Elks Run GC
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4.2
730 Reviews (730)
5 Stars
374
4 Stars
256
3 Stars
64
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
87.2%
Recommend this course
667 out of 730 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.0
45 Reviews (45)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.2
82.2%
Recommend this course
37 out of 45 reviews
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4.1
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.2
84.9%
Recommend this course
45 out of 53 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 71
Length 6845 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.0

Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia was designed by Greg Norman. It sprawls across 163 lush and secluded acres where golfers will be hard-pressed to find a home anywhere close to the course. Norman carefully utilized the natural terrain, incorporating the meandering creek on several holes and also adding a few holes that venture up the side of a hill. Thanks to the dramatic elevation changes, there are some tees where your ball seems to stay in the air forever. The first nine is more open with a traditional links-style layout that then leads to the more densely wooded back nine. In addition to the trees and other natural hazards, there is also an unusually thick first cut of rough as well as tall stands of native grasses.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Greg Norman (1999) Tad Burnett (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Colared shirt required, no denim.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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4.2
730 Reviews (730)
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Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Elks !

Great course and condition. Little steep in price. Should be more like 65.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Will never play here again

Greens are awful. No signage so if you don't play here all the time good luck. Check in for Golf Now online - don't expect them to see it. Rained out after 3 holes, and when Golf Now called to confirm whoever was in the pro shop said there wasn't any rain. One guy I played with who didn't book with Golf Now got a rain check and the other guy who did got a course confirmation when Golf Now called.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great Course with 1 major issue

I always have fun here. The layout is good for the most part and their fairways are in decent condition. My only complaint is the automatic shut off on the golf cart. They start the zone way too far out from the greens. They also have it extremely narrow on some of the whiles. My golf cart kept shutting off, even when I was in the fairway closer to the green and the signs that tell you to stop driving. For the love of God, please fix this.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are pretty rough. Need to police people to repair their ball marks.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Poor course conditions

From the first green all thru 18, only 2 greens in putting shape!!

Horrible ball marks and spiked and marked up by far the worst green I have seen in awhile. Bunkers were hard packed and not even in playable condition. Tees boxes and fairways needed a cut felt like I was playing a country course not a country club course that they charge 70$ to play. We play courses all around Cincinnati and for the money very very disappointed in how they have let this course get so torn up and not maintained.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

Course was beautiful. Awesome layout. There were just two in our party and the foursome in front of us never offered to let us play through even though they were holding us up. So, it would have been nice if the ranger would have showed up at some point to speed up play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Solid Course , Needs More Rangers

It’s in good shape, greens are a little beat up because of a lot of play. Never saw a ranger and we had a very slow group ahead of us that were 2 holes behind starting on the back 9. The last 9 took far too long.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Pace of play issues abound

Pace fell flat after about 2 holes due to a couple of groups just playing plain slow. No marshals. No attempt to allow play-through. Our group waited on every shot for 5+ hours. The course conditions are somewhat better than last year, although the greens could use some additional care due to overplay and public golfers generally not understanding what a ballmark repair tool is.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 79
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overpriced

For $70 you’d think there would be water on the course.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Still has issues

I’ve probably harped on this before, but nothing has changed. Course is still not worth the regular asking price, only played here because of Golf Now Hot Deal. Course is not in that great of shape, weeds in bunkers, chewed up tee boxed and fairways, cart didn’t ever have sand in bottles for divot repair. And, speaking of carts, they need to get rid of the damned GPS units in carts, or get them calibrated. they repeatedly won’t let you go to your ball in areas that are obviously not sensitive areas, playing partners had tl have shop staff come get their cart unlocked so they could continue play, this is unacceptable and unnecessary……..just infuriating.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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