Boulder Creek has openings for leagues weekdays after 5:00 and on mornings including Saturday and Sunday.Please call 330-626-2828

St. Denis has some prime time Weekend permanent tee times for foursomes and there's no cost to you or your group.

Also our golf outing schedule for 2010 is starting to fill up, St. Denis golf course is a wonderful course for a scramble event and the beautiful party center is perfect for the after golf banquet.
Please contact Gary Hackle @ 440-749-9584

Great site for N.E Ohio golfers. I've played most of the top twenty I know rankings are subjective but Firestone farms and Kensington are very ordinary and overpriced courses.Play Manikiki,Sleepy hollow,or Aurora .

First time I've been to this site, its good and I think most of the ratings and discussions are pretty close to being right on, based on my very humble opinions. I'm an east sider, so with deference to the west-siders, here are just a couple of my thoughts on some of the good public golf we are lucky enough to have here in NE Ohio.

Manakiki and Sleepy Hollow are can't miss places to play. Shawnee Hills is a good track but could be a really good track with just a little bit of tinkering (let's hope the new exec director of the MetroParks, who has a golf course mgt background, sees it that way too). The MetroPark's Frequent Golfer Plan is a great value-added program. Punderson and Fowler's Mills are always a good challenge. Grantwood and Glen Eagles are good muni courses and great values.

Sugar Bush, in Garrettsville, is a hidden gem...ya got to make the effort to get out there and play, there's plenty of reasons why its on this sites top 20 list...#5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are a great stretch of holes.

There's alot of talk here about Boulder Creek, its a good layout, but overrated and over priced. Same goes for Little Mountain and StoneWater. Tanglewood and Aurora are on life support but are great tracks, in there hey day they both hosted PGA events. Tanglewood made abit of a come back towards the end of the season last year, hope they both can make it.

For a surprise, check out Oak Tree on the Ohio/PA border near Hubbard, OH

For anyone who enjoys playing golf indoors on simulators, check out the Lost Nation Sports Park. They recently installed some of the best looking and functioning systems that I've ever played on in Cleveland. I was very impressed.

does anyone know of any courses that open during the winter when the weather breaks a little bit like for this weekend...38 and sunny....just find me a course???

Has anyone played Hawthorne Valley Country Club in Solon? I heard they recently opened to the public, is this true?

Golfers Wanted – Saturday Morning Traveling Group

A few spots are open for golfers to add to our Saturday morning traveling group for 2010 (April 17 – October). Play every week or only a few weeks – various NE Ohio area courses. We have hcps ranging from 5 to 36. We play modest but fun games totaling $16.00 per week. Stats/schedule kept on website. If interested, email me at jimc@crmoh.com

Does anyone know of any other indoor practice facility other than the golf dome in chagrin falls?

Anyone heard of or know of any public courses along the lake here in the cleveland area. I've heard rumors about some public courses being built along the lake but I don't recall where or when they'd be opening. Thanks.

Boulder Creek is offering league play for $22.00 including cart Tuesday through Friday after 5:00 pm. We also can accomodate nine hole leagues each morning from 7:00 to 8:30 am. Please call 330-626-2828

Hey I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to play Tanglewood? Its open again and public.

Played Windmill Lakes, The Sanctuary and Turkeyfoot this week and all 3 should be on the top 20 list! Turkeyfoot is the best conditioned course I have played this year. It truely is in country club condition. Windmill Lakes is a close second in condition with awesome greens. The Sanctuary is a great layout and although not as in good a shape as the other two it is still very nice. The greens do show that it gets a lot of play but the roll true and are very very quick! The guy in the clubhouse said they just had them stimped at 11!

Has anyone played Ellsworth Meadows in Hudson this year or recently? What can I expect?

Played Eagle Sticks in Zanesville. Great layout. Lots of fun holes with elevations that allow you to bomb it. Some holes are right next to eachother so you need to be ready to yell fore. A very good and fair challenge. Worth the drive. Check out stay and play specials for the course and tie-in with Longaberger.

First of all, this is a great site. Yesterday I played Brandywine for the first time. The front nine was decent and fun, but the back nine.....HOLY COW! I wouldn't consider this a top tier course, but I've never seen anything like the back nine at Brandywine. Tight and bizarre are the only words I can think of to describe it, but both fall woefully short. It was cartoonish....and I loved it despite the fact that it brought me to my knees. If you haven't been....check it out.

Played Thunder Hill this weekend. We all know about the excellent layout and level of difficulty, that will never change. I want to talk a bit about why the guru's at this website knocked this course out from the top 5 a while back. One word sums up the course conditions - inconsistent. You'd have chewed up greens on one hole, and a perfectly manicured green on the next. Bare patches in the fairways one hole, nice green pastures on the next. That theme kept coming up hole after hole. And it wasn't just the greens; fairways, bunkers, all were like that. It's really too bad. This is all of course my humble opinion, but if not for some awesome discounts that are available, I wouldn't play there. They still seem to get a lot of outings though.

I played Black Diamond this week. The course is in excellent shape. It has to be one of the hilliest designs in Ohio. My only complaint is the greens. they are so slanted that you are severly penalized. Takes away from a fun day of golf. Definetly worth the trip. Maybe you need to play from the tee boxes that allow you to drive the green to give you as many chances to put so you can make par.

When are they going to update the top 20 it says spring of 2009 but its summer of 09 now so.......a little late how about some updates please. oh and by the way Boulder creek is one of the best/worst courses i've ever played in Ohio. The course is challenging which makes it great and depending on the time of year I agree with Tazman, it can be in poor shape. But overall I love the course, give it another chance Taz you just caught it at the wrong time and I think you will enjoy it when its in the shape it is now. The employee attitude still needs improving but hey they love their course and they "drink their own Kool-aid" I love that crack!!

I am new to golfing, I read Harvey Penicks three books last year and then I got some hand me down clubs and went to the driving range. So this year I dared go on a course. It seems a pretty simple sport you hit the ball, swear and then go into a grove of trees and tried to find it. Most likely even if you don’t find your ball you will find a ball to play. I have taught myself how to play but I may have to se a pro soon because I am not getting any better. Well anyway I had a review of royal oaks in Grafton Ohio that I played last Sunday. It’s not a very pleasant course it has bare spots in the fairways and rough. The greens were actually nice. There is train that comes by three of the holes there is a bulldozer on four I think and on five behind the green is a ditch full of cinder blocks and other debris. When we called for pricing she gave us the weekday pricing and that was disappointing when we got there being twice what we were quoted.

Played Manakiki over the weekend. I used to play there a lot but I haven't been back in a few years. Since then they've done a fabulous job reworking some bunkers and changing the shape of some holes. I thought the changes made to the par 3 7th hole are incredible. It used to be a bland hole, now they've made the green smaller, added some contour to the bunker on the right and turned the cart path around to the left. I really liked it. Also they reshaped the 18th green complex, the fairway extends all the way up to the green with a small grass bunker in front of the green. They also reduced the uphill slope considerably. A few new bunkers on 12 to help shape the hole better. Overall conditions were good, greens were consistent and medium paced. Slow play always plagued this course and that hasn't chnaged. The starter was not very friendly either.

played Chippewa in Doylestown. Course was in excellent condition. I haven't played there in a long time. They have really improved the course.

Played Spring Valley in Elyria Sunday and it had some ups and downs. The major down was finding the tee boxes and the layout of the course it has you going in every direction to the next hole except the logical one, second was the ranger tried to tell us the group behind us was playing at a faster rate of play and if it continued to let them play through, we (3 golfers) had to wait on a two some who were a bit more amateur then your normal in front and with all fairness to them they played 10 to 15 minute holes which to me a descent standard. third and last complaint was cart path conditions, back roads looked better then these, I don't know if they under renovation for alot of these conditions but its mid season and this should all of been completed. Now on the positive note the holes (with exception to tee boxes) were great. Alot of elevation changes, the 3rd hole has you driving it down into a valley and flying it back up to the hole. The greens were in good condition along with the fairways. "Grip it and Rip it"

Played Boulder 3 times this year. As a beginner golfer I didn't fair too bad, did well espc on the greens. The course could be much nicer but is overal a great course. I would much rather go to Kennsington in Canfield, Ohio. Plays very well and is well maintain and has no off color comments from its staff. At Boulder I have often felt like I was troubeling them. Kennsington has a great practice facility, gps equipped carts and a friendly staff and group of players. Boulder seems to promote Drunk golfers who enjoy gleaming in the glow of their alochol enticed handicaps. If you haven't tried Kennsington, what are you waiting for!? They offer great specials for such a nice course. Huntley did a great job with this course, I beleave he is the same man who desighned The Quarry as well. Next year we are taking the trip to Whistling Straights, looks like a beautiful Open style course. Any feedback?

i just wanted to bring up something about the pictures of the golf courses. I've played cherokee quite a bit this year, and i don't know how it was before or how long ago you took the pictures, but all your images and hole numbers are backwards. you have the back 9 and the front 9 mixed up. hole one's picture is actually 10. it's like that for every picture you have

Played at Kennsington in Canfield, OH yesterday. The course was in excellent shape. Very nice layout. They have some very nice par 3's. Check out the website for email specials. Worth the drive!!!

Played Sleepy Hollow on Saturday - the course is in excellent condition. I highly recommend playing there soon. Bring cash for the turn (no credit/debit cards) and your own bag/cooler for beverages as they no longer provide plastic bags.

Hey Maurice… Pine Hills has better service than Boulder Creek? Unless they just recently came under new management this season I do not see them having better service than Boulder. I have had nothing but bad experiences from the staff there; which is a shame because it is a beautiful course. It is almost as if they put themselves on a pedicel and are more of a country club than a public golf course and that is clearly not the case. I don’t appreciate being talked down to like a child and for $10 more I’d rather play Boulder.

To GCO… I love the site and your top 20 for northeast Ohio. I am playing the Quarry this weekend for the first time and look forward to the round. Also, you need to get the Aurora Country Club listed as an available course; it could easily make the top 20. I do not see it as top 10 yet, they need to improve the conditions of the course for the cost but it is a great track to play.

Played Little Mountain Sunday just after the rain came through. Course was in excellent shape even after the rain. Definately deserves a top spot on the list. Staff was friendly. Best greens I've played all year. Only complaint is the rocks in the 100 or so bunkers on the course, seems like an easy thing to get rid of.

When are they going to update the top 20 it says spring of 2009 but its summer of 09 now so.......a little late how about some updates please. oh and by the way Boulder creek is one of the best/worst courses i've ever played in Ohio. The course is challenging which makes it great and depending on the time of year I agree with Tazman, it can be in poor shape. But overall I love the course, give it another chance Taz you just caught it at the wrong time and I think you will enjoy it when its in the shape it is now. The employee attitude still needs improving but hey they love their course and they "drink their own Kool-aid" I love that crack!!

My only complaint about Boulder Creek is the condition of the greens, and that's primarily because of the morons that play there and don't fix their ball marks. Service is fair-not great. Too pricey during prime time for this area. Pine Hills, Windmill Lakes, Grey Hawk, Sleepy Hollow are all as good with better pricing and much better service.
Anyone who plays Thunder Hill from the tips needs his head examined. The whites are enough for even a single digit handicap. As for Fowler's Mill, do they still treat their customers like they're the only golf course in Ohio????? My foursome hasn't been back there in five years.

Played at Thunder Hill this weekend. We played from the tips. I don't think I will do that again. Everyone else seemed to be playing from the much closer tees because of all the water. Lots of big branches and trees in the way, which made the farther tees impossible. The entire course had an unkept feel with course maintenance. Driving you cart on the path was difficult with vegetation in your face. It is very scenic and very challenging. More challenging than it needs to be. Really like the course overall and they do over email specials.

Its nice to see many others agree with the customer service @ Boulder Creek. I had an incident 2 and a half years ago where a group of drunken golfers hit in to us for most of the second 9 holes. When I went in to complain after the round and ask for a 3 or 4 hole rain check, the staff told me to take a hike. I emailed the pro and club, they never responded. Its nice to see people are wising up to the "TURD" this place offers up. What a shame ......i do like the layout but they do not treat customers w/ respect. The 2 foursomes I used to take from Mahoning county 3 or 4 times a year.....we dont miss the place 1 bit. Try Avalon Lakes, The Links@ Firestone. You wont be disappointed.

I've played Boulder Creek 4 of the last 6 years and I have to say the course is just overrated, the conditions have varied from poor to upper end country club (save the tons of divots people feel they dont need to fix). I have found that I always score (71-76) great there regardless of how I seem to strike the ball. I think design is great for outings but as far as pure tests of golf, good but not on the level of some of the other courses in NE Ohio

Played Aurora Golf Club Today (Formally Aurora Country Club) for the 1st time. Never had a chance to play it until it turned public. I have played the majority of the top 20 on this site and would rate it #1. The course has beautiful scenery, great conditions, and very challenging holes. Curious to see what others think

I made a tee time at Boulder Creek about 3 weeks ago. I was ready to cancel, because of the negative talk about the course. I ruled Boulder Creek today!! I shot 73 from the black tee, this course is awsome. 24 putts in 18 holes, and lots of skin money. The pro gave me a few tips that that golden. I feel like I went out on a date with a super model today.
PS Get the italian sausage at the turn, and the cougar on the bev cart is sweet

I guess I offended a few Boulder Creek employees with my last post. About the sand on the greens, I understand it helps the greens but when its like putting through a sand trap its a little overkill. Guess I don't drink the Boulder Creek kool-aid like the others here. I'm just saying for the money play Little Mountain or about 20 other local courses.

Everyone I recommend you get to Brookledge in Cuyahoga Falls this year great course affordable and the staff is as friendly as can be, won't kill you if you wanted to walk it. I play it around 3 times a month, totally agree boulder creek is a great course but a bit of a dent to the wallet and the rangers seem to think us younger folk are holding up the pack when I am sitting back on three senior walkers. "Grip it and Rip it"

ABOUT BOULDER CREEK----Are you guys crazy,the course hasnt been in better shape. Its gets better every time I play. For the cost to play this course compared to kent state or another dog track in this area theres nothing better. But thats my opinion.

Iam sorry i have to disagree about the comment about boulder creeks course. For the last 4 years i try to play boulder creek at least once a month. Since last fall when the the new super came to boulder you can tell a 100% turn around . Greens roll better, fairways roll better, and with the comment about up keep.Sand on the greens , thats up keep its called top dressing. Top dressed greens improves the putting surface.

I agree about Boulder Creek. I live about 2 minutes from the course but only play it about once every 2 years or so. Too expensive, the rangers are aholes and the course should be in better shape for that price!

Played Boulder Creek today was very dissatisfied with the course. Glad that I only payed 35.00 with the shape it is in its not worth even that let alone their normal rates. where to begin... Half of the greens were mostly covered in sand and airiated, if you hit short of the greens within the no cart area the ball plugged. The tees were another thing, I mean come on move them once in a while they were butchered!! Asked about the greens and tees and was told "well if you don't like the coures then go somewhere else." Talk about customer friendly! This course wants to be ranked in the elite of ohio when they don't even have a clue about normal upkeep, let alone manners when someone questions the way they take care of their track. I have played 15 of the Top 20 on this site this year and I have to say this one does not belong near the top.

Played Hawks Nest in Creston this weekend (near Lodi Outlet). Course is in great shape. Watchout for secondary rough, which should only come into play on a few holes. Excellent layout and they have reversed the course, which makes the pace of play much better. Gave us a coupon for $25.00 round on next visit.

Played Wicked Woods over the weekend. Conditions were great overall, the only complaint is the greens were a little less receptive than I'd like, it was difficult to get any check on chips and pitches, but the greens rolled nicely. A really fun track. The usual complaint is that the course is a little short for the long hitter, but the thick trees that surround almost every hole force you to choose accuracy over length anyway. It wasn't busy for a saturday afternoon, pace of play was good and the staff was friendly. $45 w/cart.

Has anyone had a pace-of-play problem at Bunker Hill? The last two years, I have not played a round in less than five and a half hours. Last year, I played there twice, 1 round was 6 and a half hours, and the other round played nearly 4 hours on the front nine, including a 5 group backup on #9, when we made the turn, we were forced to re-play the front nine because there was still a massive back-up on 10. We were forced to leave after 13 holes because we lost daylight.
Today, after much hesitation, we decided to give Bunker hill one last chance. We were able to squeeze our 18 out in a mere five and a half hours...though both groups behind us had enough and left. I'm wondering if I just have bad luck, or if Bunker Hill's rangers just don't care.

Played out in Mansfield, Ohio at Pebblecreek. Course was in great shape. The greens were fast and lots of undulation. Unfortuneatly, turned birdies into bogies. Lots of different looks- some short par fours, some uphill and downhill par fours. Fun course. They have some specials.

The problem with Blue Heron is that it is sort of like a glorified math test instead of a first rate golf test. "Let's see, there's a lake out there 210 yards away and I need to carry it 300 yards to clear it...what should I do? I've got it, I'll lay up with my 190-yard club and have a full 3-wood into the green!" There's no risk-reward. It's not like you have a choice to make, the course tells you what to do and you either do it or else make double bogey or worse. The people are nice and the course is beautiful but you leave it feeling like you were just the victim of a drive-by shooting.

I respectfully disagree with the review about Blue Heron as do many of my acquaintances on the links. The track is definitely a challenge, but does not allow the golfer of any handicap to play their true game. Many shots, especially off the tee, force the golfer to select a club other than what would come naturally and force a unnaturally long 2nd shot to another landing area or distant green. This course ends up becoming very expensive especially for the golfer who is unfamiliar with the layout who will lose a dozen balls from the layout alone. The actual greens fees do not justify this brutally difficult course which smacks you in the back of the head like your father after swearing to his face. You then ask yourself..."why did I just do that to myself?" The heavy recommendation is NEVER to go back the the Blue. There are may other worthy courses in the Northeast Ohio area worth your money, balls, and time. Don't waste it the Medina way...

Looking for good golf instruction on the west/south side of cleveland. Can anyone recommend a good instructor?

Played The Quarry yesterday. The 13th hole is one of the best ever played. The 18th is the prettiest finishing hole ever played.

Do you really like the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th holes at 'The Quarry'?

If so... You want to play Eagle Ridge in Louisa, KY. The price to play Eagle Ridge Saturday morning is 50% off 'The Quarry'. The cost to play the afternoon is 65% off.

The conditions last year at Eagle Ridge were better than 'The Quarry'. The entire course (Eagle Ridge) is designed a step above the holes listed above. You will not believe the experience for the dollar.