Lakeside/Meadows at Shaker Run Golf Club

First let me list the pros of Shaker Run. The price was reasonable, staff was friendly, nice layout. Now the cons. No directions where to check in. No yardage markers on course. No water on course for golfer to drink. Got lost several times because therec are no signs . We weren't the only ones. Two different carts came up to us asking for directions. Finally no signs to where the cart drop off is. Again our experience would have improved if management would correct these inexpensive problems. Plus it took us 5 hours to play. For a twosome this is uncalled for.

Golf shop closed until April 7th. Onlly food availabe were hot dogs. Bunkers are untreated , greens haven't been rolled, almost seems grounds crew are on strike. Only paid $10 through golf now. Would not pay $35-$45 in this condition. Played 2 weeks in a row thought conditions would improve 2nd week .. they didn't.

Always love playing Shaker. The setting is the best anywhere. Fun course.

Great special course was in great shape.

Course was in good shape for early season. Sand was pushed to outside of traps to dry out traps. Assume they will be adding new sand soon. Did not tell us pin placement and could not determine after 3-4 holes so our guess was it was a random pin placement.

I will not be returning, I played Woodland and Lakeside 3/23/16. We got off to a terrible start with the guy "running" the place when he showed up 10 mins AFTER our tee time. A majority of the tee boxes were a joke and I feel like a fool for paying green fees considering the condition they were in, I know its March but they should have given me a cpl bucks to put up with their conditions, in saying that the fairways and rough were legit. My biggest issue was honestly how nice of a layout and surrounding area the course had but their were so many things that interfered with my round. Not having any rangers really back slowed down our back 9, distance markers would have really helped in club selection and there were no layouts of the hole you could look at before teeing off. I was really disappointed and was not impressed by the lack of effort from the club house to the bunkers. Golf carts boogied tho, definitely had a hemi

Shaker Run is working her way back to a great course. Course was in pretty good conditions for an early spring round. The day we played it pour and was cold. The balls still rolled on the soaked fairways. The new nine's traps were in poor shape but the original front nine had nice sand. I was happy to see Shaker Run making it back to being a spectacular golf course.

The guy in the clubhouse for super friendly...golf course with beautiful and we had a blast!!!!

Great course, bad conditions. Unfortunately, Christmas Eve started by a course cancelling our tee time. Luckily I got us on at Shaker Run. The course was wet(we had 2 days of rain ~2.5"), but the 65* weather was fantastic. All 3 of us played well overall, considering we played lift/clean/place. I would love to play here in the mid-summer when you can get some roll out. If you like a course with "a lot" of water this ones for you. The course has some magnificent holes.

For December, the course was in great shape. Every hole was challenging and different.

When my friend booked the tee time, I was aware of a season-long litany of complaints that conditions had really slipped at Shaker, so I had some trepidation as to what we might find. Having played our round, I think it only fair to report that those fears were largely unfounded, particularly for this time of year. Conditions were actually quite good for November golf. Greens on the Lakeside nine had been more recently aerated and still had a significant amount of gridding, but the Woodlands nine must have been done first, because conditions on that side were actually quite playable. The fairways seemed fine and ground cover by leaves looked to have been well-tended to (either by the course or Mother Nature, or both). Topping it off with a $21 greens fee o a layout as strong as this and we felt like we got great value, which is nice to be able to say and isn't necessarily something I would say all the time of Shaker during mid-season play.

The Meadows course is neglected. The bunkers on Lakeside and Meadows are not maintained. The greens were recovering from aerification, but was not posted on Golfnow when purchasing the tee time. The greens had not been cut for a few days. The course management does not give the group finishing the ninth hole the right of way to begin immediately on the 10th tee. Choosing to call the course three separate nine hole courses is confusing and causes long waits in the middle of a round. There is nothing more frustrating than having a new group cut in front of you on the 10th tee with management's direction to do so. GPS yardage on Meadows is inaccurate.

Growing up in Middletown and regularly playing shaker run I was always amazed at how well maintained and how well the course played. I felt the same even with the housing development that is now present, up to about two years ago. I brought an out of town coworker to play after bragging on the course in August 2015. What a DISAPPOINTMENT AND EMBARASSMENT! One fairway actually had NO grass, the tee boxes were in horrific shape, and then to reach the greens to find traps with no sand, standing water (with weeds actually growing through the water) I wanted to ask for my money back. Needless to say I won't be going back. No ahve had numerous conversations with others who have visited since that came away with the same feeling; once a GREAT course that has been neglected and should be shut down until it is restored to its former status. Pics were taken to substantiate these claims.

Golf Now is the ONLY place to book your tee times. Played Shaker Run for $18. ( incl. the fee ).

We played Meadows ( the newest 9 ) and Lakeside. Both were in great condition.

The ONLY issue we had, there were lots of leaves on many of the greens. Understandable somewhat this time of year.. Shaker has lots of trees.. lol

Regardless, GREAT value.

Thanks
Don

Started at 10:30 took 5:20 to finish. Course in great shape, greens quick and smooth. Just takes a little too long to get around.

Had a great time . Course was in good condition. Friendly staff. Great prices . Highly recommended

There's been a lot of reviews claiming this course isn't what it used to be and that may be true but it's still really nice. This was my first time playing here and I'll be back. The greens, bunkers and tee boxes were fine for the most part. Fairways were a bit harsh in areas but considering the time of year you really can't expect perfection. My only real complaint is the confusion in playing the Meadows course. It doesn't match the "GPS caddie" app on my iPhone and is difficult to navigate unless you've played it before. The Monday morning pace of play was great. I finished 18 in about 3 hours 15 minutes (even after wandering around lost for a bit). Staff was friendly and helpful but I can't comment on food and beverage as I didn't visit concessions. Carts were in good shape and ran fine.

The course had great views and was well laid out. Lots of open area. Having never played there before there could have been more info on hole lay out and where the next holes were located.l Pace was great and staff was very friendly and helpful. Condition was OK and as expected for a late season public course. Small things could have been better like water in the ball washers and trash cans at the tees. Some of the cart paths were in bad shape. Over all a good time and I will most likely play there again.

Shaker Run used to be perhaps the finest public golf course in Ohio, but over-development and a general management policy that does little to respect the original qualities of the course have consistently degraded the experience. I've twice booked this course specifically with the promise of playing the original 18 holes and twice the course has moved me to the meadows 9 due to outings or general booking errors without proper compensation.

This behavior is fundamentally unfair and disrespects their customers. The condition of the Meadows 9 is so bad; it's nearly unplayable. Shame on you, Shaker Run. I dearly hope this course finds the leadership to rescue this course and bring it back at least partially to it's former glory.

For the most part it was in very good condition. Unfortunately, they had just aerated the greens on the Meadows course. But, they have to do them sometime.