Greendale Golf Course

I played a round of 18 with a friend and opted for a cart. They charged $36 for one cart, even though the price is $18 per cart, just because there were two of us. They also did not allow each of us to have our own carts. At the end we ended up with two on one cart and a third player walking.

If you like cicadas, mud traps, fairways at rough length, greens at fairway length, and potentially snail pace, then boy oh boy do I have a course for you!!! Can’t say I’ve ever had to search and think about taking a drop for a ball in the middle of the fairway.

Ok now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, you’re paying 35 bucks for 18 holes, don’t come expecting pebble beach.

This is a great place to get in reps and work on your game, the conditions make for even more of. a challenge

Greendale is where I use to play when I was first learning the gems of golf. The course has improved a lot over the years. If you love getting out and just playing a good round without breaking the bank then Greendale is your place.

Holes are unique layout. I was however disappointed in the condition of the sand traps. They looked like they had not been raked in months as there was grass growing. Fairways were not completely regulation fairway but a bit longer than usual. Still, I enjoyed my round of golf all the same.

It’s always something with this course. First they shut down holes for renovation. Then green treatment. I don’t think I’ve ever played when this course wasn’t doing something to the greens. How is it fun to play aerated greens constantly? Not to mention the course is in terrible shape. Your ball goes 1 inch too far left it’s in the rough, and you don’t find it. The rough is extremely poorly kept (up to your shins sometimes) and even the fairways are a nightmare! There were times during my last round where I’d hit a ball a bit into the rough or even in the fairway, and you’d spend five minutes just searching for your ball. If you were lucky enough you’d MAYBE find your ball. They need to step it up.

I have been trying to get out and play this course for a while as I just moved into the area of this course (6 min away) and my old course is now about 25-35 mins away.

I saw that I could grab the first tee time 0700 hrs on a Monday morning for 18 before work later that day 1300hrs. Im under no isslusions that I am a good golfer! That said, I typically shoot 110 on my home course (31HCP) and 115-120 for new courses. It typically takes me about 2 3/4 - 3 hours to play 18 ( Par 71, 6467yrds, 132 slope).

This course took me 41/2 hours to get through, I lost 2 boxes of balls, and had I not been having a good day with my driver and fairway woods I would have had to quit early for fear of being late for work. The first tee shot was a dead center down the middle of the fairway 220yrs. Nothing crazy but typically I never stripe it down the middle for the first shot. well it land and I move up to check out my next shot. as I approach I realize I can't see my ball anywhere. Very odd considering I had it landing dead center of the fairway. I realize as I look more closely the reason is due to the fact that the grass on the fairway is not cut at all and appears to not have been cut for the last week or more. There was literally no difference between the grass in the fairway and the grass as the rough other than the color. It ended up being like this on every hole for the entire course!!

The second issue came as I was trying to hit out of the uncut fairway up to the green. as I went to hit my 5 iron in 184 yards the abundance of grass made good contact with the ball extremely difficult and the shot flew hitting the green perfectly only to go rolling off because of no ability to get spin on the ball... very frustrating to say the least.

After moving up and realizing my ball had hit and rolled off the back and out of bounds the search begins. Every hole on this course has an abyss of thorn bushes, a layer of leaves and small underbrush with sticks and vines that make it IMPOSSIBLE!!! to find a ball that goes even 1 ft past the grass line. Thus began the process of losing 24 balls over the entire round and not finding a single one to replace the lost which typically I end up at least net zero.

The final issue and probably the most frustrating of them all was the conditions of the greens. Now this is a public course and I definitely get that there are not going to be perfectly manicured greens. The greens looked like someone had come out and had a chipping contest on all of them with the objective being who could take the longest & deepest divot while being close to where the next pin locations would be.... Just about very hole location was guarded by mini divot marks acting as perfect putt diversion dips easily funneling your putt away form its perfect line and pushing you to wards a dreaded 4 putt. I have spent countless hours and dollars on getting to a position where I only every 2 putt.

I really wanted to like this course because of its proximity and price. Sadly I will never be going back as it is just not going to be worth the 36 charged to play here. The clubhouse staff is very friendly though.