Royal Oaks Golf Club

Very serious damage in fareways and greens, one of the poorest conditions I have played in in recent memory, sadly.

Have played this course once a year forever used to be a gem. Has gotten progressively worse over the last 3 or 4 years. Have had a couple rainy years but play numerous courses in the county and nothing has deteriorated to this level. Don’t waste your money. Will take years to make playable again.

Although the layout is fine, the condition is very poor: greens, tee boxes, and fairways all need help. All thre show signs of significant damage.

Greens were at the back end of the aeration process. Slow, sandy, extremely shaggy and wet. The greens looked like they were not cut for a couple of days and they were actively watering them while we were on the course. One of the most important parts of the game was impossible due to the conditions. The frustration is that there were zero signs posted when we checked in and we were not informed by the pro shop attendant or the starter.

I had golfed at this course a few times before. The last time was about 2 years ago. Whoever is in charge of ground keeping has let this course go down the tube. Tee boxes that look like a nice courses rough, patches of dirt and sand on the greens. 6'x6' patches of dirt/mud/crab grass on the fairways. They have a nice facility and solid layout, but the conditions are just awful.

Course was in ruff shape. A ton of ball marks on the greens. Some of the greens were dead. Mother Nature hasn’t been nice to them. Its a solid lay out.

So sad to see the course in this poor condition, and it appears there is nothing being done to correct the condition. Royal Oaks was once the nicest public course in the greater Harrisburg area. I only paid 15.00 to play but if I would have paid the rack rate of +/- 35.00 I would have been furious. Looks like this place will not be around much longer.

I could blame the rain and wet conditions that caused the course to be a mess, but as an organization your expertise is in golf course maintenance. Couple that with Lebanon CC not being anywhere near as in rough a shape, this was certainly a HUGE disappointment.

I took two foursomes down there and frankly was embarrassed that I picked this course to play this week.

Greens are burnt, most fairways are a mess, the tee boxes are like hitting out of the rough and no where near as groomed as they should be. At $45 a person you expert more for the price of admission.

Royal has been a great course in years past. Sadly, those years are long gone! I won’t be back this year again after this weekends round. I was that disappointed.

Must have had some heavy rains. No ball washers. Greens & tea boxes need work. Love the layout but work required.

It was in good condition as of July 1, 2019. A little work being done here and there, improvements being made, I presume. A few low areas that were a little wet, but nothing that affected our play. Will go again.

The course was in pretty good shade considering all the rain lately. The pace of play was fast and the weather great.

Considering all the rain and low areas we appreciated the efforts being made by the course management to doing whatever they can to maintain and improve the course.

The fairways were great and the greens are very good.We will be back again and again

Excellent course comparable to Iron Valley without the punishment for stray shots.

Some holes were difficult to navigate to.. could use a few directional signs. Course played well considering that it poured the night before.