The Oldest Golf Course in Wisconsin – Eagle Springs Golf Resort (Eagle, Wisconsin)

The Oldest Golf Course in Wisconsin – Eagle Springs Golf Resort (Eagle, Wisconsin)

Honestly, between the historic charm and kind of the oddity of these golf holes, um, Eagle Springs kind of gives me Whiteberry Yacht Club vibes. [Music] Eagle Springs is one of the best ninehole courses um, in America, if not the world. Honestly, between the historic charm and kind of the oddity of these golf holes, Eagle Springs kind of gives me Whiteberry Yacht Club vibes, this building is super old. Um, and it’s clearly been modified over the years to kind of give the purpose, like serve its purpose, but it’s the building itself, the bones, the structure remains unchanged. And that is the same with the golf course. There are a lot of golf holes out there that if you were designing a golf course today, you would not design these golf holes. And yet because of the historic charm, because of just the quirk that it offers, there is like an acceptance of, okay, this is okay because of how old it is, and it’s just really awesome. The resort started in 1893. The resort originally had an 18hole golf course created by AG Spalding, who was a Chicago Cubs pitcher, and laid out a couple holes and then kind of let nature lay out the rest. It was a destination for people in Chicago or the greater Milwaukee area. Unfortunately, during the Great Depression, Eagle Springs couldn’t avoid the depression. The economic impacts of that just were farreaching, even in rural Wisconsin, and it led to them uh actually selling off, closing, eliminating nine holes of their 18-hole golf course. The nine holes that survived the Great Depression are the nine holes that remain today. And it’s kind of a big what if, like, what were those other nine holes like? What did they look like? Where were they? How were they routed? Um, it’s definitely something that I would love to see given how awesome the nine holes there are right now. Regardless, the nine holes there are special. It’s kind of crazy the different terrains that are present in such a short routing right off the bat. Hole one, you have a tea box right next to the clubhouse and it’s going straight up a hill. Honestly, it reminds me of Elely over in Scotland. Truly a blind t-shot. There is no marker. It is just your tea boxes pointed straight at a hill and you have to climb the hill and then the reveal is awesome once you get crest over the hill. You have this awesome mound right in front of the green with a tiered green. Um really rejects balls. Um but also because of that tiered green can be a great funnel pin. There’s just a lot of variety and it’s just an awesome quirky hole that just is a great introduction to Eagle Springs. Early in the round, right after you walk off the first hole, you go to the second hole and you are faced with the signature hole, the volcano hole, as it describes, a volcano. The green sits perched up on this mound, 150 yard shot, a little bunker, maybe seems a little unnecessary. I guess it would catch your ball instead of rolling all the way down the volcano. As you can see in these video clips, just left rejects all the way down, right, all the way down, short, long, just this green perched up. Honestly reminds me of some Langford and Maro designesque stuff. I’ve had the privilege to play Canadsk um in Illinois and they also have a volcano hole a little bit longer, a little bit larger, but same premise and it’s just a really fun golf hole. Good variety. I could go blowby-blow, describe every hole, like different ravine runoffs, water hazards, um, green quirks, um, but just the totality of Eagle Springs is very special, adding to kind of the uniqueness of the topography of the routing. We do have this water feature that comes into play on a couple holes. Um, but I think the area that I want to highlight is after the seventh hole, you tee off of eight and you kind of go up to this upper tier of the property and it sits above the clubhouse and you play eight, which is such a jarring hole. It is like a perfectly straight par five. There is no hazards. It is just straight shot. Can you hit your ball straight? Keep it in play. Um, no frrills. Just very unique and stark. And then you have this wide open kind of dog leg ninth hole. And these two holes are just kind of like in their own little portion of the property. It it does create like a unique feel. Um you kind of have those first two holes that I described earlier and then you kind of go to this open field for holes 2 through 7 and work your way around the the features there before coming up for eight and nine and you’re just kind of secluded up here um in your own little area which is just a unique and awesome way to end the round. Um, I think my favorite hole has got to be six or seven. You know, can’t tough to pick between the two, but I kind of just love the halfpipe fairway on six. And then hole seven honestly reminds me of short par three on the back nine at White Bear Yacht. Just, you know, back slope kind of feeding everything forward. Green that you got to carry in the front. Um, I would say at Eagle Springs it’s pretty fun cuz it’s downhill and just the hole is there out in front of you and it just asks and demands a very proper iron shot and so just a very fun hole to play. All in all, don’t let the fact that it’s nine holes fool you. Eagle Springs is a special golf course. The history, the charm of the place is unmatched, as well as the golf course being really awesome architecturally. There’s great variety. It’s very affordable. And if you are in the Milwaukee area, I I think it’s a mustplay. If you’re driving through, even from Chicago or Minneapolis, you must check out Eagle Springs. It is truly an awesome property. Thank you so much for watching this video. If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like or subscribing to the channel here at Goodwalk Spoiled. I look to make content that highlights unique golf courses and kind of just gives you that thrill of travel and exploring and seeing what kind of golf courses um there may be out there that you might not know about. So, um if you like this video, again, consider leaving a like, subscribing, sharing with a friend, and checking out some of our older videos, which should be popping up on the screen here, um about some other golf courses. Thank you so much for watching, and see you at the next one.

Eagle Springs in Eagle, Wisconsin might only be 9 holes but do not let that fool you. This golf course is full history, great architecture and the right amount of quirk that make for one of the best 9 hole courses in America, if not, the World.

Watch along as Mason Savage from A Good Walk Spoiled goes through the history of the course and highlights some of his favorite holes on property.

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