Purgatory Golf Club

Pretty cool course, friendly staff, bunkers are in pretty bad condition(the couple that I found myself in anyways) a lot of good sized rocks mixed in with the sand, and pretty solid surface as well from a lack of being raked out. Outside of that the course is pretty awesome, the stuff was much friendlier than a lot of courses and the pace of play was far better than more budget friendly courses.

Played it on a cold, VERY windy day, which added to an already tough challenge. Purgatory is one of the most difficult courses I have ever played, but I like the challenge. IF you get to the greens in regulation, your work is still not done...large and rolling! I accomplished one minor victory - I did not lose a ball!!! You better have control of your shots or Purgatory will be a long day!

I like the layout and conditioning of the grass areas at Purgatory. The bunkers are numerous and large, which is fine. The problem is that only 20% of the bunkers are well maintained. There are way too many bunkers with only a thin 1/2" layer of sand with hard packed clay underneath. If Purgatory wants to be seen as premium and charge premium prices for tee times (they do!). They need to fix the bunkers or eliminate the ones that they cannot maintain.

I enjoy the course, but make sure you're not behind any events or team matches. I teed off a little early, but quickly realized why no one had taken those tee times as I was quickly running into the end of a high school golf match.

Would have liked either a heads up or the chance to play the back 9.

Great course…30mph wind with gusts to 40 made it a challenge !

The course is great. Very unique. But, if they want to have a million sand traps, the traps should actually have sand in them (especially the ones around the greens).

Being my first time it was a little difficult navigating the course. The signage is limited but after a few wrong turns it was manageable. It is a little difficult to figure out where to go on a few holes and I was completely wrong on 18! Would play there again but at an 18 handicap it would have to be early in the season as when the long grass grows in the difficulty would soar. It was windy which didn’t help but I enjoyed the outing.

Staff was very friendly from the pro shop check in to the staff in the bar area.

Course was in good condition even for early in the season and all the rain we had earlier in the week. Some areas had some standing water but by and large most of those ares had no effect on play. Had a fun day of early season golf. Will return sometime soon.

I always love playing this course. First time in a long time playing without wind. Course was in great shape and the greens were in great shape even after being aerated.

Don’t waste your money. Course was in horrible condition. Bunkers were like hitting up dirt and pace. The play was 5+ hours.

I would recommend the course to somebody but I will not spend by money. It took 2:40 to play the front 9 due to an extremely slow group in front of us. They went in at the turn thank goodness and we played through them. The ranger decides to chew us out and pointing out the group in front of us is on 17 in a less than professional manner. I didn't not take it very well and proceeded to be a little rude about the group in front of us on 12. Then he promptly replied I'm glad you got thru them but the group in front of you is on 27. I responded, where the frok were you on the front 9, your out here on 14 telling us to speed up, if it was our group holding the course, waiting to tell someone on hole 14 is laughable. What good will that do ? Next time, which I am sure there will, have your facts straight before chiding to rip in to people. BTW, played back 9 in 1 1/2 hrs to at least get near a 4 hour round.

It’s great. If you haven’t played there should be enough positive reviews to convince you to. My only issue was inconsistency in bunker quality. Some bunkers that are commonly hit in are like concrete and have large stones scattered in them. While a very slim few were great. It leads to uncertainty in how to play the shot and damaged clubs. It’s little annoying considering there are 150 of them, and the round is expensive. Rough pretty dry too