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Played twice within the last week, both times a day after rain. Cart path only on holes 4,5,9,11,&18. Fairways are wide and if you were on the wrong side of the cart path it was quite a walk to the ball and there are often hills to climb down to the ball then back up to the cart.

The course is in great shape with the exception of the bunkers. I might have thought that was mostly due to recent rain, but it seems to be a constant in the past reviews. They should have a tractor to rake them to start the day to loosen the sand.

A beautiful, scenic course. Come play and enjoy the course and the views, but don't really think you are going to walk the course.

Pace of play is slow due to cart path only, hills, large greens, and course difficulty. It is what it is. There are so many uphill holes that have uphill landing areas, so you don't get any roll on tee shots. If you are not a long hitter expect quite a few second shots that are over 170 yards.

I experienced a group of three that was matched with my tee time as a single and they objected playing with me even though I had made the initial reservation. The starter was very apologetic and offered me a variety of alternatives knowing that I'd rather not be forced on a group that did not want to be paired with someone. Things worked out fine and I appreciate the starters thoughtfulness.

The greens had been aerated on Sept. 23rd and it was still noticeable, on Oct. 9th, but not prohibitive. Additionally, there was a chemical type odor at the greens and there was a gritty feel to the ball after you would putt and some gritty residue on the putter cover if it was on the green. I assume it was some type of fertilizer applied with or after the aeration.

The maintenance of the course was the best I've seen in PA in years.

I can't say that there were any "breathtaking" vistas and I can't really think of a "signature" hole, but every hole was very nice. The fellow in the pro shop, when I told him that I'd never been there before, said that the course is pretty straight forward, what you see is what you get.

I believe that someone from the maintenance dept. goes around with sand and fills divots on every tee box. And, I actually saw grass growing out of many of the sand divots.

The regular golfers must do a good job repairing ball marks on greens... or... they don't get enough good golfers that make ball marks. Greens were fast.

It had rained on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and the course, especially before noon, was damp and the ball did certainly make marks when landing on the greens. I think it would be unusual, although possible, that a maintenance person may repair ball marks before play in the morning. I've never heard of such a thing. I'm just trying to figure out why the greens didn't have un-repaired ball marks.

All bunkers were edged, had no weeds, and were tractor raked earlier in the morning.

There were no patchy areas on tee boxes, and there was no crabgrass on tee boxes, fairways, fringes, greens, or rough, with the exception of some type of grass weed well off to the right or left of the normal area of rough. And that grass weed either was treated and dying or dying due to the cooler weather. It would certainly be the golfers fault (and I was there a couple of times) to be that far off line.

On top of all of that, the Senior Rate for this time of fall was $27 before noon, cart included. How can they afford to keep the whole course nearly immaculate at those rates?

If I did not live 1 hr. 25 min. from the course, I would be there very often. However, I will not hesitate to return.