Whitney Oaks Golf Club

A nice course wasted on poor management. Nearly a five hour round with a 5-some in front of us. The greens are beat up and the fairways are bare ground in several places. The pro shop is rude and unprofessional. The controls on the carts are ridiculous. If you go off the cart path, the damned cart goes 1 mph while you’re trying to get back on the cart path. The driving range is poorly managed, too. The operating hours are erratic.The ball dispenser jams frequently, or is empty. The balls are generally in poor shape. Either used up or mowed up. There is no walk clearance behind the mats. It’s a matter of time before someone gets hit with a club in the backswing. And, hitting off the turf is much like hitting off bare ground.

The pandemic has been a financial boon for golf courses. So, why is Whitney Oaks such a mess?

Just start over.

Punishing layout with multiple blind shots and narrow landing areas are typical of Johnny Miller designs but to combine it with terrible brown, rock hard fairways just make for a not very fun day. Otherwise decent shots roll off into trouble on this near unplayable tabletop. Please don't make winter conditions an excuse since other courses in the region cope far better. Can't even retrieve a lost ball in a scrubby ditch because it's likely to be marked off as ecologically sensitive. Had to play for a while behind a 5-some and pace of play is general is below average. Course owned by Thunder Valley Casino, which inserts annoying pop up audio ads into the cart GPS systems . They really ought to consider putting some of their gaming revenues into better maintaining this overrated track that fails to live up to its promise. Unlikely to return.

stay away in the winter time. fairway grass is dormant, bunkers were piled high with mounds of new sand that needed to be evenly raked. greens and tee boxes in good shape.

LOVE THE CHALLENGE TO THE COURSE LAY OUT. LOVE TO PLAY HERE ALTHOUGH ITS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SCORE WELL. STILL SO ENJOYABLE.

Friendly staff. Carts were available to us 11:00 AM on a Sunday.. Teed off on time.. Played in 4:20. Very little waiting.. Golf course was in very good condition. Beer on the patio after. Overall great experience.

The course is challenging regardless of conditions - that's a given. On the positive, they are in the process of replacing/adding sand. Much needed and in the bunkers I ended up finding they were in great shape.

The biggest issue is with the bermuda fairways which have been cut too low so that the ball runs and runs and runs and runs. This is great of course on a course that has fairways that don't run in out of bounds areas... that is not the case for WOaks. Many holes need precision landing and with that the case I'd rather see the fairways grow out so that a ball doesn't act like it is on wood flooring. I had some chip shots that were really difficult, no room for error, do to this.

The greens are fast, as always, and mostly true. Overall,

I didn't play my best golf but I do think the fairways need the most attention, aside from the bunkers which are getting some love now.

This course will make you speak another language if not in the fairways. Some holes are unique. Just fun to play

Forced shared carts. Every course that I have played during COVID have provided single rider carts.

Usually it's not a problem at this course but the group in front of the group in front of us was very slow resulting in a 5:hour round. I saw one of the guys in front of us in the parking lot after the round and his remark. 5 HOURS! TOO SLOW!

It's a great course and while challenging. It is very enjoyable when closer to a 4 to 4:15 total time. I know it's a sensitive issue but a course ranger could gently remind a group if they are not keeping pace with the group in front of them. I didn't see any rangers on the course that day.