Central Ohio Golf Course Scene

Valued - To regard highly, esteemed, respected.
Value - Receiving more than you expected for the cost.

Value is an idea we all, well, value. We value those who value us. And we love to get a value. Not “something for nothing”, but something worthwhile for our time and treasure. Eagle Creek Golf Club just outside Norwalk is that type of valued venue. Its 4-1/2-Star rating in Golf Digest’s Places to Play puts it on a very short list alongside the EagleSticks, Stonewaters, Shaker Runs and Longabergers as one of the top dozen-or-so public courses in Ohio. And yet with a stunningly-low top rate on a weekend of $49 with cart, Eagle Creek can be the kind of home-away-from-home course you’ll want to come back to, again and again.

The 1995 Brian Huntley design is maturing like a fine wine amidst the woodlands, wetlands and valleys of northwest Ohio. With large, undulating greens, water on 11 holes and thousands of mature trees, it’s easy to boast that every hole on this par-71 layout has something different to offer.

The next time you’re turned off by the corporate-designed golf factories and want to get back to natural golf in an unspoiled setting, with family ownership, and yet also be challenged by a lay aot from one of Ohio’s most renowned architects that’s been awarded 4-Stars by Golf Digest’s Places to Play (in the company of courses like Longaberger, Elks Run and Avalon Lakes), you’ll be surprised at all you’ll find at Mohican Hills Golf Club in Jeromesville in Ashland County.

Original owner Jim Markling still manages the operation with his daughter Jan and son Tom, and what they oversee is truly something worth seeing, and playing. Markling, who was in the oil drilling business, had a secret ambition to someday build his own golf course.