Nathan1008994

My buddies and I play here fairly often. With the recent rain it was very wet, but the course was in good shape as drainage is good. There were several greens with unplayable areas, but I fully trust the groundskeepers to have them back in no time.

As always, the staff was great. We were picked up in a limo cart at our car by the starter, and brought to the carts where they loaded our bags.

All in all one of my favorite public courses in STL. Worth the $$

About a 40min drive from St. Louis city we’d hoped to find a diamond in the rough. What we found was a course with a lot of potential, but neglect seems to have won out. Clubhouse was terrific. Full bar, extensive food menu (compared to just burgers and brats), there were several small events going on in the two private rooms (baby shower when we checked in and birthday party when we left), the clubhouse is great with wood floors and inviting bar type feel.

The greens were in great shape. Some very difficult with two and three tiers, others more flat but challenging due to green depth. Fairways were hard. It’s early in the season but seems they could use water. Almost every cartpath had huge cracks in the concrete, some several inches in height/depth. Several holes had areas under construction where a shot in the rough placed you on hard dirt with grass patches. Other areas the rough was nice and thick which penalized a wayward tee shot.

Many of the par 4s were doglegs which necessitated a 200-220 Tee shot with 150ish left to the green. A few holes were poorly planned as even a perfect tee shot to the landing area left you with an awkward or even obstructed approach. One hole in particular necessitated a tee shot landing in a 20x20 spot to have a remote shot over water into the green. Anything else funneled drastically downhill to hard dirt/behind trees.

Many tee boxes did not leave a two club length area behind the tees without the tee box dropping off (unhittable) slope.

All in all a nice course with some nice scenic views (waterfalls etc) but the playability wasn’t the best. For the distance away from St. Louis and the condition of the course, I’ll probably not play here again.

My buddy and I played here as the snow melted on a nice 55 degree day in early March. The course was soggy as to be expected, but you could still tell it was a course well maintained. While the fairways were understandably brown, they were still nice. Greens rolled truer than expected for the time of year.

I've played here before in the middle of the summer and the fairways are fantastic. Very nice links course. I'll play here as often as possible this season. The views with the Arch in the background are very nice.

Beer prices are a bit steep at $3.25/can.