Aberdeen Golf Club

I was a single and got paired up with the Marshall (Bob) and his friend Russ. Bob just got off work and wanted to play. Now, you may think getting paired with the Marshall would be a bad thing, or he’d be grumpy and watch your every move. Nope!! Bob and Russ were awesome! Very friendly and great to play with! You never know who you’ll get paired up with and this was a good one.

Had not played there is more than a decade so it was refreshing. Good course conditions and pace of play. Greens were fast but fair. Great time had by all

Will play it again sooner.

Staff was friendly but still kept the pace moving. Played a Sunday over Labor Day weekend and finished in 4 hours.. with a foursome! Great course, great layout, great conditions. One of my favorites in the area!

This course used to be worth the drive in the St. Louis area. Not anymore. Fairways and tee boxes are in horrible shape. Multiple times in our round we moved to a different tee marker because the tee box was all dirt. Fairways aren’t much better. You better pick your spots accurately because you’re ball has a good chance ending up in grown out clover or weeds.

Greens roll fine for the most part but are always soft and slow. Divots are all over so good luck dodging those.

Pace of play wasn’t great but that’s expected on a Saturday afternoon round. (5 hour round)

$55. Might as well buck up and pay for some of the really good courses in the area that are better in every area mentioned above.

Sad to see this place get to where it is. Truly enjoyed this place for a long time. Won’t be back any time soon.

I last played Aberdeen in August 2019. In about 2 years, the course is going in the wrong direction.

Let's first talk about the good things the course has to offer. It's a short list - just the greens and the bunkers. The bunkers were nicely raked.

Let's start talkng about all the issues with the course:

The tees are in rough shape. The fairways have been overtaken by patches of clover in the zoysia fairways. Some of the fairways had sections which had limited grass (hole 17). Some of the grass bunkers had an assortment of weeds, clover and high patches of green grass. The pace of play was awful. Waited 5-10 minutes on each tee. Again, no course ranger to correct this.

A couple of other notes. There is no dress code. I saw jeans and gym shorts being worn. The cart paths are really in bad shape too. The other unusual thing was when you folded over the back nine scorecard, the lines do not line up with the front nine. There is no water on the course due to Covid. Therefore, they need to have a beverage cart on the course on warm days.

For the condition of this course, the green fees of $67 is grossly too high. You can play the #1 course in the St. Louis Metro area (Annbriar) for $70.

The course was in excellent shape. The fairways were good and especially the greens were rolling true. The greens were quite soft, probably due to water being poured on them, and one of my playing partners hit a really high pitching wedge that plugged all the way below the putting surface. A lot of marks that were not completely fixed but balls still putted great.

The fairways are wide and there are not a lot of trees, so you can hit one way left or right onto an adjoining fairway and still play your next shot. However, the downside to this is that a lot of balls can bounce to where you are playing. During our round, we had FIVE shots from other groups ahead/behind us bounce pretty close to us.

The green on the fourth hole has about three different tiers. Make sure you hit it the right distance on your approach or you will have a crazy uphill or downhill putt. The first par-5 is No. 6 and is a slightly odd hole. Unless you can hit a high draw, the fairway is pretty narrow and a good chance you will hit it into the far rough. Holes No. 9 and No. 18 are on opposite sides of a lake that can provide some big challenges if you cannot hit it to a pretty specific spot on the fairway.

A great place to play but a little expensive on Saturdays. Try and book earlier to save some bucks.

Overall, the conditioning of the course is good. Greens are a little wet, soft and slower. Many ball marks on the greens, especially the par 3"s. The fairways and grass around the greens were very good. Only fairway (#9) had some crabgrass growing. For some reason the tee boxes were dry and you had a hard time putting a tee in the ground.

Finally, the course has put yardage markers on all par 3's. Yeah! They have also painted lines on the cart paths too (yellow, blue, white and red).

I wrote a review last year, not understanding why they do not have yardage markers on the par 3's. Nothing has changed. This helps speed up play. Pace of play was not good.

Course conditions were fine. Struggling with some of the fringes.