Enjoyable Round

Very enjoyable round.

Pace of Play: I ended up playing by myself which worked out well. The course wasn't busy and there was a time lag between the groups that went off and myself. I initially was paired with a man and woman however the starter let me go out as a single. That worked out well since the couple were a full 3 holes behind me when I saw them. I finally caught up with the groups that were in front of me by the 8 hole. My wait time was no long considering I was a single.

Course Conditions: Were very good considering it's late April. Greens were smooth and consistent and moderately fast.

Value: About right.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played

Best public course in Macomb county

Lush but fair fairway,s well cut also the rough is responsible, green,s are fast and well groomed. Also the are very nice . The 1st holeis slight dog leg right but pretty straight green breaks back to front ,#2 hole straight up short par 4 green breaks left to right. #3rd hole keep it straight down the fairway so u can get a good shot at Green over a creek green is 2 their slopes down from back to front. #4 hole straight up not a far par 4 pond on your right should not really come into play green breaks towards pond.

#5 par 3 not a tough hole but u have to hit over pond green breaks back to front @ left to right. #6 par 4 slight dog leg right not a hard hole but u must keep away from fairway bunkers for next shot green is back to front another left to right. # 7 par 3 180 yards elevated green that runs right to left. #8 par 5 straight up need 2 good to reach green is relatively straight. #9 par 4 slight dog leg right bunkers on right u must avoid for Good shot into green breaks back to front. This is just a overview of the front 9 back 9 is just as channeling if you need more information let me know THANKS.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
3.0
Previously Played

Decent public course but SLOW

Course is in good shape but be prepared to wait on almost every hole. Pace of play is always slow no matter what time you go out. Price is a little steep even for twilight but it’s one of a few courses close by me and if I have 3 hours to play 9 alone or with someone it’s fine

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/07/2020

Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the delay of play during your round. This is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game. Thank you for playing Saint Clair Shores Country Club. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great weather for late season

Weather was great course in very good shape looking forward to playing again soon, with any luck with the weather

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Etiquette

The course allowed at least 6 groups of sixsomes who obviously thought they owned the course. Very apparent they were doing 3 man scrambles for some high stakes since they took forever to line up each shot and putt with meticulous care. We ran into the last group on 8th tee. So we skipped 8,9,10 and 11 and jumped to play 12-18. By time we finished 18, we hopped back to 8 and played the missing 4 holes. The group that was originally ahead of us were putting on 12. So this means, they played 4 holes while our foursome played 11 holes. The ranger was out there and did nothing. The groups even ignored the cart path only sign which we followed.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 11/11/2019

Hi, golfnmi. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We understand your frustration with the current conditions and projects underway. Please bear with us as we work diligently to make improvements. We hope you'll give us another try in the future. Thanks for choosing Saint Clair Shores Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

TRIPLE THREAT

Wonderful course.

Favors a fade

Well maintained

Friendly asociates

Wide fairways & greens

Complete cartpaths

Beautiful flowers

Great Restaurant & Bar

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Walked
Conditions Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/07/2019

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We see you rated the course 1-star and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit. We take single star feedback very serious at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Saint Clair Shores Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape

The course is in great shape compared to a month or two ago! Greens on the fast side but soft. Fairways almost perfect and the rough was long and penal. It was a very fun and enjoyable round!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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