Chateau Elan Winery & Resort

ONLY ISSUE WAS SAND BUNKERS NOT GOOD
EVEN THE MATERIAL WAS OUT IN SOME BUNKERS
GPS REAL BAD IT LOCKED UP WHEN WE WAS ON HOLE 14 BOTH CARTS AS WE WAS ON THE CART PATH WE HAD TO BACK UP ON THE CART PATH 15 FEET TURN OFF CART AND START FOWARD AGAIN THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON CART PATH TWICE TO BOTH CARTS

They had a GSGA event, they said they had no extra carts when I checked in, however they gave all of the spectators their own cart to follow the event, many were just 1 person in the cart. Poor management for a resort course.

Overall course conditions were okay, greens were extremely slow and inconsistent. Pace of play was slow and there was no marshall on the course. The temperature was 90+ degrees and there was no sign of a beverage cart the entire round. The rates at CE has increased but the level of service has decreased.

What a great round!
It had been a while since I had played the Woodlands at Chateau Elan, but last Friday 14JUL2023 was a hoot!
The fairways are in excellent conditions... the grounds gave us rookies a great chance to hit pure shots. The greens were in perfect condition; if anything just a bit soft, but rolling pure.
I did have a chance to hit the beach twice, but coming out of the sand was easy with well groomed and soft and sifted sand. NICE!
Pace of play was on point for a Friday afternoon. Strongly recommend you don't sleep on playing Woodlands...!
Note - They have a killer patio and bar for a 19th hole... the staff is friendly!!

Played this course due to limited availability elsewhere and was pretty frustrated. It was difficult to determine the colors of the T-Boxes, which direction to the next hole, and locate the greens. Greens were pretty beat-up and dried out too. Lots of better options in the area.

Woodlands course is challenging but fair with plenty of playable holes. A few novelty holes. We got ahead of the mowers for the rough which probably only gets cut once a week, so, until we got ahead of that, rough was nasty. Could use some more water coolers or at least a drink cart on these hot summer days but overall I was satisfied with the course. I’m a member at TPC Sugarloaf, so I don’t expect the same conditions but this course exceeded what I expected. Good time of year as it’s raining a lot

Many places of catr path had been and yet to be repaired for the safety of riding cart.

We had an afternoon tee time on July 4th and as soon as we got there it started off on the wrong foot. The guy working the pro shop desk was very rude about getting us paid and signed in. He forced us to walk back out to the front of the clubhouse to tell him the golf cart number we were in. When we told him the cart number, he told us we were wrong and to go check again. Went back out and checked again and yet the number on the cart did not change from the time we walked in the pro shop. Very bad customer service. He then proceeded to tell us that we would have beverage cart throughout the round and water coolers on the course. The beverage cart did not come through a single time in the four hour round, mind you it was over 90 degrees during the round and the course does not take you back to the clubhouse at the turn.

The course was in great shape but the groups in front of us were playing very slowly as well as no one repaired any ball marks. Our group had to repair several greens in order to make a putt. Also, the golf carts have GPS that prevents you from driving in restricted areas, but would stop the cart several times through the round when we were on the cart path.

Ranger needs to be available all the time. It’s stressful to play 5 hours as a pair. Just utter disrespect from young boys. Please reinforce etiquette

Great place to work on your short game. Would be nice to have 1 or 2 more holes between 150 & 200 yards. Since it's a walking course, maybe a bench or two to sit near a couple tee boxes?