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2.9
442 Reviews (442)
5 Stars
56
4 Stars
162
3 Stars
105
2 Stars
54
1 Stars
65
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.3
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.7
55.5%
Recommend this course
297 out of 442 reviews
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2.5
23 Reviews (23)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
6
Conditions
2.0
Value
3.0
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
43.5%
Recommend this course
10 out of 23 reviews
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2.7
64 Reviews (64)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
15
Conditions
2.2
Value
3.1
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
3.9
50.0%
Recommend this course
32 out of 64 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6929 yards
Slope 131
Rating 73.2
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Westport Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1968
Greens TifEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Porter Gibson (1968)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2019 #10)

Reviews

2.9
442 Reviews (442)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 25
Water Hazards 20
Forced Carries 18
This course/club is great for:
Locals 23
Advanced Golfers 10
9-Hole Rounds 7
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 14
Worth the Drive 14
Convenient to the City 10

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Poor condition

The course is just in really rough shape. You can’t putt here, period. Staff was super friendly and honest about course conditions. I wouldn’t recommend this course in this condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
First Time Playing

Wanted to try a course I’d never played

It was a 45 minute drive to play one of the worst courses I’ve ever played. The only positive about this course is how great the staff were. The layout wasn’t great, lost 3-4 ball in the middle of the fairway because it looked like they hadn’t been cut it a while, when I did find my ball, it was usually sitting on dirt or rocks, the greens were in miserable shape, and the tee boxes were the worst I’ve ever seen in almost 40 years of playing. They were mostly dirt and only a half dozen or so were even marked. The ranger and the clubhouse staff were incredibly kind and helpful, but the course itself is atrocious.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
1.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Would rather be waterboarded than play here again

Staff is very friendly and beers are cheap. Being hammered may actually help your overall experience.

Took 4+ hours to play front 9 and didn’t even bother to play the back. Course is in abysmal shape and layout isn’t much better as holes are on top of one another, greens are covered in weeds and tee boxes look like a mortar range, some holes didn’t even have tee markers so that was fun. I’m not sure if they even own mowers or if they just let goats run around to keep the grass down (where there’s actually grass growing). The 3 groups in front of us included 8 women with zero awareness of pace of play or general golf etiquette. Literal nightmare. If you hit driver 280+ just go ahead and leave that bad boy at the house cause you won’t need it. Fairly tight course on the front 9 but even if you’re in the fairway you’re gonna be hitting out of the rough essentially cause it’s a cow pasture. There’s more sand in the divot fillers on the carts than there are in the bunkers. Riding on the cart path is also going to knock your spine out of alignment so enjoy that, my head is still bouncing around. This course should cost $7…per annual membership.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is in very poor condition.

It's been two years since I last played Westport GC. It's sad to report that this course is lacking ground maintenance of any level. The tee boxes must get the name "tee box" from the dozens of broken tees lying in the grass-less divots. The fairways have more bare dirt spots then grass. The greens are overgrown, bare and weedy. What a disappointing waist of time and money to play this course. It's a shame because the layout is good.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Bad day

The front 9 was in a bad state today. I lost two balls in the fairway today because weeds + some grass were 3-4in in the fairway! My playing partners also lost balls in the fairway…plus we found 4 balls in the fairway on the 2nd par 5, which indicates others lost balls there too.

The back 9 was also overgrown but better. We’ve had bad weather recently. I hope it’s better next time

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

GO ANYWHERE ELSE

Westport has seen better times, interesting layout with multiple lay up par 4s that leave a long approach for your second shot. The golf course conditions, awful. Fairways are a lot of dirt patches and the greens are some of the worst greens you can play. I had a ball bounce up two feet in the air off one of the thousands of weeds growing on the greens. The group I was with couldn’t believe the conditions of the greens. Yes there may be tee times here unlike a lot of the other courses in the area, there is a reason. Until this course decides to sink a lot of money into it stay far away and go to the driving range if there are no other tee times in the area. Your money will be way better spent doing anything else than playing here at the moment.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Terrible

Please save you time and money, tee boxes were unlevel with absolutely no grass, greens had poana grass growing up through the greens in hundreds of spots. Tractor tire marks on several greens, there's no way you'll get a true roll on any green. Cart paths were so bad with roots growing up through them we had to drive on the fairways for a smooth ride. Numerous trees had fallen and just left there. We paid through golf now and it was $34 a piece. Playing there without GN is $44. I would not go back if it was free to play.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Investors Wanted

This layout and location is fantastic! Money was invested in the greens but they’ve already got weeds sprouting through.

I would love to see an investor come in and work on it. Clear trees and limbs that have died. Regrade and plant fairways. Create drainage and water management solutions. Repave cart paths. Bulldoze and build a proper clubhouse. The layout is so fun it just needs rebooted.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Leaves everywhere

I don’t mind playing this course in the spring/summer but winter golf on this course is frustrating. It’s extremely difficult to find your ball even if you hit the fairway because the leaves are everywhere. Some of the Tee Boxes that were covered in leaves and the majority of the fairways were full of leaves.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Prepare lose balls

I’ve played here many of time but this time was not acceptable. Leaves were everywhere. You hit a fairway and next thing you know your ball is hidden. Can’t find it.
I get that it’s fall and leaves fall but you have blowers driving around not doing much. Mow the leaves if the blower isn’t working.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

WORST COURSE EVER PLAYED ON

Do not waste your time and money!!!!! Fairways are the equivalent of blocks of dry clay. Greens are the equivalent of putting on concrete. Useless landing a ball on them because they just bounce off like a basketball. Played 5 holes and left.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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