Deer Creek Golf Club

I'm old school and I like yardage markers. Carts here don't have GPS and this course far and away has the fewest yardage markers of any course I've ever played. Literally had to eyeball my yardage over 75% of the time. Why is this a thing? Also, who is Deer Creek employing as head greenkeeper? I know--Covid and the heat--but other courses in the area seem to manage. It'll be a long time before I play here again which is a shame because the location is great and I love RTJ layouts because they tend to be challenging yet fair. Although, like any other, they need to be properly maintained .

The course isn't in very good shape. Bunkers have bad sand or no sand, tee boxes are hard as a rock, cart path has a serious problem in one spot.

Course is in awful shape overall. I hadn’t played here in 5 years and figured the new ownership would have fixed things by now, what a shame because this used to be a spectacular course. Large sections of the course around the greens are unplayable. Bunkers are either flooded, washed out, growing weeds or full of gravel. It’d be easier to count how many bunkers were playable. Areas around the green don’t look like anyone has made an attempt to repair or improve them. Areas have piles of downed limbs and debris that would be simple to dispose of. In one spot where there is a concrete walkway an area that was “repaired” they simply placed bags of concrete on top of one another and got them wet... yes the “bag” is still there. Hole 10 someone can’t seem to fix the post on the tee boxes that is falling over from cracked concrete. On the bridge at hole 10, rather than fixing the concrete between the bridge and the cart path they laid wood down instead causing a big bump. Honestly, I won’t be coming back, this course isn’t work the $60 per round with no care put into it.

Guessing since it was bought by Golf Life they have sought to maximize profits. The greens and fairways were in pretty good condition, but the bunkers were embarrassing! Some were mud and hard compact dirt, and some had 3 feet of deep sand dumped in them. Overall I enjoyed the experience with my father, but probably won’t be back for the price.

Played Deer Creek for for first time in over a year and couldn’t believe the deterioration of such a classic course. Bunkers were predominantly ground under repair as they have declined to mud holes with weeds. Greens were in good shape, but balance of course lacked basic maintenance. I realize the current situation has greatly reduced revenue, but this appears to have been going on for a longer period of time. Hopefully, better times will lead to needed investment and if not, what a shame.

Many years ago Deer Creek was one of the top public courses in the Metro. Ever since Great Life got its hands on it the course conditions have gone downhill drastically. The layout is still great but the rough is overgrown and the fairways are beat up. Not to mention most of the bunkers are filled with dirt.. hopefully Great Life will get it’s act together and start taking care of their courses that let remain public.

The course was in pretty good shape, a few holes had bald patches. I think they’re a little over priced.

Sand is unplayable. Lots of issues with fairways and cart paths. Course has horrible drainage. Nice staff and way overpriced unless playing twilight.

Played this track many times. Seems like they aren’t investing in maintenance. Much of the course has serious erosion. Greens were great, but drainage around the course needs some upgrades.

Played here in April- course was in horrible shape with Goose droppings all over the greens, fairways hard as a rock, and bunkers with absolutely no sand in them. This course is a great layout with many fun holes, it could be so much better (or even how it used to be) without Great-Life running it.

Deer Creek used to be a good layout and well maintained. Ever since Great Life purchased the course all has changed. No sand in any bunker, rocks old dirt. Fairways many dead dirt spots. Good layout, tight. The course is just not fun anymore. You go to enjoy the beauty and a challenge. Great life offers none of that anywhere. They overprice the rates by so much. Great location for so many people but just ruined. All great life courses are the same from what I have seen and heard. If you come across a course in KC owned by great life my suggestion is to stay away. Trying to make many courses that used to be fun private now. An absolute joke of a golf company that doesn't put sand in a bunker or try to fix the course. Terrible business.

The price was too good to pass up so I decided to finally give this course a go. The back 9 was closed and the greens on the front 9 were basically sand traps because they were treating the greens. The course is also very tight off the drive on most of the holes. If you have a slice or a hook you will lose a lot of balls. The front 9 is very challenging with a surprising amount of elevation changes for being smack in the middle of Overland Park. If the price is under $30 again I’ll go back in the future once I’ve got my driver figured out. The staff was incredibly friendly but the shop was not very well stocked and it seemed like they pulled a shop straight out of the 80’s and put it on a golf course. The golf carts were abysmal. I had to switch out my cart after the front 9 and I BARELY finished my back 9. Also the gas pedal got stuck at full throttle at one point and I almost ran into a tree. The brake locking mechanism didn’t work on the other one so I couldn’t stop on any kind of slope. I would say if you hit your driver straight and true and it’s for a hot deal it would be a very challenging and fun course if you can overlook the condition of the carts. As far as the greens are concerned I probably was just unlucky on my timing. Maybe they’re better on a different week. Definitely wouldn’t go for full price though.

If you pay more than $50 for this course, go somewhere else. Greens are in bad shape and tee boxes are as well. Played yesterday for $35 and that’s a fair price for the course. Layout is nice with a good mix of par 3s. Not a ton of elevation change.