Tam Golf Course — Attraction in Niles Township

I am a beginner golfer. I am trying to rate this course fairly and also trying to be sensitive to people's opinions. Some may say that one golf course is better than the other because of various features it had to offer, such as alcohol, conditions of groundskeeping, social atmosphere, etc. I found this course to have it's groundskeeping to be in very great shape and the price is reasonable. The main reason that I did not give this more stars is that the course ranger / management try to keep you moving along at a pace that is not comfortable for beginners. My wife and I made a tee time appointment... We were not allowed to play 9 holes due to the sun setting and was a little closer to the end of the day... which is perfectly fine and agreeable in our opinion. We were allowed to play a quick six. We were given a discount for playing 3 less holes. No arguments there. We were constantly rushed along and harassed by the course ranger. I feel that we were being rushed along for the simple fact that the golf staff could leave as early as possible as soon as we finished....not for any reason that would make sense, like holding up a golf group behind us (which there were none) or playing offensively or destructively. I would only recommend this course if you are a well accomplished golfer who can keep your strokes to a minimum and your pace fast. The greatest thing they offer is they have a very nice restaurant/bar, & the grounds are a very well kept and the facilty is nice and reasonably affordable. Don't play here unless you are ready to be...

Played on a weekday evening. Pace was extremely slow with people walking and never really getting a good hit. Not a big deal, everyone needs to learn somewhere and some time, but it was a bit tough as we were trying to beat the sunset by the end of the 9. The things that bothered me were that the holes were pretty straight, short, and it was a tight course with fairways being side-by-side. Once again, not horrible, but you really need to control your shot. It seemed most people could not and instead of going to get their ball and playing it or dropping back on their hole, they'd just leave the ball and go get another. By the time we were playing, there were probably at least 10 balls left on each hole from previous players, which made finding your ball quite difficult and time consuming (this is really a complaint of the...

Great course. I understand that COVID-19 makes things a little crazy but I don’t think Tam was following the posted regulations. My husband and I showed up 10 minutes early for our tee time and they tried to pair us with another twosome. The course was also PACKED. we were waiting to hit 5-10 minutes sometimes. They definitely were not spacing groups out 15 minutes. Again, I completely understand that stuff is crazy with COVID and I can’t wait to come back when life is back to normal but it just wasn’t paced well and seemed way...