Links at Lawsonia Golf Course

Lawsonia Links deserves the accolades that it gets. This is a great links design. There is some fescue on the course, but the fairways are generous and there is also plenty of rough to save your ball from the fescue. The greens are very large and the undulations force you to plan out your chips/pitches accordingly. I really enjoyed the course and cannot wait to go again!

Each summer, my son, sons in law and I go someplace different for a couple rounds of golf, and this year we chose Lawsonia. We're glad we did. The course was terrific, with the possible exception of the traps on the woods course, and everyone we met was polite and courteous, making it a very enjoyable experience.

I played this course many, many years ago. I thought maybe my memories of a great golf course were exaggerated. Not at all! This is what I imagine playing on Augusta National at the Masters would be like. You will love this course!!!

One of my all-time favorite courses. Great layout. Very challenges greens complexes. Course is in great shape. Loved it.

We played the woodland course and part of links. I thought it was very relaxing and fun. The links was played like a true links with big greens and firm fairways. Woodlands was great enjoyed different elevation changes. I would recommend this course. Great value

The overall shape of the course was pretty good with the exception of the greens. They had been aerated but the pro shop didn't mention that fact when we checked in. The greens hadn't come back to 100% and were bumpy but very fast.

The fescue grass wasn't that tall but still problematic if you would find yourself in it.

Have played the Woodlands several times and wanted to try The Links. A friend had told me that it looked easy, but was tremendolusly challenging. He was right. The fast undualting greens, proliferation of sand traps and berms, made for a very interesting round. The speed of the greens made it difficult to hold the greens and challenging putts. The raised greens required excellent approach shots and the traps located at the base of berms made pitching a real adventure.

After golfing Lawsonia Woodlands just a couple of weeks ago and doing very well, I was surprised how much tougher the Links course was on a cool day. The temperature was about 60 degrees when we teed off, and the greens had been aerated recently. The white tees were nearly 6500 yards. With very steep greenside bunkers, challenging greens, and numerous side hill lies, the Links was a real challenge.
Still like both courses, but I scored 11 strokes better on the Woodlands on a nice day with nice greens than I did on the Links after aeration.

The course is awesome a great challenge and fun for everyone to play

The best condition course I have played on in a long time. It is like going on an adventure, every hole is different and unique.

Course is in great condition. Score card recommends which tees to play based on handicap. Elevated greens make for a tough up and down with fast and undulating putting surfaces. Not uncommon for ball to find the other side of the elevated green if not careful. Fairways forgiving but its always possible to find large fairway bunkers. Must hit the greens on the par 3's, well protected. I find this a v. challenging course from the blue tees but able to post a good score from the whites <80. Recommend playing!

Course is in the best shape it's been in- golfing here since mid-'70's. Forward tees are very fair, but still keep the course moderately challenging. Good course management is definitely a plus.

I would recommend playing this course for the course itself. The course had a couple areas that needed improvements, winter kill in a couple of greens, puddles in numerous sand traps, and the occasional mud spots; all of which could be avoided if you are a decent golfer. This course is set up to make your second shot the make or break of the hole. Tee shots are not very difficult but with the elevated greens and sand protecting basically every hole on the course you need to have a good second shot to succeed on this course.

There are two reasons I would try and avoid this course. The first is the pace of play. We were playing in a two-some so we knew we were going to catch up to some groups eventually but there were two open slots in front of us(30 minutes) and we had caught up to the group in from of us by hole 3. There was no one on the course to move people along or give suggestions if we could move to an open spot so we were not at every shot. A player assistant would have really helped considering the group in front of us, who knew we were right behind them, would spend 5 minutes at times looking for a ball they were clearly not going to find. The second is the decision of their food and beverage team. We saw the beverage service for the first time on hole 6, and curious I asked what took so long, she was the only one for both courses that day. Once we got to the turn I had asked why there was only one beverage cart for both courses, and she had stated they sent one of them home because there was not enough golfers to keep both of them. I cant speak for the woodlands course but there was a group on each hole, mostly 4-somes, in front of us. When we did see staff they were very professional and friendly but when you are golfing in 80+ degree weather and no cloud coverage you don't have your golfers rely on the water jugs set on every 4 holes.

I would play the course again but they definitely need need to sure up the decisions of the food and beverage management!

The greenskeeper must have been angry the morning we played. Some of the most severe pin placements I have seen on a course. We played as a threesome and played in about 4 hours. Great day, course in great shape.

was senic , pretty an very nice, would be a great course to recommend

greta shape huge ondulating greens , can easily 3-4 put,

The course was in great condition. Elevated greens makes for difficult approach shots. Could be very tough for the high handicap golfer(over 25). Extremely scenic and fun to play while looking over Green Lake.

Greens were fast and wind was blowing 20 mph. Along with fairly firm conditions we had great links experience, except for temps in the 90s. Probably a difficult course for high handicappers. Not very forgiving if you miss fairways and greens. Cool course however not like many others you play

Outside of having a few burned out spots on some greens, the course is immaculate. The greens are firm, but will hold a long approach. Just try to keep the approach underneath the cup, since the greens have to be 12+ on the stimp meter. Every cart offers a laser range finder, but I found my Garmin GPS to be more accurate. Enjoyed the course very much!!!

Dollar for dollar, this is the best bargain for a quality golf course anywhere! A MUST PLAY.