B-Man’s Review of Warrior Golf Club on 7/31/24

Warrior Golf Club

Date: 7/31/24 Wed Morning
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Perfect
Pace: 4 1/2 Hours
Cost: Not entered
Username: B-Man
Profile: Golf Addict (more than once a week)
Handicap: 6
Today's Score: 79
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My best review of the summer. Warrior is in fantastic shape tee to green. The Champion Bermuda greens were immaculate and rolling quick. They were very consistent throughout. Tees, fairways and bunkers were also lush and well-maintained.

The course just celebrated its 25th anniversary in July and is now better than ever. They have made a few playability and pace of play improvements to the course. Notably:

No. 7 – cleared a ton of trees that were shading the tee boxes and not allowing grass to grow. This was one of my criticisms of the course going back several years. The grass for the back tees should be in good shape for the Fall.

No. 11 – removed the large bunker guarding the blind approach shot and left just the three smaller bunkers in front of the green.

No. 13 and No. 17 – cleared out most of the brush and many of the trees between these two par 5’s. You can see both fairways from each hole because they cleared out so much. This means a left tee shot on 13 or 17 is no longer a lost ball or a sideways punchout. This should reduce the number of lost balls and give you a chance to recover from a bad tee shot.

The carts have GPS screens to help with distances to trouble both off the tee and on layups. It also lets you order food and drink from the grill to cut down on your turn time. Speaking of drink, one suggestion: stock up on water and beverages before you tee off. There are no water jugs around the course and on this Wednesday there was no beverage cart.

Warrior is now No 4 on my Top 10 list and has risen above Rocky River and Skybrook, two similar semi-private clubs with Bermuda greens. Go play it and tell me what you think!