drnivanfields

Let me say this course is coming back from being closed a very long time after a hurricane so you should take that into consideration with my review.
That being said, HARD is the overall word for this course.
Not hard as I in course layout and play but as in the ground.
From tee to green the course was rock hard.
We broke tees trying to get them in the ground.
One of my guys cuts his finger pretty good when his tee split trying to push it in the ground.
We started pouring water in the spot we want to place the tee.
I hit several drives that ran for days in the fairway.
The greens were hard as well and extremely slow.
The greens were all different cuts all over and none rolled the same.
Some traps had light sand others had medium and some had heavy sand.
Will wait until next year to play again to see if it has improved.
I paid $46 on GolfNow.
They were charging $66 for others.
No way is this course in its current condition work $66.
Right now the most I would pay is $35.
I played bad and shot 80 because I had to change my swing to play the hard fairways.
I usually have a steep angle of attack but my should was getting too many hard impacts so I changed it to the swing I had to use when I lived in North Texas playing on hard pan and started to play better.

There were 2 fivesomes and 2 foursomes and a threesome of which neither of them could hit the ball 100 yards straight and was playing to and three balls.

They were out having fun, I get it, but not at the place where it is holding up the entire course.

We just quit with 5 holes left.

I looked at a couple of reviews before I booked. especially since the last time I played Oak Harbor a few months ago the course was in horrible condition because they were working on it.
Well it still is being worked on.
Craters and hills of mud dugout the fairways, sand traps all uneven and sand is showing up.
the only thing good about the course was the greens.

Things were a bit slow but not extremely bad.
It took us 4.5 hours.
The course was in good condition

Their were definitely been some improvement from last time I played

I hated that if you missed the fairway you had to consider it a lost ball and drop and then hope you can find the ball you just dropped.

This is terrible terrible terrible.
Did I mention how much I disliked the fact that I was looking for my ball so much, I quit playing even after I paid.
It began to cost me more in golf balls than entire round.
I pay too much for balls to can't find them simply because it ran out the fairway.
If this is what they will be from here on, I will never ever ever ever play there again.
Just aside.
The last time I played this course I shot 38 and 37.
If I would have kept playing I would have lost 38 balls

Course is in good condition.
The greens were punched a week or so ago.
Some had strong evidence of this but still rolled very well.
The staff as always was extremely nice even brought out ice towels.
It was a scorcher and we started at 8:50.
We all were from New Orleans so we don't play this course regularly but definitely we will get back.

There were about 3 or 4 groups that had 5 players which held the entire course up.
I quit after 9

I am surprised that I was still excited to play the course even though I have played a Tour 18 in several places just not this one.
The aura outdid the course conditions but the course was in good condition.

Hot day but the course was in good condition and pace of play was great

Course in good shape had a lot of rain lately.
The greens are coming back

the course was very wet and the greens were not cut but that's to be expected when we had all this rain

First time playing this course.
Not as beautiful as the pictures.
The layout is good but the course was ok.
Greens were firm to hard with sand on them.
I 3 putted three times and couldn't figure the greens out until back nine.
Shot 78 with 41 on the front and 37 on the back

Slow and Hot!
Course is in great condition and the staff is great.