St. Anne Country Club

I absolutely love St. Annes. This day had a slow pace of play due to over bookings of tee times but it was a beautiful Saturday so everyone wanted to be out there.

This was the first time in 15 rounds at the course I have ran into slow play, other 14 times have been smooth sailing!

No beverage carts on a 90+ degree day, almost a 6-hour round on a short course, but well kept.

The only thing that needs improvement is the golf carts are old and there are a bunch that need work.

We enjoyed the actual golf for the most part but things began on a sour note. Upon checking in, the guy in the pro shop decided to tell me he was just about to pull that tee time from GolfNow (and presumably TeeOff, which is where I found it) before we booked it about an hour beforehand, and even made a point of telling me that they don't make any money from those GolfNow tee times. So sorry, was it my fault the website was showing a cheap tee time? I felt like I was being accused of ripping them off or taking advantage of them somehow, that I was worth less to them because I had the nerve to book a time THAT THEY HAD MADE AVAILABLE. Whatever, I didn't say anything to him but probably should have. It looked like a large outing had just finished as there were plenty of carts but none of them had been cleaned/cleared of trash. I asked one of the workers moving the carts around which one I should take and they just told me to grab any cart. There literally wasn't a cart without bottles, cans, and other trash still on it so I cleaned one off myself and we got going. We parked alongside the white tees for #1 on the lower path (there is also an upper path that comes from the parking lot). A single had just teed off and I was making my way up the hill to the tee box when a couple zoomed right past the white tees (on the upper path, presumably coming from the parking lot) and went straight to the gold/red tees and proceeded to tee off in front of us. It was too hot to put up a fuss so we just let it go. When we finished the first hole and were headed for the second tee, we noticed a group of SEVEN golfers teeing off on 4. Ok, maybe they didn't indicate at check-in that they would all be playing together, but no one from the course ever came out to correct this either. It wasn't our job to tell them to break it up. We were eventually able to play through and finished the round without further incident. The course is in nice shape but the rest of the experience needs work. Usually play here a few times a year (and not always with the cheap rate) but we may not be coming back (and from the vibe I got from rude guy in the pro shop we won't be missed). Maybe you'll be treated better if you pay full price.

Course was in good shape except a few t boxes like #2 was a sandbox to tee off from

Course was in terrible condition, temporary tee boxes were put in dirt patches and completely uneven, had better lies off the tee box than on it. There was no mention of temporary tees anywhere, would never have booked if I knew it was going to be in that bad of shape. Greens were extremely slow and hairy, which is expected this early in the year but not THAT bad, they were covered in pitch marks as well. Good hot dogs tho.

The course was in pretty good shape the only thing was that there were some greens that had some small debri. I think a maintenance person should have been sent out and blown the debri from the greens, otherwise everything was good.

This course has been in great shape all year, and that’s saying ALOT with the weather we had this season. Too many places were burnt and dry, but not St Anne. The staff has done a great job keeping this one of the best and most consistent places to play in the area. Great value, solid people. Oh, and Amherst Brewing “Jess” on tap…what’s not to like? Great job St Anne.