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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6944 yards
Slope 134
Rating 74.2

Conveniently located less that 30 minutes from Cincinnati in the city of Lebanon, Shaker Run Golf Club offers 27 holes of championship golf. Arthur Hills designed the original 18-hole course in 1979 and the design team of Michael Hurzdan and Dana Fry added the Meadows nine 20 years later. Each nine has unique characteristics, providing three diverse 18-hole combinations when played together. The Lakeside/Meadows Course combines the nine with the most water, Lakeside naturally, and the longest nine. While it may be the lengthiest, Meadows is also the gentlest since it was added as a player-friendly complement to the other golf courses to make Shaker Run more approachable for a range of skill levels. The layout has a rolling landscape that is unique for an Ohio course, and in addition to the water there are also several strategically placed sand traps.

Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, Monday-Thursday after 2pm; Friday-Sunday after 3pm
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Ohio (2020 #4)

Reviews

2.2
324 Reviews (324)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
19th Hole Specials 9
Patio Dining 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 38
Water Hazards 33
Elevation Changes 28
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 32
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 30
Locals 25
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 27
In the 'Burbs 20
Convenient to the City 18

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Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course played great.

The course played great. I know they've been working hard to get the course back in top condition and you could tell. Fairways and greens were extremely nice. What beautiful views this course has. Highly recommend!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course.....so so greens

I've played this course many times and always enjoy the challenge! Overall, the course was in pretty good shape except for the greens. They had recently been aerated which I know us a very necessary part of annual maintenance. However, don't charge me $65.00 to play it under these conditions!!!

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course!

Course is in a beautiful setting, played the Lakeside 9 and the Woodlands 9. Fairways were in great shape, tee boxes average, greens below average. Loved the course architecture, lots of variety with thought put into each hole.

Conditions Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

No money appears to be going back into the course or carts or any part of the facility. Greens in horrible condition on the 2 nines we played Woodlands to Meadows. Did not get to play Lakeside, billed as their premium nine, but it looked in better condition. Spending their money I guess on that higher cost nine. I won't be playing there any more.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

Potential to be great

Overall i was quite pleased with my round out there. The course has a fantastic layout to it. I read all these reviews on GolfNow about how bad this place had become but honestly I don't see the issue. The fairways and traps were perfectly fine. I could tell they had a rough year with the greens but a member assured me they have never been like this. Would i pay 50 dollars to play here? Heck no, but for anything under 25 you actually get a good golf course with a challenging layout. Honestly if you are paying more than 25 on GolfNow anyway you are crazy.The greens maybe half dead and aerated but they still hold shots great and roll better than 80% of the courses I've played in the area this year.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

I remember when this was a real premier course!

The greens need work as well as other areas of the course. Stll challenging but used to be in much better shape.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

over rated course

The course was overbooked (per the clubhouse employee); he assigned blame to Golf Now. It was the second consecutive holiday that they overbooked,
The fairways were in average condition, at best. The greens were in poor condition. On course rest rooms were way below expectations.
Overall, the course was overrated and over priced.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course but...

Pace of play is atrocious. No hot dogs at the turn. No marshalls or starters enforcing pace of play. No beverage cart on a holiday weekend. Pro shop staff seemed easily overwhelmed and under experienced -- with no help in sight. It's like the course forgot Monday was Labor Day and they were looking forward to a slow day. Unfortunately this is not my first bad experience there. Shaker is a nice course but it's always my last resort -- expensive and POORLY run.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Epic Fail

This is generally a solid track and a good experience but Monday was a lousy day for Shaker Run. Double booked tee times, short staffed, no bev cart, no starter, no manager (according to one staff member), AND they ran out of carts by about 1130 am. Not to mention the mediocre condition of the course. In their defense the area received heavy rain the day before, but none of the bunkers had been raked and quite a few were still filled with water (my group lost 3 balls in water filled bunkers). They should have been pumped out Sunday evening! Did I mention this was Labor Day?! Hopefully this experience was the exception to the norm, but Labor Day 2014 was a failure at Shaker Run.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Sunday Slow

Great price, Sunday slow. At this price($25) they probably overbooked. Howevever, this is a quality facility and I could not really complain. Some of the greens had some bad spots, but overall pretty good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Disappointed

Tee time was set for Original course - very scenic - but they stuck us on the new course... intermingled with housing development. Only played 9. Pace of play was extremely slow. 5 carts waiting for tenth - started raining very hard - decided to go home - didn't bother with rain check as we were not coming back. 2 out of 9 greens played were not bad... other 7 were not good at all. Expected country club greens... got farmland greens. No drainage in bunkers.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad timing, maybe but I don't think so....

Slow,pace , no ranger, greens were burned up, traps were full of water. Started at 8:00 and didn't get done until 1:30

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

living in the past.....

Nothing special.......Great layout that at one time may have been a special course but it is poorly managed ,, under staffed and the course does not appear well maintained in the manner it should be. Bunkers were a mess and hadn't been raked In over a week at least,greens were bumpy and grass growth spotty around greens made chipping a nightmare, many dead trees and poor fairway growth for many tight lies Tees in poor shape with divots .Advised by staff that my tee time over booked by GOLF NOW and charged a difference rate ? Pushed from original 18 to Woodlands /Meadows and had to fight to change that so I could play original 18 in reverse.Was advised by staff that there was no management staff on hand ,No starter on either 9 and told to pair myself up, no cart person and,never saw a ranger all day.

Basically drove 50 miles each way for a great cheeseburger at the end of my round

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Tough course!!

3 of us played in less than 3 hrs!! Played Woodlands to Meadows. Greens were in nice shape.... a couple of bad spots on a few of Meadows greens. #3 Woodlands and #5 Meadows have to be the toughest par 4s around.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Shaker Run Golf Club - Original 18

Beautiful golf course. Well worth the money. Easily one of the best in the northern Cincinnati area!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course play

We had a 7.20 tee time and it took till 1230 to finish.
There was a group in front of us that was really slow and I am not sure they played the right course. No starter or ranger to assure time of play.
They were in pro shop arguing over a $39 price and at 740 tee time.
We were at 7.20 and they were in front of us and
we paid $65. Where was the starter at the first hole to make sure they played the correct course.
We did not see many holes that had water on them. It was hot so definitely needed it. Maybe need to get more coolers out on the course.
All in all just made the time seem horrible. Yes we had a good time and made the best of it it is just the little things that go along way.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Not the Shaker I used to know

Very sad. I used to love this course but the place was pretty awful this morning. The tee boxes are destroyed and I don't mean just between the markers but I mean the entire tee box is covered in divots. I played a different course earlier in the week for $7.50 and it was so much nicer than this course that cost me $60.

What else bothered me? How about weeds EVERYWHERE. On the greens, in the fairway, on the tee box, in the rough, it didn't matter you could find weeds growing everywhere.

Final biggest complaint? No true starter. The guy giving us a cart was a giant pain in the butt to see my receipt but then we were left to go as we please. Not a problem for us but the people who teed off before us? Yeah. They paid to play the meadows ($35) but then jumped in front of us. Which is fine except IT TOOK US 5 hours to play the round. That would be bad except we teed off at 7;30. Do you think any decent course has a 5 hour time to play a round if you tee off at 7:30?

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

One of the most beautiful courses I've ever played! Would recommend to anyone

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Tale of 2 nines

Played Woodlands/Meadows.
Course was very wet, path only. Many bunkers filled with water from previous nights rain, especially on Meadows 9.
Overall conditions ok, but there was a noticeable difference in conditioning of the 2 nines
Weather was hot & humid. There was no drinking water anywhere on the course & did not see a "cart girl" all morning.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over priced

Great price with Golf Now but would never pay $50+ to play here

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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