Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Golfing in Cleveland on a Charter Bus


While many know of Cleveland as the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, its sports and outdoor attractions also draw many charter bus visitors each year. Cleveland's location on the shores of the Lake Erie offers many opportunities to swim, boat and fish. It also has 16 major city parks that provide outdoor activities. In addition to these attractions, the greater Cleveland area has more than 100 public golf courses in its metropolitan area for charter bus visitors to play. Visit Cleveland for a golf tour with a bus, coach bus, party bus, mini bus, passenger coach or school bus chartered from Bus Charter Cleveland.
As Ohio’s most popular course, the Big Met Golf Course offers play along the Rocky River just outside of Cleveland. Rolling hills and a river winding through the course make it challenging, even for experienced Cleveland charter bus players. Because the course is part of the Rocky River Reservation, charter bus golfers regularly see deer wandering through the course. Big Met features the designs of Stanley Thompson, with bent grass greens and bluegrass fairways. It measures 6,524 yards and has a par of 72 and a slope of 114 from the back tees. Cleveland Metroparks offers tee times up to five days in advance, and reservations are recommended.
Cleveland Metroparks hired Harry Burkhardt to build the Mastick Woods Golf Course in 1964 to ease the crowded conditions at Big Met and Little Met. The executive length, nine-hole golf course measures just 1,900 yards with a par of 31, offering a short length that works well for juniors and new players. The course requires tee times for charter bus golfers playing on weekend mornings, and the tee times must be made five days in advance.
The Ridgewood Golf Course, just 8 miles by charter bus from Cleveland, offers 18 holes of golf designed by Sandy Alves. The course has a slope of 115 and a par of 70 over its 6,049-yard layout, with bent grass greens and bluegrass fairways. Six of the holes feature water hazards from creeks that wind through the course. The 615-yard par-5 13th hole provides charter bus golfers with a challenge on its sharp dogleg right and downhill approach to the green.
The Little Met Golf Course is a nine-hole municipal golf course designed by Stanley Thompson in the early 1900s. Cleveland Metroparks originally built Little Met to spark interest in a public golf course prior to building Big Met. The course was so popular that it remained open after the larger course was complete. The course measures 2,599 yards with a par of 35. The golf course features bent grass greens and has no water hazards. Because of its simple layout, Little Met works well for inexperienced charter bus golfers.
Bus Charter Cleveland is your first choice when planning a charter bus golfing visit to Cleveland. Call Bus Charter Cleveland today to organize your charter bus trip using their friendly and reliable services, along with their fleet of fully equipped charter buses.