recommendations near Toledo?

[PThomas]

if anyone could recommend a good public course within an hour of Toledo pls do so, thank you!

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

Drive 500 miles southeast to Cuscowilla.

[PThomas]

Drive 500 miles southeast to Cuscowilla.

well, that's one suggestion Tiger...but if anyone has one within 50 miles that would be a bit more practical!

[Billsteele]

Paul-I've only played a couple of courses in the Toledo area but the best public I have seen is Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio. It is an Arthur Hills design but in my opinion one of his better efforts. A faux links layout with somewhat interesting bunkers and the wind off Lake Erie being a big factor. It is also a state park so the fees are reasonable.

[Doug Ralston]

Or drive north into Michigan to Hartland and 'The Majestic'. Play all 27 holes on this beautiful course set on 1500(!) acres. Nature-filled!

Doug

[Steve Lang]

 

Muni Madness:
Take your even numbered clubs out of the bag.. play Ottawa Park in the morning to warm up.. then use the full set at Detweiler Park in PM, and tell me which one you had more fun on..

Maumee State Park as mentioned.. they had a US Open qualifier there this year

Private but doable:
Inverness  
Sylvania CC
Toledo CC
Highland Meadows
Findlay CC

County Golf:
Redhawk, Findlay, OH
Colonial Hills in Ada, OH

Michigan Madness:  
Don't cross the state line

[Lou_Duran]

Steve,

I lived in Findlay for a few summers and played an enjoyable muni on the west side of I-75 named Hillcrest GC.  That was long before Redhawk which I am not acquainted with.  Findlay CC is a nice course, but not worth the drive from Toledo.

Have you played a course south of Toledo called Riverby (or bee)?  I remeber it being a step up to what was available in the Findlay, Lima, Tiffin triangle.

Needless to say, if access is possible, Inverness is the place to go.  

[Steve Lang]

 
Hey Lou,

Probably right about Findlay CC, but maybe like old Fostoria CC, a taste of past in NW Ohio..

Yes to Riverby Hills!! down Maumee River SW side of Toledo.. though not many hills there other than few holes, plays long and mostly flat.. they did some work there early 90's on back 9 drainage, built pond..  used to play there alot when I lived in Bowling Green, but mostly non-distinct course

[John Nixon]

Resurrecting an old thread as I'll be in Toledo for a few mid-week days in early September accompanying my wife to a meeting. I am planning on taking my clubs. A lot can change in 18 years - nobody on this thread from 2006 seemed particularly enthusiastic about any of the courses in the area but maybe there's new input? Maumee Bay State Park course looks like a good candidate judging by their website. I would prefer to not have to drive too far out of the Toledo area. Thanks.

[Jeff_Brauer]

Hmm,   A decade ago, I played a few Hills or Brian Huntley courses in southern Michigan but I cannot find them listed or remember their exact names.  While good, Maumee Bay is probably still the best. 


I have played Toledo CC, a mostly old course with lots of grassed in sand bunkers 100 yards from the tee.  They seemed at the time to be fairly open to guest play, and if still the same, would be of interest to most here.  If you can't get on, at least drive by it on River Road/route 25, where you can see a few of those right by the road.


Sylvania CC has the added advantage of a Tony Packo's up the hill near the entrance......or better yet, skip golf and just eat at Packo's a few times a day!

[Ryan Book]

Resurrecting an old thread as I'll be in Toledo for a few mid-week days in early September accompanying my wife to a meeting. I am planning on taking my clubs. A lot can change in 18 years - nobody on this thread from 2006 seemed particularly enthusiastic about any of the courses in the area but maybe there's new input? Maumee Bay State Park course looks like a good candidate judging by their website. I would prefer to not have to drive too far out of the Toledo area. Thanks.

John,


Unfortunately Red Hawk Run, which was truly one of Arthur Hills' better designs, has since closed since this thread began. Maumee is nice if you're looking to shore up the park system's finances, but my GCA logic is that if you're going to play a town bedecked in Arthur Hills, you might as well choose the most oddball one so you have something to remember. Eagle's Landing has the most personality, for sure (albeit being by Brian Huntley, not Hills) while Hills' own Stone Ridge is perhaps the second-best public subdivision course in Ohio (as a Columbus resident, this is something that I'm sadly forced to know). 

[Joe Bausch]

A nice doubleheader would be the public Ottawa Park followed by the private Sylvania. I played them both late summer in 2016.


http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/OttawaPark/index.html


http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/Sylvania/index.html


JWB

[DFarron]

If you can make arrangements.....


Sylvania, Belmont and Findlay CC are very solid


Maumee Bay is OK


Not much else is worth the effort

[Chris_Blakely]

Yes Red Hawk closed awhile ago.


I have never been a fan of Maumee Bay, almost never remember any of the holes after I finish and I am someone that usually remembers all of them.


I would play any of the following:


The Legacy (right over the Michigan line - also a Hills course). It has a better layout than Maumee Bay and more memorable holes IMO.


Chippewa (Curtice, OH) older 1920s course originally designed by Harold Weber (designed Highland Meadows in Sylvania, OH) is a solid course.


Eagles Landing in Oregon, OH is a good Brian Huntley course.


If you play Ottawa Park, play it early as it can be a long long round!


Riverby Hills in Bowling Green has a good back 9 on semi hilly terrain.


Colonial Hills (previously mentioned) is in ADA, Ohio and well over 1.5 hours away.


Green Hills in Clyde, Oh is a little out there but under the 1 hour drive and is an underrated mom and pop that also has a par 3 course.


Chris

[Sean_A]

Resurrecting an old thread as I'll be in Toledo for a few mid-week days in early September accompanying my wife to a meeting. I am planning on taking my clubs. A lot can change in 18 years - nobody on this thread from 2006 seemed particularly enthusiastic about any of the courses in the area but maybe there's new input? Maumee Bay State Park course looks like a good candidate judging by their website. I would prefer to not have to drive too far out of the Toledo area. Thanks.

Bite the bullet and drive to Ann Arbor to play the UM course.

Ciao

[Daryl David]

Just send a very respectful nice email to Inverness. It will be well worth any graveling necessary.