Kennsington Golf Club

Having recently relocated to Pittsburgh, several acquaitances suggested playing this club.
Well worth the visit.
The staff was very pleasant, welcoming and genuinely interested in starting our day off well.
The course overall holds ones attention as the design includes expansive fairways and greens, well placed bunkering and natural hazards that require controling ones ball at all times. Several stout holes were balanced with “shorter” reward holes.
Green surfaces are large, multi-tiered and noting pin placements are a must. GPS on the carts really helps with yardages as well as pin locations.
Pay attention to the putting green as the speed and slope are exactly what you will find on the course.
First timers, regardless of skill, might play it one tee forward and use the initial visit as a learning experience. There are a few forced carries and blind landing zones.
Post round, a “must” is the restaurant that serves very tasty sandwiches, apps and full meals with a great variety of craft beer on tap.
Enjoy this course and will be back as often as I can.

My golf course report card:

1) layout 10 8
2) Elevation change/views 8 5
3) pace of play 10 8
4) conditioning 10 6
5) value 7 6
6) design 6 6
17) consistency of layout 4 4
7) Pretty 4 3
8) customer service 5 5
9) greens 4 3
10) fun 2 2
11) variety 2 2
12) Memorable holes 3 3
13) clubhouse/practice area 3 3
14) Unique/interesting 2 1
15) Lack of houses 2 1
16) G-tee far apart/isolated holes 3 2
18) Pin Location Marked 4 4
19) Good Difficulty Level 1 1
20) Good Finishing Holes 1 1
22) How green is the course 3 2
23) Paired up 4 4
24) wow factor 2 1

Overall 81 out of 100

Critique/Total Possible Points/Points Received

Greens are larger than other courses in the area. Course looks like a links style one would find in Pine Hurst North Carolina. There is a dress code basically same attire one would wear on the tour. Miss the fairways this time of year good luck finding your golf ball between the leaves and rough. Judging from the caliber of homes built around the course and the club house set up this course may soon require members only to play.

Other than the aerated tee boxes, the course was in excellent shape. I have been coming to this course for the past 5 years and it has gotten better every year. If you haven't been to this course, do yourself a favor.

Excellent course, a little crowded. A threesome jumped in front of us on the back, where is the starter? Love the GPS on the carts.

We enjoyed a beautiful mid-70's August week day on this course. Not too crowded. Perfect pace of play. Course is in good condition. I might recommend more water availability on the course. Also, we never saw the "drink cart".

The course was in very good condition considering the large amount of rain it had received in the proceeding days. A very good golf course that is getting better with age.
Well worth the trip to enjoy one of Ohio's finest.

Much of what the previous reviewer said was true. Pace of play stinks, staff attitude upity. Having said that the course looks like a real golf course, traps, trees, wetlands,water, many tee boxes and very large undulating greens. Have played here many times and the greens have always looked beat up, maybe a lot of play from ignorant people or maybe the need for more care. Most of the scenery consists of large homes. Price for senors on a weekday$28. Would I play here again? If scheduled on the groups play list yes if not no.

played here for the first time last year and have loved it ever since. greens roll true and sometimes fast. the course is always tip top. your be faced few semi blind tee shots. alot of the time club selection is key off the tee. the carts have a gps that tell you yardage to the front middle back of green and to the stick. i have one con about this place it holds water but overall an amazing place to play if you haven't here yet dont wait any longer! for 45 dollars you cant beat it

First of all let me say that the course is generally in good condition. There are some holes that look like a construction zone (hole 12 I'm looking at you). I have not played this course outside of scrambles in 3 years due to pace of play issues. They had issues of letting 5-somes out on weekends. I thought they would have gotten their act together, but they have not. Do not expect to get finished in less than 5 hours...and closer to 6. This is not a first time occurrence as it has become the norm. For my return patronage to this course... I had a 1:39 tee time and did not tee off until about 2:00. I expressed my dismay over the delay to the starter who acted as if I was fortunate to play this public course. He then said that the owner let some groups go out that messed up the tee times,but I don't know if this is true or if someone can't handle scheduling tee times.The practice green was near the first tee and it would have been nice to use, but there were about 4 people hitting flop shots onto the practice green and I became concerned that I would get clocked. After finally teeing off it was about 8 to 10 minutes waiting to hit the next shot which does wonders for your rhythm.

The course layout is nice, but unless you tee off really early you are in for a frustratingly long day of waiting. It's a shame since the course layout is nice, but pace of play continues to hurt this course. If they would improve on this it would likely be a much better public course experience. There are too many other good public course options to spend your money.

Overall layout excellent, lots of character. Very good service, would very much recommend. One suggestion, better marking for next tee location.
Thank you

This course has one of the best layouts of any public course within an hour of Pittsburgh. Opening three holes are fantastic, and none of the subsequent holes were boring in any way. It's definitely a tough track from back playing a true 7000 yards. Most holes have hazards and there are lots of bunkers. Condition of the of course was excellent too. Certainly would drive more than an hour to play here.

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY THE COURSE WAS EXCELLENT . I WILL PLAY MORE THERE!!!!!!

Was pleasantly surprised as this was the 1st time I played the course. Paid only $29 for a Golf Now deal, great value for the money.. Holes have character, greens are fast, very friendly staff. Would recommend to anyone and will play again the next time I'm in the Youngstown Area. Played at 12noon on a Thursday and the course was open with very few players on it. Played as a threesome and got 18 holes in, in under 3 hours!

Course is in great shape for this early in the year, for some reason this saturday afternoon the course was not overly busy for teeing off around noon.

The course had a nice layout. There were a couple holes that were quirky requiring tee shots to slanted fairways. Hard to give an overall assessment of the greens because it was during the fall and right after a storm, so there was a lot of debris and leaves to deal with.

As you pull into the parking lot, the grounds and service will make you think you are at a private club. Before I got out of my car, there was a young man with a cart (and his hand out for a tip- which is a theme that continues. I have absolutely no problem giving attendants a tip, but I don't expect to multiple times and every time I turn around, which the attendants were very aggressive about). Unfortunately, the parking lot is where the similarities to a private club end. This course is such a nice layout, it is a shame that the maintenance crew seems to be so lacking in their upkeep of the course. Greens- terrible with pitch marks and dead grass. Fairways- unplayable in places due to divots and dead areas. Seems that the course places much more attention on the driving range, clubhouse, and restaurant/ bar than it does on the course itself. If you're coming for dinner, a drink, or to hit a bucket of balls, it should be an enjoyable experience. If you're coming to golf, save your money. There's many nicer courses within a short drive.

When you go golfing you look for a place you can remember and talk about, well this is the place. Great fairways and greens and the landscaping is amazing. I want to play there again as soon as I can. Loved it!

Course was in great condition except for most of the greens. They were bumpy from either a lot of play or a wet summer or both. They actually had to micro-aerate a few to try to get them back into shape.
Apres golf is great there too!

This course is really a enjoyable course. The GPS is very helpful.

I wish they provided a couple of rest rooms and drinking water coolers.