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Marc Holland
Port Clinton
2014-07-18
Member (cart included), played on Tuesday, July 2014 at 2pm
The Catawba Island Club Course (private club course) was redesigned from a 9 hole course to a true championship 18 hole course and finished around 2006 - (this website needs to update its info as it still shows this to be a 9 hole course with no noteable designer). The new design incorporated bit of the old course, but for the most part is a brand new Arthur Hills design that utilized much additional open property across the road from the original course connected by a tunnel. It finishes on one of the original holes that was redesigned by Arthur Hills. It is a beautiful layout and playable for most all levels of players.
The only one drawback is that the practice range is a 4-5 minute cart ride at the far end of the course from the proshop; so many times one simply skips any warm-up (the plan is to move the proshop sometime in the future to proximity to the practice area).
Would travel: 30-60 Miles
Bottom line: I would play again, Ranks with the best in this price level, Best course in the area, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing
Condition of Course, Difficulty, Layout, Ambiance, Staff
Member (cart included), played on Tuesday, July 2014 at 2pm
The Catawba Island Club Course (private club course) was redesigned from a 9 hole course to a true championship 18 hole course and finished around 2006 - (this website needs to update its info as it still shows this to be a 9 hole course with no noteable designer). The new design incorporated bit of the old course, but for the most part is a brand new Arthur Hills design that utilized much additional open property across the road from the original course connected by a tunnel. It finishes on one of the original holes that was redesigned by Arthur Hills. It is a beautiful layout and playable for most all levels of players. The only one drawback is that the practice range is a 4-5 minute cart ride at the far end of the course from the proshop; so many times one simply skips any warm-up (the plan is to move the proshop sometime in the future to proximity to the practice area).