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3.4
218 Reviews (218)
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
84
3 Stars
53
2 Stars
22
1 Stars
22
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.8
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.2
69.8%
Recommend this course
159 out of 218 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.8
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.4
Layout
3.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
3.6
80.0%
Recommend this course
4 out of 5 reviews
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3.4
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.9
69.0%
Recommend this course
20 out of 29 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6097 yards
Slope 132
Rating 69.8

Formerly known as Antioch Golf Club.

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Valley Ridge Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1954
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.4
218 Reviews (218)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 7
Elevation Changes 6
Narrow Fairways 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 12
Seniors 9
Beginners 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 13
Worth the Drive 7

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Reviews 3
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5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
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Reviews 5
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Plays Once a month
2.0
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Deteriorating course

I’ve been playing here for seven or eight years and since the township took over it’s really deteriorated. So in 2021 we are left with weeds, unmaintained sand traps, poor (if at all) mowing, greens with ant hills and debris all over them, minimal irrigation, and grass on only about half of the tee boxes. A shell of its former self.
This course is worth $20 a round max and not worth more. A half full parking lot on a Sunday afternoon tells me that a lot of people have figured this out before I did. I now know and probably won’t be returning. So many better choices around.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Getting Better

I played this as Antioch Golf Club back in the day, and it used to be really good. Looks like the new owner or whoever is making improvements. They sold allot of memberships to locals so it is busy after 11 am, make sure to get here before that and you will have a great day. Beverage cart is generally around and the bar is well supplied.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Not worth the money

I've played this course a few times before I decided to write this review. The course is not kept up. Most tee boxes are hard as rocks and can barely stick a tee in the box. The greens aren't kept up very well. I have played here a few times and have had veterans of the course who have played 20 years or more say they are disappointed how the course has fallen off. I don't think it's worth the money. Worth playing once but I will not play here again. I hope this helps anyone who reads this. 2021 review

Hit them hard, hit them straight and have the best round of your life.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

4/5/21

I’ve played here in the past but this was my 1st time out this year. I was happy to see the course was in much better condition than I’ve experienced in the past and the greens were also in good shape. It was a good round. Keep the updates coming-nice job

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Time wasted

I booked via Golfnow with a cart. When I arrived 15 minutes before my tee time I was told that they were out of carts but since I paid ahead of time I would get the next cart that came in. I told the pro shop I’d be on the putting green and just to tell my name.

After four people claimed carts before me I was forced to say something. I was given a cart after missing my tee time by twenty minutes.

People I was grouped with were great, but the people in front of us were awful. Pace of play was pathetic at a 5:05 but that’s not the worst part. The foursome in front of us had an infant in the cart with them and one guy wasn’t wearing a shirt. He was served shirtless by the beverage cart without a word.

I lost a good drive in the middle of the fairway three times. Prov1s. It was inexplicable. The third one we created the hill to find that the group in front had left the green and was picking up our golf balls. They saw us and bolted. We never saw them again. Apparently they took their spoils and left.

Course was fine for the money, but allowing garbage humans to play extremely slow and steak expensive golf balls is inexcusable. If you run out of carts by noon on Sunday, Buy more carts.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Overall not a great experience

I’m not one to normally write reviews but I feel like it needs to be said. Played here for the first time and don’t think I’ll be back. Course was in fair condition for the time of the year but only downside was the lack of tee markers. By lack I mean there weren’t any. I understand that it’s the start of the season so I’m not going to harp on that. What was really frustrating was the pace of play and no starters or rangers on the course monitoring play. Adding to that was the crowd there. Nobody had a lick of etiquette. I’m not asking for everyone to treat it as a country club or we are playing for money. Since play was slow had to wait on teeing off on every hole. The group behind us would Park their carts right behind ours and not give a little space to breath. Was playing with my girlfriend and it was her first time playing 18. She’s golfed before many of times before but felt very rushed due to this. There were countless times where people would drive across our fairways as we were about to hit without getting the attention of us. After the third time it happened I felt as if they wanted to get hit so I didn’t bother to wait for them to clear. Obviously I didn’t hit them but if I happened to I wouldn’t have felt bad. Long story short if you want to golf here and see for yourself by all mean goes for it. For myself I don’t see myself golfing here ever again. It’s sad because I can only imagine of beautiful the course is in the summer.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

9/24/2020

Got off right away and maybe a 5 or 10 minute wait on about half the holes. The cart paths were in pretty bad shape but the greens and fairways were actually in pretty good shape.. I’ll be going back to play it again.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

The worst place

Pace of play horrible, no rangers, hackers all over the place jumping from hole to hole, greens slow, fairways concrete, this place is a Warzone.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Gave Valley Ridge a Try

Greens were good. Fairways good. Sand nicely worked. Some tee boxes good, some chewed up. Cart paths were terrible: standing water, washed out, bumpy. Finding the next hole was difficult sometimes for golfers new to thye course.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unbelievably Slow

Course was jam packed and terribly slow. It was in decent condition but waited forever in between shots. The group in front of me said that they are always full of people after 11am. I will not be going back.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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