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About

Holes 12
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6755 yards
Slope 121
Rating 71.8
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Railside Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1993
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/15
Architect Paul Loague

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirts must be worn at all times. Women do not have to have a collared shirt, but may not wear or halter tops. No cutoff shirts permitted.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.5
33 Reviews (33)
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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

top-notch greens and beautiful fairways

This former 18-hole course was converted to a 12-hole layout due to financial and economic reasons,etc.You can play 6,12,or 18 holes if you desire.New management kept many of their old holes and re-designed a few new ones within the confines of the space that was left to them.I think it's a fun and challenging course and am glad that they got to keep some of the nicer holes on the course.The fairways and greens are still top tier and management continues to be friendly and accommodating.I will definitely be back soon to play this wonderful course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

This course is a joke and misadvertised

This course is now 12 holes. They turned 9 holes into a corn field and hacked together 3 holes that are not legitimate golf holes. They don't have gps on their carts and they don't take good care of their holes. We are never going back. It is a shame because this was a great course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Confusing track

I grabbed a discounted online tee time and played Railside for the first time. To be fair, this course has some potential. There are about 5 or 6 decent holes. Then, there are some holes that are completely the opposite, either way too easy or completely out of proportion. There is a par 3, 60 yard hole for example followed by a hole that is built on the driving range with no fairway.

I was pretty disappointed even at the discounted fee. If I would have paid the full $40 I would have been furious. The entire layout is confusing. Old holes with permanent signs are still in place while cheap, laminated signs call out the new hold number. Yardage markers also appear to be way off.

The restaurant, bar and deck was nice. There is potential to MAYBE convert this back into a 9 hole course with legitimate holes. The 12 hole format that is currently in play is highly suspect.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

12 hole nightmare

This place used to be so much fun. They took a great course and turned it into a 12 hole nightmare of a layout. No GPS in the carts anymore and the the course is in horrible shape. Not sure what they were thinking with the new layout. I'd give this place a few years before going back. Not even worth the hot deal on GolfNow.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 51
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Railside Golf Club

This golf course has been on my play list for a long time. The bunkers could use some work, but the greens were in great shape. It was well worth the drive.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Downhill

When this course was new it was incredible. The fairways were perfect the sand fluffy. The fairways are being overtaken by rough grasses, the bunkers are clay with a little sand that has washed into the bottom, some of the bunkers have not been tended too in weeks. There were rakes laying in the grass that had crab grass growing over them one foot tall. All the bunkers were flooded Sunday but we did have 3 inches Friday and Saturday.
It seems. Courses are raising prices but maybe they need to drop them to get more players. At least we got a good rate. But regular rate us still too high for the conditions

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, good value

Great place to play. Staff very friendly. Food looked good but didn't have time. Will have to do that on next round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Great value and pace of play. Course was in good condition, the greens played consistently. Would definitely recommend especially for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course for the Deal!

Great course I have played this multiple times. Nice Staff and club house. course bunkers where not in the greatest of shape probably due to recent rain in area. Really enjoy playing this course but it is usually very windy.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

Course was in great shape for November, fairways and greens were just like they were in spring.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice staff, TERRIBLE conditions

This course changed owners a few years back and I really enjoyed the course back then. Not so much under the new ownership. It looked less like the nice links course I remembered and more like the set of Mad Max.

I expect a little bit of brown grass on any links course due to wind and lack of shade but this was extreme. The fairways were mostly dead and what wasn't was more crabgrass than bentgrass. The tees were the same way.

The greens rolled fairly quick but had large dead or spotty patches as well. It's been a fairly good year for rain here so my only assumption is they've tried to save money by not watering. Hope they saved a lot.

The cart gps was also very annoying. I went off the path on one par 3 that set off the return to path alarm and then it continued to go off at random for the rest of the round. So that was great.

On the other hand the clubhouse staff was great and the bar and restaurant had a very friendly and welcoming environment. I'd say go there for a cheap lunch but skip the golf. Even the $15 golf now rate I got wasn't worth it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Course has been better

I've played this course a couple times before and it was always in great shape. This last time the greens were pretty beat up and had an affect on a number of putts. The course layout is still fun, staff is still very friendly and the value for the money is excellent. The amount of rain has likely made it hard to maintain the course and it has seen better days. I would still go back and recommend playing it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Railside review

The course is fast due to lack of watering.

Sand needs attention.

But for the golf now rate it was a deal.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great value

You don't see too many bent grass golf courses for this value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great afternoon of fun

The area has had plenty of rain and there are wet spots that showed just that. Some of the fairways still were soggy and the green were slow, which made play a bit more giving to hit on. Conditions were excellent on the course as it was well mowed and the rough was not so tall to be a complete lost cause if you hit into them. But note, if there is some wind, it is really windy here , for the lack of trees or woody cover.
Wide fairways give the average golfer a chance to still recover if you do hit a bad drive, but there are still enough challenging water hazards and sand traps to frustrate even a low handicapper. Course play was great as I was able to pass the slower group players with no problems and got 18 holes of play just a bit over 3 hours.
There is a full service clubhouse good enough to serve great meals and was recently remodeled.
Since the rates are quite reasonable for a quality course, this is a must play for any golfer.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

NICE COURSE; WISH IT WAS CLOSER

ONLY NEGATIVE WOULD BE THE CONDITION OF THE BUNKERS. MORE POWDERED DIRT AND SMALL ROCKS THAN REAL SAND. OTHER THAN THAT NO COMPLAINTS.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course but may not drain well

We played Railside 4 days after heavy rains. There was standing water on #18, soggy spots in a number of fairways, and most bunkers were unplayable, many with standing water. The layout is great and each hole is unique but the course may not have adequate drainage based on this one experience. Otherwise it was in outstanding condition and a great value. We will definitely play again...with an eye on the weather.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Best course in the state for the money

Railside is a great course for amateurs to get a nice, challenging, relaxing, and reasonable round of golf. There are always specials on golfnow or other area programs. You can always find a round at railside for under $25. The sand traps can use some work, but the fairways and greens are impeccable. Food is great as well as reasonable. Practice facilities are second to none. Not going to shoot your worst score here., but not your best either. Great course at a great price!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Great Place

Very friendly staff, pretty good conditions for spring and high wind.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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