Purgatory Golf Club
About
Spread across 218 acres, the Ron Kern-designed Purgatory Golf Club is the longest par-72 course east of the Mississippi River. Nevertheless, the course is set up to be enjoyed by all, with six different sets of tees ranging from more than 7,700 yards all the way down to just under 4,600 yards. Bunkering is one of the club's defining features, with more than 130 coming into play. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the par-3 17th, where eight massive bunkers almost completely surround the putting surface.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory | 72 | 7754 yards | 78.1 | 142 |
| Black | 72 | 7268 yards | 76.1 | 137 |
| Blue | 72 | 6796 yards | 73.8 | 131 |
| White | 72 | 6422 yards | 72.0 | 128 |
| Green | 72 | 5683 yards | 68.5 | 121 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5683 yards | 73.4 | 126 |
| Yellow (W) | 72 | 4562 yards | 66.9 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory M: 78.3/148 | 373 | 462 | 197 | 473 | 551 | 434 | 231 | 487 | 579 | 3787 | 473 | 406 | 235 | 741 | 469 | 453 | 474 | 173 | 543 | 3967 | 7754 |
| Black M: 76.4/144 | 361 | 442 | 173 | 445 | 533 | 417 | 212 | 481 | 561 | 3625 | 449 | 390 | 202 | 590 | 454 | 434 | 441 | 159 | 524 | 3643 | 7268 |
| Blue M: 74.3/138 | 332 | 409 | 156 | 421 | 508 | 395 | 183 | 455 | 544 | 3403 | 424 | 356 | 184 | 558 | 436 | 397 | 409 | 145 | 484 | 3393 | 6796 |
| White M: 72.0/135 | 328 | 394 | 142 | 408 | 489 | 372 | 156 | 423 | 519 | 3231 | 396 | 328 | 170 | 528 | 430 | 378 | 384 | 120 | 457 | 3191 | 6422 |
| Hybrid M: 70.6/134 | 332 | 338 | 142 | 380 | 454 | 372 | 136 | 338 | 519 | 3011 | 339 | 328 | 120 | 528 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 145 | 457 | 2954 | 5965 |
| Green M: 68.5/130 W: 73.8/131 | 260 | 338 | 109 | 380 | 454 | 313 | 136 | 338 | 450 | 2778 | 339 | 291 | 120 | 490 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 115 | 417 | 2809 | 5587 |
| Yellow W: 67.3/114 | 206 | 295 | 91 | 292 | 367 | 241 | 96 | 336 | 372 | 2296 | 289 | 251 | 89 | 357 | 250 | 298 | 293 | 54 | 385 | 2266 | 4562 |
| Handicap | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
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Photo submitted by u950185714 on 10/12/2025
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Photo submitted by u950185714 on 10/12/2025
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Photo submitted by Outflying1 on 07/01/2025
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Photo submitted by drewsimone on 06/02/2025
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Photo submitted by matthes2 on 06/18/2024
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Photo submitted by Bhop0402 on 06/09/2023
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Photo submitted by leb on 08/11/2019
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Photo submitted by leb on 08/11/2019
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Photo submitted by leb on 08/11/2019
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Par 3, 17th Hole Photo submitted by TravisCedzidlo19 on 10/09/2014
Love this place
Overall, for a great deal due to aerating. However, standard price for 18 is extremely fair. This course is well kept, challenging, and has excellent food. My only suggestion is to put ball washers out on holes.
Fun round
Course is in great shape. It's a fun but challenging round
Great time!
Never seen so many hills in my life until I got into the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. With all joking aside the course is surrounded by hills and satraps with the fairways tightly tucked in. I swore I’d lose a dozen golf balls but did not lose one since I was able to hit 90% of the fairways off of my drive. The short game and putting boosted my score into the 90s which I figured this course would be tough. The greens are challenging and pretty fast. I saw this course on Gold Now last year and said this was a bucket list course and I can now mark this off of one of several courses that we play. I play time was not held up until we teed off on 10 that’s most likely because of food and beverage stops after the 9th hole. Staff was very friendly and again the course was not hard if you are on your game. Simply a beautiful course and links style playing with hundreds of bunkers to avoid. Price is fairly high but one time a year is ok for me.
Bunkers
Bunkers in horrible condition. I played course 15 years ago. It was in much better shape including the bunkers. Not worth the 95.00 I paid to play course.
fun round with son
great day at Purgatory. we started play around 3pm to take advantage of lower fees. love this course, greens very challenging along with fairway bunkers everywhere! cart paths need some work and wish they had more GolfNow deals so we could play here more!
thanks!
A hidden charm
Don’t be scared by the name of the course. It is playable for all levels with seven tee boxes.
Keep the head cover on the putter if putting downhill!
Good practice, good staff, terrible course
The practice facilities are great if you’re looking to chip, putt and go to the range. The staff is very friendly and helpful especially the starter.
Now for the actual course. Holes 10 and 11 look great since they are right on the road when you drive in. However, every other hole is in terrible shape. Fairways look awful, sand traps have massive rocks in them the size of the palm of my hand, greens are bumpy causing your ball to go everywhere. The ground is way too hard. There was trash on almost every hole, trash cans overflowing, the bathrooms around the course are disgusting. For paying how much they want you to pay to play, I’d expect a lot more upkeep of the grounds. Very disappointed.
Overpriced for conditions
This is a good track but I feel over priced. Carts need updated with gps and the bunkers are trash! I ruined a60 degree wedge in a bunker when it hit a rock as big as my golf ball just under the surface of the sand. So I’ll doubt I’ll be back
Great place
Always in great condition very friendly staff!!! Sam Foley is a great teaching instructor too!!!
Bunkers are trash
Courses in good shape, except for all the bunkers are trash with Roxanne very little sand if you’re charging $100 for a tee time you should at least keep the bunkers in average shape
Improved conditions!
Have only played a few times in the past couple years but feel that the overall conditions have improved. Tee boxes much improved, cart paths have received some attention, but still need work. Bunkers were mostly OK but could use addition sand and less rocks. Fairways were good. Played in about 4 1/4 hours which was good for this course. Don't remember seeing any water stations which were normally available.
Course Conditions
The course conditions were great, but the bunkers need maintenance, needing raked.