Black Rock Golf Course

It was a great day for golf at Black Rock. The pace of play was good. The weather was sunny with a bit of a breeze. It was a good value for the money. Will come back to play.

The course was in great shape. The only bad thing was the pace of play. They had tons of rangers out but they were just watching everyone play, not making anyone go faster or having people play through.

I really like the layout of this course with it's variety of hole shapes. It's about an hour and 10 minutes from me, but for the most part worth the drive. The good news is that the price is really good...$53/player on a Saturday, and Military was $25! Thanks for recognizing our Military & Veterans. The fairways were in good shape--not great--but good, except for #18. The majority of that fairway was just hard pan dirt. Staff told us that they haven't had rain in a month, and it definitely shows with the rough browning out, the tee boxes lumpy and spots with no grass, and the bunkers were mostly just crusty hard dirt. The greens were in excellent condition though, but the pins were in horrid spots...they were having their Club Championship, so moved a lot of flag sticks close to the edges. There was no marshal, and the round was very slow...we waited on every hole, every shot; and we had a twosome behind us that didn't know course etiquette and kept driving up behind us when we were teeing off! There was no one pushing them--they were just rude (or maybe inexperienced)...they should have just lagged back a little until we were off the tee boxes. I'm going to wait until the Fall to drive back up--maybe it will be in better condition by then.

Too many bunkers and some kept in very poor condition. The grass was also very dry

Well-maintained and fun course with some challenging holes

First time here and I will be coking back. Good bang for the buck. The course has a great layout and they do not par 3 you to death which is great. Just wish I played better lol.

Played here on 6/14/2020. Course was in great condition. Greens were as green as they could be. Pace of play was just under 4 hours. Clubhouse was following all rules and very friendly staff. Will play here many more times!

Did not finish as group in front would not let us play through. When you have one in the group that is struggling you should let the group behind go through. First hole eleven shots to get to the green?
Love this course but not today,

I played this course about 8 years ago, when it was private, and while it blew me away back then, even though it is now a public course, Black Rock blew me away again. Amazingly maintained, challenging holes and some interesting green movement make this a must play in the Western MD/South-Central PA area. Will definitely play again.

Course is in great shape, everyone maintained proper distancing. Was a good time.

This is generally an ok course. Lots of maintenance is needed this time of year. COVID must be screwing with their staffing. No starter which resulted in 2 foursomes with tee times 20 minutes behind us.. jumped in front of us! So the guy at the desk let’s us start on the other 9. Then the Ranger tracks us down to harass us for starting at the other 9... The Rangers can be a little unbearable.

The course has a nice mix of medium, short, and longer par 4's from the back tees. I also enjoyed the varied par 3s. Some are downhill, some uphill, and are of varied lengths.

The par 5's are especially entertaining as they allow longer hitters to reach in two, evev from the back tees.

The primary reason I did not give a higher review was the nature of the fairways. The were cut very high, and often my ball found a fairway lie that was more like landing in a light rough.

Better courses for similar rates in the area imo. Definitely worth the extra drive to play somewhere nicee. High, bumpy and unlevel teeboxes.