Longbow Golf Club

Our recent experience me and an a colleague had at the Longbow Golf Club. On Sunday, May 5th, we booked the 6:30 am tee time for the back 9 early morning option. This was just a quick game before our church service at 10 am. There were only 2 of us playing in this round. Our cart gps had indicated that we were 3 minutes behind pace. At this time, we were on 14. While in the fairway, hitting our second shot, a ball had fallen directly 5 feet to the left of us. The group behind us had caught up and shot while we were only approximately 200 yards from the tee box. This was very concerning, and as you know, something is very frowned upon on the golf course. The ranger at the time was right there when it had happened. We had voiced frustration to the ranger on what had just occurred and he had agreed and went back to speak with them. After speaking with the party behind us, the ranger returned to us to let us know to just keep up with the pace and try and close the 3 minutes we were behind. We agreed and appreciated him for communicating with the other group. As we were speaking, yet another ball lander directly next to the ranger and almost directly struck him. We continued to the next hole and figured since the ranger had witnessed this occurance, there would be some understanding of what was going on with the group behind us. As we teed off the next hole, we were approached by Jeffrey Anti (Director of Golf). He had asked us what was going on. We had explained what had previously just occurred and what his ranger had witnessed. His response to this was that our story and the group behind us story were conflicting. I had stressed to him the safety concern of not only us as patrons but his staff as well. He became very agitated after me voicing my concerns on the players'behavior and course etiquette ,nd those types of individuals can be a huge liability to players and courses. His response to this, "follow me to the clubhouse, you guys don't need to play here anymore since it's a liability."
Me and my colleague were both completely flabbergasted from his response and agreed immediately since it was evident that he had complete disregard for players safety on this course. When arriving to the clubhouse and reiterating our concerns on safety, he stared his concern is not about safety it is about the pace of play. I had asked him to please bring the ranger back to the club house to discuss what had happened and what he had witnessed so we could discuss the safety concerns we had and he refused to do so.
This experience was extremely disconcerning and the course staff seemed to have complete disregard for player safety, customer satisfaction, and respect toward their customers.

Great staff and course. A fine course and should be played. Marshal Don’s the man with all the insights.

This is an exceptional course and we enjoyed it. Too bad we had to deal with 30 mph winds.

A great surprise. Both 9 are laid out different from one another. We found the back nine a bit more challenging.
Course in great condition!

Had an afternoon tee time. Pace of play got us around in four hours 15 minutes. Longer than I like, but acceptable. Gave us time to visit in between shots. The tee boxes and fairways were exceptional. Greens had good grass, were a good winter speed. They were a little hard, so after going long on hole 1, adjusted approach shots to the hardness. The exceptional course conditions are why I am willing to pay the higher price to play Long Bow. We received practice ball bag with 20 balls. Perfect for warm up. Also, something you don’t always see, was the practice putting green was a similar pace to the greens on the course. Staff were courteous and welcoming. I would recommend this course, and will play again.

overall the course was very good.
what wrecked the round was very poor pace of play in the back nine. we had 2 tee time groups waiting on many tee boxes of the back nine.
no marshall came out even after we called the pro shop.
if the pace is good for half of it then there is a problem somewhere on the slow half that should be looked into and fixed. it never was.
too bad. made me question how badly i would come back.

This was my first time playing Longbow. I enjoyed the excellent course condition, but could have benefited from having gps in carts to know best landing areas. Pace of play was good at 4 hours, 20 min. The staff was very friendly. Nice that a small warmup bag of balls was included in rate.

Met with a very friendly staff. Excellent practice facilities. Course was in great condition. Greens fast and fun!! Would recommend it highly!