Cass Benton Hills DGC reviews
4
4
foren
Experience:
5 played
4 reviews
May 20 MUD PIT, Stay Away drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:May 23, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Lots of Long holes... gotta be a BEAST Driver to score low.
Multiple Pads per hole, makes it tuneable when playing with mixed talent level.
Probably a great course to play Aug., Sept, Oct.
Multiple Pads per hole, makes it tuneable when playing with mixed talent level.
Probably a great course to play Aug., Sept, Oct.
Cons:
In Spring this place is a MUD pit... literally unwalkable holes, mud pit fairways... are impassible
Other Thoughts:
It'd be an better course, with proper water management, directed drainage.
4
1
esdubya
Experience:
28.9 years
106 played
23 reviews
Buyer Beware 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:May 14, 2010
Played the course:5+ times
Other Thoughts:
Sure, Cass Benton is a great course but you will have a drastically different experience depending on when you play it.
For best results, play early in the morning or wintertime.
If you want to have a long frustrating distracting round with a bunch of "cass-holes" then play afternoon on a nice day. It gets worse here than anywhere else in Michigan, in my opinion.
Let's put aside the casual player issue just for a minute here and talk about just the course.
Actually, the course itself was once great. Now it is good. The number of trees taken down by cass-holes and ash borers has opened up the line-of-flight to make it easier in general. It can get muddy. Teepads are still in OK shape. Navigation between holes is pretty easy. Signage is spotty.
The land here has the potential to house a 5 star course but as it stands now my experience at Cass is worth about a 2.5 star. This course is 10 minutes away from where I live and I rarely play it.
I can't offer a solution other than to take it out for a few years to let the land recover. Everyone around here is scared of that happening though because then the cass-holes will start to wander around to other area courses. Best to keep them in one spot, even though that spot is hurting. It's sad, really.
For best results, play early in the morning or wintertime.
If you want to have a long frustrating distracting round with a bunch of "cass-holes" then play afternoon on a nice day. It gets worse here than anywhere else in Michigan, in my opinion.
Let's put aside the casual player issue just for a minute here and talk about just the course.
Actually, the course itself was once great. Now it is good. The number of trees taken down by cass-holes and ash borers has opened up the line-of-flight to make it easier in general. It can get muddy. Teepads are still in OK shape. Navigation between holes is pretty easy. Signage is spotty.
The land here has the potential to house a 5 star course but as it stands now my experience at Cass is worth about a 2.5 star. This course is 10 minutes away from where I live and I rarely play it.
I can't offer a solution other than to take it out for a few years to let the land recover. Everyone around here is scared of that happening though because then the cass-holes will start to wander around to other area courses. Best to keep them in one spot, even though that spot is hurting. It's sad, really.
