*******. May 30, 2025 update. *******
Very much improved since my last post. There is hope that course conditions can mend. The fungus disease plaguing the landing area on hole #4 has completely cured. The tee boxes on all the holes have fresh grass. The new mgmt company also appears to have adequate staffing. While all these improvements are very positive signs of course corrections, there's still work to be done to regain the status Detwiler once boasted 30+ years ago as one of the best public courses in the Toledo area. Looking forward to witnessing more improvements in the future.
May 2024
The course is in better shape since I played in 2022, but it’s a long way from recovering to the condition it was 10+ years ago. The tee boxes need significant repair, especially the par 3's on the front 9. The jungle thick growth of weeds, bushes, and small trees on the front 9 needs to be removed surrounding the teeboxes on holes 2,6,7, and 9. All the brush buildup bordering the water on every hole on the back 9 needs to be removed, especially on hole #11. The 4th fairway still has some orange colored disease spread over a large portion of the drive landing area 200+ yards off the tee. The 4th green has a damaged area near the bunker. The 8th hole green has a damaged area the size of a manhole cover in the front left. But hey on a good note, the fairways are finally trimmed to a visable level lower than the rough.
9 months ago
Very sad to say that the course is in very bad shape. I love how friendly the staff is, but nothing in this course was playable except for the first few holes and the last. Some of them had greens with grass longer than the fairways. Some courses had no fairway at all due to either grass missing or grass as tall as roughs. None of the bunkers were maintained and some of them had bushes growing up. Although it's pretty cheap, there are many better places to play for $35. I will let you decide from the photos.
2 years ago
Played at Detwiler Golf Course today and the course was in very good shape! Greens were excellent and were fast but rolled very true and were great to putt! Fairways were pretty good as well. They were firm but NW Ohio is in a pretty significant drought right now so many courses are the same. Had not played at Detwiler in 30 years and the course has matured significantly but the course was in very good shape!
We will come back and play this year and are considering moving our golf league out there next year if they have opening. It was a very enjoyable day because of the condition of the course! Everyone that worked at the course was very friendly!
6 months ago
I used to play this course in a league around 2014. I loved the course and saw that it was on GolfNow for $16 with cart. I bought it without hesitation. Unfortunately, they are clearly having ownership problems and the course has gone bad. There are no fairways, grass trimmings everywhere, soaked greens, etc.. I hope this place makes it back to where it used to be, but right now please do not play.
6 years ago
Played a round here today and had an awful experience. Walked into the club house and when we walked up to the desk the old guy working the desk acted annoyed that we were there even though we had a tee time. Then, proceeded to tell us after we paid that we had to walk because they had no carts left(on a Wednesday afternoon). When we were on the 7th hole at 7:30 they went around and pulled all the pins. On top of all that the course is in terrible shape: greens are all brown and patchy, tee boxes with no grass, etc. Would not recommend wasting your money here.
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