Chisel Creek Golf Club

Played in 3.5 hours and had a great time for a great price!

I live near Chisel so it's usually a course I play every year. This was the first year I came back a second time. Tickle me SURPRISED because this course has really turned around. It used to be a wasteland of dead grass, weeds and just generally unplayable conditions. I honestly thought the course was closing and ran out of money at one point.

The golf pro is the same and friendly as usual. I don't know if the ownership has changed or maybe the superintendent but over the past 3 or so years it has become a golf course again. The greens are smooth, the fairways are clean and it's a great price and option for anyone in Chester county now.

The only issue is it can get crowded and you can wait. I guess that's the problem once a course looks really good and plays well. So golf there early in the morning or late to maybe avoid the crowds.

I'm almost considering becoming a member but I'm a cheap old man. I think if I do another round there in the fall, I'll probably be signing up.

If you want to challenge your course management skills I recommend playing the back tees.
Overall the course plays very short with the exception of 2-3 holes. Pretty narrow driving targets, accuracy is paramount, it plays pretty short so taking a more reliable club is a good idea off most tees.
They protect par on the short holes with tough pin placements on undulating greens.
If you want to score well you need to pay attention to the pin placements, when playing aggressive slight misses to tucked pins on raised greens made for some very difficult or near impossible up and downs, aiming for the center of the green would have been a better approach for me.
Overall the course was a lot of fun and challenged my game plan. I think the $39 is appropriate for what you get, I got the $19 dollar golfnow special and was very pleased with the value and will be back to try a new tactic on some of the holes i misplayed.

Walked the course at 7 am and finished in under 3 hrs. Course is relatively short, but a couple of the holes can be challenging. It was in good condition, not perfect, but great value for the money. Golfnow had a hot deal for $19 w/cart, but I always walk when I have the option. It does have some hills, so walking can be a little challenging if your not in shape. I think their regular rate for walking is $29, so that is still a good deal. It's out in the middle of nowhere.

The course itself is decent shape. The people there were fairly nice. The pace of play makes it unbearable. We waited 5-10 minutes on every hole just to tee off. It wasn't the group in front of us either, they just overbooked the day. There was a hold up for five groups ahead of us as well. We even tried skipping THREE holes to ge ahead of the back up, only to find more congestion after the turn. After 2 hours and 20 minutes to only finish 7 holes we called it quits.

Either I chose the day to come that there were 6 foursomes of first time players in front of me or they overbook. We had to wait anywhere between 5-10 minutes per hole to play the hole. It was just horrible, we left without finishing 7, and the manager opted to not refund our money and guarantee we will never return rather than trying to encourage us to try again another day. Which led us to believe it is always like this.

This is one of my favorite little courses to play, but what the heck happen to the course? I had played a few weeks before and the course looked beautiful, but last Saturday the course was a total mess. Did their equipment break? Staff quit? Course was in HORRIBLE condition. Fairways were like first cut rough, nothing was cut really, it was a very disappointing round for me. Normally this course is spot on. I hope they turn it around because I have come to really like the course.

This course has improved a lot through the last couple years. It's has some bumpy cart paths. Great country setting with some tough holes.

Looks like improvements have been made.Cart path pretty bumpy in many places but looks like work in progress.

I love this course. It is short but such a fun layout. It is always a relaxed round and pace of play is usually great. One problem I have ran into lately is customer service at local courses but this is NOT ONE OF THEM!

The course has some unusual holes. A good mix of short and long holes. The par 5's are fun and changing at the same time.

The course was in exceptional condition for time of year. Bunkers in great shape. Challenging yet playable for all levels. Only two blind tees (7&18) but staff can help you before you tee off.

Only down side is lack of liquor license. The food and setting were good and the course encourages BYOB (both on the course and at grill).

I really like this course. I play here at least 2-3 times a year and would recommend it highly. Staff are friendly and the course is always in really good shape. The course was really clean they do a great job keeping the leaves under control.

Undulating fairways and greens made this course more challenging than expected.

Great condition. Well worth the trip to play. Greens were rolling beautifully.

My wife and I went out to play a leisurely round of golf on a nice sunny day. The pace of play was outstanding. We didn't have to wait and weren't "pushed" by the group behind us. All in all, is was a joyful event and we will do it again in the future.

Great layout, some challenging holes and some narrow fairways. Sand traps in good shape. Greens in good shape However, fairways mowed long, patchy grass areas including around the greens. Distances only 150yd marker. Also, tee signs and scorecards had different distances.

Chisel Creek is a good course for the beginner to intermediate golfer. The price is good. The difficulty will challenge that level of golfer. The course is keep in good condition. Fairways were in nice shape the greens were hard and fast but in very nice shape. My only "negative" the tee boxes were like rocks. Pushing the tee in took some real effort. If you are a low handicap golfer Chisel Creek will be a nice day out but not a real challenge.

Best the Course has ever looked, been playing it for 10+ years
Excited at all the great changes and the many more to come

I played today at Chisel Creek for the first time in many years, mainly because of the many recent good reviews on GolfNow, and the notice on the club's own home page touting the job being done to improve playing conditions.

I don't know which golf course some of the recent reviewers were playing, but it couldn't possibly have been Chisel Creek! The overall condition of the course was just awful: crabgrass pocked tees and fairways and dried out greens. I don't understand how any golf course could be in such poor shape given the favorable weather conditions that we have been experiencing in SE Pa this summer.

The have a nice clubhouse, and what appears to be a relatively new cart fleet, and the staff is very friendly. But for me that is all window dressing when the course needs so much work.

It is an interesting layout, with a lot of potential, but I won't be back unless I hear from someone I trust that conditions have greatly improved. There are just too many quality courses available in this area for not much more money