doubleeaglein2001

Have played this course virtually every Friday in season for the last several years. On the plus side, course is always in very good condition from tee to green even in high stress times of summer when even the top courses in St. Louis are struggling, so the grounds super here is TOP NOTCH. The head pro is nice, and the guy working the counter on most weekday mornings, don't know his name is very nice and a top quality, very friendly guy. ON the down side; I call every Friday or Saturday for the following Friday's tee time within a 15 minute period and have NEVER had a problem getting it. This time I called in the afternoon on Saturday when there is an older "gentleman" that works the counter. When I asked for our normal tee time, (in that 15 minute time period), he proceeded to laugh hysterically for a very long period of time and says;...."you want to give me a bigger window"?.......in a rather condescending tone. To which my response was,...."NO I DON"T.....you just want to look and see if that time is available and tell me if it isn't"? And sure enough that time WAS available and we got our normal tee time. On other occasions when this guy was filling in for the morning guy at check in, he would be VERY slow at checking people in to the point of the line being backed up 7-8 deep. I heard many complaints that morning from people in and out of our group. If I were the head pro there I would seriously consider a change here, as this guy is not suited for this job, and presenting a good impression for the course. And thus my rating of excellent for "staff friendliness", strictly depends on who is working the counter. If it's the regular morning guy, excellent, if it's not, leaves something to be desired based on my experience.

Not quite sure what happened here, but when the course changed ownership several years ago and had new management and head greens keeper the course really improved in terms of condition and playability. It now has undergone a compete turn around and not for the better. I understand a new greens keeper was brought in last year. The condition of the course is at its all time worst, even from before the ownership change. The bunkers were in deplorable condition and were unplayable with many large weeds and grasses. Some tee boxes were unusable and were just dirt, mud and tall grass/weeds. Greens were in very poor shape. This used to be my home course, don't think I'll go back unless things improve. This course used to be considered "High End", and once held a USGA-US Open qualifying, sad to see it's demise into a "goat track".