Lykens Valley Golf Course

Played this course over 60yrs.Owner needs to input $$ and make it more user friendly. But a good cheap round with my son played in about 2 1/2 hrs.

Awesome course everyone is very friendly great time to play!!!

Beautiful layout I very remote area. Greens were beautiful. Perfect really. The big issue for me was the rough was high and grass needed cut. Tough to find balls off fairway. Too much clover. Had fun

Awesome course quiet beautiful. Great pace of play!!! Awesome met some extremely cordial people great friendly thanked us playing their corse!!! Never had anyone say that to us and thanked us for playing with the twosome in front of us!! Awesome players. Totally enjoyable!! Love this course great for a short vacation!!! Or a long vacation planning for a week really soon!!! Thanks for everything!!! 10 stars!!!

Very nice. Only complaint was the rough was a little high. Will def return

This course has nice greens and we’ll maintained fairways. The restaurant is also nice with a great menu. The general manager stopped to thank us for playing and eating there.

Course was in decent shape for this time of the year. Always thought for a bit more of an investment this could be a much better course. With that said for the money this is a nice course. They do however charge a premium on their food. $3 for a hotdog is a bit much. Also got held up several times with the team in front of us but that's not the courses fault. Maybe could use a ranger during peak times.

This course is very friendly from the senior tees.

The course is fairly open. Greens are a bit bumpy as they were recently aerated.

The course was fine, but a bit water logged. Friendly staff.

grounds around the greens are extremely blotchy. Traps need redefined and the roughs well..... look I get it you hit off the fairway there should be some type of an impediment penalty however not being able to find your ball because the rough is too tall or the clumps of clippings hide the ball is a little much. Also, guys come on!!!!....??? The trees are out of hand and need trimmed back. I mean my god some of them are so matured that you can’t even play dog legs on the course!!! Basically this place is becoming a mini putt course. Irons off the tee and low shots the rest of the way in. Still definitely worth the price and the GREENS ARE AMAZING!!!

I enjoy this course immensly. It's a forgiving course, however the grass needs to be cut drastically.

The only negative thing I can say about the course is that it was quite wet due to the recent rains. We plan to plan it again once the course has a chance to dry out.

Great course, Great staff but why are there no on course water coolers ? I was told they are worried about people putting stuff in the water ? Easy solution - place the coolers in a cage and lock the cage. No reason paying customers cant get a simple drink of water. Other than that its a GREAT course.

Played Lykens Valley for the first time today. We were fortunate to have beautiful weather and the course didn't disappoint. The course is long. The greens are well cared for, sloped, and fast. The staff was friendly and the restaurant serves a great burger. It's a shame it's such a drive to get there. We will certainly make this a yearly must play.

Great course, but the pace of play was horrible. Tee times were not far enough apart making and the course was full, meaning I waited on every shot on every hole.

Fairways were mowed to within an inch of their life, and in generally fair shape. The green's speed were insanely fast. Towering shots into the greens, with short irons, would not hold, they rolled off. Too be fair, I was told that they had a tournament the day before and the greens were brought up to a 12 on the stimp just for that purpose. It continues to be one of the most beautiful courses in the area, and certainly one worth playing.

I have been fortunate the past several months to play some different courses out of my area. I thought Lykens would be a nice change and the reviews were promising. So much for that idea!

In fairness, this course is a bit remote and I think if I only lived a couple miles away I would probably play it but...... since I drove two hours I can't suggest anyone do that.

I will say the greens are very nice. The fairways are very hard and have many dead and or bare spots. They were friendly and sent me out ahead of my tee time which was great but..... after chewing up the better part of an hour by the fourth tee, I was totally ready to bail. I stuck it out and came it about 2:15 for the first nine ( I would say that time par for this layout would be maybe 3:15 for 18). Sadly when I arrived at the 10th tee ( a long par three from the back tees) there were suddenly three groups
waiting to tee off. I made a quick decision to drive ahead to see if I could just skip a couple of holes but no luck totally backed up so I jumped back over to a parallel fairway on the front nine and played about five more holes before I again got behind the US Open foursome who had no intention of letting a single player through although totally open ahead of them.

Here's the deal: They DO NOT monitor play here and because of that, players ahead don't really give a rip what's going on behind them. That's the course's fault. Would like to be more positive because the layout itself is scenic and could be fun but my "Good Drive Was Spolied' this day.

The course and especially the greens were in great condition. The thing that always impresses me most is the staff. I always feel that they truly appreciate my business.