Golf Courses in Wauwatosa Run From Par 55 to Par 71

For a city of under 50,000 people, Tosa has a lot of fairway. There are three golf courses Wauwatosa can claim inside its own limits: two public Milwaukee County courses, Currie Park and Hansen Park, and one private club, Blue Mound Golf & Country Club. They could not be more different: a full-length par 71, a short par 55 built mostly of par 3s, and a member-only course by a classic-era architect.

Currie Park Golf Course

Three sets of tees run from 5,425 to 6,444 yards, and Milwaukee County Parks describes wide fairways, low rough and smooth but rolling greens. The county's rate table lists $38 for 18 holes and $22 for nine on weekdays, with riding carts at $18 for 18 holes and pull carts at $7. Weekend tee times before 11 a.m. are for 18 holes only.

Currie has a restaurant and a pro shop, and Discover Wauwatosa notes a clubhouse bar with a fireplace that can be booked for private outings. There is no driving range at Currie; the county's ranges are at Brown Deer, Dretzka and Oakwood.

Card holders pay less: the county lists $27 for 18 holes on weekdays for regular card holders and $23 for the special rate. Weekend mornings cost the same $38 for 18 holes but $25 for nine before 2 p.m. Currie also has two leagues, the Currie Park Men's Club and the Milwaukee Drivers League, plus lessons and a beverage cart. In late October the county's course status notice routed access via northbound Highway 100 from Burleigh, because of state road work, so check the page before driving over.

Hansen Park Golf Course

Hansen opened in 1952, and the county lists a standard green fee of $20 for 18 holes and $14 for nine, every day of the week. A reviewer quoted on the county's page put 18 holes at two to two and a half hours. There is a free irons practice area where you bring and shag your own balls, and a snack bar. It is the course to bring a beginner, or to fit nine holes into an evening.

The back nine has more elevation than the front, and the county warns that wooded areas and water hazards swallow stray shots, so bring spare balls. Hansen has three clubs of its own: the Milwaukee Player's Club, the Hansen Women's Golf Club and the Hansen Senior Golf Club. Card holders pay $15 for 18 holes at the regular rate and $13 at the special rate, with riding carts at $13 and pull carts at $6.

Blue Mound Golf & Country Club

The club sits on about 200 acres and its press page says it was set to co-host qualifying rounds for the 2022 Mid-Am Championship. If you do not know a member, it is one to admire from North Avenue rather than play.

The club's formal dining room seats 250, with four private rooms for groups of 8 to 40, and members get dining and social events on top of golf.

How far apart the courses are

Blue Mound and Hansen Park are close neighbors, about 0.7 miles apart. Currie Park is further north, about 2 miles northwest of Hansen. From Tosa Village, Hansen is about 1.5 miles northwest and Currie about 3.3 miles northwest.

Booking a tee time

Both public courses book through Milwaukee County Parks' online WebTrac system, and Currie also takes calls at (414) 453-7030. The county offers discount cards that cut green fees for golfers under 18, over 60 or with a disability. Both courses rent clubs, pull carts and riding carts.

Both county courses accept golf gift cards, Currie has the county's Laser Link system, and the county's site lists course specials.

Disc golf at Madison Park

Discover Wauwatosa's golf guide also lists Madison Park Disc Golf Course, on a former golf course, with day and annual passes and five free practice courses. Bring your own discs, and check current pass prices before you go.

County courses just outside Tosa

Discover Wauwatosa's guide also points to three other Milwaukee County courses outside Wauwatosa. Greenfield Park, a par 69 that opened in 1923 and was renovated in 2015, is in West Allis, about 3.3 miles south of Hansen Park. Brown Deer Park, a par 71 also designed by George Hansen, is where Tiger Woods turned pro, and Dretzka Park is a par 72 with water on 12 holes. Both of those have driving ranges, which Currie and Hansen do not.

After the round

Hansen and Blue Mound are a short way from Fiddleheads Coffee on North Avenue, about 0.7 miles east of Hansen. For a proper meal, head into Tosa Village, where Bartolotta and Buckatabon are steps apart.

Golf is only one part of a day out in Wauwatosa, which also takes in Hoyt Park, the market and the zoo next door.