Meadows/Woodlands at Shaker Run Golf Club

I really enjoyed my round here (Woodlands/Lakeside). The course was in great shape and constantly challenges you. This course still gives you its previous private club feels even though its public. All of staff were very friendly. Pace of play was a little slow but it's a tough course so I understand.

Well behind pace, no rangers out there to speed people up. Directions on course weren’t clear on where to go for the 2nd 9 or bar at the turn.

Exciting and beautiful course with one of the best layouts in Cincinnati.

Woodlands/Lakeside: Rough was terrible. Some greens had debris all over them. Pace of play was awful. The carts would lock up even when you were on the cart path. And on top of all that, the cost to play was overpriced. $60 and I ‘might’ refer this course to others. Won’t be returning.

play here has always been on my list of todo's, after finally getting to play 18 here even in bad weather it was amazing views and play!

The course looks and is in great condition for spring. It was wide open on a cool slightly windy day. No pressure from other golfers and I got off the first tee early.

Top flight facility-played Woodlands/Lakeside-tough track with small greens...

This could be such a good course, and apparently it was for a few decades before my time, but the condition is just unacceptable for a course that charges $75. I can play municipal courses for less and get the same lousy conditions. The greens are mostly pretty good. The fairways and tees are a mixture of good, bad and ugly and "the rough" should just be renamed "the weeds". It's 65% nutsedge.

Due to its location between Cincy and Dayton, there may just not be enough population to support this course, and I think that's why it has struggled financially for so long, but they simply cannot, in good conscience, charge $75 for these conditions. They seem to have invested quite bit of money in the clubhouse. That's nice, if you don't actually play golf.

Apparently the course was supremely awful until about 5 years ago. I suspect it's better than that now but it's just a joke to charge $75 for these conditions. The staff, the clubhouse and surprisingly, the cart paths, were all very nice, but I won't be back until they figure out a much better alignment between green fee and course conditions.

Challenging but very fair layout with a good mix of different type holes. Not a place for beginners but certainly playable for most golfers.

Greens, tees, and fairways were in great shape. Rough was filled with dandelions which was disappointing, I'm guessing they're saving money by not treating the rough. Grass was thick just huge swaths of dandelions. Greens were on the slower side.

At $77 for a round, it's one of the more expensive courses in Cincinnati and not walkable, but I try to get out and play it once a year because I do enjoy the course.

It's a terrible course for the price and it's completely covered in weeds

Rude rangers that are only found at the first tee box. Insanely slow players allowed to apparently play 2-3 balls each hole. No advantage to play early as they will jam players on both of the other 9’s so once you’re done with your first 9 you’ll just be waiting (20 minutes) behind people that are just now teeing off their first hole. Made the “10th hole” at 9:17 and was told we had to wait for the group that was supposed to tee off at 9:10 to go first. Told “Ranger” we wouldn’t be back and his response was “really? That’s your deal breaker? You guys are just entitled.” Thanks for the horrible experience!

Rude rangers that are only found at the first tee box. Insanely slow players allowed to apparently play 2-3 balls each hole. No advantage to play early as they will jam players on both of the other 9’s so once you’re done with your first 9 you’ll just be waiting (20 minutes) behind people that are just now teeing off their first hole. Made the “10th hole” at 9:17 and was told we had to wait for the group that was supposed to tee off at 9:10 to go first. Told “Ranger” we wouldn’t be back and his response was “really? That’s your deal breaker? You guys are just entitled.” Thanks for the horrible experience!

Played the lakeside/meadows. The conditions were on the shaggy side which was a bit disappointing. The fairways appeared to be in decent shape but just don't look like they've been mowed in a week. Very shaggy.

Greens rolled well.

Bunkers were full of sand (almost too much) which is a good problem to have this early in the season. I'm sure they'll get in better shape as the season moved along.

Overall wasn't completely disappointed but still a left wanting a little more. Hopefully this isn't a sign of how the course will be taken care of this season and just caulk it up the early season

Side note: the endless house construction on these two nines doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon which is little disappointing for the asthenic of the golf course currently

Played for first time! Friendly staff. Wonderfully maintained greens. Some very challenging holes . Only played front 9 . Will definitely come back to play all 18 !