Alfred Tup Holmes Golf Club

Course is challening off the first three holes and beomes kinder after #3. It is open most of the rest of the course.

This course can use a lot of work but it's playable

cart died half way through, they had no more carts.... and it wasn't busy. got to the club house and it had happened to three other people. i will not return.

This course is a little confusing to navigate but it has some long par 4s and 5s and most of the holes are pretty straight.

Course is in best condition I can remember. Greens are much better and fairways are nicely trimmed for most part.

If you plan to ride, wait until they replace golf carts. It will take 3 carts and lots of luck to play 18. They always run out of carts that work. It may only be 3-4 that can ride 9 holes.

Keep the pro shop number close. You will need it for rescue

While playing this course the cart died on us. we had to push the cart up the hills to get to the next hole. When we ask could we have another cart he said the rest of the carts were down by the time they came around to get us our day was over. when we get back to the clubhouse it over 20 carts just sitting no working on them or nothing. No one offered us a free round or anything not away to run a business.

i like playing on Mondays and Fridays there, never too packed.

Thye course is good for most amateurs. It provides good challenges with some tight and some open fairways. Very scoreable for the low handicappers.

great old course..finally got the fairways and roughs cut to normal lengths. ...

This course is worth playing again only because the price. It is centralized in a ghetto area. This course could also use a driving range. The grass could be better maintained, as if you hit off the fairway chances are you wont find your ball. However, the greens were nice and the course is rather large, with many par 4 & 5's. Overall, good deal for the price paid.

Nice condition. Very forgiven for all levels of playing. Only complaint..... carts need some oooomp. Hard to climb path in spots.

Had a chance to play this course in early September.
The layout is great, greens were better than the last time I played there in 1995.
That said reviews are true.
I went to check it out before I was going to take my son to show him where I got my 1 lone Hole in 1 ( # 10 right outside the clubhouse downhill nasty par 3 ). Ended up going to Crystal Lake instead.
Just a shame that 90% of the city courses are finally giving into the city, and beginning to look and be taken care of like everything around them.
They really should think about bringing back the Sunday $5 for 9 holes with cart deal , back 9 only Tee off b4 8am. THAT I would go back for.

Rick

Difficult to find ball @ times due to the high grass in the fairway. Otherwise things were great.

The greens are in poor condition,the Teebox is in really poor condition, and If you don't keep it in the fairways you will lose a lot of balls!! Will never play here again! I must say, they do have really nice golf carts! I was very disappointed to see how this course has been maintained.

The course was more challenging due to maintenance, the rough was very rough. However it made you stay true to your skill, only forgiving on wide open holes. In other words there were more hazards...

The course has a good mix of straight forwards shots, doglegs and some really nice elevated scenic hole-to-green views on par 3s; however, the grass was not maintained. It was to the extent that it literally was difficult on many holes to identify the fairways, and there were instances in which finding the ball in the fairway off the tee took some time. But for the price paid it was an overall good value and I will return in hopes that I caught them on a 'bad day' attributable to the almost daily rain we've experienced over the last few weeks.

The course was full of long hilly fairways and deep rough if you miss the fairway.

No mention of aeration the week I played.
Tee boxes were uneven or mostly dirt, fairways were between 2-4 inches tall. The greens hadn't been cut or rolled in a maybe a week?? Furry. Pouring down rain and the staff didn't want to give me a rain check. Not a great experience.

I have played there in the past and it was totally different, I had a great time and the course was in much better shape. Not sure what's going on, budget cuts?? who knows.

This course is not the most pristine, but it is a great value and very enjoyable. The staff was friendly. Some of the fairways could have used a bit of maintenance but it is understandable because of all the recent rain. They even apologized for it. I have been before and I will be back!

After watching Phil win the Open, decided to play a round of golf to complete my day. Tup Holmes was near and drains well, so decided to give the track a try. Hole one, played my tee shot down center of fairway and balls hit and rolls from left to right into the rough, no problem. Riding down the fairway I see the rough had grown above shin level, I thought, I think this going to to fun playing in Open type set up. As I play on, realize the course is in need of much attention from American Golf staff. Most of the tee boxes have been lost, greens are hairy and are going to be aerated starting 7/22/13. All through the round stoppage of play due to uncut fairways, leading to lost balls. I've played this course numerous time in the beginning of my golfing career and the course was embarrassing. I'm hoping because of all the bad weathered we've had, that is the case? The course has historical meaning to the locals and I wouldn't want too see this course loss due to lack of funding. I wouldn't recommend this course too anyone right now, but, I owe it too play again, maybe end of August too see if American Golf staff gives it much needed attention. Next month with a great deal from Golfnow, I'll submit another review regarding the round.