The Golf Club at Longwood

Enjoy playing here and usually in nice shape. Only complaint is sometimes tough to navigate though the course with 27 holes and multiple bridges and tunnels to get to next hole. Better signage would help tremendously.

I booked a Tuesday afternoon outing via Golf Now. Prepaid for a cart and 18 with a 4:06pm tee off. Check in was fine and on time. When I went to get the cart, I saw two young workers getting in the last two carts and parking them in the barn. Odd. But ok. Went to the starter who gave me his cart. This track has three 9 hole loops. The starter changed the two loops given to me by the Pro Shop. The front nine was a breeze and I was thinking that starter knew what he was doing. Course was in decent shape. I enjoyed it. On the back nine. The Pine Course. First two holes went quick then I hit the third hole and for the next four holes we were stacked four groups deep. Then people caught up to me and started hitting into me while I was waiting to hit. No course ranger in sight as groups were spending 10 minutes at a time in search and rescue operations. I finally skipped a hole to get ahead of the log jam. Then on the 8th hole tee box, my cart ran out of juice. Called the club house. No one answered. Called two more times. No one answers. Walked the last two holes. Got back to the club house. It was closed. The starter too was gone. Just young kids cleaning up. How could you shut down operations and not answer your phone with people out on the course and still daylight? What if someone had a heart attack or some other accident? So in short: Course is promising, but execution is poor. I was trying them out before considering joining. They are not an option for me anymore. Oh, and I forgot to mention the signage is horrendous. If you Jane never played the place, you will get lost.

That is all.

PSW

Long lists of pros:

Layout

Speed of greens

Lush fairways

Pace of play

Clubhouse

Short list of cons:

Cart paths need repair in spots and the shrubs, bushes, greenery that border the paths need major cutting back.

tees need maintenance; rough inconsistent in height

Fairways were in excellent conditions, greens were good to very good, tee boxes need work, pace of play was good but it can be better if they would marshal it.

While the course did take a lot of rain from previous days there is still no denying that maintenance is not a high priority at this course. The sand traps were definitely in need of maintenance with rain not the only issue as there was grass and weeds growing in multiple traps besides being washed out.

A recurring issue throughout this entire summer is the quality of the greens. Dead spots and weeds fungus etc. are evident throughout the course.

While the temperature reached into the upper 90s there was Not any personal on the course with refreshments nor were any water bottles present.

The course has a solid layout. The fairways are in good shape (especially for the summer) but a few of the greens had bare spots. The only hiccup was that my cart was hard to steer and a few other players’ carts died between the 14-17th holes. Great value overall!

Pro shop staff was professional and courteous. Greens well maintained. Will play there again.

Few tee boxes need help, greens continue to improve, fairways are in very good shape!

The course is in good shape. Some greens had some bare spots but putted well but were very slow. The sand traps were just that..none of them had been raked and most had weeds growing in them

The fairways were in very good shape and the greens were in good shape as well. Pace of play was very acceptable.