Penderbrook GC
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3.3
714 Reviews (714)
5 Stars
159
4 Stars
281
3 Stars
139
2 Stars
72
1 Stars
63
Conditions
2.9
Value
2.9
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.2
60.5%
Recommend this course
528 out of 714 reviews
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3.2
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
2.9
Value
2.6
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
50.0%
Recommend this course
7 out of 14 reviews
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3.2
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.8
Value
2.7
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.2
54.5%
Recommend this course
12 out of 22 reviews
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Course Highlights
Penderbrook's unique layout features engaging water holes and a thoughtful mix of length and precision challenges that consistently impress players. Friendly, professional staff and a smooth pace of play make for a reliably enjoyable round.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6151 yards
Slope 130
Rating 70.0
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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1980) Roy Case Brian Ault (1980) Tom Clark (1980)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Men: Collared Shirt, Slacks, Shorts. Ladies: Collared/Sleeved Shirt, Slacks, Shorts, Capris. No denim.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.3
714 Reviews (714)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 17
Forced Carries 10
Elevation Changes 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 15
Advanced Golfers 7
Beginners 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 15
In the 'Burbs 10

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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Enjoyed the course

Great value, greens in great shape, looking forward to returning.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Why even have a starter or tee times??

Starter seemed to be a nice guy that has no clue! The starter didn't go by the actual time and scheduled tee times....He told me and my playing partner the other 2 people scheduled to play with us wanted to play alone, which is fine, so he sent them off ahead of us. After waiting for two more twosomes to tee off he said we were next. We said great and we're putting on the practice green, which is right next to the tee. As we walked to our tee we noticed a couple walking in front of us to the senior tees. I went to the starter and asked what was going on? He then said we could go after them! I repeated to him he said we were supposed to tee off next, and reminded him he told us we were next? He looked at me and said "well I told them they could go ahead"! It is was it is, but the round was extremely slow, with no marshals seen until the 17th hole! Poor tee time management was the cause. The only thing that saved the day was the beautiful weather! I would not recommend playing this course if you know how to play and don't like to wait between every shot! Not a good experience this day!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Play earlier in the season

Course condition pretty good, unfortunately greens were sanded.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 97
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
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First Time Playing

Difficult

Bring your A game. This course is not easy but it is fair. Put it in play and you will score. Not for the faint of heart.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent course for the price

The course is fairly decent, but recent aeration of the greens makes putting a nightmare. Also fresh sod was placed in front of the greens making it very soft and unpleasant to play from. Highlight of the round- a water pipe broke on the 2nd hole releasing a 20ft gyser that flooded the front part of the green... we were unsure what to do but ended up playing through while maintence didn't seemed to concerned about the ordeal. Shouldn't pay more than $30 for the course

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Poor upkeep.

This could be a pleasant round of golf if course was maintained better. The fairways were dry and choppy, greens covered with divots.

This could and should be a wonderful course but the upkeep is very poor and there must not be sufficient resources dedicated to improving conditions.

The pro shop looks like it was raided, virtually no products available-shelves were bare!

Perhaps after a long rainy spell it would be a better round, but middle of summer-not so much.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Ok layout, SLOW

Played on a Saturday morning. Course layout was nice. Greens in good shape, rolling true, the rest of the course was not in great shape. Patchy fairways, shaggy tee boxes, and lots of dead , dry spots. Overall about what you would expect for the money this time of year.

Pace of play was very slow. Starter didn't seem to have much control and no marshall or Ranger to be seen to keep people moving. After the starter told us "it's moving pretty well, probably take you around 3.5 hours", ended up being a 5 and a half hour round. I'd definitely give it another shot just not on a Saturday.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Previously Played

This course needs work

Being as I live in the golf community, I am able to play this course quite often. Recently I have noticed a major lack in care towards the course conditions. There are huge holes in fairways, sprinklers go off while golfers are playing, and the pins are never all in the same positioning for the day. To add onto that, I've noticed some things with the workers that shock me. One guy rides his maintenance cart erratically, cutting across fairways while golfers are in play. I believe this man is head of maintenance for penderbrook. And for the first time ever, I had a very nasty experience with the man in the pro shop who gave myself and the golfers I was with attitude when asking about rain checks. Overall, if you end up having to pay the full $50 to play here, I would suggest saving your money or spending $10-$20 more on a nicer course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

STARTERS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED

I played here on sunday the 11th of june. THe gentleman at the check in desk was nice enough but seemed pretty busy. Course was in great shape and has improved over the years. But who the hl hired the starters this year? The gentleman in the pro shop pointed to two kids who were both talking on the phone blatantly ignoring golfers who needed assistance. The pace of play was horrible. With 2 starters not one could do a marshall lap and try to speed up pace of play? Instead i see both of them laughing and giggling inside the cart barn. Wish i could give this course a better rating its in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

We played here on a Tuesday, thinking maybe it would not be busy but we were wrong. It was about a four and a half hour round, though so not too bad. The course itself was in pretty good condition, some construction taking place, but nothing that affected a tee box or green. There were two holes that here pretty unforgiving - one was a par 5 that almost U-turned, making it pretty difficult. The other was a par 4 that did a complete left turn, which was also hard. That being said it was our first time playing here, so maybe now that we know that, it won't be so bad next time, and there will definitely be a next time. The only real drawback for this course was the staff. While extremely friendly, I had to go back and ask if there was a starter because I didn't see one and people seemed to be firing at will, teeing off whenever. The guy in the pro shop pointed at the "starter', a young kid who was moving carts and talking on his phone. I never saw him speak with any of the golfers, so I had to go to a foursome that was waiting to tee off and tell them we were actually in front of them, something the starter should have done. Then, on the 17th tee, a cart came driving towards us, which turned out to be the cart girl. Even though our playing partner was mid-swing, she did not stop and kept barreling towards us. I feel that she was never taught, but for own safety as well as golf etiquette, once she realized someone was teeing off she should have pulled over.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a great course to play. Some challenging holes and price is great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Friendly Staff and Great Course

Saw a hot deal and had to take it since I had the day off work. Went out as a single, arrived a little early and was allowed to just get out and get going which was great! Only one other singleton about 4 holes in front of me. The course was in pretty good shape, some work being done on a few holes but I thought overall it was much better than some of the reviews indicate. The guy in front of me was playing as if he was a PGA pro taking multiple practice swings, measuring and walking around the ball for every shot. Ended up catching him on the 7th and had a slow grind the rest of the day but other than that it was a great time and will be going back again with some friends!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens were not Green

Some greens were in pretty good shape while others look like they had not been gotten to yet. The entire course appeared to be going through renovation-lots of work all around. Lots of debris throughout the course...ie fairways around the greens at the tee boxes. I would strongly like to recommend that options to take advantage of military and seniors discounts when making tee times online.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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