Melrose Country Club
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Formerly known as JC Melrose Country Club.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Blue | 70 | 6002 yards | 68.9 | 128 |
White | 70 | 5708 yards | 67.1 | 124 |
Red | 70 | 4992 yards | 70.2 | 121 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Blue M: 68.9/128 | 387 | 497 | 159 | 143 | 368 | 320 | 353 | 211 | 348 | 2786 | 302 | 328 | 372 | 378 | 385 | 510 | 385 | 217 | 339 | 3216 | 6002 |
White M: 67.1/124 W: 73.3/132 | 379 | 437 | 154 | 138 | 312 | 315 | 340 | 203 | 343 | 2621 | 296 | 324 | 366 | 342 | 380 | 480 | 380 | 185 | 334 | 3087 | 5708 |
Red W: 69.6/125 | 348 | 377 | 132 | 117 | 216 | 291 | 290 | 166 | 286 | 2223 | 242 | 308 | 345 | 287 | 348 | 416 | 365 | 145 | 313 | 2769 | 4992 |
Handicap | 1 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 70 |
Handicap (W) | 1 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
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Not what it was
Played this course about 5 years ago and was very impressed, what a 180 for this place. Start with the bag drop guy. Put bags on the cart, had to be re-strapped because really all he did was lean them on the back of the cart. Go into clubhouse to pay and nobody around for a good 5 minutes. Lady came out and wasn't very pleasant, maybe we interrupted her break. Head out to hit the putting green, there's bag drop guy in my cart over yonder chatting up 2 young girls. As for the golf, course is fairly tight. Fairways are extremely tight. No reason to have 6 inch rough on a holiday weekend when the short grass is fairly difficult to hit. Greens were in pretty good shape, tee boxes could have been better. Bunkers might as well have been filled with cement. After a 3 hour front, yes 3 hour front. Did I mention they allow 5-somes out on holidays? We had 2 5-somes in front of us that we saw, who knows how many more were out there. Skipped 4 holes on the back and was able to make it off of the course in just under 5 hours. 4:52 to play 14 holes. There is no integrity in tee times, jam as many people out there and collect the fee. Get back to the club house and not a word between our group and bag drop guy. We're throwing out our water bottles, he's trying to take off in the cart. I assume this place is under new ownership from previous years and it's really sad to see what they've done to a once terrific course. If you like 7 hour rounds, rude attendants, hackers stealing your ball (when the rough doesn't eat it) and an overall miserable place then Melrose is the course for you.
Bad for Winter Golf
Really affordable and fun track to play deeper into the spring, summer and fall. Course was in brutal condition to start the season in end of March. Awful tee boxes, greens uncured, bumpy and not well taken care of. Very much hoping they’re looking to improve the course conditions and rapidly because currently I would not go back. Would have better luck chipping onto the parking lot than the greens currently.
Could use some help
Melrose doesn’t have the length but the angles off the tee and hills are enough. The greens need some help and the whole course is marked with parches of burnt grass
rathole
The decline of this course is stunning. I understand that there is new ownership , but this is nothing short of a rathole. I wouldn't play this course again if it was free.
Course is in its early Spring start. It will get better soon.
great experience
this is my home course, staff is extremely helpful and friendly. course is well maintained and a great value for the price. best course for this price in the philadelphia area by far.
They let the course go
I don’t know if I would play this course again if they let you play for free. They really let the course go it’s a shame. Great layout terrible conditions. Poor tee boxes greens and awful bunkers, just mud covered with dirt. For the price it would never be worth playing here again. Only positive is it’s not crowded which makes sense for the conditions
Rough around the edges, great bones
This is certainly the best course within city limits. It has great bones from a challenging design but a few of the tee boxes are basically sand boxes (specifically #3), some of the fairways seem to be eternally under construction, and the cart paths feel like a dirt bike track in a few places. Greens are challenging but well kept. If you play all the courses around Philly, this one is worth the trip for the price alone. You can get an sense of what it was like in its hey day and besides- this was Allister McKenzie's appetizer before he made Augusta, ever heard of it?
bb review
The tee boxes are pretty beat up on many holes. Greens were good for most part. I thought they did a pretty good job of blowing off the fall leaves on most holes.
Interesting and challenging layout. Good value for the money!