tedmbrady

This was my first time playing the course (Links to Canyon). Overall I give it only 3 stars due to two main issues:
1) range is still mats only? Please!!
2) had to leave after 14 holes to get to my anniversary dinner; those 14 took 4 hrs 15 min.

5 hour rounds during the week become quite frustrating, especially given the price and the range mats. The course was beautifully managed, though, and only a couple gimmicky holes.

Shale Creek was new to us (my Westlae neighbor and I) a couple weeks ago. Since then we have played it a couple times an become more familiar with this excellent golf course. it is a perfect mix of fair layout (assuming you find the fairway) and plenty of penalties (Shale's rough is as penalizing as any rough I've ever played).

The greens are a special subject by themselves. They are so fast and accurate that if one were to misread the speed he/she also loses the line. They are unforgiving to a tee (no pun).

Bring your A game if you want to score, but even if your A game doesn't exist yet in this early part of our NE Ohio golf season, the course is not "tricked" or unfair.

Playing it again today. :)
Ted

I needed to apologize to the front desk at Grey Hawk. Although just last week said "no more" I begruglingly played it today with my neighbor ($14/ea with promo code!!) and it was a delightful 18 holes!! Perfect weather, great pace (less than 3.5 hrs) and the course was in nice shape (except "waste" bunkers). Doesn't hurt that I shot 38 on the back. :) Staff even called me tonight to say the found my missing driver head cover!

I was upset last week and still feel Golfnow's Hot deals are risky if you have non-rain raincheck needs (infrequent but possible). But Grey Hawk folks and facility are great vakue at Golfnow's discounts.

Although Legacy gets all the press, this redo of the older holes of Sweetbriar is actually one of the better practice rounds you can have on the west side of Cleveland (public). The greens were in immaculate shape, and although this 18 has no sand traps, it still requires some course management getting around the water hazards, etc. Great value if found discounted on Golfnow.

Just got back from horrible experience here. My adult son and I were told front 9 was wide open so we teed off a few min early only to find very slow threesome on 1st green (even greenskeeper didn;t know where they came from). They finally let us begrunglingly play through on 4 but then ran into single on nine who was fishing balls out of lake for 5 minutes, unaware of us on the tee (even though we yelled fore a few times and son hit drive far left of him). I hit near lake and yelled "fore" but upon approach he had words with us and told my son I had bad golf etiquette (yet admitted to trolling for water balls and never saw us on tee). We were upset at the whole un-supervised nine hole expereince and asked at desk for raincheck. They said no because we had paid through Golfnow! A customer-friendly approach would be to give us 9 hole rainchecks regardless (as Golfnow funds will eventually funnel there).

Hot deal (as in hot under the collar).

BTW, bunkers were void of sand (more like waste areas), and greens were pretty beat up. Even though we were regulars there, we are done (and told them so...like they care). Bye Grey Hawk. Life is too short to be dealing with this.

Ted
P.S. Range is still nicest feature of property; good grass tees.

This course is very scenic, despite the housing community it is built within, and allows for plenty of bail out areas on the fairways and greens, except the par 3's, the courses most difficult holes. So for golfers like me, who visited Rhodes Ranch in January, after some time off as a Midwest golfer, it is a perfect place to get the cobwebs out and to enjoy a very very nice round of golf.

The Golfnow deal we bought included unlimited range practice, any lunch off the full menu, a couple beers, and of course the greens fees and gps cart. Dont use your lunch coupon for a hurried hotdog at the turn, but instead enjoy a full meal after your round. Very nice!