Shale Creek Golf Club

always in great shape one if best public course in cleve area

I've played most of the public access courses over the years and created my own personal 'rota' of the favorites. Shale Creek owns a top slot among the most preferred venues. It's all right in front of you. It's fun and more than fair. Do your part, that would be hit the golf ball, and you'll likely have a scorecard you can proudly take home and show to Mom. Not tricky or quirk some, Shale is very straight-forward. It's putting surfaces, (whenever I've played, they've been in great shape.) along with a handful of water hazards provide the greatest challenge to scoring. Keep it dry, roll it true, and you'll be well positioned to have a very good golf experience at Shale Creek.

THERE WAS NO SIPULATION THAT THE CARD WAS ONLY MON-THURS WHEN PURCHASED.

Well it was extremely windy so the upwind holes were extra challenging, but downwind I had to club down at least 2 clubs. Greens were much better than a few weeks ago, not quite as wet so not as many unrepaired ball marks. You'd think a nice course like Shale would attract players who know what a ball mark is and that they are not intended to be obstacles for the rest of the day. But you'd be wrong. Overall a nice way to end the season

Course was in excellent shape given the time of year. Course was cleaned off and ready for play no leaves around on greens or fairways. Great recovery or signs of fall maintenance either. As always great experience at the course

This is one of my favorotes in this area. It's a great.coirse. Go play it and enjoy the experience!

Shale Creek has gone down hill significantly. It is a great layout but is horribly maintained. The edges of the greens and fringes are dying so instead of fixing them they reduce the size of the green. The fairways have numerous bare spots. The bunkers either have no sand or too much sand. The edges of the bunkers are not properly maintained so they are collapsing. The drainage is the bunkers is not good either, the fairway bunker on #9 is a pond for several days after it rains. The green fees are way too much for the poor course conditions. The GM will tell you it’s not a country club which is proof he doesn’t care about the poor conditions. Given the prices they charge, you should expect country club conditions. The restaurant kitchen is rarity open due to the “so called” employee shortage. It helps to look for employees. The owner could careless, the course and clubhouse became write off to him once his father passed away. The home owners around the course will continue to be the ones to suffer especially if the course goes under like Blue Heron. It will become an expensive walking path!

Greens are the only thing that makes this course hard. Once you play it a few times you will know the greens. However, there were many bare patches on the fairway and pock marks on the green., Many better places to play for a lot less in that areea.

Great day, as a single got paired with three friendly guys. All aspects of course were great except the greens were quite beat up with spike marks and ball marks. Seemed as though greens were slightly excessively watered. Fairways were impeccable, bunkers appropriately filled with quality sand

If I could putt I would have shot 76, but no blame on greens or course conditions. Fellow golfers need to repair ball marks, but greens are fast & nice. As a single, I joined a couple of other guys for an enjoyable afternoon round.......and Thanx to GolfNow for the Hot Deals special. It's nice to have range balls included, so get there early to hit a few before they count. The day has perfect weather, and Blue Tees were playing on the short side. I'll be back!