Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa - Mountainview

They hadn't mowed in days. All the garbage cans were full. Tees and greens were terrible. They just want tour money and don't care at all about the course.

July 4th weekend and nothing is well kept. Rough is a hay field, fairway is subpar. These two courses are never well kept and the best place to go in Morgantown is Mountaineer which is supposed to be the budget course. Rip off for either mountain or lakeview. Go to mountaineer or Preston

The course was in terrible shape. Weeds growing up everywhere and the rough was so deep it took forever to find a slightly misplaced ball. The greens were severely pitted and the cart path was a joke. Not the worst place I’ve played but one of them.

I am a fairly new golfer and this was my first time playing Lakeview. My friend who I was playing with, however, is an avid golfer, coaches a local high school golf team, and has played Lakeview before, though this was his first time playing there this year. I booked at Lakeview on his suggestion - he told me it was a reasonably nice course -- about on the same level as Quicksilver Golf Club near Pittsburgh, which I am more familiar with (and which is fairly close in price at ~$50 per round).

In short, the course was not as nice as Quicksilver, and my friend was surprised how much poorer the condition was vs. last year. Most fairways and greens had patches with no grass remaining, the cart paths are getting quite degraded in several spots, and the grass in the rough along the fairways looked as if it had not been mowed in weeks. I am not sure if the thick, long grass rough was intentional, but it certainly altered play and added some unique challenges. First, the thick long grass made it very challenging to find balls hit into the rough. Frequently my friend and I hit tee shots that bounced or rolled into the rough, and though we saw right where they went, when we reached the area, we had to search for 4-5 minutes to find our balls. A couple of times we simply gave up looking and dropped a new ball. Thankfully the course was not crowded or else it would have been quite backed up with people ball hunting 5 feet away from the fairways! The thick grass also made play much more challenging as balls hit through it stopped dead and did not roll; club selection was also much more challenging as well. I realize that this is a part of the game and may have been intentional, but it was certainly noteworthy and only added to the slower pace of play.

In all I could tell the course was one that had been quite nice, but has been let go a bit this season, and as a result is not quite the value I would have expected. As a comparison, a colleague of mine owns Mountaineer Golf Course (where I usually play in Morgantown), and it is a much improved and better better kept course for less money.

no maintenance whatsoever. fairways not even cut. cart paths were treacherous. greens slow and not cut. they don't seem to make any effort to maintain the course.

As noted in many reviews of this course, it has gone downhill. It's in poor shape, yet they still charge like it's a premium course. Several of the greens are in horrible shape, and maintenance is quite poor in general. It's a real shame given the nice layout on a beautiful piece of land.

Recently Lakeview started incentivizing reviews, asking reviewers to provide Lakeview with their GolfNow usernames after leaving reviews in order for a chance to win free rounds. It stands to reason that few people are going to write negative (and honest) reviews if they're hoping to get free rounds. This practice clearly violates GolfNow's?/GolfPass's terms and conditions and it would be nice if the new owners of the course focused on bringing the course back form the dead instead of trying to get people to leave slanted positive reviews.

I've played a lot of golf courses in my life, and I've never seen rough maintained as poorly as it's "maintained" on this course lately. In one of the attached photos, what you see is the edge of the fairway. That 10-12" weedy grass is the "first cut." Seriously. That is not a penalty area; that is what you get to play out of if you miss the fairway by two inches, IF you are lucky enough to find your ball. Really? If you get extra lucky, your ball is also under some gigantic clumps of recently mowed grass that hasn't been cleaned up.

The photo of the bunker actually doesn't look as bad as it does in person. Those are big pieces of some sort of lining material poking up through the sand. What a joke.

As for the cart path photo, that's not far from the green. Good grief.

I hope the new owners are embarrassed by the conditions at this course, but I strongly suspect that they just don't care.

This course is very well laid out with good signage and a challenging course. Unfortunately like it’s sister course it has not been well maintained. Greens and tee boxes are in rough shape and fairway is inconsistent. Rough was very long and money needs to be put back into the course to bring it back up to quality course.

While the course is in a beautiful area and the layout was challenging the course and the cart path were in very poor shape. The rough was so long you would have a hard time finding anything off the fairway. The same for around the green. The course needs money put back into it to bring it back to what it was.

Mountainview seems to be in a much worse condition than when I last played it 6 years ago. Disappointing to see it has been neglected.

This course used to be one of my favorite courses in the area to play but it is in the worst shape I have seen it in years. Almost every bunker is now grass and the rough around the fairways was anywhere between 8-12 inches long. The fairway was longer than what a rough should have been. Greens were bumpy and in terrible shape. Never playing here and wasting my money again. Has to be the only course in the Morgantown area worse than Lakeview…unreal.

Have been a regular at this course for the last 15 years. Once was a terrific course, very well maintained. It’s (and Lakeview’s) fall from grace is just tragic. Likely only thing keeping them above water is that there is no decent public courses to play in this area. Staff working there is friendly not a slight on them at all. Ownership/management likely not giving them the tools/staffing to keep this course where it needs to be. Not nearly worth the price of admission for its conditions. Make the drive to PA or MD and play at courses where ownership actually cares.

Some definite improvement at Mountain view. Greens were decent except a few spots here and there. They tried to keep the pins away from the problem areas. Rough is still fairly high but manageable. Fairways are in reasonable shape. It's all relative to the cost which is around $20-$25. It's hard to maintain a golf course, especially with the staffing issues Morgantown presents. Glad to see the course moving in the right direction.

Lakeview( Mountainview ) is a good golf course for many reasons. The value you get for your money is definitely the biggest reason. You simply can’t beat it. Staff is friendly, layout is nice, good pace of play and overall great time. Definitely recommend this course.

This course was in awful condition. It used to be a very beautiful course with some challenging holes and great scenery. The greens are burnt and patchy. The rough is awful! The grass needs to be cut. It is a shame you lose a ball when it goes off the fairway and it’s in the rough and you can’t find it cause the grass is a jungle. A group of us used to go there every year for 2 days and play both courses and it was one of the best kept courses in Morgantown. I will never go back I asked the girl in the pro shop about the owner and she told me he’s from India and they have been trying to reach him about maintaining the course. Said they haven’t heard from him. Obviously another great course destroyed by people who don’t care. DO NOT PLAY HERE IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY!!!!