Rocky River, OH
4811 Valley Pkwy, Rocky River, OH 44116
About this course
Big Met Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, with its clubhouse address in Fairview Park, Ohio near Rocky River. It opened in 1926 as Cleveland's first Metropolitan Park Board golf course and was originally designed by architect Stanley Thompson.
The course has undergone several changes over the decades, including a 2005 clubhouse rebuild, a 1998 irrigation and flood-control renovation, and earlier lengthening of a couple of holes in the 1960s. A dike holding back the Rocky River runs through parts of the property and is a defining visual feature.
Big Met is operated by Cleveland Metroparks on a pay-as-you-play public basis and is one of the most heavily played courses in Ohio, with gentle rolling terrain, moderate length, and modest bunkering.
Type
Parkland
Region
Midwest
Holes
18
Par
71
Established
1926
LooperScore
75.7
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Nearby courses
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Little Met Golf Club
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Ridgewood Golf Course
Parma, OH · 7.3 mi away
Ridgewood Golf Course sits in Parma, Ohio, in the Cleveland metropolitan area, and has served as a public municipal course for roughly a century. The greens date to the mid-1920s and were laid out by architect Sandy Alves, giving the course an old-style routing with small, back-to-front sloped greens. The par-3 holes on the front nine range from around 180 to 220 yards, and the 13th is a long uphill dogleg par 5, while the course measures just over 6,100 yards overall. Ridgewood is owned and operated by the City of Parma as a public 18-hole course with a pro shop, and it has an event center on site. It has hosted local, district and state amateur championships over the years, including a USGA Public Links event in 1927.
Sweetbriar Golf & Pro Shop
Avon Lake, OH · 8.7 mi away
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