Far Oaks Golf Club
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Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville has a unique layout with a front nine that is designed in a Scottish-links style and a back nine that plays through rolling woodlands. The links holes are framed with native prairie grasses and wildflowers while mature oak trees line the fairways on the back nine. There are plenty of elevation changes throughout the golf course, making it hard to find a flat lie. Mounding and strategically placed bunkers lurk treacherously along the greensides and there are also several holes with water. Far Oaks Golf Club is a challenging course that demands accuracy, which is most apparent on the 10th hole. Although it's not the longest par 4 on the course, it is still challenging thanks to a slew of bunkers that border both sides of the green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 72 | 6926 yards | 72.1 | 133 |
| Championship | 72 | 6521 yards | 69.8 | 128 |
| Club Regular | 72 | 5649 yards | 67.6 | 119 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5137 yards | 70.0 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament M: 72.6/131 | 507 | 175 | 590 | 437 | 422 | 142 | 386 | 169 | 545 | 3373 | 423 | 427 | 396 | 195 | 541 | 356 | 185 | 406 | 545 | 3474 | 6847 |
| Championship M: 70.6/128 | 477 | 161 | 581 | 420 | 400 | 130 | 335 | 150 | 525 | 3179 | 392 | 407 | 360 | 185 | 521 | 340 | 175 | 382 | 530 | 3292 | 6471 |
| Club Regular M: 68.4/121 | 467 | 145 | 526 | 380 | 380 | 117 | 320 | 134 | 500 | 2969 | 374 | 390 | 330 | 150 | 486 | 320 | 145 | 342 | 496 | 3033 | 6002 |
| Yellow M: 66.4/109 W: 70.7/126 | 420 | 135 | 515 | 320 | 340 | 110 | 305 | 120 | 465 | 2730 | 325 | 255 | 325 | 135 | 470 | 280 | 132 | 325 | 425 | 2672 | 5402 |
| Forward W: 68.7/119 | 400 | 124 | 479 | 300 | 303 | 103 | 267 | 112 | 448 | 2536 | 296 | 299 | 320 | 125 | 450 | 264 | 120 | 290 | 390 | 2554 | 5090 |
| Handicap | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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A Day at Far Oaks
Great layout, greens recovering from aeration but held iron shots very well, some tee boxes a little rough, many sand traps were “muddy”…could have been from previous days rains (don’t know how much they got).
Staff was exceptionally friendly and helpful. Lots of rough and “void” areas along cart paths. Lots of maintenance staff out and working the grounds so I’ll assume they’re doing their best to make the course the best it can be over time. Would have liked to see the beverage cart a few more times.
Overall a darn good day and a darn good course…well worth the price unlike many area courses.
Far Oaks
Course was in great shape, Staff and Cart girl were friendly and helpful. No course Marshall, which would have helped on back nine.
Awesome course
This course was great. Conditions were near perfect, staff and overall layout if great. Price is good for quality as well.
Great course with super fast Greens
Overall, the course is in great shape.
Perhaps the greens could’ve been a little better taken care of.
They were extremely fast.
The layout was fun and very diversified.
Good value for the money.
Top Tier Public Facility in St. Louis
Far Oaks is a solid course with a strong back-9. The greens are usually firm, fast, & true. The clubhouse MAY be the best public facility clubhouse within 500 miles. Crafted from timbers found on the property, it's truly an impressive structure. Far Oaks is not the most challenging but it can sneak up and bite you and will be in the Top-10 of anybody's must-play list in St. Louis.
Far Oaks is beautiful this time of year
Corse is coming along. Great shape for as cool as it has been. They did sand the greens the day we played.
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