joecoffeyiii

I have not been to Deerfield in about a decade. I forgot how great of a golf course it is. Driving the ball well is important and I did that, unfortunately everything else was not as solid and I put myself in some tough spots to get up and down.

The greens were in very good shape, would have loved to see them a touch faster. That being said who ever set the pins when we played was in a bad mood. They were tough which made the round even more fun.

$65 little steep, but this course is in much better condition and pace of play is much better than courses with similar prices in New Castle County.

Grabbed the 7:30AM tee time with my buddy and were paired up with a husband and wife (told the course was booked). The couple ended up being awesome and we had a great time.

Let's get the negatives out of the way. First, they put TWO two somes off behind us. We also had a twosome put out in front of us. As a foursome we were on the 3rd tee and the twosome was putting on the 3rd green and we kept that pace for the entire front 9. By 10 tee we run in for some beverages and the first twosome behind us is waiting. Meanwhile the two some in front of us is still on the 10th gree. We played the front 9 in under two hours and have this issue. By 12 tee the first twosome behind us just skips a hole, only to run in to the two some in front of us. By 13 green the other two some behind us does the same thing and what do they have to do? Wait on 14 tee for the other two twosomes. At this point I said something to the second twosome and they replied, "we are just a twosome." I told them that I could count and then our foursome proceeded to wait on 3 twosomes from 14 until we had some issues on 17 and were able to play 18 in peace.

That right there is a management issue and a prime example of what happens when you do not hold people to a tee time and just allow the group to hit their first tee shot immediately after the group hits their approach on #1. It was pitiful and we played in under four hours. We walked off of 18 at 11:15am only to be frustrated by the problems from 14-17.

Now onto the positives. #1 they have brand new carts and they are equipped with USB ports on both the driver and passenger side. That is HUGE! Very pleased, but they are kind of hidden and we did not notice until the 9th tee.

Course was in decent shape, they did not mow the greens on a Friday morning which was really frustrating. They were slow and not like how I remember Inniscrone from the early 2000's.

The beverage selection was pretty solid and they gave us a mini cooler loaded with ice.

For $35.99 I do not think you can beat the value, but I'm sure pace of play is an issue if you are not one of the very first groups off.

Plain and simple this was the final round of our event with 16 guys teeing it up for three days. We played White Clay and Glen Mills prior to finishing Sunday at the Rock.

The postives, the greens were/are in great shape. For as many rounds as they put out the greens look and roll phenomenal. You may have to fix some ball marks from the riff raff they get, but the greens are great for this course right now.

Cart girl was solid, great effort on the beverages. Saw her twice. Not bad for 8am tee times.

The negatives; they just throw people out there. Our first group is 8:00. Tee off exactly at 8. By 8:06 the starter is firing our next group. That's half the problem. They want to get groups put, and allow for it to get backed up. Plain and simple they are notorious for it.

Tee boxes and fairways left a lot to be desired. Again no ranger patrolling people filling divots and such so you end up in some craters sitting in the middle of the fairway.

At $69 on a Sunday morning I felt only a little bit slighted, but they threw in a small bucket, hot dogs, chips and a soda. Not an awful deal.

We had a group of 17 guys out here on Saturday starting at 3PM and played for $68. All in all it sounded great!

I love the course layout. Makes you hit solid golf shots all day. I respect the golf course! On Saturday it was lush from tee box, to fairway, to rough, & then you get on the greens and it might as well have been Clayton Park. Sure they were fast, sure they didn't hold, they were brown & bumpy. Plain and simple it was a pure let down. Can we not imaging how people felt paying full price Saturday morning. I didn't feel like it was worth my $68 to putt on those greens.

White Clayton Creek and Rock Manor, both greens in better shape!

Played on Friday afternoon at 4 for $40-$45 with a group of 10 guys. Staff is very professional and want you to have a great experience. Only negative was starter who made the GPS system seem like rocket science, very very very thorough...

Course is in great shape. Bring your game or else bring extra balls.

We played three tracks this past weekend and havd guys from the tri-state area, Canada, & Arizona in for our event. This was the best track. Teed off at 4 and all three groups finished well before dark.

Dinner At The Rail was pricey, but hey on a guys trip you gotta splurge. The lamb was phenomenal and even the ATR Burger was super solid.

Great experience, great value!