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4.6
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.6
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61 out of 65 reviews
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5.0
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4.8
Value
4.8
Layout
5.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
5.0
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5.0
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 29
Length 1423 yards
Slope 75
Rating 26.9
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Island Lake Golf and Training Center
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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect David Pieper

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Sports

Minigolf
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Reviews

4.6
65 Reviews (65)
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Decent Executive Course

Good condition; probably not worth the money though for an Executive Course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall Golf

Love playing this course. Great to practice the short game. The trees were beautiful and the course is well maintained.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for irons play

The course is in really nice shape. Well watered and maintained. Great place to work on my short game!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Course, Great for Short Game

This is a really nice course for beginners and more experienced golfers to practice the short game. I've played this course half a dozen times and still enjoy it. As a beginner it is just right for me to play and have success. My husband enjoys practicing his short game.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Minnesota Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

A good wedge tune up

This is by far the best par 3 course in the metro area, in my opinion. The course is well taken care of and looks wonderful. The clubhouse is nothing special and the range is somewhat packed together but their assortment of things to aim for is pretty fun. Practice green is nice. Some water on this course which provides a little challenge. I have walked every time, no real need to take a cart. Greens were a little slow but that could have just been the day. They have a little area where you can get food but it didn't even look like it was in service. There was also a lot of stuff laying around in the clubhouse. Boxes and such. I try not to be too hard on it though since it is a par 3 course. Pace is alright, short holes means waiting some times. It is close to a freeway so you will hear road noise. You won't swing anything longer than a 7 iron so take note. I like it to sharpen my wedges and short irons.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Short Course

Really like this nice short course. It is perfect for a new golfer like me. The holes are challenging enough to keep my interest and provide me success as well. The 9th hole is the most difficult but fun! Nice driving range too!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for beginners and young ones

Island Lake is a great course for working on your short game for people who golf a lot. It is also a great place for kids to be introduced to the game. The set up is challenging enough for regular players while it offers great opportunities for beginners, and kids to have a safe introduction to the game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Decent Place

I have hit range balls here quite often. Decent Club House. Nice Range with mats to hit off as well as targets in play.

Course was ok. Incredibly short yardage. Most of the par 3's are at or close to 100 yards. A couple of 150 yard holes and the final hole comes in at just over 250 yards.

Greens were in good shape.

Pace of play stunk as 2 guys held up multiple groups.

Paid $8 for round so I can't complain.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Nice 9-hole course

If you're looking to work on your approach shots with nice, short par 3 holes, this course is for you. Additionally, I was very impressed with the condition of the smooth greens. The staff was also friendly, and the driving range had cool targets and funnels to hit at. I'll definitely be going back there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

We were on the 9th tee along with 2 other groups waiting for an extremely slow foursome. My only complaint would be that there is no one monitoring pace of play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Funshortcoyrse

A perfect course for youths and beginners. Wide open and not much trouble. Course was in great shape really enjoyed my round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Par 3 course built for Beginners.

You shouldn't need any more club than a 9 iron (9i, PW, Putter). The course is very forgiving and shorter then the posted yardage markers.

Hole 8 - Tree obstacle requires a draw; otherwise, you'll miss the green (...don't miss left!).

Hole 9 - It's listed as a Par 4 and is definitely a risk/reward tee shot (as the fairway narrows to roughly 10 yards between two ponds before the green).
*Smarter play is a 150-175 yard tee shot and 50 yard wedge.

Definitely a great course if your focus is on improving short iron play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Pace of Play = painful

Tee time as at 10:45, we didn't tee off until 11:10. In addition, I reserved a tee time for two ppl and the course added a group of three to our group. With tee times being 8 minutes apart, its difficult for a group of 5 to finish a hole in 8 minutes. The course shouldn't be putting groups of more than 4 together, and should probably move tee times to 10 minutes apart instead of 8.

Next, the group in front of us was painfully slow. We would consistently wait 5 minutes to tee off in between holes. The group in front of us contained a 7 year old kid and a woman who whiffed the ball almost every time. If you're that bad you should probably pick your ball up after a few tries and move on to the next hole.

Overall though the course was pretty nice, I would like to play again if I knew it wouldn't be crowded.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Quick getaway

Nice short course in decent condition, the Teetime online thing sucks and they don't like walk ups. I wish you could just call the course the old fashion way.....

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

great shape

have not played this course in years. what a treat. great shape, pretty scenery, great course to work on your short game. super friendly staff. thanks guys.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

good value for the money

Greens are full but slow, however this is a course designed for learning so that is to be expected. Would be nice if they could use the red white and blue flags to indicate front middle and back but I understand if they can not. Good place to work on the short game and chipping however because of the slow greens not for putting for the more advanced golfer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

Great Par 3 course

Very pretty course tucked back in the woods. We had a early Sun. Morning tee time and hardly anyone was there. The three-some in front of us was the only other group we saw. Nice staff. Let us out early because no one else was around.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good course to play with the kids.

Played 9 with the kids. Course was in good shape. Fun course to play with kids because there are very few hazards and most of the holes are pretty short.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

Thus course was dissappointing

I booked a tee time through Golf Now seeing the yardage was 2900 yards. In all actuality this course is 1200. When we got there the first tee was backed up and we didn't start golfing until 15 minutes after our tee time. After 2 hours on the course we finally made it through the 6th hole and waked off as we had only played 30 minutes of actual golf. This is an excellent starter course or one to go to if you want to work on your short game but that is it. The staff was friendly and the facility looked nice so that is good.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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