Loyal Oak Golf Course - First Nine

Course only takes cash and wonder where it is going from a course improvement perspective.

I’ve played Loyal Oak before and always found the course nicely maintained and full of character. Showed up and due to an outing, we played the third nine. Of the three nines, it’s extremely short and the layout is not great. Hole 5, or what they call hole 23 is a 110 yd par 3 with a monster tree that stands at least 80 ft tall and is wider than a house sits literally 20 yards front of the green which gives no reasonable shot. Reminiscent of a scene out of Caddy Shack 2, they mine as well put a giant windmill in front of the green. The second par 3 is of similar set up but the tree block the shot near the tees. Great course but avoid 3rd nine.

After suffering through two 4.5-5 hour outings recently at other courses, it was a pleasure getting back to a 3 hour round at Loyal Oak. This course is one of the best maintained courses in the Cleveland/Akron Area. Super lush grounds with healthy greens, tee boxes and well manicured. The course isn't super long but long enough to let a big hitter swing. Overall, another great experience at this hidden gem in Norton.

Greens are slow extremely slow, rough is crab grass. I wouldn’t play here again.

Good for Beginner golfers or if you don’t care what a golf course should be like.

Pace of play was good and the staff was very friendly.

Cash only!!!!!

The staff were extremely nice to deal with will continue to golf here!!

First off, I do want to say, I love the actual course and its layout. It's a very forgiving course while still being challenging for mid-high handicappers. But the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Fairways and roughs were often indistinguishable, meaning that the fairway-first cut-rough all were basically the same length.

For the same price I could have gone and played Firestone Public 9 twice for the same cost. If you're going to charge that price, take better care of your course.

Staff in clubhouse was not very polite. Was served a sausage with bare hands. Ordered two sausages, one looked crisp and burnt, we asked for a different one and he muttered under his breath and with bare hands put it back on the roller. All this after handling money.