Manikiki

First time playing the Quarry. Was greeted cheerfully as we arrived at the club drop. Went to check in at the Pro Shop and enjoyed the conversation with the manager at the register and the pro. Gave some good insight into the course and what to expect. Course conditions were good. Greens rolled true but a little slower than I'm used to. Plenty of tee boxes to choose from. Fairways were well kept with a few exceptions. GPS was accurate but could use some narrative as to aim points on several blind shots. Just some pro tips as to where best to place your shots would have been extremely helpful. The only negative about our round was the maintenance staff, but to be clear it was the younger kids on the maintenance staff. I'm not easily rattled, but it felt like every other tee box or green or fairway there was some kid zipping around the corner on the maintenance vehicle in the middle of a back swing or putt. Just have a little bit of courtesy for God's sake. Having said that, I enjoyed my round with my dad for his birthday and the hour drive down from Cuyahoga County was worth the trip.

Course was in excellent shape. The course is surrounded by a development and apparently gets a lot of local play. Our foursome let at least 4 groups go through. 3-twosomes and 1 single, but never felt pressured from them. Two things to improve upon in my opinion is to mark the direction of play to the next hole better. No directional to hole number 1 that we could see and coming off of #9 had no idea which way to go. After looking around couldn't find a starter on a Sunday afternoon. Finally asked some kids hanging around where to go. Several spots like that on the course. For newcomers we wanted to feel welcome, but not knowing where to go and no one around to help, puts you in a unwelcome mood. And second, PLEASE REPAIR YOUR BALL MARKS ON THE GREENS!!!! Couldn't believe these beautiful complexes had so many unrepaired ball marks. Just plain lazy. Other than that, this course was in amazing shape, well maintained, offered playable challenges throughout and I look forward to coming back!

Everything about this course exudes "private", from the great course conditions, the layout/architecture, clubhouse and practice facilities. Everything was top notch. The only reason for the $18 with cart price tag was the time of year/temperature. We had a 48 degree, sunny, but windy day, but overall nice day. Absolutely loved the layout. Extremely fair and challenging at the same time. No forced layups or blind shots. Greens are fast, undulating and fair if the greens-keeper didn't have a bad morning. LOL Will definitely go back!!

Played as a single on a Tuesday right behind a league. I let them get a few holes in front of me and I never saw them. I loved this course. The staff was there to make this place first rate from the minute you entered to the time you left! Thank you!!! The course itself was great! I absolutely loved the layout and I loved all the fun angles and different tee boxes to change up the angles and yardages. Greens were rolling well, but not fast. I would prefer a quicker green, but that's nit-picking. The one and only downside I saw about the course was the lack of yardages, especially on the forced carry tee shots. There were a couple forced lake carries as well that required some exact yardages to certain angles and those would have been nice to have. I didn't see a yardage book in the pro shop and wasn't offered one as first time player so I'm just assuming they didn't have one. Carts with GPS would have been a great value add. All in all though, I'll be back!!!

Drove down from Cleveland with my daughter on our way to The Memorial. We absolutely loved the scenery, the course was in great shape. Front nine is a little tricky. Hilly front requires blind shots. Having the GPS is extremely helpful, but like I have found at other courses, it would be great to have some pro tips for the layout so you know where your ball is headed. Same goes for the greens. Would be nice to see a small narrative of green slope too, eg. "this green slopes severely back to front, better to leave your ball short of the green rather than long." Little stuff like that would make this an amazing value-add. Overall, the place is beautiful, well kept and manicured, friendly staff, nice tavern. I would drive the hour from Cleveland again to play.

I have played all 4 nines at this course over the last 25+ years. The city of Cleveland used to own this former PGA Tour quality track, but the city let it become a ratty, horrific mess. However, it was purchased by our MetroParks system about 5-6 years ago and they have been working very hard every year to return this once proud course to it's original glory! Arnold Palmer, Charlie Sifford and many of the older golfers used to play this course and I'm happy to see the MetroParks providing and improving a great venue. They have kids programs, many sets of tees and will be building a beautiful practice area in the next several years. They have their blueprints for the entire renovation in the clubhouse. Good course now, but will be a great course shortly! P.S. Although my username is "Manikiki" (another beautiful MetroParks owned course, where I posted my best score ever), I am not and have never been employed or a paid spokesman for the MetroParks. LOL :-)

Had the pleasure of playing this beauty November 4th. The weather was around 60, partly sunny, but pretty windy. Wind came from all directions. Many of the holes the approach or par 3 tee shot was at least 2 clubs. Nonetheless, I found the layout unique but not Mickey Mouse like the old Blue Heron, eg. forced blind carries, pin positions that you could easily 5-putt. It was a fair course off the tee, enough room if you spray it, with the rough not so penal that you couldn't advance the ball. Greens were undulating, but again very fair. Reminds me of Boulder Creek as far as the conditions, layout, and conditioning, but Boulder in my opinion is a better value and more scenic. I will be back a few more times to learn where to place the ball off the tee and where to put my approach shots on the greens. Had alot of fun. The only negative was that as a 2-some, we caught up to 2 groups in front of us on the back nine. One 4-some and a 5-some, therefore played thee last 6 holes waiting on our shots.Worth the play for sure though. Thanks.