Royal American Links Golf Club

I had a 2pm tee time and things were running smooth until we got to the 7th hole. There we learned we had been stuck in the middle of a golf outing that started at 1pm. We were not told this when booking or when checking in. The last three holes took an hour so we stopped after nine.

The staff was extremely accommodating. I was given a free 18-hole round w/cart since I had already prepaid through Golf Now. Because of that, I will return.

The course itself is normally well kept. After an entire summer of play, it wasn’t in good shape.

Always liked Royal American, but it is in terrible shape. Everywhere. Tees, fairways, greens, bunkers - awful. It pains me to say it, but save your money.

The golf course was absolutely trashed. They had begun construction recently and had dug up at least some portion of almost every fairway. The greens were in absolutely horrendous conditions and the tee boxes looked like someone used them for grenade practice. Had I not been playing with several other people I would’ve turned around after the first hole and demanded a refund. They were charging weekend rates for Labor Day and the course was a construction site.

I played this track with a couple buddies on Labor Day weekend. This course looked like a real gem upon arrival. Nice big clubhouse and the course looked nice from afar. However, the course conditions were awful. While you can tell the other New Era courses see a good bit of action, at least many of those are maintained. They have totally let this course go. Dead spots in the fairways and on the greens. The tee boxes were chewed up on many of the holes. Bunkers were ridiculous, filled with mounds of dirt, don’t even try hitting out of them. Overall, the conditions made this a really poor experience considering greens fees were 58 dollars. A real shame too because this course has a solid layout with some potential. Would not recommend this course in its current state, and won’t be back.

Tee boxes burnt out...fairways hit or miss...some greens were cracked mud essentially in spots...you would think for the horrible shape it was in they would charge less. Add a brutally slow round of 5 hrs, I won’t go back there again.

Brutally slow pace of play. No marshals to enforce pace.

Bunkers havent been touched. Many greens have large amoujts of bad areas. Fairways have lots of brown and dead areas. I understand it is late summer and weather plays a big impact, but it appears little is being done to keep up course. Many tee boxes have little to no grass. Grass is growing in all bunkers.

The fact they charge 50+ for this course in it's current condition is utterly ridiculous. The course is in awful shape.

Beautiful holes with some shots that can be rewarding and challenging. The greens and tee boxes need some attention, other than that everything else was great.

The course layout is great! There is ample room between holes to avoid errant shots from impacting others. Course is mainly flat, but there are some elevations changes that add to the challenge. Overall nice course!

Greens are in terrible shape. Bunkers not cared for. And rest of course bout the Same..it has been really try summer but I play many courses and none of them were this bad. I play courses for half the price we payed here that are far better. Wont be back

Played this course a few weeks back and must have gotten to it before much of the summer traffic. Still a great course but may be a little over priced now that it has the wear n tear. All in all, fun course for mid-level players

Used to be a course kept in great shape...greens were terrible, fairways burnt out and sand traps have not been maintained for months

It’s an alright course within the new era group. Not sure why it’s “Links” definitely not on the coast nor is it built on sandy soil. It is however a decent golf course hidden out away from everything. The pace of play is slow, but that’s typical for most public courses so that wasn’t too big of an issue. I only make the trip out there if I can get a deal, as it’s normal greens fees are a bit high for the quality of course plus the longer drive it takes to get there.

I have played Royal American many times over the years. The last time I played was in 2018. I am not sure what is going on with the course but its in terrible shape. Brown and/or bare spots everywhere, fairways and greens. It was disappointing as I have played cheaper courses in the area that are in much better condition. The parking lot also seemed a mess. I doubt I would go back unless I could play for $25 or less. That's all its worth now.

The course was playing very nicely. Lots of attention was given to the fairways and greens.

Had a couple tee boxes that were in poor shape Bunkers were not good. Luckily I didn’t hit onto them!

Had a blast and played in 4 hours.