Links at Gettysburg

It’s been.a while since I’ve played Links at Gettysburg. Course was in great shape considering the lack of rain. Always a tough round with plenty of water to be found. Baring your target golf and you will enjoy the round and score.

Course is a challenge and you can get big number fast, but a very nice very fun place to play.

Try and play here 4 times a year. Today was my first and I will be back quickly. Best shape I have ever seen it. I thought Quail Valley's greens were the best public greens in the DMV but not now. Links at Gettysburg greens are a little bit better. Plus the fairways are gorgeous - we played it down. If you haven't been here this year make sure you do. Another plus is the senior rates are also good on Fridays.

Will start out with the course. Nicely set up, fair, and gives you a chance to shoot low.That earned the 1 star1 above. Played on a Wednesday at 8am. It was well over 90 degrees and upon arrival there were hardly any vehicles in the parking lot. The staff had huge chips on their shoulder and had no customer service skills what so ever. The first 6 holes went well then disaster. It ended up being almost a 5 hour round. How that early in the morning with so little people on the course for it to play that slow and get that backed up is nothing other than poor management at the course. There is no reason for it. When we got done and got into the parking lot we noticed at least three foursomes backed up on hole 10. For someone who works for a major company and prides itself on customer service, management at The Links of Gettysburg needs a huge overhaul and staff training. The young 18 year old girl serving food at the turn was sweet and was more professional than the rest of the staff. No matter how nice of a course you have, if you provide a horrible experience and horrible day like we had, I won;t be back

I haven’t played here for a few years and it was better than I remembered. Greens were in great shape. Bunkers were raked although the sand here is tricky to get up and down. Fairways have a great reaction to them although sometimes wet in areas. COVID precautions seemed a little relaxed, mainly cart cleanliness. Overall, nice value for a weekend holiday round. I will come back in the future.

The course conditions are excellent. The greens were running about an 8 or 9, so not fast, but running true. The first 2 holes are unique, but once you get through those, the course is a lot of fun! It’s challenging to an 8 index, but still fun for a higher handicapper. I don’t recommend walking as there are some elevation changes and distances between a few holes. The staff are all genuinely pleased that you came out to their course and the cheeseburgers are worth making the trip even if everything else fell short. I consider Links at Gettysburg to be a gem in the outer reaches of the larger DC/Baltimore golf course pool.

Course was in great condition for the most part. A few areas under repair, but overall in great shape. Lots of hills in both the fairway and rough. If you’re not on the fairways, you could lose many balls. It will test every part of your game.

Never again will I visit this Institution of Racism……..

As an avid golfer, my group of golfers (all African American) decided we want to play a nice course to reward ourselves for Father’s Day. This year we chose the Links at Gettysburg, based on the reviews and the reputation we thought it would be a great place to enjoy a quality course for Father’s Day. Please do not get me wrong the course was fantastic- the layout and the course conditions were worth the $80 per person we paid to play that morning.

As we prepared for our 10:30am tee time we were impressed with everything we seen to include the homes surrounding the course and wonderful views. It was not until we got to the first tee box that this experience was one that would severely change our moods, minds, and opinions.

Like most courses, there was a starter(course assistant) to tell you all about the course and some of the difficulties you can face to include the layout, hazards, and suggestions for some great shots. Our assistant Ed was AWESOME and knowledgeable of the course. While teeing off we noticed a vehicle driving swiftly towards the raised 1st tee box and make a U-turn sharply at the last second into a parking spot closest to us. (Which was at the end of the parking lot where no other cars were parked). The driver jumped out the car and headed towards our group on the first tee where he approached us directly. (Note: He had no company uniform items on at all. Only regular clothes, non-golf attire). He was clearly upset and began speaking aggressively towards our group as if he had an issue with us. Later he was identified by the course assistant to be the temporary head grounds keeper.

While his message should have been a simple reminder that the starter would have said-please fix your divots! Instead, this guy says to us, “we’ve had a problem with people f*cking up the course and not fixing the s#it, so the members, management and other players are really getting fed up with people f@cking up the course, so we’ll appreciate if you fix your divots…...

As a 37-year-old African American man(husband, father, and tax paying citizen) and the youngest in my foursome, I had a HUGE issue with him approaching and cussing at us to convey a message that was not covered by the starter. As I looked around the 10:40 tee time group (all Caucasians) was on the blue tee’s preparing to tee off once we were done. Yet he chose to come to us the only black group on the course at 10:30am to tell us a message that should have been said to every tee time starting since 7am that day.

After the guy speaks, I look directly to Ed our starter to ask him if this was normal for the course and why it is happening to us. As he looks up with a completely red face from embarrassment, he says No, we are all about hospitality and what he said is not a reflection of the course. The only other reason for this to happen to us on this day and time was because we were a group of black golfers and he assumed we could not play golf without messing up this nice course. After stating that to this guy, he responds that we are ignorant among other things and then turns to the 10:40 tee time group to talk but was met with volatile arguments and disgust based on how he picked and talked to us without regards of professionalism as a course employee or general respect for another.

Ed our starter was able to get things cooled down with the guy and the other group so we could finally get started. It took 4 holes before we could calm completely to be able to focus on playing golf. The incident was reported by Ed to the manager and Ed made it a point to find us on the 4th tee to tell us to stop in the club house at the “turn’ to speak to the manager because what happened to us was not right.

The course did acknowledge and tried to make good of the situation because they gave us all a pass for a free round of golf anytime ($320 value). We were still terribly upset with being humiliated by being racially profiled and picked on by the temporary head groundskeeper. I will never go back after traveling an hour to get there and paying $80 per person to be treated less than equal.

The issue I have with Links at Gettysburg, is that after completing 9 holes this guy was still employed at the course and the same can be said when we completed 18 holes. As if this situation did not happen, this guy kept his job at the course because he was still there after 4 ½ hours. What that said to me and everyone in both tee time groups(black/white), is that the course was fine with this kkkind of treatment to African Americans.

We were all on time, dressed appropriately, paid to play, and are low handicap players. This happened on the first tee, so the guy never got to see how good/bad a player we were. He had no other reason to come to US and disrespect US with his ignorance.

All Minorities-if you want to be treated as an equal, DON’T GO HERE!!!!!!!

Great round...make this a “must play” if you are doing the Raspberry Trail.

Used just about every club in my bag in this interesting layout. Requires course management on most holes, not just pulling out a driver on every tee. Course knowledge really helps here. Second time playing this course and still trying to figure out best way to play some holes. Several beautiful and memorable holes with lots of brown rock faces. Fast greens and nicely groomed fairways. Friendly staff. Worth the drive.

Great course conditions. Green in good shape. Pace of play was okay. Overall excellent value. Highly recommend.

First time playing here , The course layout and conditions were darn near excellent. Other than some really hard sand traps that needed a good raking , I enjoyed the layout, greens and views. Actually the hard sand-traps helped me more than hurt me on this round. I shoot an 80. Teed off from the Blue Tees on the front 9 and then the white tees on the back 9 for a total yardage just under 6,400 yds.

I was alone first thing in the morning and played an un-rushed round in 2 hrs and 20 minutes.

Had an unofficial Eagle on a Par 4 from 157 yds out. I knew I was on the green and very close to the pin , but it was not until I approached the elevated green did I see my ball resting on the "inverted cup" which is extremely harder to do than with a normal cup drop . It was unofficial because it was a "re-hit" after I duffed the prior shot. I played the duff shot and managed a one-putt par. That "eagle" on my score card would have been awesome. I had No "double boogies" today and I saved par on the 18th with a 12 ft putt.

I highly recommend this course. There are some holes lines with large homes, but it does not take away for the beauty of the environment . I will be back, but because I scored so well, its likely I will let this set for awhile as I doubt I could improve on this experience.

Other courses that I have loved and scored average to below average have had me back sooner , knowing I could do better. Today .......I will reflect and hold on to this wonderful memory a bit longer.