Makefield Highlands Golf Club

Makefield Highland was one of my favorite courses in the area. I love the layout and for $40, it seemed like a terrific bargain, but I’ve never seen the course like this. I’ve played maybe 40 rounds there and sometimes the greens are beat up because people don’t like to fix ball marks here for some reason, but the tee boxes and fairways were a hot mess. I understand the weather has been a challenge for golf course attendants, but we’ve had inconsistent weather in the past and it’s never been this bad. It typically plays like a semiprivate though it’s a muni, but on this afternoon, it was every bit a $40 muni so for the cost, I’d say go for it. But if you know the course, it’s never looked like it does right now.

The course was well kept and really made for an exciting day

Great course definitely recommend playing this course

People need to rake bunkers, fill in divots and repair ball marks! The course was in good shape but the tee boxes were not so good. Looked like they were trying to grow them in Maybe because of the lack of rain lately

This course is legitimately the worst course I’ve ever played. Since it’s located in Yardley, my expectations were a little higher. I was insanely disappointed!! Absolutely terrible conditions!! The fairways had patchy grass (not sure if you could really call it grass), tee boxes not maintained, bunkers make of dirt and rocks. I did not want to use my clubs for fear of ruining them. I think the grass in my backyard is nicer than this course. Pulled my ball out of a bunker, I believe on hole 9, because there was no way I was going to hit my sand wedge into hard packed dirt. On hole 8, a fox came out on the course and stole my ball. If you’re in the area looking for a course, go to The Bucks Club. It’s the same price and a much better experience.

I played this course in early June and the course was in the best shape tee to free that I’ve seen it in the 20 years I’ve played it. Fast forward six weeks and the course conditions have significantly deteriorated. I’ll start with the good. The greens we’re in very good shape. The best they’ve ever been. It seems like they got a considerable amount of the poa annua out of the greens. This helps during the peak of summer when poa struggles to survive the heat. The turf on the greens was in excellent shape. Very healthy and the ball rolled true. The bunkers that I was in were in good shape for the most part. We did have some heavy rains the couple of days before so a few washouts and they had not been raked. The rest of the course was in terrible shape. Weeds were everywhere in the fairways, rough and tees. Some fairways were do bare, there was no grass to be found. Lies in the fairway were sketchy at best and our group agreed to roll the ball in the fairway to find grass. Makefield charges more than most in this area and it’s definitely not worth it now. I won’t be back until the fall to give it another shot. The staff is very friendly especially Emily, the bartender. We had the wings and nachos. I’d pass on both of those for the price. Neither were good. The $5 Kona drafts are a good deal.

I played this course before COVID and it was a beautiful track in excellent shape. The pace of play was great and the value was unreal. Played here for the first time in 4 years and it’s unrecognizable. Lots of burnt out patches on fairways, fringes, etc. Pace of play was 5 hours on a Friday morning. The value is still decent as this place is one of the few in the area that is less than $100 but I was really disappointed.

Lauren the manager, and Melissa from behind the bar are absolutely wonderful.

Make you pair with a random in a cart, when booking as a single.

The green side bunkers @ Makefield are not playable.

1/8 inch below the “ sand “ is rocks about the size of a walnut. Basically, all bunkers should be ground under repair.