Ballyowen Golf Club

Very fun course with great views. The greens were not perfect, but with that many rounds a day, they still held up very well. The pace of play was not to bad, think we finished in a lil over four and a half hours. If that was closer to 4 hours, it would have been 10/10.

Went on a Monday when the greens were being aerated, so putting was obviously more difficult than usual. Overall the course was in great condition and played easier than normal due to the time of year. Highly recommend this course and will be back to play soon.

Not good condition..average speed green
Just long course not tough because of short weed in spite of link style
Too expensive green fee to play with regular price in case of the current condition

What a great place.
Early spring play, the greens still recovering from aeration, but the course was in great condition anyway.
Great layout, and with windy conditions, it can be a bear to play. Best played around July when the grasses are up to get the full effect..

Nicely maintained course even early in the season. The greens were recently aerated so were very slow and bumpy but in another two weeks should be perfect. Fairways are fair, bunkers can use some freshening up. The wind was blowing up to 25 mph so even with the short fescue you will lose some balls.
Overall, a nice course with helpful staff.

Besides the greens being recently airated the course was in great shape for mid April. Pace of play was tough due to an outing and gusty winds.

Ballyowen is one of my favorite courses. The course plays like some of the links courses I have played in Europe. Even though the greens were aereated (Which we knew before booking), it was a great experience. :)

This course is in great shape considering it is just opening after the winter. Everyone was friendly and accommodating. Be ready for challenging target shooting.

Turned out to be a great day to play. There was a frost delay but we ended up getting out early due to the crew scrambling and getting the first few groups out in a shotgun. We started on two and they easily snuck us in on one after we played 17.

The course was in good shape, though I've seen it better. Fairways and tee boxes were fine. Greens were a bit beat up with ball marks. The rough was not as punishing as normal. Sand traps were in amazing shape considering the weather we've had.
It is a traditional links course with few trees. Bunkers and the rouger can really make scoring well difficult. Without the trees the wind comes in to play.

When you hear the bagpiper at first tee you really get the sense you are actually in Scotland. Clearly its modeled after traditional Scottish courses and it feels like it. It’s a real pleasure to play here and worth going out of your way. I wish i lived closer i would play this course regularly. I drove about 90 miles (each way) to reach this course and was very glad I Did. I will be back again next season. At which time I Will also play the Nearby crystal springs (which sports the best driving range I have EVER seen)

To give you an idea how classy it is my friend lost his wallet (fell out of cart?) and about half way through the round the snack and beverage cart girl drove up and looked at my friend (and the picture in the wallet) and said: i believe you lost your wallet sir! it was returned to him before he even knew it was lost!
The staff is truly exceptional, one of our friends was stuck in traffic and running late, the starter went out of his way to get us off at the designated tee time and not hold up play.

The course is really nice, bring you’re A game and stick to the fairways or you will lose a lot of balls and decimate your score.

The course is over-priced. The fairway conditions were not great. Need to improve.