Wedgewood Golf Club - Oak Course

I've been playing Wedgewood for almost 50 years, with periods of both regular play and gaps of a few years along the way. It has always been a favorite of both my brother and me, and for the past 25 years my brother's two adult sons have often played with us as well. I've recently moved back to the Lehigh Valley and learned that there had been a change of management and/or ownership during or prior to my last absence. This produced some unwelcome changes from what had long been in place there.

There are now only three ball washers on the entire course, one on the first hole of each of the three nines. There are only 150-yard and 100-yard markers on holes where there are any at all, and they are often undiscernible since they appear to be simply multi-purposed white and red tee markers and only on the edges of the fairways...with leaves on the ground at this time of year they were often difficult to find. I didn't notice any water coolers either, although in fairness it was a very pleasant day yesterday and none of us were looking for them as we would have been on a hot summer day...but water coolers are large and prominent, and I'm sure we would not have missed them in any event if they had actually been there.

Nothing of what I've described above ruined our experience however, but it was a bit diminished by the absence of things that have long been standard on most if not all golf courses and had been at Wedgewood for decades.

Course was in excellent shape. Always an enjoyable round

Course was in great shape, staff was friendly. Forcing us to pair on a relatively non slammed day was a bummer. 4.5/5 overall, will be back!

Need to make bar, snack bar and beverage/snack cart able to accept credit/debit cards. Such an inconvenience. There is an ATM but with high fees attached

People playing here don’t have any golf etiquette - there was a twosome playing ahead of us - hitting so many balls off the tee - then putting many times as if learning to putt when they can see us waiting on the fairway…

I will never play there nor recommend to anyone.

The layout is great and the course looks in great shape.. what a shame..