Oak Knoll Golf Course & Driving Range

First time at Oak Knoll. I guess I did not do my homework, after check in i saw they got rid of 9 holes (2 years ago). The nice staff gave me some info, but I had to read between the lines...they probably don't get enough play to need 18. Also, they don't seem highly invested in maintaining the 9 holes they do have.

With all that said, it was a fun experience. Mostly just watering tee boxes and greens, otherwise brown firm dry grass (lots of roll out!). The 8inch cups they said are to give us a chance at making them since so bumpy. The layout is good, with enough to keep you intersted. At nearly 100 years old, this course is seriously tree lined w/ BIG trees.

Unclear what the future hold for Oak Knoll, TBD.

Wish I could provide a better review, but I’ll be honest- this course needs some help. A few years ago it was a decent place to play.. However, It’s no longer a full 18-hole course, so you have to play the same tees twice. Grass (if that’s what you call it) is very dry/brown and the greens are lumpy and slow. Not to mention the holes themselves are 8” big. Restaurant hasn’t been opened in years. Pro shop is small and lacks anything to purchase. Overall, $23 for “18-holes” was a decent deal, but I won’t be coming back until there are some serious improvements. It did appear there was some potential investors on the course when we were playing… hopefully this place gets a facelift soon and it can get back to where it used to be.

Greens were very bumpy and in poor shape. Fairways were decent tho and other parts of the course looked decent although they didn’t pick up the grass clippings and there were piles of stuff in the rough..
Pulling for them to turn it around. Shows potential

The course is in process of being upgraded mostly because of the wet winter and spring. Only playing 9 holes right now but should be opened fully in the near future. Greens are looking good, fairways are green getting there. This is a great course for people tired of playing courses lined with condos and houses. Beautiful scenery, huge trees, it's perfect for a nature lover. The owners are the nicest people you could ever meet. The pro-shop is being upgraded and I am looking forward to spending a lot of time at Oak Knoll this summer!

Where to start?

The range mats with holes and crappy, unusable rubber tees.

The disgusting range bathroom that looks worse than a truck stop.

From fairways to greens, the grass is horribly maintained. Don't find out yourself..

Being local and an avid player I'm just done with the place. Last time I played with a friend he wanted a refund and the guys behind us did too.

It has so much potential but even the range is now a hard pass for me.. usually a handful of balls that literally break when I hit them out of a bucket of balls...

$25 "Hot Deal" was a lousy deal. Having played this course numerous times over the years, I was sadly disappointed at the conditions there. The fairways were brown, dry and unkempt, offering no roll or ability to take a divot. The greens even worse, with severely damaged, un-puttable surfaces on every single one of them. I drove 50 miles to meet a friend who travelled from Bend, only to wish I had picked another course. Won't go back...

Golf Now needs to immediately end any relationship with this course. We arrived 1/2 an hour early as usual and the woman who was there to check us in was friendly in the beginning. I told her that we had a reservation thru Golf Now that was prepaid as they always are. Right away she started to contradict me by saying Golf Now reservations are not always prepaid. I gave her my paperwork showing prepayment, but she said she needed to check her computer to see if we had paid. When she came back, she said we did not have a reservation and she could not let us play. I told her that none of this was my problem, it was a problem between her and Golf Now. She got an attitude right away and became very antagonistic. She said she refused to be treated like this at her golf course ( implying that she was the owner. ) She bad mouthed Golf Now saying that they had trouble with them before and they didn't like them. She returned my paperwork, refused to let us play and told me to go get my money back from Golf Now. I spent the next 5 minutes apologizing to her just to get her to let us play. We rented a golf car and played our 18 holes even though our fun was ruined for the day. Later when another worker replaced her we talked to him and he bad mouthed Golf Now as well. The course conditions were absolutely terrible. Many fairways had not been properly watered they were past just being tight lies and actually hard pan. The rough around the greens was too long and very inconsistent. The greens were the worst. It was almost impossible to putt the ball hard enough to get to the hole and many of them were half dirt. I will never play there again and I suggest no one else does either.

This course has a very relaxed atmosphere and is relaxing. The prices are very good. However the grass is in need of some serious help. The greens were brown and bumpy, and the regular course was sort of green. I know we haven't had a lot of rain lately, and Covid is still an issue. So maybe that is why.

Loved the layout. Nice open fairways. Greens were the worst I have ever seen. Almost no grass. Just mud. Fairways were not trimmed. Same length as the rough.

Course is in poor shape. Dry, dead grass throughout fairways. Tee boxes are not cut. Green ARE HORRIBLE. There is dead patches of grass on 70% of all greens. I would avoid at all costs.

This course has such a great layout, but has reached a point where it is unplayable.

When the guy in the pro shop says “you’ll get a lot of extra roll” because the fairways were so poorly watered, well that should have been the first clue. All the greens had a disease and were extremely bumpy. It was also poorly marked so we had to guess a lot of times to where the next hole was. $20 for 9 holes, I’d expect more. This was definitely a one and done

The greens were in very poor shape, most had areas that were unplayable. Fairways were hard, it appeared that they were no being watered, tee boxes were in the same condition.

Loved the course. Great lay out, just wish the grass was a little shorter, fairways felt like the rough and always having to search for the ball kinda sucked. But great course and will definitely be back, just hopefully with shorter grass

Good Luck trying to putt. Theses are the worst greens I have ever played on .

This course has obviously not been given an ounce of attention in not just months, but years. I heard there were new owners so I was hoping they would revive the course, but it seems like it has actually become worse. I don't imagine any situation where this would be worth spending the money. If it was $5, then maybe.