Makefield Highlands Golf Club

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.

We didn’t get to play 17 or 18 because the Women’s league came out on the course and chased us off

Makefield Highlands is as beautiful as it gets on a golf course. It is a public course that delivers as a private venue. The staff are friendly, and the atmosphere was amazing

One of the more enjoyable Bucks County courses. Great food at the turn, could be a bit easier to order pickup coming off the front 9. Course was in great shape, some of the bunkers were a bit thin but over all a great track