Springfield Country Club

I’ll start off by saying the course was in great shape and it isn’t the easiest course because most of your shots are blind due to the layout of the course and not being to see the greens unless your chipping onto the green…, but that’s really the only good thing I could say about my experience here. My buddy and I played and we were given a cart that was falling apart and Hardly had breaks. On hole 5, it’s a par 3 that goes down and up a fairly steep hill, on the way up to hill, the cart completely died half way up the steep hill and we began rolling down the hill with almost no breaks. I called the clubhouse to have someone bring us a new cart. The ranger showed up and seemed annoyed at us, annoyingly told us to get our clubs off the cart. At that point, we almost just asked for our money back but we continued to play. Once we got in the new cart, we noticed 2 groups of 4 who were kids, no older then 13-14 were driving carts around the course bouncing from hole to hole really messing with the pace of play and hitting up on our group and other groups. They were also driving across fairways to skip holes and driving the carts on the greens. This was probably the worst golfing experience I ever had in the 20 years I’ve been playing and I’ll never go back to play Springfield.

Really like playing this course - will continue to come back

The Bermuda grass fairways are fully matured and honestly beautiful to play on, even through the off season they stay nice like hitting off of carpet. It is true that it took longer than they had hoped for the bermuda grass to take hold and had several years where you couldnt pay me to play there, but the last 2 years the conditions have been amazing. The course has some great holes and some difficult holes, but no one can say that the course itself isn't in excellent shape year round now. If the last time you played was before 2018 I recommend you come check all the course again. Also the hotel and Tavolas are great places to hang after and entertain a client or stay if your from out of town. If you are looking for a quick snack that will fill you up, try the cheese steak rolls , they are delicious.

I have played this course for Decades. First my biggest complaint is the

course design, why would any course designer make the first hole the

number one handicaped hole. Talk about lack of thought when building

this track. The reason is they have no practice area , no range , no

chipping area. So everyone arrives at the first hole with no warm up and

its the hardest hole! This leads to disaster out of the first tee box for

novice and intermediate players. To add insult to injury the last hole is

the #2 handicap hole is the 18th so you get a good kick off the golf course

with a boggie gaurentee unless your single digit handicap player. I cant

even begin complaining about the starters/staff who think thay are

working at Augusta National , rude , self serving , unattentive is what

comes to mind. Some tee boxes are caved in and you cant get a level

footing it hasnt been corrected. Rounds tend to be the longest you will

play simply do to the boogie mindset forcing you to play SMART. Do to

the fact that you most likely leave the first green with a double boogie or

single at best for most, you now have a gimped mindset of playing safe so

you dont blow up your score in the first 3 holes prior to warming up. In

closing I have one comment to bid my permanant farwell to Springfield

and any other golf course that has the first hole built as the number one

handicap and the last hole the 2nd hadest handicap all with no warmup
The golf work horse Ben Hogan one said you have to hit at least three

golf balls to wake up your golf mind. This golf course never allows your

golf mind to wake up it beats you down on the first tee. Remember this

write up as your on the first realizing your cold as ice and stiff as a

board. Spend your money at ourse that appreiates the customer and

understands what kind of expierence they are selling. Most golfers

dont know any better now you do. Happy Golfing!

I have played this course for 3 Decades hundreds of rounds. First my biggest complaint is the course design, why would any designer make the first hole the number one handicaped hole. Talk about lack of thought when building this trak, they have no practice area , no range , no chipping area. So everyone arrives at the first hole with no warm up and its the hardest hole, this leads to disaster out of the box for novie and intermediate players as you watch the players ahead of you on the tee box you quickly will realize the type of day ahead of you and trust me only skilled players will par the first hole By that i mean single digit handicap players. To add insult to injury the last hole is the #2 handicap hole is the 18th so you get a good kick of the golf course with a boggie gaurentee unless your single digit handicap player. I cant even begin complainging about the starters who think thay are working at Augusta National , rude , self serving , unattentive is what comes to mind. Some tee boxes are caved in and you cant get a level footing it hasnt been corrected for a decade or more. Rounds tend to be the longest you will play simply do to the mindset from the first tee box kicking your butt, and forcing you to play SMART. One that happens to a golfer of any caliber your game is now gimped and your round wil lbe also. In losing I have one comminet to bid my permanant farwell to Springfield and any other golf course that has the first hole built as the number one handicap and the last hole the 2nd hadest handiap all with no warmup
Ben Hogan said you have hit at least three balls to wake up your golf mind. This golf course. Remember this write up as your on the first realizing your cold as ice and stiff as a board.

The attitude of the rangers and starters are so rude and pompous it really ruins a decent course that is close to home. The layout is fair for the average golfer, and course is usually in decent shape. After the round Tavola is a great place to stop for a bite, but I will never get passed the starters, especially one in particular. I see more friendly workers at the DMV. After multiple tries, this one is going to be a no for me until we get some starters who are more, lets say current.

13 of us got together to play and hangout. Course was in good shape. It was not crowded but the ranger harassed our last 4some unnecessarily . Probably wouldn't go back since they couldn't manage a group of our size.

Was given a gift card for the course. It was my first time playing there,and I am very anxious to go back. The course is beautiful, the staff is very friendly and the pace of play was good. Very good value.

As Mr. Trump would say, "this place is a disasta. You can believe me." This is the third year in a row I've played this course, one time each year, and it just keeps getting worse. There is virtually no grass on the fairways. Yet, we are asked to ride the cart paths on exactly half of the 18 holes. Why? What is it that they are trying to protect by not letting us ride on the fairways? This adds almost another hour to a very miserable experience. This is the worse course that I've played in each of the last three years. And it is also the slowest pace of play. Springfield Township should close this course down entirely for two years to allow the grass to grow back to where it should be. Let the township's taxpayers subsidize the shortfall in income. But don't keep this course open in the condition that its in - its too embarrassing for the township.

We knew what we were getting in to with the failed bermuda fairways but didnt want to go the whole year without playing Springfield. How bad could it be for $32. Pretty bad. The day was much worse than expected.

Strike one - they didn't tell us it was Cart path only. We wold not have played.

Strike two - aside from the horrible fairways, the greens were extremely slow. Some tee boxes were bare and the others had what appeared to be zoisa sod. These were uneven and lumpy. Could not get firm footing. Like super plush shag carpeting.

Strike three - at least we had cold beer waiting for us at the deck bar right? Not to be. Beers were $4.50 and we had to share them with swarming bees.

Dear Springfield, please fix.

Lets start with the teeboxes. Uneven and patchy, a bunch of sand over it to top it off. Then you get to the fairway. And let me tell you the fairway isnt fair. Hitting off of bare dirt at times. Im not sure which idiot thougt it would be a good idea to rip up perfectly fine fairways so the fairways can look like **** for the next few years. but i can kind of assume who ever it was isnt very smart. this course has so much potential but forget about with the whole fairway situation. course isnt in good shape. except for the greens. they were great

After 3 years of a failed bermuda grass experiment the course is finally offering a reduced rate. This still doesn not make it worth it to play here. They have a USGA memo on their website as their disclaimer that the course is in bad shape. The course staff seems more proud that the course is dead, but has bermuda grass than apologetic. I golfed here twice this year, (both not by choice, this is my local golf course and there are always tee times available now) and the course isn't crowded anymore which is a plus. The fairways are almost totally brown and dry except for the errant weed. My golf cart died and my threesome had to continue, I didn't ask them to wait. It took 15-20 minutes and they came out with a new cart. By this time I wasn't happy. It ruined my round for me. Anyway, "this happens" was the rangers explaination. They charged me for a product and it was not what I had paid for.

I play 3 times a week and can tell you about every course in the area and this "country club" is garbage.

I won't be going back and you should't either. The course is a dump and the staff is proud.

The layout of the course is nice. Has challenging hills and dog legs left and right. The greens were great. Nice and smooth and fast. They are in the third season of growing Bermuda grass on the tee boxes and fairways. A lot of areas where the grass is permit and have not come to life yet. Once they do then it would be a better place to play. I will go back once that is done. Other than that it is a nice course.

Since they came up with the idea of using Bermuda grass in their fairways they ruined the course. There are no fairways in good condition meaning most of the fairways are just dirt. The best advice I can give is to hit in the first cut of rough and hope it's sitting up. Not worth the $50

First sign that you shouldn’t play a course is when there are signs up that say to ask about discounted rates because of course conditions only to find out discounts are only given to township residents and seniors. Its $46 to walk at 4PM on a Saturday without a discount so no biggie. What a waste of money, the course is in horrendous shape with the exception of the greens. For the most parts the greens were decent but several holes had dead spots and apparently the clientele of the course doesn’t understand how to fix a ball mark.
The rest of the course is appalling, tee boxes and greens are a combination of dirt and dormant Bermuda. And therein lies the problem, management has decided to regrass the course with Bermuda. The Philadelphia area is barely in the acceptable zone to utilize Latitude 36 Bermuda and a township own and run municipal course is not one that should be trying it. Once the tee boxes and fairways grow in this course will have a 3 month shelf life where it’s in playable shape, the remaining 9 months you should just play winter rules. It also appears that management lost all their mowers because the rough was 2-3” all over, I would assume that a typical round is going to run 5 hours given how hard it is to locate balls a foot off the fairway.
I wouldn’t recommend this course to anyone, save your money.

It's hard to believe that management would allow this course to be opened in the condition it's in. There are no fairways - in other words, the fairways are all dirt - no grass. The rough next to the dirt is not mowed so it is very difficult to find a ball hit into what should be the light rough. The tee boxes also have no grass, except for the sixth tee box. The only positive thing I can say about this golf course is that the greens are in excellent condition. All in all, it's easily the worse golf course I've ever played on in my 30 plus years of golfing.

My recommendation to management is to close the course until it is ready for prime time play. If not, explain to your customers when they call for a tee time that the course conditions are terrible and that you can play at your own risk. Also, the greens fees should be drastically discounted commensurate with the condition of the golf course.

Fortunately, I don't live in Springfield Township, but if I did I would be extremely embarrassed for the condition of my township's pride and joy.