Ashland Golf Club

Been here several times over the years. This course is mature, developed, well maintained and worth every penny.

This is the second time I played this course so I'm going to give it a true, honest review.

The staff is super friendly and the course layout is tight and difficult and the greens ran true and fast.

The problem lies in the course conditions. The tee boxes were a disaster, there was hardly no grass to hit from. The driving range is small and nothing impressive. The bunkers were not raked and not well maintained.

Areas around the greens had a lot of dirt and not as much grass.

One very annoying distraction was the cart girl. She kept driving up on us while putting and teeing off and a few times she didn't stop at all.

This was probably a great course years ago but I can think of at least 20 other courses that deserve a higher rating.

Hot Deals after outing, so course was emptied. Pro Shop suggested #10 start, but I worried about filtering back to front. My 2some played back9 in 1hr20min, thus got blocked with 9holers going off #1. Most greens are pretty tricky with subtle breaks, but this day they were "sticky" (slow) and showing signs of heavy traffic. Keep the ball in fairways .....something I didn't do on short easy hole #13, resulting in tree-root DbleBogie. My game went poor as we turned into the crowded front. DbleBogies #1 & 9, even a couple other lucky Bogies from wayward Drives. The 1st green my be the scariest/toughest opening hole I can think of. #4 green is also a big tilt back2front to go along with a hallway fairway. This day the fairways were soft, thus playing long me (70yr old still playing Whites). Ashland is a demanding course, tree-lined, sloped greens, well bunkered, just fun to play it's variety of layout. Staff is friendly & welcoming .....I'll be back just to replay the 3-DbleBogies (then again they could turn into Triples or bad scores on today's pars).

Ashland GC is awesome ....tree lined tight fairways (which are cross-cut to spectacular pattern) ---I call #15 par5 a Hallway Hole. Because of the elevation changes, I think it plays longer than scorecard distance, but then again I don't hit it as far as when attending Ashland College (now AU). Most greens are small table-top complexes, most tilted back2front, but undulating subtle breaks is an understatement. Its a challenge to go all round without a 3putt. The layout is awesome, no parallel holes, although this day at very crowded course did yield a few "fore"-calls. Some holes require local knowledge, like #11 left-side fwy on this slight dogleg right The proshop & Bar couldn't be more welcoming. Thanx to GN for the Hot Deal Special, and I'll be back to improve on a front9 debacle, maybe a few less 3putts.

We were on our way to the OSU game and decided to play the #1 rated course in Ohio before the game. We had a 9:40 tee time and in the fairway on number 2, we were 40 minutes into our round. I called the pro shop who told me they would send someone out to speed up play. Not only did it not help, but they did not stop by to let us know what or if they did anything. At least 4 times we came to the tee box to find a group in the fairway and 2 more groups on the tee box waiting. Our round took 5 hours and 15 minutes on a Saturday morning. After the round, we found out they sent out a group of 16 players who held up the entire course.

This is completely unacceptable and should not have been allowed. I would expect this from a less rated course but part of being the top-rated course in the state is pace of play.

We paid $75 and to be honest, the course was in okay shape. The bunkers need better sand and the greens were slow. The saving grace is the layout of the course which was spectacular.

I was looking forward to an amazing golf experience but left feeling disheartened and less than satisfied. Thankfully, the Buckeyes filled the void.

First time here and will definitely be back. Such a scenic course. Challenge and club house is very nice and a cool band.

Willie Park Jr. … you get to play part of golf history. Great course. It’s hard to keep a course this sprawling and complicated perfect but the staff obviously does a good job at it. Be aware , it’s not a feel good course that you can just hit the ball fwd and get a few pars. Arrive with your golf brain turned on. Also #1 and #4 do not go behind the greens with approach shots!!! I walked the course to say I did but I realized about hole 15. I wasn’t playing golf, I was surviving a great hike thru the hills of Ohio. I might do the cart next time. Awesome course.