Morgan Hill Golf Course

Ok I'll start with the good. Fun layout with elevation changes on every shot. Wide fairways give plenty of room for miss hit shots, still giving an opertunity to get home in regulation. Now the not so good. Pace of play is always an issue here, even when the course isn't full. Many greens have large dead patches. I've played this course three times in the last calander year and still have never been able to use any of the tee boxes on the 13th hole. They have you teeing off from the fairway making a par five a short par four. If it's wet or damp on the carts paths use EXTREME CAUTION going downhill. You will slide and possibly flip on 11 and 12.

We had a 7:00 am tee time, first group out. Arrived at 6:30 to an empty pro shop. The 7:20 group showed up at 6:45 and they too were surprised to find no employees there yet. The pro shop guy showed up at 7:05 and as he got out of his car all he could say was "who turned off the heat". No apologies, no nothing. Then had to tell us how he had to run a red light to get there to open up. Won't bother makIng the trip out there again.

From the tee shot on the first hole up until the second shot into 18 we waited throughout the day. Not once did we get to our ball or the next tee box and were we able to hit our next shot.

There were two very slow foursomes ( husbands and wifes) ahead of foursome in front of us that backed up the course all day.

No ranger on site to monitor play and expedite the groups either. SEveral holes were open in front of the lead group

NEARLY 5 1/2 hours to play 18.

Greens had been aerated several weeks prior it appeared and nearly every green had signs of some sort of fungus as well.

Will probably not return to this course even though it is a short drive from my home.

Unbelievable layout with great views of the surrounding areas due to the elevation. Must play course!

Staff was unfriendly. Starter could not figure out how to pair rounds and keep pace moving. First told me to start on 1 behind a school group that could not play, then sent me to 10 were there were 3 groups waiting. Then back to 1 but said to not tee off until school group was on 3. Started round 20 minutes late and still caught group in front of us. Course is build were ever they could make a hole fit not laid out were you could actually play. Balls would trickle off hole even if you landed in fairway. Greens were horrendous. Almost all sand. No grass. Had black spots all over. Ball would jump and hop all around when you putt. Tee boxes not set to proper yardage for color of tee. Some tee boxes blocked entirely. One hole you had to tee off from the fairway. Will not go back to this course ever.

Played with my wife on Friday and this has to be the hilliest golf course I have ever played. Greens were a little rough but they were huge with large modules on them. Up and down but quite a view in the back nine, great facilities and I will be back, maybe without the wife. Too much course for her.

Morgan Hill is an extremely challenging golf course not for the mid to high handicap golfer even from the shortest tees. Since it's in a housing development, (though the houses have no interference with play,) you have many novices making six hour rounds a norm. I only play Morgan Hill if I'm the first time. As a scratch player it's one of the toughest courses I've ever played. It's long, demanding and will penalize you for even good shots due to the brutal green complexes. I recommend for low handicap to go once for the challenge so long as you can get the first time but anyone higher than 10-12, find somewhere else. You won't enjoy it and will most likely will quit at the turn after your three hour nine.

If your tired of playing easy courses try Morgan Hill. It's hilly, challenging and scenic. The restaurant has a very nice setting and the people are friendly. Not so much the pro shop/starter but the restaurant is great. Not sure how much play the course gets. The sand traps on some of the holes were in bad shape. If you can walk this course you're ready for the Marines!

Played the course with two buddies and it was the first time for each of us. Course setup is great for high, low and mid handicappers like us. Course was in great condition, tee thru greens. Staff was pretty friendly too. Only knock was, we didn't get to tee off until 35 minutes after our scheduled tee time. Don't know if that was the 'norm' for the course or we had bad timing. Also, course only allows booking for 2 to 4 golfers, no singles. Which is bad for someone with a flex schedule like myself, cause I can play just about anytime, whereas my buddies can't. Overall, it was a good experience, and I'm looking forward to golfing there again, whenever my buddies can find the time.

Have played Morgan Hill a bunch of times over the years. Generally have enjoyed it but this time was disappointing.

First off, the pace of play was atrocious. We were waiting on every tee box, starting right off the bat at the first hole (sometimes for 15 minutes). It took 5 hours to play. There really was no starter, just a guy who took the receipt and threw it in the trash. Seemed like it was a free for all on the first tee, just get in line and go. No structure, no adherence to tee times. There was no ranger in sight at all. In fact, the staff we saw all day once we were out on the course was the person driving the beverage cart.

More concerning was the course setup and condition. The blue tees were not even set up and the green tees (the second-longest on the scorecard) were moved so far up on a few of the holes that it was a joke. There were bare/burned out spots and cracks in some of the greens, but at least they kept the pins away from those areas. The greens and fairways were generally in pretty good shape but you can tell they're struggling to maintain it. The tee boxes on #13 were all inexplicably closed (they looked fine) and the tees moved up to a temporary area in the fairway. That made the hole play as a 335 yard "par 5."

It's a shame because this course can be a fun layout when setup and maintained properly. At least you can enjoy the views when the pace is that slow. That's about the only good thing I can say. I won't be back here for a while, this round left a bad impression. At least they don't charge an arm and a leg to play this course, the greens fee was fair.

Views and condition of course great, My partner and I hooked up with 2 guys who knew the course (lot's of blind shots). They saved us 10 strokes.

I don't play Morgan Hill because I'm a single 90 percent of the time and Morgan has a 2 player minimum almost always. I gladly played because it allowed me too. Enjoyable course with plenty challenge.

Great course with great views from different tee boxes and greens. The views are due to the different elevation changes which made this course very challenging. Unfortunately a foursome in front of us took their time and were not very good. 5 and half hour round. We didn't want to go around since this was our first time here. All in all great course, staff and bar.

This is one of PA's gems. A lot of elevation changes and slope here. Course is nice, fair but penalizing rough and oob stakes will keep you tidy. They watered the greens so much that it was difficult to putt. Had to be rolling at only a 6-7. The views and layout steal the show while the fescue steals your ball.

Love this course!

While it was a fun round, especially since I played for $28 during midday Friday, it did have its flaws.

The good:

- hot deal value

- passes the eye test

- challenging

- good condition, besides bunkers and a non playable tee on one of the back 9 par 5s.

- gps carts

The bad:

- no ranger on the back nine who could move the very slow 2 groups of 4some beginners along, so the back took 3hrs after a 1.5hr enjoyable front.

- while the design is cool, nice front, holes on the back are too downhill, uphill, downhill, uphill, in consecutive order.

- bunkers need repairs, some have weeds while others need to be filled.

- a par 5 on the back 9, forgot the hole maybe #16? Tee boxes looked totally fine but were roped off as unusable. Im sure they had their reason but it made the long par 5 turn into a 400yd cupcake.

- If you're going to mark where the next hole is on the cart path with spray paint, make it noticeable and ledgeable....otherwise, put up signs.

Overall, it is a good challenging course and with a few minor tweaks, it can really stand out.