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4.4
946 Reviews (946)
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
94.2%
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887 out of 946 reviews
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4.3
6 Reviews (6)
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Conditions
4.3
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4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.3
83.3%
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4.4
81 Reviews (81)
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Conditions
4.3
Value
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Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.6
96.3%
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78 out of 81 reviews
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Course Highlights
This course delivers a uniquely challenging layout with nearly 15 forced carries off the tee, rewarding strategic thinkers and big hitters alike. Full-service staff who handle clubs at your vehicle add a premium touch that recent golfers consistently appreciate.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7007 yards
Slope 140
Rating 75.0

White Clay Creek Country Club at Delaware Park is a challenging but playable layout that is well known amongst locals. At just over 7,000 yards, the golf course offers a fair amount of challenges. Water hazards come into play on most holes, demanding several difficult forced carries. There are also some spots on the course that can be quite narrow. The terrain is mostly flat but the layout provides enough diversity to appeal to both low and high handicappers. White Clay Creek has a strong reputation not only for the golf course but also for its various amenities, which give it the feel of a private club. Staff assists you with getting your clubs to and from your car and use of the driving range and chipping green are included in the reasonable fee.

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Course Details

Year Built 2005
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season March 25th - December 31st
Architect Arthur Hills (2005) Steve Forrest & Associates (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Jeans and sweats of any type will not be permitted.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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4.4
946 Reviews (946)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 40
Dinner 29
Patio Dining 23
Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 69
Water Hazards 64
Bunkers 46
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 60
A Weekend Splurge 30
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 29
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 51
Convenient to the City 39
Near Local Attractions 29

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course has challenging holes

The course is one where you have to use different clubs, you don't use your driver on ever hole. Love the lay out

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/18/2017:
Hi, Gayle. Thank you for reviewing the course. We appreciate the 4-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to earn 5-stars next time. Feel free to comment on this review and provide additional feedback. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/18/2017:
Hi, Mark. It was a pleasure having you with us and thank you for taking the time to review the course. We appreciate the 4-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to earn 5-stars after your next visit. You are welcome to comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always like feedback. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Interesting Course

Beautiful course with lots of trees and a creek running through the course. It was in great shape too. I struggled with the first nine holes as a single but then hooked up with some locals on the back nine and that helped because it is a tricky layout, especially in the wind, due to forced carries and so many bunkers that came into play. I would not recommend this course for beginners. Staff was great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 05/08/2017:
Hi, Dewey. Thank you for reviewing the course. We appreciate the 4-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to earn a 5- stars next time. Feel free to comment on this review and provide additional feedback. We are glad to hear you found the course to be an enjoyable challenge.Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice practice facility, poor layout

Plenty of practice opportunity. Driving range is nice and comes free with the round but it was all dirt. They need to move the ropes to some grass they have plenty. Chipping and putting and bunkers very good. The course is intertwined with constant streams. Too many holes are layups. Even 2nd shots are layups on the 5's. Course is on a flood plain so the rough is very thick but the fairways seemed thin. How about some fertilizer for the fairways? they paired a 7 yr old with us whose long drive was 30 yds. We left them after 4 holes or it would have been a 6 hr round. And the ranger told us on 7 we were behind to pick it up! He also said my 16 yr old who has a license can't drive but the 7 year old was driving all the time when we were with them and I saw him drive right past the ranger. Just a strange day. I would give it another chance but my son probably wouldn't.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/02/2017:
Good morning, Mike. Thank you for reviewing us. Your feedback on the course conditions and improvement ideas for our driving range are going to be passed on to the teams responsible. We apologize for the strange experience you had with our ranger. No children should be driving the carts so we will investigate how this happened and make the appropriate changes. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club, we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

White Clay Creek - National Golf Day

This was my first time at White Clay Creek, and I loook forward to playing there again! Phenomenal facility with excellent service and some of the best public course conditions in the tristate area. Got a great hot deal and would definitely recommend for any avid golfer!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/02/2017:
Hi, Chuck. Thank you for reviewing us and rating the course 5-stars! We always like to hear when our hard work pays off and a golfer has a memorable experience. We are going to pass on your feedback to our team so they know their hard work is not going unnoticed. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club!
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Great Time

Completed 18 holes in a very small weather window. The course was excellent except the greens are under the normal spring maintenance. Looking forward to getting there again soon.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/27/2017:
Good morning, Steve. Thanks for reviewing us! We are glad to hear you were able to finish your round before the weather took a turn. We also appreciate you bearing with us as we get all of our preseason maintenance completed for 2017. We will pass on your feedback to the team. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Time

The course was in perfect condition and one of the most scenic! The range is free and near the first tee which was nice to hit a few balls before starting. I highly recommend White Clay, besides the course the staff is extremely friendly and the restaurant had amazing food. I will be returning shortly!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/02/2017:
Hi, Martain. Thank you for taking the time to review us and rate the course 5-stars! We always like to hear when our hard work pays off and a golfer has a memorable experience. We love providing our range to be utilized before the first hole so you can warm up for an exciting game. We are going to pass on your feedback to our team so they know their hard work is not going unnoticed. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent course

Booked through golfnow.com @hotdeal rate.

$38/person

I would easily pay $80 for a round at this course.

Well maintained and nice layout

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/24/2017:
Hello, Steve. Thank you for taking the time to review us and rate the course 5-stars! We always like to hear when our hard work pays off and a golfer has a memorable experience. We are going to pass on your feedback to our team so they know their hard work is not going unnoticed. We are happy to hear you are utilizing our tee times on GolfNow and also encourage you to visit our website for great rates! Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very cool course layout.

My dad and I played this course yesterday. Overall layout is impressive and the cart paths and directions are incredible. Pretty challenging, great pace of play, very up to date cart gps technology. Only criticism was the greens were just agitated and a discounted rate should have been applied. It was the equivalent of perpetually playing on top of sand and made the greens conditions disappointing.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/12/2017:
Hi, Ben. Thank you for reviewing the course. We are glad to hear you, and your father found the found to be an enjoyable challenge. We also like to see that you found the GPS to be useful and up to date. Your feedback about the recent aerfication is very valuable to us. We aerated on the 21st of March and have seen a steady recovery in the last three weeks since. If you have identified a particular spot or location where you believe the course has not quite recovered, we encourage you to let us know in the Golf Shop. We welcome feedback and want to make the course perfect for your next game. We will continue to get the course ready for the 2017 season and hope you can give us a second chance to provide you with a 5-star experience. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club!
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

beautiful course

Great course with the ability to play forward tees for a simple game, or black or gold, for a very challenging game. Friendly staff and nice restaurant as well. I would have given it all 5 stars if they told you the greens had been recently aerated. They had been filled with sand, but still not true yet. Golf Now should have had an advisory concerning recent aeration.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2017:
Hello, Christy. We are glad to hear you found the course to be an enjoyable challenge. Your feedback about the miscommunication with our recent aeration is very valuable to us. We aerated on the 21st of March and have seen a steady recovery in the last 3 weeks since. If you have identified a particular spot or location where you believe the course has not quite recovered, we encourage you to let us know in the Golf Shop. We always welcome feedback and appreciate you taking the time to review the course. We will escalate your comments to the teams in charge and hope you can give us a second chance to provide you with a 5-star experience. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club!
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/07/2017:
Hi Bradley, thank you for taking the time to review our course. We are glad you found everything to be great during your last round. Your feedback about the pace of play and off-course amenities is very valuable to use. We are going to escalate it to our team. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club. We look forward to seeing you again.
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Horrible pace of play

Usually one of my favorite courses to play but today was some of the worse pace of play I have ever seen here. I asked why there was no ranger and was told still early in the year. I think if anyone is paying to play and can post a handicap then a course should have a ranger driving around. Especially when guys are hitting two balls every tee box and not repairing any diviots or ball marks. Course isn't in bad shape for early April especially after punching the greens. Hopefully they can have a ranger atleast on the weekends from here on out.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/11/2017:
Hi, Mark. Thank you for taking the time to review us. We apologize about the poor pace of place during your last round. We are working to wake the entire team from hibernation and get everyone as pumped about the 2017 season as we are. We hope you can give us a second chance to show you the pace of play you deserve during your rounds with us. We love being your favorite course and will work to prove to you that we are still incredible. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club, we will see you on the course soon!
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A beautiful course

This is a great course spread out over a large area with a creek running through the whole course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Another enjoyable outing at WCCCC

Played WCCCC on numerous occasions but never during CPO conditions. An earlier evening rain storm drenched certain areas of the course, which prohibited carts but not enough to inhibit shots in fairways, bunkers, etc. Numerous path areas were wet and muddy, but, overall, well worth the Golfnow price

A later predicted storm arrived during the back 9, which ended my round. The fine folks at Golfnow provided a small rebate to ease my pain.

Course is still top notch and is a must play during normal seasonal conditions. The gentleman at the pro shop was friendly and accommodating despite the gloomy morning. I was to be paired later but allowed to start at my discretion as a single.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Never again

My round at White Clay Creek was a joke. The course was in ok condition for mid February but the staff made the experience almost unbearable. Our group was constantly being reminded on the cart's gps that we were behind pace and causing the rest of the course to stack up. But everytime I looked back the group behind us was playin their tee shots. Maybe if some of the holes were not cart path only it would cut down on time. (It had not rained in days) Take my advice there are far better courses in the area (Deerfield, Broad Run, Glen Mills) for the money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/16/2017:
Hello Jonathan, we are sorry to hear you did not enjoy your round with us. Your feedback on the reminders provided via our GPS is very valuable to us. It important for us to know if these notifications are coming across at the right times and are serving their purpose. Your comments that they seem to be firing off too early will be escalated to the team in charge. We apologize for the delay in play due to the cart path restrictions. We try our best only to impose restrictions we when have to. This is to keep the course conditions as ideal as possible for the month of February. We see you enjoyed the course layout and also rated the off-course amenities as great! We hope you can give us a second chance. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pretty but tough

Great challenging course, lots of water and bunkers, but fun to play and in nice shape for February.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

It was winter time.

I understand off-season. But the millions(not kidding) of geese dropping everywhere was a bit much. I cleaned my irons bc of more geese droppings than dirt. The course does not dry out well in the winter (2 days after it rained). I'd be very very curious to see how the course looked in prime season and under a sat crowd.

I will be back though.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/16/2017:
Good morning Charles, let us first start by apologizing for the poor conditions at the course caused by the geese. We have addressed this since your last round. We see you rated the staff friendliness and off-course amenities to be great during your last round. We strive to provide a memorable experience on and off the course. We hope you can give us a second chance. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

It's a cool track

Calling a golf course a "track" is common. This takes on a different meaning when the course intertwines with an actual horse race track. You can hear the race calls from the course which is neat. I liked the course. Would go again

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 07/05/2017:
Hi, Mark. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. 4-stars is great and we will let the team know their hard work is paying off. We always appreciate the feedback. We are glad you enjoyed hearing the Delaware Park Race Track too. Thank you for playing White Clay Creek Country Club.
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