The Links At Rising Star Casino

Grass was sparse, unfortunately it was on the greens

Not sure what is going on with groundskeeping but the course is in very poor condition. I was expecting to play on a beautiful, lush course with vibrant greens. What I got was deteriorated fairways, approaches, and greens. What I assume was supposed to be prairie grass was overgrown with dead thistles.

Course was in terrible shape overall, the greens were almost unplayable due to the poor conditions.

Always enjoyed playing there, layout is awesome but the conditions were very disappointing.

The overall condition of the course is terrible. Burnt out bare fairways with crabgrass absolutely everywhere including the greens. I'm 63 years old and have played hundreds of golf courses. The Links at Rising Sun is definitely the worst course I have ever played. The place is so bad I didn't play the back nine. This course was on my list of must play golf courses and I have nothing remotely good to say about the terrible condition of the course.

The course is in terrible condition. Crabgrass all over the greens and fairways. All the fairways some of the greens are burnt up with crabgrass absolutely everywhere. I'm 63 years old and I played a lot of golf coursesand this golf course was a total disappointment I've been looking forward to playing it for a long time,but I will never play this course again and do not recommend it to anybody. This golf course is on the verge of really needing to shut down

Has potential to be a nice course, but is in horrible condition.

First time playing a Scottish style links in the US. This place hits it on the dot as you use every club in the bag and one miss will definitely make you pay. I got very lucky and shot a 74 from the back tees, probably one of the best rounds I’ve had all year. I would highly recommend this course and I’ll definitely be back in the future! The staff was awesome, clearly all veteran golfers who take pride in their work.

One of my favorite links courses in the tri state area. Very fun to play and is priced just right for what you get.

Very nice course. Just don't use good balls because if you do there gone if you miss the fairway .

With hot time, great deal.

Greens in superb shape.

People still don’t clean and fill divots.

Idiots.

This was a good course, but to be at a casino with little amenities. There was no course cart offering drinks. The course bathrooms were dirty. The few good amenities that was available were the chip and practice green. No Driving range to warmup on.

The staff was nice and helpful. The pace of play early on in the day Was very good. The course was wet from rain The previous night but that doesn't effect my review. Tee boxs were very chunky and damaged, fairways were already showing signs of burnt and dying grass in large patches around the course. The greens were had ball marks that had not been fixed by players or staffing and many of those marks were days possibility weeks old. The worst part I think were the bunkers... I should call them gravel pits with a bit of sand. For the price of this course I was very disappointed with the issues with the course. I have play so many courses that were 2/3 or half the price and maintained a thousand times better.

An hour drive for me.

Was it worth it?

Yes. IF the pace of play remains the same.

Greens are in good shape. I still had to fix divots on my lines.

They provide sand to fix fairway divots.

As has become the norm, I saw very few filled with sand.

If the price goes down $10’ish dollars, I’ll make the drive.

Course was fun to play, 85 degree day and had 15mph winds gusting up to probably 25mph. Down side was greens were very slow, me and my buddies had a lot of down hill puts come up short. Overall good course and fun with some good challenges.

Years ago this place was great ! Not so much anymore. You can tell they are just keeping the course going with the bare minimum. Not spraying for your normal weeds etc…. Bunkers are about unplayable . It’s a shame but you can tell the casino and the course are on limited budget .