Royal Oaks Golf Club

The layout is very appealing as there are few spots where holes run along side one another (I know it's part of the game but it was refreshing to not have errant tee-shots bouncing off your cart!). Greens rolled quite well and the fairways/rough were in good shape. The bunkers, however, need some help. Littered with small rocks/pebbles, it didn't help that there was only a 1/4" of sand (wedge bounced and bladed the ball twice). Play again? Sure. Would be a great course to host an event/scramble! Staff is very nice/friendly!

Course had a large outing that day departing with a shotgun start just before our tee time. Pro Shop Staff took us out to the 11th hole on the back nine to put us ahead of the outing traffic. Never waited on a hole - special attention to ensuring an enjoyable round is not a common feature of most courses but the RO staff aim to please.

It's a great course with an accommodating staff.

This is a good course for players of all levels. Staff was courteous and professional. Only flaw I could see was the bunkers needing Improvement. I was in a greenside bunker on the second hole that was filled with large rocks and stones. I was fortunate enough not to be in another one for the rest of the round, but could see that they all needed some attention. Other than that, great course!

The course is in fair condition. Don't know if it was due to previous weather conditions. Still a great tract. Worth the Golf Now rate.

Course was in good condition for early April. No ponding on course despite recent rain. Good layout in a quiet setting.

nice lay out. nice facilities, fair price. New Carts.

This is a nice course to play. But I have played this course many of times, and most of the time I feel like they over book tee times. Played here yesterday and my tee time was for 11:30 and didn't tee off until 12:00 because it was so backed up. It took 5 hours to play this round. One of my four members quit only after playing 9 holes because he couldn't stand the slow play and waiting at every hole to tee off and just too wait agin to take our 2nd and 3rd shot. But it is a nice course just hate the slow play.

It was a great time playing in mid-January. The course was wet, thus cart path only. Truly, a special time.

Always enjoy playing Royal Oaks. Conditions in fall are much improved after a stressful summer.

Been to this course many times, and this is the worst I've ever seen it. Agree with previous reviews concerning fairways and tee boxes. Greens were somewhat better, but still had lots of bare and/or diseased looking spots. I know the course was taken over, along with Monroe Valley and Par Line, some time ago. Very disappointed in conditions of ALL THREE COURSES THIS YEAR!!!!!!! Get on the ball, whoever you are, you are ruining a good public course three times over! If I hadn't got such a great Hot Deal price, I would definitely feel ripped off.

I've played this course many times in previous years always considered it an excellent course in layout and condition. Haven't played for time until now. Course even though it has irrigation was in terrible shape. Tees were bare, fairways were burned out and some greens were diseased. Very disappointed for a course I've enjoyed in the past.

Course was in bad shape...

I used to play this course about 10 years ago and it was in much better shape than it is now. Still enjoyed the layout, but fairways are not near what they used to be.

Royal Oaks is an average public course in most ways and below average in some. I wouldn't say it's above average in any way.

Staff is friendly.

Course itself is in decent shape but not in the top ten or even 15 of local public courses. Greens are soft and spongy and balls don't roll true. Amenities around the course are lacking. No drinking water anywhere. Ball cleaners sometimes dried out. Yardage marking inadequate. Bunkers are especially bad, with only a thin layer of sand (calling it sand is not accurate - it's small, sand colored stones and grit) over a hard packed clay-like base. I feel like I'll break a club trying to hit out of any bunker.

Fairways are pretty nice, rough is challenging.

Never saw a marshal on the course to keep pace of play up.

Value is good though. It's inexpensive and they participate in GolfNow Hot Deals.

Overall, I'd play it if they are running a special, but otherwise I'd probably not. I've played this course a half dozen times in the past three years.

Course conditions are good and the pace of play was under 4 hours. The perplexing thing is that there is no drinking water on the entire course. This is problematic if it is hot and you forget to buy water before teeing off. Literally the only golf course that I have ever played with no drinking water. They need to fix this.

This is a nice course with a good variety of holes. The course was in good shape.

I guess starting on hole 1 is normal but this morning was real busy. We asked about starting back nine first and was told no. Started on hole 1 but we were behind group of two who were behind group of four. Pace of play was very slow. After our round the course was basically empty so there shouldn't have been a problem starting on #10