Wanaki Golf Course (Rates, Simulators, Packers Buses)

Wanaki Golf Course nearly closed, and the comeback is the reason to go now. Wanaki Golf Course is an 18-hole, par-71 public course on Lisbon Road in Menomonee Falls, about 5.5 miles southwest of downtown, and it bills itself as a year-round course. Since 2025 that has meant indoor simulators beside the outdoor 18.

Here is what it costs, how the course plays, where to eat on site and what the Packers buses involve.

A county course that went private

Before the county bought it, the land was planned as a private club, first called The Meadows and then Westwood Country Club.

Wanaki's own history says the Waukesha County Park and Planning Commission bought the land in 1967, opened 9 holes by 1970 and all 18 in 1971. The clubhouse followed in 1990.

The county planned to close the course after 2019, and a Save Wanaki campaign gathered about 6,000 signatures. BizTimes reported in December 2020 that SAS Land LLC, a group including the Storm family and Scott Schaefer of Milwaukee Brat House, bought the 150-acre course for $1.525 million.

How the course plays

That review singles out hole 15 and a stretch it calls Dogleg Corner, and notes the course has hosted state amateur and open qualifiers. Google reviewers in 2025 and 2026 describe an open layout with few sand traps and warn that weekend pace of play can be slow.

Wanaki Golf Course rates for 2026

Wanaki's 2026 rates page lists summer green fees of $37 for 18 holes on weekdays and $46 on weekends and holidays, with $30 weekday rounds for seniors, juniors and veterans. From September 28 the late-season rate drops to $33 on weekdays and $39 on weekends. Seniors, juniors and veterans pay $28 on late-season weekdays and $36 on weekends, and a regular late-season weekday 9-hole round is $23.

A weekday early-bird round before 8 a.m. is $30, a weekend twilight round after 3 p.m. is $36, and a cart adds $19 a player for 18 holes. Nine holes run $25 on summer weekdays and $28 on weekends, and a push cart is $6 for 18.

Weekday mornings are the cheap, quiet window; a 2025 Google reviewer called weekend pace of play brutal and advised patience. Tee times book online through foreUP from the course website.

Simulators for the winter

Wanaki's simulator building opened in January 2025 with 6 Full Swing bays, and IllinoisGolf describes it as 7,000 square feet beside the 10th tee with a full bar. Its simulators page, updated in September 2026, prices a bay at $60 for 75 minutes for any group size, with club rental at $15. Weekday sessions before 3 p.m. come with a $5 coupon for The Turn.

The homepage was taking sign-ups for a fall and winter simulator league this fall. Split four ways, a bay is a cheap night out in January.

A late-2024 update on the building's construction described 14 TVs and expanded seating, which makes it a place to watch a game as much as to swing. A January 2026 Google reviewer called the simulator setup awesome and the bartender friendly.

Eating at The Turn

The Turn is Wanaki's bar and grill, and the homepage says it opens daily from 11 a.m. The Turn's own page, updated in September 2026, adds a weekend brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with chicken and waffles at $13.95 and a breakfast pizza at $17.95.

Other brunch plates on that page include breakfast tacos at $12.95 and a Hangover Burger at $14.95. The Turn also caters, with a 20-guest minimum and an 18% service charge, and the homepage says it delivers through Uber Eats.

A 2025 Google reviewer singled out the salads, and a January 2026 reviewer found pizza is not served on Fridays.

A 2025 Google reviewer recommends the patio seats overlooking the 18th green. The events page has also listed live bands on several weekend nights in November and a Christmas party in December.

Packers coach buses from Wanaki

Wanaki runs coach buses from the course to Green Bay for every Packers home game. Its bus page lists departures at 7 a.m. for noon kickoffs, 10 a.m. for 3 p.m. games and 1:30 p.m. for 7 p.m. games, with about two hours each way.

Beer, hard seltzer and water are all-you-can-drink on board, there is a restroom, and the bus parks behind The Bar on Holmgren Way near Lambeau Field. The homepage lists rides for this season's remaining home games, running into January.

The bus leaves from the course, so a group can park at Wanaki, ride up and back, and leave the driving to someone else after a long day at Lambeau.

A tailgate pass at The Bar is an add-on, and the price is on the ticket page rather than the bus page.

Who Wanaki suits

A May 2026 Google reviewer called it a good open course for amateurs, with good doglegs and challenging par 3s, and said it was a hard test. The 2026 IllinoisGolf review pitched it as a value course that has come back from the brink.

Its hole-by-hole page lists four sets of tees, so a mixed group can spread out.

Leagues and junior golf

Wanaki's leagues page lists junior, men's club, ladies, senior and winter leagues, without days or fees. Its junior program page says the junior league serves 200 to 300 juniors a year, and the homepage also lists junior camps and lessons.

Near Wanaki Golf Course

Wanaki sits near the Brookfield line, so the closest listed restaurants off the course are south and east, in Brookfield. Schmidty's Bar and Grill is about 2.6 miles east on Lisbon Road in Brookfield, and its listing mentions a Friday fish fry and live music.

Schmidty's listing also mentions car shows, bag and poker leagues, trivia nights and weekly wing specials, so it doubles as the local bar for a post-round beer.

For a steak, the Bartolotta steakhouse in Brookfield on Capitol Drive is about 2 miles southeast.

Fox Brook Park, about 2.4 miles south in Brookfield, is a 223-acre former quarry with a swimming lake and a paved walking trail.

If the group splits between golf and paddles, pickleball in Menomonee Falls comes down to Pickleball Kingdom's 17 courts or the 9 at The Picklr.

For a drink later, Three Cellars on Lund Lane is about 5.5 miles northeast, with 24 taps.

Golf is one line on the list of things to do in Menomonee Falls, where the river, the kilns and the Bugline fill the rest of a weekend.