Detailed description of Timber Trace Golf Club
Timber Trace Golf Club is a Public 18 hole golf course located in Pinckney, Michigan.
Timber Trace golf course first opened for play in 1998. The course was designed by James R. Dewling.
Timber Trace golf course has a great mix of holes. Three of the four par 5s are long and challenging, playing more than 500 yards from the blue tees. The back-to-back par-5s at No. 15 and No. 16 can be round-wreckers.
Every par 3 has enough yardage variation that you are obliged to tee off with four different clubs. The third hole is 157 yards from the blues; the seventh 168 yards; the 12th 187 yards and the 17th 114 yards.
Even the par 4s offer great variety. The back nine starts with the longest par-4 on the course (412 yards from the blues) followed by the shortest, the driveable 266-yard 11th. This short hole, at 298 yards from the tips, was featured in the book, "1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die."
Par for the course is 72. From the back tees the course plays to 6919 yards. From the forward tees the course measures 5170 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 15, a par-5 that plays to 604 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 17, a par-3 that plays to 142 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for # 4, a 444 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at Timber Trace Golf Club is # 17, a 142 yard par-3.
$41 (cart included), played on Saturday, June 2013 at 6am
First time player here and was not disapointed with what I heard. The greens roll true and receive the ball very well with pin placements 1-2 clubs adjustments needed. The houses are far enough back so they don't take away the feeling of being in a wooded setting that seems tighter than it really is. Lots of traps guarding the short holes from the Blues (6,180) that make you carry the distance that isn't marked very well on the sprinkler heads, which could be improved. With my 220-240 drive the traps didn't come into play so NEXT TIME I'll move back to the Gold (6,514) for a more truer feel of what the course has to offer in visual set-up for landing areas that are bigger than they look, being my first time. Shot 41/39 w/34 putts, paid $42 being a senior (55+) off the $48 normal. Little high for a Jackson based player, but this is worth the price and better track than the Detroit pricing base for the same type of course.
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$41 (cart included), played on Saturday, September 2015 at 7:50 AM
Second time playing and was a little disappointed based on my first experience. The layout is first class with many front bunkers protecting the green from short "Chip & Putt" saves, which is good. The sand traps were more like "Hard Pan" shots with 1/4 inch of sand covering the hard bottom, this was the disappointing area. Greens still rolled very true but looked worse than they really were. Played from the Blue 69.4 / 122 @ 6,180 yds and found the fairways receiving my 210-220 yd drives very well. Shot 43/41 w/ 36 putts playing with Son (89/37) and 14 year old granddaughter Madison (122/49) played her own ball tee to green from the Red 5,100 yds. Long drive to 13-16 holes that takes about 5 minutes is the only drawback. Priced good at the $40 for this challenging layout near the Detroit area with higher prices.