Rees Jones' Thousand Oaks Golf Club: The most upscale public golf course in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Thousand Oaks Golf Club is Grand Rapids' most upscale public golf course. Designed by Rees Jones, it's got all the luxury amenities you'd expect, including the state's most advanced golf carts.
The course can feel more "up north" than Grand Rapids at times thanks to big elevation changes (including raised tees and downhill par 3s) and the lack of parallel holes.
At times the homes in the namesake residential development get a little too close for comfort but that's housing-development golf for you. All things considered, Thousand Oaks lives up to its place in the Grand Rapids golf pantheon.
![The downhill first hole at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2866.jpg)
Thousand Oaks Golf Club - hole 1
The downhill first hole at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids.
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![The front nine at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2868.jpg)
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids
The front nine at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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![Most holes at Thousand Oaks Golf Club don't run parallel.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2869.jpg)
Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Most holes at Thousand Oaks Golf Club don't run parallel.
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![Officials at Thousand Oaks dub their golf course more "up north" than Grand Rapids.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2870.jpg)
Thousand Oaks golf course
Officials at Thousand Oaks dub their golf course more "up north" than Grand Rapids.
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Thousand Oaks GC
Thousand Oaks is Grand Rapids, Michigan's most upscale public golf course.
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![Designed by Rees Jones, Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan has all the luxury amenities you'd expect.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2872.jpg)
Thousand Oaks G.C.
Designed by Rees Jones, Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan has all the luxury amenities you'd expect.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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![A dogleg right to an elevated green on the back nine at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.](/departments/photo-galleries/images/small/2877.jpg)
Thousand Oaks Golf Club
A dogleg right to an elevated green on the back nine at Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Thousand Oaks Golf Club
Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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