Grey Hawk Golf Club

I drove from Mentor to play this for the first time today. I am a member at Mayfield Sandridge so I only like to play the better public courses. Like many of the reveiwers, I think the fairways need serious attention. The course itself, though, is remarkable. If it was in the condition of Fowlers or Boulder Creek it would be the best public course in NE Ohio. Anyone who loves golf will appreciate this course. Two island greens (one of sand, the other of water), which is rare in Ohio. A lot of water and some tight fairways, so it will be challenging if you aren't accurate off the tee. Long and tough par 5s. A few par 4s that really make you think. It was my first time playing the course and I shot -1 (71) from the tips. Good scores are obviously out there if you keep it in play off the tee.

Course plays well, and it's always exciting to face the challenge each hole presents. Adjust for wind, lay and slopes of the rolling mounds. Greens are medium spring speed with subtle breaks that make two putting an accomplishment. The design reflects excellence that would make this course a pleasure to play if management overcomes its maintenance mistakes of 2012 - underwatered grass areas leaving tufts and even bare spots on several holes. The course is too tough to "play it down" under these conditions. Hope it comes back to the condition of a couple years ago when it was among the best courses in Northeast Ohio.

This was a challenging course for the average golfer, there was a lot of water and bunkers. The fairways needed some work due to lack of grass and the sand was rock hard(a lot of rain a couple days before). The price was just right and the course is set up pretty nice. I would not pay full price for this course but I would come back for a deal. Overall great course for a great price.

Though challenging in its layout, five sets of tees makes this links-style course playable for any level of golfer. The difficulty presented by integrating a golf course into a housing community is overcome by an intelligent use of water and the creative placement of trees. As observed in some of the clubhouse photos, there are often excellent vistas. Interest and difficulty are introduced by precise use of sand and waste areas. On many holes, there was a nice balance of risk/reward opportunities adding to the overall enjoyment. Though not as manicured as the summer will allow, conditions were fine for early spring golf.

We went to this course at the beginning of april so the course was just coming out of winter. The condition was good for the time of the year but the value for the money was worth it.

For playing here on a 30 degree day in March, the course was exactly as it should be. Greens were not fast but were smooth, tee boxes and fairways short enough to be playable but not soaking wet from snow thaw a couple of days prior. Great staff.

This is one of the saddest stories in all of golf. What was once a proud, up-and-coming championship caliber course has become the punchline of bad jokes. Its a fabulous layout - one of the most fun in the entire state. To be fair, the greens are above average. If ball marks were repaired, the greens would be excellent. The tees are decent, although the repair sand needs some seed in it. The fairways, rough and sand traps are all terrible. The fairways are completely burnt up and void of grass, and although they were aerated this fall, the course did not apply new seed or fertilizer. You have to move your ball just to find some grass to hit from. The rough is simply unplayable without 'rolling' your ball. Where there is grass, its choppy and clumpy. You could easily hurt yourself trying to play the ball down. The sand in the traps is low quality dirt. Its crusty and inconsistent. Overall, the course looks bad and plays awful. The ownership does not care about course conditions or quality service. The course staff does the best they can with what they have. The clubhouse staff is friendly, given what they have to deal with. The restaurant has gone completely downhill. And, although the food is generally above average, the service is pitiful. It is now basically a cafeteria with a bar. So, unless you want to play an unrelentingly disappointing course with poor service, I suggest you go elsewhere. Wait until the course and service improves, then go back.

The course conditions are rebounding from a tough summer. The greens and the areas around the greens are in great shape. Each hole is uniquely designed to make the overall experience challenging and rewarding. It is not a course for the beginner. It is a hidden gem that does not get overplayed. It is the the course I play most often outside of my league.

For $17 it was a decent value if you have to pay anymore it would be overpriced course is somewhat challenging and set up nicely and in past years $35 would have been ok now fairways are in very poor condition and greens are fast but full of old ball marks lots of little holes everywhere, to many other very nice courses around with more reasonable regular rates!

Course is not what it use to be. Alot of dead grass and bare spots on fairways, hills look scalped, and staff was watering areas that were already mudpits. Very Greatful I didn't pay full price!!!!!

I have had the pleasure of playing close to a dozen golf courses in my life and Grey Hawk is by far the best course I have played. I had wanted to play here for a long time and it did not disappoint. It is a very challenging course but also a very beautiful course. The facilities are first class and when I showed up I was immediately greeted and taken care of. I had a short conversation with the gentleman who checked me in and he gave me all the information I needed. This is a course I would recommend to everybody out there. If i played on a more consistent basis, I would make this my home course. Highly recommended, I find it hard to believe that there could be a better golf course and facility than Grey Hawk!

Poor conditions fairways completely burned out hitting off of dirt sand mud

It's been a rough summer everywhere adn Grey Hawk is included. There are brown spots everywhere but the greens and tee boxes. It wasn't so bad you couldn't play but we had to take liberty here adn there. For the price, it was still well worth it. The lay out is superb and the pace was remarkable for a Saturday.

When the course first opened, it was a premier course. The condition of the course now is poor except he greens, which are excellent. The fairways are terrible. It is way over priced because of the overall course condition.

Fairways were completely burned out and not taken care of at all. The greens were OK but incredibly obvious that they have stopped spending the time/money it takes to keep them in great shape.

A very challenging course. It is way over priced for the condition of the course.

Nice course layout, but never scene a course so ravaged by the heat of the summer. Some of this turf will not recover and will need to be re-seeded. They say the greens are nice here, i say they are decent. This course needs some tlc and how about watering more. What a waste of a pretty cool design.

I was so disappointed to see the poor condition of this course. This used to be one of my favorite Cleveland courses to play. It appears that the course has had minimal watering this season. I had several shots where my ball was on dead grass with a patch of live grass behind it - unhittable lies. Thank goodness I only paid $26 through GolfNow! I definitely will not be going back.

Fairways are in atrocious shape, they appear diseased with at least 60%-70% of the grass missing or dead. It is a fantastic layout, but not worth playing in its present condition unless you get a substantial discount.

Always one of my favorites in the Cleveland area, but the Summer drought took its toll on the fairways this year. Still a fun course to play, but it wasn't in the condition I'm accustomed to.