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Somerset, PA
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
A few times a week

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First Review
08/11/2019
Last Review
08/11/2019

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Used to be a gem, very sad.

I’ve played this course 20 years ago and adored it. Have always wanted to come back, though the experience left me saddened by the condition of this former gem. I took my 15 yr old son, and couldn’t wait for him to see the course.

When we arrived, there was no one at the carts to help or point out the way to the somewhat difficult to find clubhouse. We finally found our way, pad the staff, were given a receipt, and were given no further instructions about where to go, who to see, etc.

The putting green alone should have given us an indication of how our day would go. Burnt out with holes in the grass, areas where crabgrasses had grown. I’m not a professional golfer, so I do not expect plush conditions by any means, but this was the single worst practice green I have ever seen by far.

As for the course, I can’t hold the place responsible for the nearly 6 hour round we played while watching what appeared to be the end of a private outing, although I would have expected some presence of a ranger on the course to help direct and speed up play. Folks wrestling w each other on the tees and greens, driving the cart right into the fringes of the greens..... all while we caught them by the second hole after starting at a tee time 40 minutes after their last group. Waited behind the tees for 5-10 minutes every single hole, and by the end had three groups behind us in line waiting for a turn at the tees.

The course, however, was the saddest part of the whole experience. Greens that were so rough and pockmarked that there was no semblance of a true roll to them that could be “read” by any conventional use of the term. Crabgrass and weeds on the fringes of the greens. Fairways that were so burnt out that many times we were hitting off of straight up dirt. It truly looked like it hadn’t rained or hadn’t been irrigated for the entirety of the summer. Living locally in western PA, I can assure you that the rain has not been a problem for the last two years. Bunkers were like concrete, impossible to hit a ball from, though most times was not an issue as the ball ran through or straight up bounced out of a lot of them.

In the end, I was extremely saddened to have come back and experienced this course that left such lasting memories long ago. It is in sad need of TLC, and not sure how they have let it get into such bad shape in such a short period of time. I am sad to say that I returned to the course only to have my memories of an amazing course replaced by those of a course that I cannot say I will have any desire to return to.....

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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