Kimberton Golf Club

Friendly and helpful staff, interesting and challenging layout. Felt very welcome.

It's a good thing I got a deal to play for $10. Like every single round here, I got to the tee at my tee time and had to wait. A father-son 2-some ahead of us had no concern for taking too long and didn't let us play through. The kid was a beginner, which is totally fine, but you can't be lining up for a minute and hitting every single shot. Beginner or not, you shouldn't be taking 10 shots every hole. We past 2 kids at the 3rd tee box around 13 years old who told us to play through because they were waiting for friends. They ended up meeting with 4 other kids and played as a group of 6, hitting balls all over the place, running around and yelling. We played several holes with them treating the course like a playground right next to our tee or green. The ranger was driving around and had to have seen this going on. We arrive at the 10th tee to find 3 4-somes from a league ready to start. Not only did they not let us through, we got stuck behind 1 group, but then went on joking around and laughing as we tee'd off. The ranger was standing right there. When we mentioned the 2-some ahead being too slow he acknowledged he knew about it. As for the course, the tee boxes are uneven and some have turf like a thick welcome mat. The fairways are good. The greens are in good condition aside from the numerous unrepaired pitch marks.

For under $20, Kimberton is a fantastic deal. The greens are surprisingly true although a bit slow. It's is a great course for the beginner golfer and a fun layout for the experienced player looking to put up a low number. Keep in mind the place isn't a country club: some of the tee boxes are uneven, a few bumps on some greens, not the shortest fairways. But, the course is well enough maintained to make for an enjoyable round and the staff is very courteous and even offered me a free yardage book. Props to Kimberton for improving the condition of the course and offering fair rates through golf now.

Course was in good condition, fairly easy track. Some water but wide open for the most part. I am an 8-10 handicap and did not lose a ball to any woods. Greens are in good shape and there are some fun holes on the back 9 ... Overall I would give the course an 8/10 in playability and upkeep.

However, this place suffers from some of the worst pace of play issues I have ever experienced. When we showed up for our tee time at 3:30pm on a Friday there were 3 foursomes waiting to tee off. We decided to tee off from 10 since we did not feel like waiting and the back seemed wide open. We got through the back 9 in about 2 hours and it was when we got back to 1 to play the front when I realized I probably would never play there again.

Again there was a backup of 2 foursome's. The first foursome was a father with his son and daughter, the second foursome was a father with his wife son and daughter. Now I will preface this by saying I am all for younger kids and novices learning the game, but this was painful to sit behind. Not only were we not asked if our two-some wanted to play through but we sat at each tee box for at least 20 minutes watching the newbie golfers hit wild shot after wild shot and continue to play each ball instead of picking up. We got through hole number 5 in about 1:15 before calling it quits and heading to the clubhouse to pack it up. We were looking at a 3-3.5 hour back nine which is unacceptable to me. If I was trying to play a quick nine after work it would not be possible here.

Overall, not a bad course but make sure you call ahead before booking a tee time.

4ladys front us tooks forever to finish the holes.
They need rangers who can control those kind of situations.

Got an awesome deal through Golfnow to play yesterday. For $15, this course was well worth the drive out to play.

The course was in pretty good shape for late May. We teed off at 215 and played at a pretty quick pace. Did not wait on a single hole for the entire round. Was almost as if we had the whole course to ourselves. The course itself was in pretty good shape. Looks like the greens were just aerated within the last couple weeks but they weren't much of an issue. Fairways were average and the rough was playable. Looked like there was a men's league coming in around 6ish so we got out of there just in time.

Overall, a very pleasant day on the course. Great pace of play and decent course conditions considering the rock bottom price we played for, it was well worth the drive. We will return.

For this time of the year the course was in good shape. Greens had been plugged but putted OK. My wife and I had a nice round of golf.

A solid rain the day before, but conditions remained very nice. Pace of play was great, greens were well maintained as were most of the tee boxes. Weather couldn't have been better and finished up in about 3 hours and 45 min.

A FUN course if you keep your ball in the fairways!
If you wander left or right you better have your scramble game on :)

Waited to pay for the round. Nobody at register. Some staff at bar but could care less. Play was so slow because nobody had the brains or incentive to pair people up. I saw some reviews about the great staff. I found just the opposite. Felt like a "click" course or maybe the look down on golf-now players. Finally water in the middle of back 9. Plenty of cups empty coolers. Other than that it was wonderful.

Greens rolled well. Course was in good condition. There were a couple of slow foursomes but once they let us play thru it was smooth sailing. It is a nice layout with some challenging holes. Good value for the money

Tee time of 5:57pm Friday night. 1st tee backed up with 2 groups of 4 walking. Staff tells me it's not too crowded out there to just go to empty hole(front nine has atleast 2 groups each. So we go to hole 10 and a husband and wife come off 9 and he is moaning and groaning saying"we r going ahead of them we will be here until 7:30. So his witch wife comes up to us and ask if we got permission to go off 10. I said yes. She says you can't jump in front of people coming off 9. So we went back to 1. Long and slowest round. But I played great because I pretended the ball was the witch and her wimp husband all night. Will not be back.

Easy to walk , nice layout (no hard hat needed for a public course). Would go back m

Really like & enjoyed this course, looking forward to playing here again!!!!!

Aerated greens that were rock hard. Chewed up tee boxes. Staff on the phone, too busy to help.

No one on the course, not hard to figure out why.

Not worth the money.

I feel the course regular pricing is over priced for the condition.
Their continued Golf Now participation could be quite helpful.
I will not pay their regular price to play there.

The greens were fast and smooth fairways and tees were in good shape.

Hadn't played this course in about 35 years, and I didn't notice any change.
Greens in excellent shape, very firm. Stay below the hole at all costs!
For a short course it has several lengthy holes (3 par 4s at 400+, 3 par 3s at 176-208.)
Great value at my $15.90.

This is a great course that will challenge you. It will cause you to think about shot placement and distance. Love the third hole!! The course can be difficult if you make it that way.

The course is not an architectural masterpiece, but generally enjoyable. It has an unpretentious atmosphere which I enjoyed, looks like a fun place to have a casual round and lunch with friends. I live a pretty good distance from the course (about 50 minutes) and it doesn't rank high enough for me to make it a regular stop. I got a very good deal on GolfNow and the course is close to my brother's home so that's what sealed it for me this time. I would recommend Kimberton for someone who is "local", say within 20-30 minutes of the course.
By the way, I've seen other reviews for the course which commented that the greens weren't receptive enough for high approaches intended to stop quickly. I thought the greens were in very good condition and they are generally open enough to allow approaches to bounce/ run on. Personally I enjoy that kind of play.