BreyleyGolf

Lots of hazards and many tight fairways = a high slope rating.

What makes the course really hard are the conditions... the bunkers are a joke (no sand, but filled with rocks, dirt, dead grass, live grass, mud water and weeds galore). This coarse has lots of dirt/desert areas and lots of standing/casual water. And, many of the rough areas just off the fairways are covered with unusual weeds wherein balls just disappear appear.

This coarse would be fabulous if they worked on improving the aforementioned poor conditions

another delayed start by a baffled starter

a 2:52 tee time and confusion on the #1 tee box.

a request for our 2-some to start on the back 9 is denied, even though there was no one playing holes #9 or #10.

if there is a manager of this course, his/her mission appears to be wanton alienation of its customers

I played it for the first time and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the course.

They sell an 18-hole tee time at 3:16 pm. We buy it in the hopes of playing at least 9 holes in 2 hours and 9 minutes. FAT CHANCE!!! The 3:16 tee time followed a golf outing and we were placed behind a 5-some (4 women and 1 man). The starter said that only 4 people were playing and 1 was just riding along with her set of clubs. We asked if we could play the back nine since it appeared empty. The starter said no. He said that if it turned out that all 5 played we could call and complain and they would send out a ranger. All 5 did play, but we couldn't find a pay phone between holes #1 and #9. Legacy specializes in slow play. I hate that place.

The rough was ridiculous. I expect it had never been cut since re-seeding. It was probably 5-8 inches deep on every hole and everywhere. I do not know how many balls our 4-some lost in the rough, but along with cart-path-pnly it made for a long afternoon of walking and searching. If that is Pete Dye's idea of course design, he can take that course and shove it. The course should not have re-opened until the rough was cut. The slope rating from the blue tees (6034 yards) is normally 134!!!. With that rough it played like 175.

While it is my favorite course, it was in post-reseeding "cart path only" phase, which creates very slow play.

And all thanks to every 8-minute tee times during its "cart path only" phase.

I had never played the course, but it was 2 weeks away from re-seeding, so we tried it. I was pleasantly surprised by the course. It was not as flat as I expected and the conditions were much better than expected. It was very dry and fairways were a little ratty, but I expect they are not maintaining it pre-reseeding the way they normally would. I will go back post-re-seeding.

prior to re-seeding closure. The big surprise was that nobody was there and the usual slow play was not an issue.

The course was in near-perfect condition, particularly just days away from re-seeding.

As a 2-some we played the front 9 in record time. When we got to the 10th we found two elderly ladies that were novice golfers on the tee box. They would not let us play thru and and we waited on every shot. It made for a very long and miserable afternoon. This course did not make it as a private country club and it won't make it as a public course, if the owners will make no effort to manage slow play. And, just to be clear on how this course is "managed", there was no starter either. There is nothing quite like driving one hour from Wadsworth to Elyria to play slow golf. And for the record, the player behind us gave up after playing 15 holes.

A good course at a great price and the people who work there are always accommodating.

I have never played this course when the rough had been cut. If you play there, plan to spend a lot of time searching for balls in the rough. We won't go back.

I play well there and the staff is very accommodating.

Loyal Oak is great for the price in April, May and June. Come July the fairways start to brown and are very uneven. In August the fairways are just plain bad. At $19 it is worth playing there, if you employ winter rules.

Once again the starter sends group after group to the 1st tee on the north course. Only this time he must have gotten enough negative feedback that he drove down to the 1st tee and saw it backed up so much that he sent us off on the south. He claimed that he couldn't understand how it got so backed up... yet he is the guy that sent group after group to start on the north course.

It should be noted that when I first asked if we could tee off on the east or south, he said no, even though no one was on the 1st tee box on either course.

That starter should be promoted to a position where he can't ruin golf for Legends of Massillon patrons.