Deer Valley Golf Course

No sand bunkers. This would add greatly to the course.

This course is fairly wide open on most holes. Fairways are mowed at a reasonable height and are in great shape. The greens are about average to moderately slow on the speed category. The one main defense that this course has is that the approaches to the greens are not typical. The surrounding grass is fairly thick thus, eliminating most bump and run type shots on to the putting surface. This means you must fly the ball on to most of the greens. Many amateur golfers do not posses this skill. The greens are fairly large so that helps. All told, fun was had by all.

Need a Marshall out to manage the pace of play as a threesome ahead of us was not keeping up with a foursome ahead of them. No excuse to wait as a twosome for three that will not let you play through and they knew better too. A Marshall is needed and they need to seriously improve the greens. The owner said something about having just rolled the greens. The old hole markers on most holes are in rough shape and the players there need to repair their ball marks on the greens. It is a fun layout when the round does not take forever.

We live in Md and travel to Pa every weekend.The people are nicer and the courses let you know they appreciate you coming there,especially places like Deer Valley

Fairley open, good course conditions, have to hit a good tee shot on most holes. no lunch, just hotdogs. great senior ride rate, new course that needs trees to grow up to make it nicer later. Yes have to fix lots of divots & ball marks from lazy golfers.

The greens were very slow and a lot of ball marks. The golfer all need to check their divots and fix them if needed.
Every green had a few divots that were not repaired.

Always have tough pin placement!
Always in NICE playing condition!
Nice layout!
Can't wait to play it again!

I'm an avid golfer and only live a few miles from this place, but I've only played here a few times. I decided to give it another shot yesterday. If you are a 10 handicap or lower...you will find this course very easy. The greens are fuzzy and slow. Pace of play was slow, probably because there are a few Par 4's that are driveable. I don't want to be too hard on the course because it isn't bad. If you don't play that much golf...this course is just fine. They don't have any tees longer than white, so it is a very short course. My biggest complaint is the value for the money. If the greens were shaved...it would be much more fun and be a little more challenging.

Booked a 4:30pm Tee Time and at 8:00pm, with three holes to play we were asked to move directly to 18 as 8:00pm is the "magic" hour for getting off the course. Our group of 4 was keeping good pace, despite having a very slow golf cart and a group in front of us. We were well within the USGA recommended pace of play. All said, we finished our last three holes and were back at the clubhouse at 8:32pm. We play a number of the local (public and private) courses and have never been told to get off a course with an hour of daylight remaining. Sad that an otherwise enjoyable course has such a ridiculous rule. I advise against booking tee times later than 4:00pm if the course's 8 pm rule is legitimate and not one set by staff in an attempt to get home early.

The course was nice but they over booked their tee times. They were also more concerned about people bringing their own beer instead of regulating the speed of play.

course is in good shape greens were great hard to read some for the first time over all like the course and the grass bunkers.

Good value...course was set up short...sporty from the tips...could use signage....ie distances to some blind areas

This course was opened. Others in area were closed or walk only due to the amount of rain of previous night. Naturally the pace was slow. Course was over booked. Overall condition of course poor. Greens are unputtable. Noone fixes any divots. Most tee boxes need to be repaired.

Although the yardage of this course is not as long as some, the quality and conditions of the course made up for this. Would recommend.

We play here once a month.
Club house has old coffee and offers cold hotdogs in stale bun, but we come here to play golf.
Course is well maintained and groomed. Challenging holes with hidden greens are fun.

I won't play this course again. The ranger was rude. Constantly harassing us about our pace on the front 9. I think the group behind us were regulars. The solution was not harassing us, but having the group behind play through. We asked if we could get a hot dog after the 9th hole and he said, "Yes." Then he comes in and chased us out of our table before we ate our hot dog. On the back 9 there was nobody behind us but he constantly shadowed us. It is people like him that suck the joy out of the game.

The course was in good shape. Greens were hard but in good shape. Course designed for seniors but fun to play.

We played on a busy Friday afternoon and even though the course was crowded and backed up on several holes, we were able to complete our round in 4.5 hours. The trees are continuing to grow and fill in so the the challenge of the course is increasing. The staff was friendly and helpful, in fact the owner/developer came out and talked to us while we were waiting to tee off on 10.

Course regulars were obviously allowed to slow the play without ranger interruption. 12-15 minutes per hole is ridiculous. I could not finish my round. Fun course, great staff, good food, Bad course etiquette.

Fairways were awful, greens needed to be mowed. No lines to speak of were visible from the tees. I had my tee time held up because 2 other guys I didn't book with were late. So the starter sent 2 very old foursomes in front of me...
I quit after 9 and went and played a respectable course in the area. This place is a waste of time!