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4.0
119 Reviews (119)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
86.3%
Recommend this course
107 out of 119 reviews
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4.0
1 Reviews (1)
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Conditions
5.0
Value
5.0
Layout
5.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
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3.9
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Conditions
3.7
Value
4.3
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
80.0%
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12 out of 15 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6265 yards
Slope 110
Rating 69.4
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South Grove Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1902
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Caddies No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

4.0
119 Reviews (119)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 8
Beginners 6
Walkers 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 11

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Played On
Reviews 68
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Hot and Muggy

Pros
Greens :could not be any smoother
A little long but all the same speed
Fairways: grass a little high but full
Overall course in best shape it’s been
For quite awhile
Cons
Only Con Twosome in cart
In front of us had course backed up
No Etiquette We waited every shot
No one in front of them for 3 holes

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/06/2020

Thank you for the great review! We're glad you enjoyed the greens as well as the course conditions! We apologize for the delay in play you experienced due to the players in front of you, and hope you'll join us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

retired

Everyone was very professional and took precautions to keep us all safe. special shout out to the young man in the Purdue hat cleaning the carts, He was very friendly and professional when I returned my cart after the round. Wish him the best in his freshman year at Purdue.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/10/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us u000005794398. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. South Grove Golf Course thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ok course with blow up holes

The course is Ok. Maintained Ok. My complaint is with how they determine par. It’s a par 70 course but on the back 9....from the WHITE tees... there is a 425 yard par 4 followed by a 440 yard par 4. Both of these holes should be shortened or made to be par 5’s. There are only one par 5 on the back 9 so why not not convert the holes?? Oh...and...there is a par 5 on the front 9 that is only 450 yards!! It makes no sense! The course would be MUCH more fun and fair as a par 72.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/01/2021

We're glad you enjoyed your golfing experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Needs work

Grounds could be in much better condition and clubhouse is never overly friendly. Trees should be trimmed for blue tees and tee boxes are in poor shape. Overall, a fair course but you can’t take it too seriously in this condition.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Love this course

The fairways and greens are in immaculate shape it’s been a couple years since I played that course but I really enjoyed it I will play again there soon

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/24/2020

We're glad you enjoyed the course conditions and the greens! We look forward to your next round here at South Grove Golf Course.

Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/28/2020

Hi, uLRRY4856LR. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at South Grove Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great for the value

We were never pressured for pace, and had a great time. It seemed like they had sprinkler issues and there were puddles and some mud pits of the edges of a few fairways. Only issue.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/21/2020

Thank you for reviewing the course. We're glad you found the pace of play during your round excellent. We work hard to accommodate everyone who visits our course and to best control pace allowing everyone to finish in a reasonable amount of time. Thank you for playing South Grove Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Bring your own ball washer

Fairways and Greens in good shape but Teeboxes and ballwashers are terrible. Ball washer water and towels look and smell like the haven’t been serviced in 5 yrs.

If you bring your own ball washer you can have a great time on this beautiful old wooded course if you can hit the ball straight and avoid the huge trees lining every hole!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mark C.

Good day of golf. Fairways and greens in great shape. Rough on some holes were cut nice and short while others weren’t. Overall good day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/03/2019

We're glad you had a great time at the golf course!

Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

This course has everything

My brother Mike and myself booked thru Golfnow (hot deal). We got there checked in and got off few minutes early. Overall course was in fantastic shape! Great course great staff and great value
Will definitely play here again and highly recommend to others.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging course all skill levels

My brother and myself got hot deal to play today.We arrived early and got out a couple minutes before our tee time. Course was busy and we had to wait almost every hole due to a slow group ahead of us. Overall still had good time playing. Course needs attention in most every tee box and fairways little grown but great value. Will definitely play there again Hope pace better

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/29/2019

We're glad you had a pleasant round despite waiting at times. We hope to see you out here again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A lot of Trees!

Over all nice course. If they cut a few of the tress limbs out of the fairways would make it a lot better. But for the $$$ it was a nice 18 holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/13/2019

We're glad you found value in our golf course! We hope to see you back here again soon.

Played On
Reviews 197
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 50 Contributor
Indy Advisor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

BYO Chainsaw

South Grove is not a course I can recommend. The course is tight, in some cases too tight where trees overhang and could be trimmed without losing their defense in order to be fair, like on 2 and 11. Very back and forth in the layout, with few memorable holes. Tee boxes are basically spots in the grass that are mowed slightly lower than the rough. Fairway hard to tell apart from the rough. Greens were small and not quite as slow as shag carpeting, but it was close. Clientele were not the most considerate to faster players.

If you find yourself there, use a club off the tee you trust to be straight or you will likely be punching out. It's better than its neighbors across the river (Riverside and Coffin) but that's lipstick on a pig. There's better than this a short drive away at Shank and Pleasant Run if you're staying on this tier of course in the city of Indianapolis.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 07/30/2019

We are sorry to learn you did not enjoy your golfing experience with us this time around. We will look into your concerns, and we hope you'l give us another shot in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid Choice

2nd time playing and zero complaints. Tree lined fairways, good layout, and maintained as well as expected. 100% worth the cost.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/05/2019

We're happy to hear you decided to come back for more! We hope to see you out here again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/04/2019

Thank you for your 5-star rating! Please book another round with us soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

If you’re young...

If you’re young, new to golf, and not 30 minutes early, expect to get your butt chewed for giving them business. Guy told our group we were late when his clock was fast. Did not apologize nor did he need to. I could tell his life is a miserable one. In 50’s... still working on a weekend... while a young group is out trying to have fun.. must be jealous.... So after all the grief he gives us for being late we go out there and there’s 3 groups on tee box one. People probably confused because of the clock situation. It’s 2019 use the time on your phone! I would rather go to coffin or riverside where I won’t get treated and belittled .

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Great Place to Shake Off the Rust

First time out, and had great time. The course is fairly straight and level, and not too difficult, but in great shape, especially so early in the season. The grounds crew is to be commended for their work. The greens, again especially this early in the season, were very nice and true. Short course, and lots of fun. May become more difficult as the leaves begin to appear on the many trees, but just keep it in the short grass an you'll score well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 04/30/2019

We're happy to learn you had a great first time out on South Grove! We appreciate your feedback, and hope to see you out here again soon.

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful walking Course

Greens were in excellent shape!

Beautiful Green Walking Course w lots of huge shade trees to shelter you from the heat.

Can get in tree trouble if you have trouble hitting it straight!

Wonderful choice if you enjoy walking!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/30/2019

Thank you for the excellent review! Be sure to book your next round with us very soon.

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