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Course did not honor my confirmed, written, pre-paid reservation made through Golf Now, instead wanting me to tee off a half hour later, insuring that I wouldn’t complete round by dark. I insisted, and the startet put me in a group that started just 20 mins late. Not a single marshal anywhere on course monitoring play, and back nine was SLOW. Result was having to come in for darkness after 15 holes. Great course, apparently badly managed.

Have played this course dozens of times in past decade, and love the layout. Joined GolfNow and have made a couple reservations through that service. On each of the last two rounds made with golf now, the course put someone else in my tee time, and claimed that my tee time was later (interfering with my chances of finishing the round before sunset). I showed the Proshop and the starter my emailed written tee time confirmation and they just shrugged their shoulders. Apparently, Skylinks wants the reservation referrals from services like GolfNow, but does not feel bound to honor them. Beware.

I’ve played this course regularly for ten years. At the end of November, 2022, it is near the worst condition I’ve ever seen it. Very unfortunate, because this is an expensive municipal course to play, and a terrific layout. Compounding the problems, the course does little or nothing to manage play, making for an unnecessarily slow round. And in my case, they put someone else in my tee time and had me tee off later, resulting in my not finishing before dark. The starter’s reaction - a shrug. I recommend waiting till spring or summer before trying this course. Maybe they’ll get their act together by then.

Entire course appeared to be over-watered, resulting in muddy fairways and dead grass areas throughout the course. Very disappointing, as this is a really fine layout, and when properly maintained, an excellent golf course. Too bad.

When checking in, were only told “cart path only.” What we weren’t told is that heavy rains in previous 2 days had left ponds Nd lakes of standing water all over the course. As in multiple ponds, often hidden, on every hole. I was never off the fairway, playing to a likely sub-80 score. But after losing six balls in the middle of fairways, and the complete disruption of any flow to the round, certainly not possible. Talked directly with course managers after the round, who were indifferent to the proshop’s failure to give any heads-up to players about course conditions. Great course, totally inept management on the day in question.