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Upon entering the pro shop to check in for our round, we were met by the most disinterested staffer that I have come in contact with for a very long time.
The course itself has what could be a fun layout with areas of character and challenge. It currently has little of either. The ground keeping crew is either terribly understaffed or poorly trained. There is little demonstrable difference between the rough and fairways. Neither of which had been cut in quite some time.
We were left with the impression that course ownership/management is very much taking their membership for granted.

Incredibly unfriendly staff at check in. No discernible differentiation between the fairways and rough. Greens are in nice shape and hold approach shots very well.
Poor signage on course to direct first time users to the next tee box location.Multiple confusing approaches to greens locations for first time users. This course does not merit a long drive to experience a “different” course in the Lake of the Ozarks area that has so many better options.

Staff is always helpful and upbeat. Course layout is interesting and has lots of character. Fairways and roughs are much improved this year. Congrats to them on making the most out of the soil conditions they must deal with in the Ozarks.

I screwed up. I had booked a time at this course thru Golf Now and I showed up about three hours before my tee time. My fault. This course had a junior tournament playing with a good turnout .
The course pro said “ let me see what I can do”.
He offered a few suggestions on how we could pass the time (and comped us range balls) while he worked on getting us on the course.
It turned out that we were on the course an hour later and had a great day.
Considering the weather, soil and grasses that courses in this area have to contend with, this course was in decent shape.
I will return to this beginner friendly course with other family members and friends because of the incredible patience and support demonstrated by the head pro.

We’ve played this.course a number of times over 15 years. During this week’s visit, we experienced the best course conditions that we can remember. Very friendly staff.

Lovely course. Lay out was picturesque.
Not friendly for average senior golfers. Shortest tees still play very long. I’m a 18 handicap who typically plays from tees that yield around 5200 yards or there about. Played the white tees at this course (2nd shortest) and in a number of holes after a decent drive still had 190 plus for a second shot on par fours. Not fun.
Most tees were elevated and cart path was a distance from green with again many hills to climb. The fairway marker to leave the fairway (with golf cart) was a significant distance From the green. This caused considerably more walking and significantly slowed pace of play.
Beautiful course but our group agreed that we will not play it again this summer.
Great course for younger, longer hitters.

I stopped playing this course a couple of years ago due to poor fairway conditions and inconsistent quality of the greens. I decided to check it out today and was very pleasantly surprised. Greens were in good shape and rolled true consistently. The fairways were vastly improved from previous experiences as were the tee boxes.The rough continues to penalize errant shots due to its variety of and length of the grasses you would find yourself in if you happened to stray.
The various staff members I interacted with today were incredibly pleasant and appeared to take pride in their work and in the course.
I will most assuredly return and bring guests.
CJB