Squaw Valley Golf Course - Comanche Lakes Course

Where to begin? This review applies to Lakes and Links. Let’s start with the employees of this course. The green situation has been stated over and over. No point going there. The employees of this course by and large have gone way down hill in just the last year. Kid in pro shop is arrogant, marshals harass and follow you around now sometimes 2-3 on just one course which is ridiculous during a week day. Yet they say nothing to foursomes of 16 year olds throwing clubs, leaving gouge marks on greens, which honestly are so bad, you can only tell because of the depth. Cart girls with attitudes, I could go on. The entire vibe and friendliness of the course has gone the way of the greens. Time to start over. Clean house. Take a bobcat to the greens, and maybe have them ready by next summer. Get equipment that stops burning the course with fertilizer spills on fairways, etc. Get back to having a staff who cares, and isn’t just there because school is out. Lots of other courses have actual grown ups working the pro shop. This place needs a huge reality check. When the starter and the kids working at the cart barn, are your friendliest employees, you have big problems. Golf industry is ebbs and flows, so SV will be removed from my rotation, and hopefully in a few years management will be turned over, and maybe some money will be put back into course maintenance. Let’s hope. Somerville County has a real gem here, hopefully things shape up before this place becomes a Waxahachie or Split Rail. If things remain as is, don’t be surprised.

In the three years I’ve been playing here the course condition has deteriorated. The sand traps are nearly unplayable and more importantly the greens are ruined. 10-40% of the greens are just dirt. Sad to see because I love the layout and the course.

I have never played a course where the greens were this bad. There were lots and lots of dead areas, so we were putting across sand most of the time. They had also punched the greens. A normal “punch” machine makes holes that are about 12” apart. At this course, it looked like they went back and forth, back and forth, until the holes were about 1” apart. I have no idea what they were trying to do. If I had known about the conditions of the green when I looked for a place to play, I would have gone somewhere else.

This course is in good shape except for the greens. But they are getting better since a recent punching. However, quite a few greens had some large very bad areas.

This has been favorite course to play for a long time either side . But now the greens are just not puttable and it's such a shame.fairways and rough are cut manicured tee boxs are litte hard but lots grass. My hope is they get the greens back to normal but I dont see that happening anytime soon. I will go back in 2 months to see if any changes.

This course had the worst greens I’ve ever seen. Though the grass was still green, there were large spots with only sand. Plus, the greens had been punched. A normal “punching” puts small holes about 12” apart. These greens looked like they had rolled the punching machine back and forth, back and forth, so that the holes were maybe 1” apart in a lot of places. Since they did not sand and then roll the greens, they were as bumpy as a gravel road. If there had been a disclaimer when I tried to book the round, I would have gone elsewhere. As it is, I wish I could get a refund. I would never, ever play in conditions like this again.

Greens could use a little work

Could be a lot smoother

Greens are still not good, but getting better. Hole 13 was shut down and no one told us before we paid and played

Always a blast at squaw Valley… Friendly staff great courses

First, the staff at Squaw are simply incredible! Very friendly and helpful. Saw the cart girl numerous times on this hot morning. That being said, the course is in really bad shape. The greens are all but gone with dirt and cracks on many sections of the greens. In addition, no sand in the traps. Hate to see this as I always enjoyed playing there in the past but can’t recommend given the decline in the quality of the greens. Sad.

We played the Lakes course today as the Links course was closed. It was cart path only due to rain the day before. The driving range was closed as well. This course was nice about a year ago, but the greens are completely ruined now. Every green (even the practice green) had huge dirty spots with no grass. It looks as if they have lost the greens due to some type of fungus. The greens were extremely bumpy. They put the flags in the small areas where there was some grass left. The guy at front counter did not mention the greens to us nor did he offer a discount. Don’t waste your time or money.