Sanctuary Lake Golf Course

This course was a fun and challenge one. We played from the whites, which werent that far off from the blues, except for on one or two holes. We were paired with another duo, who were of similar skill and fun to play with.

Cartpath only due to recent storms and rain.

Starter was a bit of a character.

Would like to play again on a day when the course has not been blown out by rain.

This is exactly what I hope for a 60$ 18 hole course. Beautiful views on a few holes, two stunning par 3s where you’re hitting from above downhill, and it’s in great shape. Staff is good and it has a golf range where you can hit off felt or grass up to you, nice for warming up. If I had to find a complaint I would say the pace on the front 9 is great bc the starters are actually doing their job but pace slows down tremendously on the back 9 which tends to happen everywhere bc ppl stop to get drinks and food at the bend but be warned the back 9 will take much longer than the front 9. All in all completely worth the money and would fully recommend for the above average golfer whose looking to test his skills a little bit.

Had a 4:30 t time on a friday afternoon and sunset was 8:45 so figured we would get it in pretty easy. On the first t, a group cut us after the starter told us we were next to go(already 10 mins behind) and the starter came up and I told him and he talked to the group in front of us and pretty much just said I’m sorry, you’re just screwed. Don’t know why he didn’t put us back in front of them and he knew their t time was after ours. This group ended up being extremely slow and never let us pass. Couldn’t finish our last 2 holes. Would of never happened if starter enforced t times.

The course itself is beautiful. Great views and scenery are on every hole. The real downsides are the pace of play and some of the tee boxes. The rangers tried to keep the pace of play up, but after the 3rd hole they were gone. It should never take 3 hours to play the front 9. Then there’s multiple narrow and blind tee boxes where you cannot see the flag and are swinging up hill.

I've played here more than a half dozen times in the last few years. This was my first time since the spring. Full disclosure, I had a GN discount code, but I would not pay the full asking price to play here. No beverage cart girl on any of the days (one weekday, multiple going back to last fall) and 90% weekends we played- none. No ranger too to help enforce when its slow play. Hardly anyone repaired their green side ball marks to make putting more like a putt-putt course as almost every green was promised one or more big bounces. Must be short on staff too because the club house lady (she was very polite and professional) was overwhelmed with what looked like an earlier outing and didn't have time to put on any more hot dogs etc. (anything on the grill). Additionally, we saw a sign that said the range was closing early on Sunday's (4pm). As they are one of the few, if only, grass practice ranges in the area, it only creates more a bottle neck when trying even just get in some range practice. Tee boxes, fairways are nice when it's rained but the rest of the course is usually battling standing water every time it rains in multiple areas and most bunkers were unplayable with standing water and nowhere close to ideal to hit out of. It is what it is as it used to be a garbage dump site decades ago.

Unfortunately, course condition is not good. Because got hard rain before playing day.

We had a 3 some play on Sunday. $194 for the 3 of us. Round started off decent for a few holes, but someone on the course caused a major backup. At one point while we were waiting to tee off on tue back 9, we had 3 other groups waiting behind us at the tee box. That is unacceptable.

Ranger came by once in our 5+ hour round and said he was getting multiple complaints for slow play. It literally got slower after we saw the ranger. I was so fed up by 18 I didn't even finish the hole. Ruined my round waiting on every single shot.

It bums me out because I absolutely love the course & layout. The course conditions are always great. But I'm never coming back to play this course unless I'm the first tee time out in the morning. I just don't trust their clubhouse to not overbook the course or the ranger to enforce slow play.

Sanctuary Lake is a terrific course but slow play must be enforced. Otherwise, playing a round becomes intolerable. And when that happens, I won't play there again. For a course like theirs, they need to have rangers to make sure play is moving along.

I’ve always wanted to play at Sanctuary Lake. It definitely didn’t disappoint.

Beautiful challenging course, did 9 holes. Bought gift certificates and going back on the 4th of July. Club house food, spirits and service best in the area.