El Dorado Park Golf Club

First and foremost, The Staff in the clubhouse is 100 % Great and accommodating !! With that said my group was pushed back a time or two, as there was a group of 5 or 6 foursomes, when I was in the clubhouse checking on my time as it was passed my tee time, and the gentleman was explaining about the large group ahead of me, a guy ran in and said they had another 4 some making it 6 I believe, he said okay and put that group ahead of us, so oh well it’s Friday and I didn’t have to be home, so I went along with it, the manager thanked me for being understanding, so I went back to the putting green and waited, after 10 more minutes I went inside the restaurant and got some chips and asked for a cup of ice, she gave me a 6 ounce cup of ice, I asked for a large cup, and I would pay for it, and she replied that this was the size I could have, I looked at her like she was stupid, tipped her a Buck for nothing and went out to wait to tee off, Eldo is a nice course and I looked forward to playing, my time was 12:10 , got out about 12:40, as we played about 5 holes the group 2 groups in front of us was holding up the whole course, , someone in our group said they called the marshal, so the marshal came out at hole 7 and did nothing, he stayed behind the slow group and let the rest of us stack up all day, it ended up a 6 hour round because of special treatment for the 24 person group in front of us, who apparently plays every Friday there according to the guy in our group who called the marshal and plays there on Fridays, so I’m done with the Friday play at Eldo unless you can get out before 11, good luck and hit ‘em straight !!

Pace of play was pretty slow, I was shocked at how packed it was for a Monday. The course lays out pretty cool but there are a lot of hazards that aren't marked anywhere. Fairways were ok I guess but nothing to right home about. The greens were not taken care of very well, didn't seem like most people cared to fix their ball marks for some reason. Staff was really nice and helped with all my needs. Just not what I expected from all the raving reviews. I probably wouldn't play here again for the cost and conditions.

Out of all the local courses, this one always tends to be in great shape, but this time pace of play had us done in 4 hours which is unheard of over the weekend.

I will always jump of any available tee times, even though I’ll pass about 10 golf courses on my way here!

While I think bees are important, on the 15th hole, there was a swarm. Mostly, they stayed near a trimmer that was still on. Driving the cart to my ball, I ran into a group of bees that were near the trimmer, but that proceeded to chase me all the way out to the middle of the fairway. The ground crew should have been around to warn golfers of the swarm. I didn't get stung, but a person I was playing with did.

This course has professional staff and the course is in great shape, I love that they still announce groups to the tee and there is no concussion of who has the tee

The friendliest staff around that made my experience even better