Featured Ohio Courses

Built on 300 acres of rolling farmland more than 80 years ago, the Tam O’Shanter golf club features 36-holes of championship golf on two courses, the Dales and the Hills, a premier practice facility featuring a complete driving range with 30 grass tees, a full-service restaurant, pro shop and lounge.

The Dales Course, which was built in 1928 and recently celebrated its 80th anniversary, is slightly longer than the Hills Course. It was built on somewhat flat terrain and is the more tree-lined of the two layouts. However, mounds in the generally wide fairways can cause uneven lies. It was designed by Harold Macomber, who was a disciple of the legendary Donald Ross.

Ideally located in the heart of Northeast Ohio, The Legends at Massillon is just a short drive from the areas of Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown. Currently rated four stars by Golf Digest, The Legends was recognized as the 4th best public golf course in Ohio by Great Lakes Golf magazine in their first annual reader’s choice awards.

Owned and operated by the city of Massillon, The Legends opened for play in 1995 and was one of the first all Bent grass public golf courses in Northeast Ohio. Originally just 18 holes, nine new holes have been added since the course was originally built.

The peaceful and serene Sanctuary Golf Club is one of Stark County’s premier courses and it has become the “home course” for many golfers in North Canton, greater Stark County and surrounding areas.

Visually appealing, challenging and affordable, the Sanctuary is a “back to nature” golf experience that makes you feel right at home.

The Sanctuary Golf Club opened its new course for play in July 2002. The course was designed by well-known Ohio golf architect Brian Huntley, who has built a number of outstanding layouts throughout the Buckeye State.

The sleepy northeastern Ohio village of Bolivar is home to less than 1,000 residents, and a beautiful old-style golf course nestled in the scenic countryside of Tuscarawas County just off Interstate 77.

A short drive from Canton, Wilkshire Golf Club is a popular gathering point for avid Ohio golfers. The classic course with tree-lined fairways, forgiving greens and lush landscaping is challenging enough for a single-digit handicapper, but benign enough for beginners from the forward tees.

Brian Huntley is the hottest name in Ohio Golf Course design. He’s built a number of notable layouts including Deer Ridge Golf Club, The Quarry Golf Club and Beavercreek Golf Club and renovated courses such as Medina Country Club, but he saved what could go down as his best work for Norwalk’s Eagle Creek Golf Club.

Golf Digest, one of the nation’s most respected and trusted golf publications, has taken notice. The magazine rated Eagle Creek 4 ½ out of 5 stars in 2008-09, an honor the course has held over the past four years.

This rating and Eagle Creek’s reputation have put the par-71 course on a short list of the best public-access facilities in the entire state of Ohio.

It might not have the large, very visible roller coasters of neighboring Cedar Point, but you’ll still experience similar thrills as you’re challenged by Eagle’s Landing Golf Club on the shores of Lake Erie just east of Toledo. Voted Toledo’s favorite course by readers of the Toledo Blade and considered by the critics as one of the “Top 100 Must-Play Courses in Ohio,” Brian Huntley fashioned a unique links-style layout around eight lakes with over 70 bunkers and large, undulating greens that opened in 1998.

With a couple of reachable par-5s for longer hitters, par-3s that will require a different club to reach each one, and a set of stout par-4s, this peaceful par-72 layout near Maumee Bay State Park provides a relaxing test from any of the four tees measuring between 5,100 and 6,800 yards.

The award-winning Red Hawk Run Golf Club was designed by Arthur Hills and Associates, one of the country’s most sought after golf architects.

As the centerpiece of a golf course community, Red Hawk Run strives to create a comfortable yet challenging experience for the avid golfer.

Nestled between rolling farmland and strands of mature hardwoods, the course also features three secluded ponds and a flowing creek to provide a quaint relaxing atmosphere.

Windy Knoll Golf Club is built upon a patch of land that has bred well-documented success.

As a world-renowned horse farm, Windy Knoll was originally brought to life in the 1970’s by champion thoroughbred breeder Howard B. Noonan. His vision was to bring the grandeur, beauty and prestige of Kentucky’s successful horse breeding farms to Ohio.

The former horse farm that was home to Avatar, winner of the 1975 Belmont Stakes, Native Uproar and other Derby-quality course has now matured into a links-style layout that dares you to succeed with a bushel of risk-reward decisions.