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I've played this course many times, but first time this season. This is always a fun course to play, but the course conditions seem to deteriorate slightly each season, which is quite a shame considering how nice the layout is. If they would invest in some weed killer for the fairways and improve the quality of the greens, this would be a first class golf course. As it is, it is more challenging than the Pines and the greens might be a bit better than the pines in terms of quality. Save yourself $20 and play this course before you play the Pines.

We had a 9:30 tee time which the staff member at the front desk told us became a 9:45 tee time. When we went to the caddie master area it was total chaos - lots of golfers ready to play with nowhere to go. Why? The ladies were finishing their shotgun turn after the 18th hole. Our actual tee time turned out to be 10:15, 45 minutes behind schedule. We were the first group out behind the ladies. The last ladies group was two holes behind the group in front of them and who knows how far that group was behind the group in front of them. We had to follow them for 14 holes. Never saw a ranger all day. Apparently, this is a regular ladies outing every Tuesday. Management should offer the ladies a mandatory training session on how to keep up with the group in front of them. In addition, management should explain to the ladies the reason why there are rakes surrounding the sand traps because they apparently don't understand what they are for. We will avoid this course for a while until we hear that they have their act together.

Tee time was reserved through CanAm Golf at a very good discounted cash price. Generally one gets what is paid for, but in this case we got all of the qualities of a private club for the price of a discounted muni. Everything on the course was in excellent condition, except for a few spots here and there on the greens which were under repair, but nothing at all to cause a problem. We started on the West course where the opening few fairways appeared to be much narrower than the rest of the course. We finished up on the South course where it seems that more water came into play. Overall, the course was quite challenging. Looking forward to my next visit one of these days. Congratulations to the staff for keeping the course in such great shape.

This is a course that all three members of our group unanimously agreed that we all enjoyed thoroughly. The course conditions were excellent, contrary to some of the negative reviews on this web page. Be prepared to play the sand because there is more of it than any other course I've played in a long time. All of the fairway bunkers are considered to be waste bunkers, and that's okay. You're not supposed to hit into them. (I'm guessing that these were originally designed as regular sand bunkers but the cost to maintain is not worth it.) The greens roll at about average speed and are not very undulating, and that's okay with me too. The aesthetics of the course are very attractive with water surrounding most of the holes, but generally not coming into play - but watch out for the alligators and pythons.

As Mr. Trump would say, "this place is a disasta. You can believe me." This is the third year in a row I've played this course, one time each year, and it just keeps getting worse. There is virtually no grass on the fairways. Yet, we are asked to ride the cart paths on exactly half of the 18 holes. Why? What is it that they are trying to protect by not letting us ride on the fairways? This adds almost another hour to a very miserable experience. This is the worse course that I've played in each of the last three years. And it is also the slowest pace of play. Springfield Township should close this course down entirely for two years to allow the grass to grow back to where it should be. Let the township's taxpayers subsidize the shortfall in income. But don't keep this course open in the condition that its in - its too embarrassing for the township.

I had the opportunity to play this very nice course as part of a SJGA tournament. Normally, I would play this course from the white tees, but because of my very advanced age (62), I was required to play from the gold tees (about 5,500 yards). I found the course to be relatively easy from these tees. The most difficult part of the course was on the greens which were fast, and some of which had more undulations than others. There was only one water hazard that I could recall on the entire course. Considering the heavy rains earlier in the morning, the course was in excellent shape. Also, considering that the course is close to beach resorts, I would expect to see more sand in the bunkers. Overall, I recommend this course for a nice easy going round of golf.

It's hard to believe that management would allow this course to be opened in the condition it's in. There are no fairways - in other words, the fairways are all dirt - no grass. The rough next to the dirt is not mowed so it is very difficult to find a ball hit into what should be the light rough. The tee boxes also have no grass, except for the sixth tee box. The only positive thing I can say about this golf course is that the greens are in excellent condition. All in all, it's easily the worse golf course I've ever played on in my 30 plus years of golfing.

My recommendation to management is to close the course until it is ready for prime time play. If not, explain to your customers when they call for a tee time that the course conditions are terrible and that you can play at your own risk. Also, the greens fees should be drastically discounted commensurate with the condition of the golf course.

Fortunately, I don't live in Springfield Township, but if I did I would be extremely embarrassed for the condition of my township's pride and joy.

For $32 on GolfNow, this was a great deal. Course is reasonably challenging, but probably not as difficult as the Palms which has more water. Challenging part of this course is that some of the fairways are relatively narrow. Course is in the best shape of any course I've played in South Florida during winter of 2015.

How difficult is it for the course to put a scorecard and pencil on the golf cart? This is what a course which charges premium rates should do. Obviously, they didn't. It's also hard to believe that an upscale course such as this does not provide drinking water on the course. It would also be nice to see a beverage cart more than one time over a four-hour round, especially on a very hot day.
The course itself is in very good shape. It doesn't really play that difficult, especially when compared to The Palms course which seems to be a bit more challenging.