GolfPass Icon
Rating Index Rating
Tooltip Information Icon
4.0
431 Reviews (431)
5 Stars
125
4 Stars
192
3 Stars
69
2 Stars
29
1 Stars
16
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.8
77.0%
Recommend this course
347 out of 431 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.8
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.4
80.0%
Recommend this course
4 out of 5 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
75.0%
Recommend this course
21 out of 28 reviews
Read Reviews
frame.svg
AI summaries based on real golfer reviews
circle-star.svg
Course Highlights
This challenging layout rewards repeat visits, with tricky shots around cattails and angulating greens that keep the course interesting. Friendly staff and an impressively smooth pace of play make each round consistently enjoyable.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6436 yards
Slope 131
Rating 72.1
Book a Tee Time at
Cattails Golf Club
Powered by GolfNow.com

Course Details

Year Built 1991
Fairways Bent
Greens Bent
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect John Williams

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - mandatory
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code All golfers are expected to wear proper golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Pace of Play in the U.S. (2025 #20)
The Best Way To Book Is With GolfPass+
waivedfees
10 rounds of waived fees
golf ball.svg
$120 in tee time credits
teetime protection.svg
Tee Time Protection
redeemtrophy
Redeem GolfPass points

Reviews

4.0
431 Reviews (431)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 17
Undulating Greens 15
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 15
Locals 15
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 11
Convenient to the City 7
In the 'Burbs 7

Numbers based on reviews tagged with attribute.

Advanced Filters
Overall Rating
Recommended
Handicap
Age
Type of Golfer
Gender
Played On
Reviews 303
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 75
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bad course

Do not waste your money or time on this course.All the tee boxes are elevated and tore up real bad, there is no sand in the traps. And the ruff just off the fairway was so long you could not find your ball. Many ditches throughout the course. I don’t think they are maintaining this course at all. The only thing is noticed is a rezoning sign for them so maybe they are selling it to devolpers. This is a very bad course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Default User Avatar
Commented on 09/10/2024

Thank you for your feedback, mz3b71. We apologize for the condition of the course and are taking your comments seriously as we strive for improvements.

Played On
Reviews 303
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Excellent value with the discount

First time playing here. I can understand why people would say that this is target golf. Potential for a few lost balls. A couple tee boxes were a little rough. The greens were a bit slow but that was ok with me. Pace of play for a Sunday afternoon was good enough at 3hrs 55minutes.

We had a group of meathead weightlifters behind us blaring obnoxious rap music, yelling and swearing the entire round. No ranger. No beverage cart.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Default User Avatar
Commented on 09/04/2024

Hello, u000001535815. Thank you for visiting us at Cattails Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Really really good course

Only real knock I have is I had the 2 worst hotdogs of my life at the turn, lol! Everything else was really fun!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Default User Avatar
Commented on 07/30/2024

Hello, u1268185. Thank you for visiting us at Cattails Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 123
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

The course is very unique. It's away from the highways and busy streets to make for a quiet experience. No homes on the course, felt like you were "up north". The layout requires you to be accurate off the tee with a variety of clubs - lots of doglegs on the back 9, hole #9 has a split fairway. Greens were heavily sloped - felt like you were playing mini golf on some putts where you had to go up and down a hill.

This was my first time playing the course, it was very confusing going from hole to hole, there really needs to be more signs. Multiple times I ended up on the wrong tee box, and other people were coming up to me asking where certain holes were. Because of the target practice layout, you really need a GPS on the carts to plan holes, but the carts were old with no GPS (or USB ports) and not easy to steer (power steering was weak). At $58 for a mid-week tee time there needs to be GPS in the carts. No water on the course, no drink cart.

Played from the tips, it was only 6436 yards but that's because of the target practice layout. I really enjoyed the challenges with the wetlands, doglegs, and greens, however hole 14 from the black tees needs to have the overhanging branch cut down. I had to hit a closed faced punch 4 iron off the tee. It's still really fun to play a course where no (2) holes are the same.

Grass driving range, large clubhouse that could use updating. Bartender was also the starter/ranger, could have used more staff. Conditions were good - grass was cut short, greens ran smooth (#8 was the only one that had any issues), greens were slower than most courses.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 07/24/2024

We appreciate your detailed feedback and are glad you enjoyed the unique challenges our course offers. We apologize for the confusion navigating the course and the lack of modern amenities in our carts; we're looking into improving signage and updating our facilities to enhance player experience. Thanks for visiting us. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

not a beginner's course

most of the course is in great shape. Some weeds in the fairways and a few teeboxes were quite hardened.

This course is quite long and very challenging, but there are a few holes that can be more easily accessed.

One par only for me, but I still enjoyed it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/26/2024

Hi, pambee. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cattails Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cattails south lyons, mi

Extremely difficult to putt well here. Very slopy and undulating greens. Rarely a straight Putt. Very challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/26/2024

Thank you the 5-Star Rating! We look forward to having you back soon at Cattails Golf Club

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 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course Conditiobs

Greens were a tact slower. GolfNow provide good value on Hot Deal.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Default User Avatar
Commented on 05/29/2024

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, kubreak80. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Cattails Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Cattails

Except the pace of play, everything was perfectly satisfied with. and there are still very challengeable halls.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Default User Avatar
Commented on 05/28/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Cattails Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cattails in south Lyons mi

Nice course. Challenging too. Good greens . Happened to be slow due to multiple 4somes ahead of us 2.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 05/08/2024

Hello, pileitup. Thank you for visiting us at Cattails Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long day

The range has no markers for distance. The course was in decent shape but the greens might be the slowest we have ever played on. The course is very short which is inviting to older and newer players at 6000 yards and some change. The pace of play was brutal. Almost 6 hours to play 18 on a Monday, Tee off was at noon. Bring a lunch, it will be a all day event.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 05/09/2024

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, Vp5ooNnNvAp9kH3NCJhq. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Cattails Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Nearby Courses
South Lyon, Michigan
Public
3.0
3
Northville, Michigan
Public
3.478539755
523
South Lyon, Michigan
Public
4.3681530265
324
South Lyon, Michigan
Public
4.3681530265
324
South Lyon, Michigan
Public
4.3681530265
324
South Lyon, Michigan
Private
0.0
0
South Lyon, Michigan
Private
0.0
0
Northville, Michigan
Public
4.5353461543
201
South Lyon, Michigan
Private
0.0
0
Novi, Michigan
Public
4.0976744186
215
New Hudson, Michigan
Public
4.3444197446
298
Novi, Michigan
Public
4.0976744186
215
Golf Packages

Destination Kohler - Champions' Trail Golf Package

FROM $617 (USD)
KOHLER, WI | Enjoy 2 nights’ accommodations at The American Club or the Inn at Woodlake and 3 rounds of golf at Blackwolf Run (River or Meadow Valleys Course) and Whistling Straits (Straits or Irish Course)

Destination Kohler - To Dye Four Golf Package

FROM $557 (USD)
KOHLER, WI | Enjoy 3 nights’ accommodations at The American Club or the Inn on Woodlake and 4 rounds of golf at Blackwolf Run (River & Meadow Valley Courses) and Whistling Straits (Straits & Irish Courses).
Now Reading
  • Home

  • Memberships

  • Library

  • Account