Scotch Hills Country Club

Played Shady Rest for the first time and enjoyed my overall experience. The staff at the clubhouse are are friendly and helpful. The overall course was well-maintained, though with a good amount of rain recently left some fairway sections on this moderately hilly course a bit saturated. An excellent value for an approachable 9-hole.

Kind of wet when I played. Winter golf, so let’s blame it on that. Challenging narrow fairways and small greens put your skills to the test. Hit it straight or you will easily end up on a fairway for the next hole. Affordable golf. Will play again.

This is a 9-hole course.

Pretty well maintained and you great to play when you don’t have a ton of time. You like can still use most of the clubs in your bag from the white tees.

The course is in a compact space and has a lot of elevation change for the space and yardage.

Tough course: fairways are ridiculously narrow; tees and greens are about 10 feet away from each other. 2nd hole has a downsloping hill starting dead center on the fairway so no chance to hit the fairway. Last hole you have to backtrack from from 8th hole so good luck not missing those tees.

Short straight and great course to practive on. 9 holes in about 90 minutes

This 9 hole course was designed by Scottish pro David Smith Hunter and built in 1900.

It retains all the personality and charm of a very old course with blind drives / approaches, small, slow greens which place a premium on shotmaking and greenside play.

I hit all the clubs in my play set (brassie, spoon, iron mashie, mashie, mashie niblick, pitching niblick) and was challenged to make a good shot on many occasions.

Being the first Black-owned golf club and home course of the first American golf pro, the course and clubhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Many famous Black artists relaxed and played here.

The tees, fairways and greens are in excellent shape. The greens fees are reasonable.

Travel back in time to Shady Rest and be sure to wear your Plus Fours!

An extremely narrow and hilly course, coupled with a pair of extremely slow players in front of us made for a very long nine holes. An interesting course that needs someone to look after pace of play.

I love this course. Can always get a convenient tee time, never too crowded and for a relatively short 9 hole course, quite challenging. Most of the fairways are narrow so if you pull to the left your ball is gone. There are trees everywhere, except the 9th hole, so there is plenty of shade on a hot day leading to plenty of challenges.