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Have played here at least fifty times and have had a good experience at least 90% of the time. Can play slow at times, but most groups will let faster ones play through. Old course with not much distance but a lot of charm. The second par five dares you to go for the green in two. Some short par fours that longer hitters can reach off the tee. Supposedly closing sometime in 2016 i heard...to bad. I always tell others that it is a poor man's Champion's. Course plays similar i think and about thirty percent cheaper.

I live in Gahanna, so the drive out to Marysville to play this course is a little long, but it is definitely worth it.

The front nine only plays about 200 yards longer on the front side, but you definitely notice it. The back nine has at least two or three par 4's that are under 335 yards.

The tee boxes are in decent shape, the fairways are decent and very fast, and the greens are pretty challenging on some holes (I thought the greens on the back nine were more difficult).

My only complaint would be the girl in the clubhouse. She had a little bit of an attitude and gave me a strange look when I said I wanted to walk the course (yes sweetie, people who are able-bodied and not lazy do actually walk golf courses...). But if that is my biggest complaint, then the course and the overall experience must have been pretty good. I'd give it a solid B+ grade.

I have played this course dozens of times and have been happy with the experience much more often than not.

Played this last time in really poor, wet conditions - had rained for all except one day in the last thirty days. The course was really wet and had some standing water, but that could be said for 95% of all the courses around Columbus.

It looked like it was going to rain pretty hard before I tee'd off on #1 and I asked the clubhouse attendant if they offered rain checks. He said they did, but went ahead and just let me play for free given the course conditions and the threat of more rain.

The greens are always a shade faster than the average public course, but not too overwhelming. The fairways are normally lush and great to hit off of. The tee boxes on a couple of the par 3's are kind of beat up, but that is more a testament to the people playing not filling in their divots.

I guess the only real complaint I have is that there seems to be league play every weeknight. I realize this is a guaranteed source of income for the course though, so it is understandable.

One last note, if you can birdie #13 you are awesome...I think I have parred it once and had double bogey or worse more times than I can count...not a long hole (375 or so from the white tees), but a bear nonetheless.