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4.5
494 Reviews (494)
5 Stars
335
4 Stars
137
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
96.5%
Recommend this course
483 out of 494 reviews
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4.4
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
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2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
Recommend this course
7 out of 7 reviews
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4.4
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
94.1%
Recommend this course
16 out of 17 reviews
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Course Highlights
Pilgrim Oaks consistently impresses with immaculate conditions, rolling fairways, and small undulating greens that reward smart, strategic shot-making. Exceptionally kind and professional staff across the pro shop, starter, and grounds crew make every visit memorable.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6766 yards
Slope 135
Rating 72.3
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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required: no jeans, tank tops or cut-off shorts.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

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Reviews

4.5
494 Reviews (494)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 23
Elevation Changes 20
Water Hazards 14
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 15
Locals 12
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 11
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 25

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Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course & good deal

Course is very well maintained. Nice variety of challenging holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Love it! An absolute gem!

What a course! Let me start by saying I got a hot deal for$13.40, what a steal. Tee time was 3pm but I wanted to see what the hype was about, so I took it at that price. This course is extremely well taken care of. Greens are green, fairways are beautiful in great shape. The course itself is very unique, no two holes are a like. Love the 12th, picturesque beautiful par 3. 18th is also phenomenal, overall a well above average course, would play there all the time for that price. Only 1 complaint........hit a killer drive on the 10th, only to have to wait on approach due to a groundskeeper showing up in the middle of my rehearsal on approach to water the green. Little annoying waiting over 5mins to hit my shot, but if that's what it takes to keep the greens the way they r then that's ok. Also, hole 11 green is in poor shape. It's in a shaded area and you see a lot of dead sports. Other than that, A+ course, loved every minute if it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very nice course, great value

I played this earlier this summer and thought it was a very nice course. It has a very nice layout and is sufficiently challenging with more water than you'll see on almost any course in Lancaster county. We played this one four around $20 with a Hot Deal tee time and it was a fantastic value. Off the beaten track a bit since it's in the middle of no where, but definitely worth the extra driving.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

What a gem!

Pilgrim's Oak is an immaculate and challenging course. We enjoyed every aspect of this course and highly recommend it. The staff is very friendly. The pace of play was great as we finished in just under 3 1/2 hours. Thanks for a wonderful golfing experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for price.

Fantastic tee shots and par threes. Joy to play. Not many on course during afternoon. Have course to yourself on weekdays.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pilgrim's Oak provides challenging holes with the opportunity for great shots

The course was in great condition. The terrain offers various challenging shots with the opportunity to develop all aspects of your game. Great staff, equipment, and overall experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Other than the pace of play, it's a great course. They need to spread their tee times out and police the course better.

Other than the pace of play, it's a great course. They need to spread their tee times out and police the course better.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/28/2013

fmc2277, as the Director of Golf at Pilgrim's Oak I wanted to clarify that we run tee times on 8 and 9 minute intervals and Saturday we had a ranger out on the golf course from 10am to 3pm. I was wondering what time you played on Saturday because every group that we had come off the golf course while I was here(until 4pm) finished in 4 hours and 40 minutes or less. Thank you!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

great

best Course Ive played.............................................................

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course in excellant condition.

Local knowledge of layout is a definite plus, so pair up if its your first visit.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best Public Course in Lancaster County

I have the most intense love-hate relationship with this course. I love the immaculately cut fairways and super fast greens. I just hate my inability to go without 3 putting on some of them. There is no other public course in Lancaster County that is as well maintained as this one. This is also one of the most challenging courses in the County. Well, Iron Valley might win out on that one, but you cannot beat this course for the price. My one ever so minor complaint is the lack of a cart path around the entirety of the course. Also, there are plenty of large coolers with bottled water being reasonably priced at 50 cents.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Twice a year
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible course management.

The course management scheduled a shotgun start outing for a Saturday morning, and then did absolutely nothing to manage the pace of play of that outing. Turned out to be an almost six hour round.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/30/2013

Sir,
I am the Director of Golf at Pilgrims Oak Golf Course and I can assure you that we did everything in our power to try to keep the pace of play up on Saturday. We had two rangers consistently monitoring groups and unfortunately there is little you can do when people are slow players. I apologize for the excessively long round of golf(although I doubt it was 6 hours) and hope that you will give Pilgrim's Oak another opportunity in the future. Thank you.

Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

very nice layout

always in great shape, alot of undulation on greens. reqiures some thought while you work your way around the course. always a good value

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 64
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great deal on a good course

Great layout. Both nines challenging but very playable. Use every club in the bag. Front tees are great for beginners while back tees can challenger even the low handicappers.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome course!- slow greens today though.

I love Piligrim's Oak - it's one of my favorites in Lancaster County....too bad it's so far down South in the county. It is always in great condition - exepct yesterday the greens were very hairy (slow). It was really hot out so maybe they are trying to keep the greens alive, which is understandable. But they were definitely the slowest greens I've played this year. Other than that, I love the layout of it and the views are spectacular!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Golf dream!

Pulling into the course you are greeted with nice scenery and a big pond. Game play: this course is great for beginners and is challenging for the more experienced players. The tee boxes are well placed with a chance to drive the ball over grassy field, deep brush, and a big pond that will make you feel like you play professional golf. Fairways are properly maintained for an easy shot to your target. Once your ball reaches the green, your works not done, with hard and soft slopes your either one putt or three putts to the finish. I give pilgrims oak five stars for an overall great experience!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Perfectly maintained

Pilgrims oak was perfect from start to finish. It was perfectly maintained. I caught myself taking pictures of its beauty on multiple holes. I'll definitely return on my next visit to lancaster county!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lots of ups and downs - hills that is

Beautiful conditions, open layout as long as you stay out of the tall grasses.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Hot Deal value!

played long ago and hadn't returned due to an agonizingly slow round. I'm sorry I waited so long. Course was in great shape and fun to play. Set up was difficult due to having hosted a torny, but not unfair. Now that I know the layout, I'm hoping for fewer errant shots and a better score!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough greens, beautiful course

Super fast greens with a ton of break! Very difficult to get the ball close to the hole on approach shots.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One of the best courses I've ever played

Best conditioned course in the area. Hands down. Absolutely amazing. Holes are a little long and it tires you out if you're not used to hills or links style but absolutely a blast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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