Great Greens Abound for Marshfield Golfers
Whether you just want to play around with your putter or do your best impersonation of Tiger Woods on the PGA tour, Marshfield has greens galore.
For practice putts and mini golf with the kids, Golf Center is focused on fun. For the more serious stroke fanatic, Marshfield Country Club, started in 1922, is a public course offering 18 beautifully manicured holes well suited for golfers at all levels of expertise. In 1965, PGA golf pro Darrell Acker Sr. purchased the property, and it’s still owned by the family today. Recent renovations include the MCC Grille, which serves food and beverages, and a new deck.
Also in Marshfield, River Edge Golf Course offers 18 holes overlooking the Yellow River with a driving range, pro shop, bar and grill, and Friday night seafood buffet.
In nearby Stratford, Mystique Meadows, a nine-hole course opened in 2005, is a dream almost two decades in the making. “It was my weekend hobby for about 18 years,” says owner Jack Slominski. “When other guys were going to parties, I rented a bulldozer and worked on my golf course.”
Though he claims he’s “not really much of a golfer,” Slominski bought an old farm with 20 acres, then added 80 more acres and built the entire course by hand (with help from a few friends and experts).
“I’ve hauled in a lot of the rocks myself and made waterfalls with stacked boulders,” he says. “I constructed all the 2-, 3- and 4-acre ponds on the place, carved them out myself, and designed the course around them. One of the most unique things about Mystique Meadows is that when you get in the middle of the course, you can only see two farmhouses. No houses, no cars, no traffic. This is the country.”
The public course also boasts a new, all-glass clubhouse overlooking the greens with a custom-built waterfall pond in the back. Slominski has outfitted the clubhouse in true Northwestern style with wildlife everywhere, including stuffed bears, elk, deer, moose and ducks.
Though he’s more likely to be found tinkering with the greens than joining a group of his members or regulars, Slominski enjoys his course in his own way. “I play once in awhile, but I’m not very good at it,” he says. “My goal in life isn’t to golf. My goal is building a golf course and watching it develop – and I’ve had a lot of fun doing it.”
