Whispering Pines

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Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Championship | 71 | 6440 yards | 69.8 | 126 |
Middle | 71 | 6017 yards | 68.1 | 121 |
Forward (W) | 73 | 4813 yards | 67.3 | 117 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 71.6/137 | 425 | 415 | 150 | 315 | 330 | 470 | 392 | 538 | 191 | 3226 | 277 | 196 | 425 | 156 | 380 | 398 | 425 | 531 | 358 | 3146 | 6372 |
White M: 69.9/134 W: 75.7/143 | 405 | 405 | 131 | 300 | 321 | 452 | 382 | 519 | 172 | 3087 | 250 | 184 | 401 | 143 | 350 | 375 | 403 | 510 | 348 | 2964 | 6051 |
Gold M: 67.9/125 W: 73.0/137 | 392 | 348 | 121 | 290 | 311 | 424 | 308 | 474 | 165 | 2833 | 245 | 117 | 320 | 132 | 295 | 340 | 378 | 415 | 333 | 2575 | 5408 |
Red M: 62.8/118 W: 67.5/122 | 262 | 323 | 93 | 216 | 217 | 365 | 295 | 415 | 117 | 2303 | 228 | 110 | 230 | 132 | 250 | 328 | 322 | 401 | 279 | 2280 | 4583 |
Handicap | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 8 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2023 #16)
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Fore!
Tight but fair course demanding great iron play to score well. Reasonable prices.
Overbooked !!!
The course was overbooked, no carts available and had to wait 20 minutes for a cart, which was not cleaned. My tee time was 11:48 am, we teed off at12:17!! We waited at every tee to tee off at least 15 minutes the entire day. Too bad b cause it was a beautiful day to golf.
The lateness and wait at every tee was exasperating and outweighed the beautiful day.
What a beautiful course but challenging
This course is beautiful ur also very challenging you definitely have to think about your shots each time and make sure you don’t miss right or left as houses surround the course but the course and staff are amazing
Horrible
There was 1 guy doing everything in pro shop, there was zero organization. Just tee off when you want. We didn’t even play the back 9 because it was so backed up.
Great day of golf!
My husband and I were able to get a hot deal and it was one of the most enjoyable rounds of golf we’ve played. No one was pressuring us to go faster or going too slow. The weather was perfect and there were a lot of varying difficulties on the course. This course was really pretty as well. The only downside was there was a lot of goose 💩, but we worked around it.
Great improvements
Played a Saturday morning and the pace of play was great. They just redid the bunkers and looks like they have added a bunch of flowers. Place is looking good, keep up the good work!
Looks better further into summer
Played it last year and it was gorgeous. Still pretty, but the cart paths are a wreck and leaves everywhere
Great late fall round
Booked this round last minute and was not disappointed. I don't typically like to play courses through a neighborhood but there were only a few fairways that I noticed houses.
Greens and fairways were in great condition for being November. Lost a handful of balls due to leaves, but I fully expected it when I booked because it's fall in Michigan and that's just part of playing fall golf in Michigan
Greens
Airated greens ruined my experience, most diviots not filled in and other spots overfilled with sand. Putting was impossible. Pace of play was atrocious. 4 hours for a twosome
Great Value for the Money
Rate with cart was listed at $2 per person so I reserved for 2 people for a total cost with fess of $8.98. The fees booking were more than the green fees!!!
Must have been a typo but I took advantage of it which is why I rated 5 stars for "Value for Money". Realistically if you could play this course for $30 or less (including cart) I would say that's a good deal. Course conditions could be better (par three tee boxes pretty beat up, lots of crab grass around the greens, etc) but overall not too bad.
The course is challenging. Every hole is tree lined on both sides and pretty tight. Luckily I was hitting my driver very well and managed to shoot 3 over for 17 holes (ran out of daylight due to having to stop multiple times for ran delays), but if you spray your driver you will be spending ALOT of time in the woods on this course as there is no where to bailout. Most of the holes are very similar, uphill tee shot to a tree lined fairway. Three of the par 4's require irons off the tee and only need to go 165 -175 yards or so. LOTS of out of bounds stakes on this course since it winds its way through a subdivision. I played when it was pretty wet but I could see the greens becoming pretty quick. It was a good experience and I'm happy I played well but this course is a challenge!