Bristow Manor Golf Club

Fun course - but brutal experience - every single maintenance employee was working every hole on a packed tee sheet day just before July 4th holiday. Cutting grass, watering every green, bunker raking. You name it. All you heard and saw around you was grass getting cut and someone watering every hole. Nerve wracking and quite annoying. Probably will not go back unless it’s the last course available.

With what looked like a lot of open tee times, the course could easily offer to let me start earlier., but chose to hold the 4 some of individual golfers. Especially for such a hot day, allowing golfers out earlier would allow for faster rounds.

I've played Bristow Manor for several years now. It is a great course, both in terms of layout and course conditions during the season. The course kicks my butt every time, but I still enjoy (the challenge of) playing there. They have a good/decent clubhouse and bar, and they offer good deals for playing on weekdays.

** CAVEATS **

One: Wear a collared shirt 🙄. That's their rule because (I was told) "We have members", who are apparently fussy about this.

Two: Avoid playing there if there is a foreseeable chance weather is going to shut down your round. I had a horrible experience trying to get a refund for my rained out round, I played on June 26th, 2:50 tee time, booked through Golfnow Hot Deal. Bottom line: Don't leave unless the manager/superintendent tells you (to your face) that they have closed the course, i.e., don't take the word of any other staff person regarding course closure.

It rained the front nine but the greens were fantastic. They rolled fast and pure. Best greens so far

I did not like playing this course. I was not allowed to have my own car instead I had to ride with another golfer that sucks.

Both times I have played it, I booked through GolfNow. Love the layout. One thing that needs to happen is people fix ball marks on the green, I fixed several others through out the course. Greens had good speed

Previous visits (other than the last 2), pace of play was slow. The last visit we moved quickly.

A couple of spots under repair, but nothing to harm your game.

Traps aren’t consistent.

A variety of tee placements, if never played there check with starter and the posted placards.

The course was perfectly maintained. Reviews about rude staff had me worried, but the pro shop person, starter, bartender, and cart girl couldn’t have been nicer. The only complaint I have is that we had to play from an alternate tee box for one hole because the sprinklers were on and no one was there to turn them off.

For the price, the course conditions are subpar and neither bottle of sand was full in the cart.

Course not in the greatest shape. Tee boxes were beat up. Fairways were quite awful and a lot of dead spots or even marshed/wet spots.

Their greens? phenomenal. fun - all greens were firm, not too many hits held on the green. Greens were fast. Coupled with the wind, this course is tough considering there aren’t that many trees. The bunkers were garbage.

Pace of play - ishhh - Played a round at Herb-Cent yesterday, same groupings, was 5-5.5hrs. Played in 4hrs20mins - okay-ish.

I stress pace of play, 4hrs or less / no marshaling. A lot of lax golfers anymore and lax club rules as long as the tee times are coming in. Sick and tired of hearing music on the golf course as your course allows it. The group in front of us was blaring it.

Please, return golf to the gentlemen’s game.

Played better-in-shape golf course in PA for the same price, or 1/4 price less.

Tough round given that with so much rain the week prior, it was tough to drain. Pace of play was excellent (as a threesome we finished in 4:10 and that was mainly because of my horrible display of chipping). Some areas of the grounds under repair but enjoyed the round and look forward to returning!

Bristow’s greens are the best; firm smooth fast and true! Fairways are very good too. I’m not a fan of their dirt vs sand bunkers. Very inconsistent. Some were somewhat soft, others rock hard. Staff was very friendly, and they had a starter!!! I didn’t have to go out to the range and/or practice green yelling someone’s name to find my playing partner for the day. Please keep the starter; like most decent courses do. Layout is somewhat mundane with the back and forth over the little creek on the front nine. I, and I suspect most players enjoy the back 9 more. Still a nice course for a reasonable price.