Turnberry Golf Course
About
Situated in a lush valley bordering Blacklick Creek, Turnberry Golf Course is tucked away amidst mature forests and high fescue grasses. The course is one of seven municipal courses in the Columbus area. It has an unexpected location, which has added to its allure of being one of central Ohio's better-kept secrets. Arthur Hills designed the links-style, championship layout. At just over 6,700 yards from the back tees, this lengthy golf course tumbles across varying elevations. A cart would be best on this course. The front nine is more wooded but there is more water coming into play on the back nine. Strategically placed bunkers pose a formidable challenge throughout Turnberry, as do the fescue-lined fairways. On each hole, golfers face a tricky second shot to a small, elevated green.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 6775 yards | 72.8 | 127 |
Blue | 72 | 6161 yards | 70.1 | 124 |
White | 72 | 5868 yards | 68.4 | 120 |
Orange | 73 | 5440 yards | 66.7 | 117 |
Orange (W) | 73 | 5440 yards | 71.5 | 123 |
Purple | 73 | 3812 yards | 62.1 | 102 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 72.4/128 | 525 | 362 | 159 | 337 | 508 | 392 | 182 | 375 | 441 | 3281 | 385 | 413 | 510 | 207 | 413 | 451 | 215 | 384 | 516 | 3494 | 6775 |
Blue M: 69.9/124 | 500 | 337 | 136 | 303 | 481 | 354 | 148 | 321 | 425 | 3005 | 348 | 354 | 483 | 172 | 370 | 416 | 186 | 351 | 476 | 3156 | 6161 |
White M: 68.4/121 | 485 | 325 | 125 | 291 | 475 | 337 | 134 | 300 | 410 | 2882 | 325 | 325 | 469 | 160 | 358 | 385 | 170 | 339 | 455 | 2986 | 5868 |
Orange M: 66.5/115 W: 71.3/123 | 477 | 314 | 112 | 271 | 455 | 317 | 114 | 273 | 401 | 2734 | 295 | 295 | 459 | 139 | 338 | 365 | 160 | 254 | 401 | 2706 | 5440 |
Purple W: 62.0/102 | 340 | 225 | 110 | 172 | 320 | 205 | 110 | 162 | 270 | 1914 | 205 | 200 | 330 | 130 | 210 | 250 | 53 | 210 | 310 | 1898 | 3812 |
Handicap | 11 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||
Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 3 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 |
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3 Stars
Course was over watered. Greens were very inconsistent. Our cart broke down on the 3rd hole & they replaced it with one that was also in bad shape. 30 minute rain delay but we got the round in. I was expecting a little better from a city course. Still overall a good round of golf.
Great course
Awesome links course, greens, tees and fairways were in great shape.
Terrible Shape
I had high hopes for this course as it came highly recommended by a good friend. As I’ve been told, this course is typically in really good shape, and fun to play. Every single green had Multiple brown spots and ant hills. The staff have clearly given up on the upkeep. Don’t play in 2020.
Stole a day from winter 2/3/20
Took advantage of a 60* day in February, 2020 and took advantage as well of a great golfnow rate and reward to play Turnberry for $zero.... cant beat that rate!!! The day was great and only a few others playing today. I went as a single and ended up with two very nice lads joining me who had exceptional games. The tee boxes were not out ITS WINTER!!!! Not a problem.... used my range finder on par 3’s.... greens were a bit bumpy but understandably so, it’s usually below freezing here at this i time of year. Great links style course. In great shape especially for a mini course....
Always NICE!
Love the course. Played it Sunday when it was a little wet and the course was in great shape. I’ll definitely be back. Awesome driving range!
Severely overrated
Let me start by saying I never write reviews, however I felt compelled to do so regarding this course. All I’ve heard about Turnberry and read about this course from reviews, ratings, etc. is how it is a challenging course because of its excellent design and furthermore, that the course is highly recommended and reviewed as one of, if not the best Columbus City course because of how well kept and maintained it is. The only challenging aspect of Turnberry was how poor the conditions and shape of the course was in. 7/9 holes I lost my ball in the fairway off all different shots (drives, irons, wedges) because the ball was 2 inches into the ground due to how severely underwater/overwatered it was. And it was every hole. Moreover, not only did I have to dig my ball out of the ground every time but also couldn’t hit the ball even after I dug it up when on the fairway. Imagine playing every shot like it was out of the bunker - got to the point where I was aiming for everything but the fairway - the taller grass was easier to hit out of! Also, there is an absurd amount of dirt patches that have not been repaired (just drew circles around), divots everywhere because it was waterlogged, greens were even a mess. Even the cart paths sucked. Scheduled for 18 but ended it after 9. Would have walked off sooner but it was an absolutely stunning day and was hardly anyone on the course.
$40 for 1 player and 18 holes for a City public course I expected better. If it was $20 like Airport or Memorial I wouldn’t complain. If you’re just going out with a friend or group and just want to mess around then maybe play here but even then the price doesn’t match the quality.
Would not recommend.
No rangers to get groups moving
Slow play when you have walkers who won’t allow you to play through. Get a darn ranger on the course will you. Course was in excellent condition. Slow play doesn’t keep me enthused
Rude First Tee Program Instructor
Before my friends and o could tee off, we went to the driving range and was accosted by one of the younger First Tee Program Instructor
I payed for the round for all 3 players at the pro shop and purchased a dozen ProV1X balls and a LARGE bucket of range balls
My friends a I noticed that there was a section roped off for the first tee program so we moved down to were we thought we would be out of the way
I distributed the LARGE bucket of range balls between my friends and myself
We hit about 2-3 balls when one of the first tee instructors walked up to us and asked why we were hitting balls in this area and that it looked like we had more range balls that would fit in a large bucket of range balls
I introduced myself as Steve Maples a retired Army Col/ retired medical PA and business owner and asked him if he was accusing us of hitting range balls that we didn’t pay for
He replied that we need to move and that it looked like we had more range balls between the 3 of us that would fit in a large bucket
I requested that the next time he spoke to guests with more tact and to go back to teaching his first tee children
We stopped hitting range balls and moved to number one tee area and spoke to the starter about the unprofessional actions of the First Tee Instructor
We still had a great round and received nothing but very friendly and professional responses from all other staff at the course