The Fortress Golf Course
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About
The Fortress was inspired by classic Scottish golf courses, incorporating fescue-covered mounds and a liberal smattering of bunkers, 75 to be exact, around the large, sectioned greens. The expansive greens average 7,500 feet, providing golfers with some challenging putts. Patches of rough that are several inches thick and strategic mounding separate the winding fairways. The back nine holes are where the course really shines. It becomes especially interesting by the time you reach the par-4 13th hole, a dogleg left that is bordered by two large ponds. It is hard to decide which is worse: landing in one of the four bunkers or the deep gorse on the mounds behind the green, but both are better than losing your ball to the water. The signature hole of the golf course though is the 17th, known for its challenging island green. There is little room for error on the long, narrow green.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6813 yards | 73.8 | 140 |
| Maroon | 72 | 6271 yards | 71.3 | 135 |
| Gold | 72 | 4837 yards | 69.2 | 128 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.2/142 | 522 | 167 | 456 | 149 | 353 | 501 | 437 | 409 | 453 | 3447 | 396 | 391 | 209 | 443 | 523 | 350 | 380 | 172 | 529 | 3393 | 6840 |
| Maroon M: 71.4/139 | 494 | 140 | 431 | 119 | 324 | 467 | 390 | 378 | 437 | 3180 | 336 | 363 | 181 | 410 | 496 | 309 | 333 | 153 | 510 | 3091 | 6271 |
| Combo M: 67.1/127 W: 72.7/137 | 415 | 140 | 342 | 119 | 324 | 390 | 288 | 278 | 325 | 2621 | 336 | 363 | 181 | 315 | 398 | 309 | 333 | 153 | 436 | 2824 | 5445 |
| Gold M: 64.3/115 W: 69.4/129 | 415 | 82 | 342 | 83 | 275 | 390 | 288 | 278 | 325 | 2478 | 272 | 254 | 109 | 315 | 398 | 239 | 247 | 89 | 436 | 2359 | 4837 |
| Handicap | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by Blake5355960 on 10/13/2024
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17th hole an absolute beautiful hole Photo submitted by Michael6064109 on 10/15/2021
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Photo submitted by thomaskvincent1 on 09/27/2021
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Photo submitted by Simpson85 on 06/19/2021
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Photo submitted by Kathy6050012 on 10/04/2020
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+ 2 more#17 Photo submitted by RG2341 on 06/09/2020
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Photo submitted by u314160118166 on 06/01/2020
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Photo submitted by jasonhoy on 08/19/2019
Wonderful Day!
The course was in great shape! Had a great round with a good friend! Shot pretty decent as well.
Always a favourite
Love love this course. Only thing negative is so much walking even with a cart. We are in our late 70’s and the walking is exhausting. If u go off the fairways the cart shuts down and on 18 we literally had to push cart to get it too go again. Could have had a heart attack.
Great little getaway
Very nice course with staff to match it very friendly and accommodating. Would definitely return the only drawback was the greens were aerated but the rest of the course made up for it. Good value, will definitely return.
Love love this course!
Such a challenging course! Beautifully layed out. Only complaint I would have here is there is a lot of walking involved up and down which is a challenge for seniors over 70 with hip or knee issues. Thus the reason for a cart. If u go off the fairway the cart quit running and I mean only a few steps off so we had to literally push the car until it started and I’m 79 and hubby is 78. Could have had a heart attack. Other wise perfect and fun. Especially in fall with the trees in colour.
Fun course and greens and fairway in great shape. Only negative was they were plugging the front 9 greens and that was not noted on the golf now app. The fortress did call me and inform us of that so we just played the back 9 twice. Look forward to playing again and including the front 9. Only other negative is the clubhouse concession stand is located right next to the water treatment plant and it’s not an inviting smell to your dinning experience. We decided to grab a bite to eat elsewhere. But the facilities were very nice. Staff very friendly!
Beautiful golf course
Well manicured course, with a good variety of holes, over rolling terrain. I am a 9-10 handicap golfer and found it to be a good challenge.
Great day except….
We only saw the cart girl once during the round and it was on the first hole. Got a little thirsty.
Excellent course but demanding.
The fortress is an excellent course for conditions and visuals, however, it’s a pretty hard golf course for a tourist town. Low handicap golfers will enjoy the course. If you are off the fairways you will get deep rough if you find your golf ball at all. If you are, the Muni blue tees player do yourself a favor and play the white tees or farther up just so you will enjoy the course and not complain that you wasted your money because the course is too hard.
Great course, a must play!
If you haven’t played the Fortress yet, you’re missing out. It has been a while since I played here last but I was surprised to find a great hot deal to go out in the evening. I was sandwiched between a group of three and a duo behind me. The pace was a bit slower than I would’ve liked but I was out by myself away from the kids, so I didn’t mind! Conditions were great, fairways and rough are close to pristine. Greens had a LOT of spike marks, however it looked like there was an event that day so this was expected. Great layout, some very challenging holes and other easier ones. Definitely recommend stopping here to play and visiting Frankenmuth afterwards!
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