Woodland/Prairie at Tapawingo National Golf Club

This was my second time playing the course and I won’t be back for awhile. The greens were atrocious and tore up. To my understanding, they became diseased and destroyed nearly all of them causing the conditions to be poor. I am an understanding person and would not blame them for this. However, there was no warning or information about this before I booked, and no one mentioned it when I checked in. Furthermore, one of the holes was actively under construction and you could not play it. Making matters worse, the price was still very high given the conditions of the course which was very disappointing. I would not have played here had I known beforehand. I only found out about their issues with the greens when I caught up to the group in front of me wherein they knew what happened.

Front greens had a lot black fungus. Back now trashed very little, had to rake prior to hitting

Fungus killing greens, multiple unkept sand traps and untrimmed tee boxes.

One of my favorite courses and I love to play here, but the greens are in the worst shape i've ever seen them in. If I knew this before I would have probably asked for a discount.

What happened? I get we’ve had a hit and wet summer but that’s St. Louis. The course was a mess specifically the greens iof which half were dead and unputtable. Rough and random fairways areas had grass 4-5 inches tall. The tee box area were unkempt. Really a sad state of affairs for what was a great course. Hope it comes back.

It pains me to leave this review but I have to be honest. While the tee boxes have bounced back and are in much better shape than the last time I played, seeing the greens in the state they’re in is more than disappointing. This used to be one of the courses my group would be excited to play and now…even with the discount the course provided, I’m afraid it isn't worth the drive or the price paid for green fees. Really hope they’re able to bounce back from the fungus plaguing the greens next season but we will not be returning until next season.

It’s been sooo hot the last couple of weeks that the greens on Woodlands and Prairie were pretty burned up. Hard to putt on reliably. Lots of burned out spots. The greens were aerated around Aug 1st. and a fungicide applied to help kill a fungus. No telling how long before the greens are back to their usual condition.

This review is specific to the weekend of 8/3/25 - we've came off of two brutally hot weeks in MO and the course is showing it. Half of the greens were punched, some partially punched, brown dead spots on them as well. Fairways were in good shape it seemed, but tee boxes were not very flat and had some weeds growing around them. I am glad our rate was on a hot deal because had I been part of the group behind us during the 5+ hour round that paid full price I would be pretty disappointed.

To be fair most of the public courses in the area are also dealing with similar conditions just since it has been so hot up until this weekend. The staff was good, although they police the front nine with marshalls we never saw anyone on the back while we waited on each tee box. Beverage prices seemed steep too.

Greens on Woodlands were in terrible shape. Easily worst I've played in last year anywhere.

Played this weekend with some friends. 2 ladies, 2 gentlemen. The starter made a comment “hey ladies, we’re giving 3 mulligans for a $1 for the ladies.” We all were offended.

The clubhouse was very rowdy and both of our female guests didn’t feel welcome or comfortable in the environment.

The ladies had to push their way to get into the ladies room because the line was so long for beer and food.

This place gives a bad rap for golf. Certainly works against the premise of trying to be open for all players.

Every hole was beautiful and the tee boxes, fairways, and greens were top notch. 35$ for 9 holes is an exceptional deal for 9 holes.

Always enjoy Tapawingo. Just an awesome layout—-although I’ve still never played the par 5 ending the nine which is narrow and then downhill to the green. Eats my kind every time.

Returned to Tapawingo and played the Meramec-Woodlands nines. Course was in excellent shape. Tee boxes were solid and fairways were well kept. Rough was tough but not too difficult to play out of. Greens rolled great and only a couple had a few pitch marks. Plus, we got a last-minute twilight rate of $48, which was a bargain!

The one ding was the the first half of hole #1 on Woodlands was “closed.” Not sure why. So we ended up dropping our balls at the 150-yard mark and played it as a par 3. The staff service was top notch and friendly.

Feel like it is a rather challenging course with a couple of very difficult holes. No. 4 on Woodlands is a monster to play as it is all uphill. The closing holes on Meramec are also exacting but interesting to play. A number of holes have major elevation changes that will challenge picking a club.