Little Mountain Country Club

Little Mountain Country Club is nearing completion of a major project to restore the existing bunkers and to remove or reshape the bunkers that are not in play. The greens were in marvelous condition and the staff people were nice and accommodating. I recommend the course wholeheartedly.

LM has a Big Problem. It continually appears on 'NE OH best of' lists based on past reputation & course layout. However, the course conditions are WAY BELOW the premium fees they charge. LOTS of bunkers...none of them are raked, several w/standing water, and a handful that are always under repair. LOTS of dead grass in fairways. The course could easily return to gem-status if they had an army to maintain it. Worth playing once but other nearby courses are a greater value with dramatically better conditions.

I have played this course for several years and have watched the course conditions continue to steadily decline. I lost a ball in a sand bunker filled with water. Thankfully, they had drop zones on another bunker that was nothing but rocks and dirt. There were several more in that condition. Suggestion: fill them in and make them grass bunkers. Most greens were in very good shape but many of the tee boxes and fairways were in sad condition. With these declining course conditions, the course management need to lower their premium price by at least 50%. At least they will get more rounds played and less complaints about grossly over priced fees!

I am torn on how to rate this course. On one hand, when in good shape it is a fun track. A fair amount of interested holes, varied distances and elevations, makes you think about what to play and how to play it. On the other hand, it could be better taken care of. Having a lot of bunkers are always a challenge, but some were pretty bad (others very nice).

Pace of play suffers a bit due to course difficulty (I would not recommend to a beginner. Plus we got stuck behind a foursome of older folks) - but they could do a touch better managing the flow of golfers. Starter and staff were friendly and it does live up to slightly elevated expectations in that regard. Groundskeepers were pleasant and working, except for a few guys who didn't seem to realize they were working on a golf course and had little awareness.

My big issue here is the value for the price. I like it, would make the drive, and play it again - but not for anything over $30. The range is always a plus, but asking me to make a 50 minute drive, and pay $50+ for the course is more than I would be willing to do. A lot of similarly ($50-$70 courses) that are better in my opinion. If you can get a good hot deal (we used one) and go at a non-peak time - it is definitely worth the play.... but no weekend golf there for me anytime in the near future. I can imagine it would be a little tough.

Great course and value for the money. Friendly staff and would highly recommend Little Mountain to anyone!

6 hours to play 18 holes. They schedule the tee times too close together or double book. Whatever the reason, be prepared to have a "death march" playing this course. We waited so long on every tee that you had time to build a campfire and cook dinner.

The staff was top notch! The layout was fantastic! The greens were excellent! The conditions of the course were a joke! $54 for very poor conditions. I didn't mind all the bunkers. Got in them 3 times and I was pleased with the results. However, I would say that half of them are unplayable because of standing water, hard as a rock, or weren't even raked out. There were areas in the fairway that had no grass. Some of the areas had grass that I've never seen before. The rough was burned out on 80% of the course because it isn't watered. There were areas of rough that there was no grass or just weeds. The course is too short. I carried the bunkers on two of the holes leaving myself very short birdie opps which I converted. Maybe I'm spoiled golfing at Boulder Creek every week. Its really too bad! This was my first and most likely last time golfing here,

extremely nice beverage cart attendant!

Played yesterday, 7/19/2016. When getting tee time, was told no leagues or outings. Had a 10:15 tee time. When told to go to first tee, there were 2 foursomes on the tee. Finished first hole at 10:55. Got to second tee and group in front was just leaving tee, par 3, and walking to green (that's the way the course is laid out). When they returned, we found they were part of a 30 man group. Called clubhouse to see if we could get off back nine. Drove back to clubhouse and was told we would have to wait for 2 foursomes that were coming off nine. Luckily, the first foursome allowed us to play thru. Rest of round played at a good pace,but not because of the management there. Course was very dry, and greens were so fact it was like putting on concrete. Worse than a lot of putt putt courses. Also, no water coolers, no beverage cart, and no ball washers. Also, sand traps were in terrible condition, with either no or little sand or ground under repair. Won't be going back.

Course was in great shape, a little dry but understanding with the lack of rain. Greens were the best I have seen them in years. Went out at 1:30 and played 18 holes in less than 4 hours.

I had heard a lot of good hype about this course and Jimmy Hanlan has promoted on his show before so I was excited to drive over an hour finally to check it out. the course layout is cool and unique but I think the only clubs I used until the 8th hole were my driver, 52, pw and putter. The course was in decent shape, I wouldn't say great which is what the price of the round would imply. even with a golfnow hot deal it was a bit pricey for the quality in my opinion. neither my wife and I were very impressed. I wouldn't recommend it to a friend unless the price dropped to about half of where it currently is. I will say pace of play was great and I did like that al of the cart paths were paved. my biggest pet peeve with any golf course and the most frustrating thing for me is when there isn't a ball washer on every or almost every hole. this course had zero ball washers. by zero I mean that I played with a dirty golf ball the entire day. I get that my expectation of having one on every hole is a bit lofty, even for a course charging what Little Mountain does. this seems like such a simple thing for courses to offer I just don't get it and it's such a common experience for me but this place was over the top. first time I have ever been to any course, anywhere and not seen a ball washer through 18 holes. maybe I'm a weirdo and it's not that big of a deal to have a clean golf ball. overall I would say there are way too many courses in northeast Ohio to spend this kind of money on this course. I'd pass and probably won't be back, ball washers or not.

I thought the staff was excellent. Emily and Liz are stellar and very friendly. They have a driving range and nice putting greens. I was surprised they didn't allow walking carts as an option on this course since it wouldn't be that difficult to walk. That would be the only recommendation I could add. I'll definitely be back.

A foursome from Columbus came up to play Little Mountain at 12:12pm (we played Fowler's Mill at 6:30am). Parking lot looked full when we arrived, we were about an hour early so we grabbed lunch, food was good. Teed off on time when the starter standing on the steps off the clubhouse told us we could now drive to the first tee. Found why he was standing on the steps when we drove out to #1 which is out in the middle of the course (first time we had experience that). Probably need a starter on #1 with a walkie talkie. Course is in average condition but well below that for a course to be ranked as a top 5 course in Ohio. Bare spots in the fairways and many bunkers were GUR or unplayable. Other bunkers were full of a great deal of white sand. Greens ran at good spend for a top course. Course would be worth playing for less money (we played $50 for an afternoon tee time. Pace of play was very good. Course does not compare to the #1 course in Ohio - Longaberger.

This course has all the potential in the world to be an absolute destination for golfers. Great layout, nice elevation changes, challenging holes.

However, the course conditions are below par (see what I did there?). While many bunkers were absolutely perfect, there were a ton of bunkers with no sand in them at all and "GUR" signs posted next to them. Very unappealing. Secondly, there were weeds everywhere. Thirdly, there was burned out grass everywhere. Fourthly, the greens had little cut grooves about one inch apart covering the entire surface as if the lawnmower was too low. The greens were very suspect.

Also, we had a 6:40 tee time and arrived around 6:15. The place was dark and locked up. No opportunity to hit a few warm up balls. The cart guy finally started letting guys play without paying because the staff still had not arrived when it was time for us to tee off. We ended up paying at the turn.

All of this speaks to how poorly run the golf course is. More disappointing is listening to the owner on local radio (and the radio host) talking about how great the course is, only to get there and find something entirely different. I'd rather spend half the money and play a metro park course than go back here.

For reference, I'm a 10 handicap and like to play a different course each weekend all over Northeast OH. I played here about 10 years ago and wanted to give it another try. I will not be fooled again.

The staff at the course was friendly and helpful. I'm staying away simply based on the condition of the course.

Fairways and greens are pretty nice. Course has dozens of huge, deep bunkers. About half of them are filled with new white sand. The other half appear to either be abandoned, or are being dug out to install drainage, or just partially under reconstruction. This course charges a premium price for a much less than premium experience. Their "bunker project" has been going on now for over 2 years.

I can't recommend this course at this time.

Mother's day arrived in northeast Ohio and we took advantage of a a special rate at Little Mountain and played 18 holes. The special on Mother's Day was that all Mothers payed for the cart only.

The course was in good shape for this early in the season. The bunkers had just received new sand which was terrific and consistent. The greens were not consistent, especially the speed on some of them were noticeably slower than others. Again that may be a direct function of it still being early in the season. Tee to green the course was in good condition. The pace of play was excellent since it was Mother's Day and the Cavs were on TV Sunday afternoon.

Haven't played here for a few years, but love the layout. Condition was just fair, but I don't know if this is attributed to the new course supervisor or just too early in the year. Again, I love the course and plan to be back.

1st they do away with the in-cart GPS units and now they set their Golfnow rates ridiculously high (best rate $32 for 18 holes). I will play other decent courses in the area twice for what I would for one round at Little Mountain.

We made the hour trip to this course and it was worth it. The conditions were as you could expect from any course in Ohio in the middle of December.
For the most part you have to hit it straight on most holes. Fairway bunkers are in play in most holes and I don't remember one green without a bunker, so yes, you also have to avoid them at all cost. Some of these bunkers are 10, 15 and even 20 ft deep, so if you find yourself in one of them, be sure not to ground your club when you bend down to pick up you ball to throw it onto the green.
We will definitely go back.

The course was in good shape for winter in Northeast Ohio. The only real disappointment was the sand bunkers are in terrible shape.even for winter they were really bad.