Chateau Elan Golf Club - Woodlands Course

The course is hilly and the rough is thick. Greens are soft and fellow golfers need to repair marks. All in all a good course.

The course was in great shape. I was really impressed with the bent grass greens. This time of year is rough on them, but the greens were in fantastic shape. They have done a great good with the bunkers as well.

The course was in a good condition,but greens were many balls marked with out repair from some lazy golfers.

Recent reviews have not been especially kind to the Woodland course but they are mistaken. As members of a private course we are used to good conditions but every month we have an awayday for a change of scenery. The course is in pretty good shape all round, tee boxes OK, fairways nice to hit off and greens in general very receptive. All 18 holes are different - not just up and back - with decent par 3s. And at the GiolfNow dealprice, a bargain. Recommended.

Second time playing this course...fun and challenging. Despite the heat and high humidity, the bentgrass greens are in great shape. Unfortunately there are those that disrespect others and the course by not repairing their ball marks on the greens, certainly not the fault of Chateau Elan. Greens are true and fast. Fairways were shaggy, but to be expected with the daily rain...plenty of mowing going on during play. Staff is always friendly! I look forward to next play here.

Course was in great shape greens were a little slower than previous rounds I've played there.

The Woodland course is my favorite out of the 2 public courses. Greens and tee boxes were in great shape. Fairways needed mowing. Wil be back ASAP.

Played on a Friday at 11am so the course was wide open.

Course was in Excellent shape but was somewhat challenging.

Overall, I was quite pleased with the round and highly recommend it.

The only thing I found odd was you have to pay for yardage cards.

Enjoyed course very much and would definitely go back. Staff was super nice.

Very nice course but fairways are in bad shape. Grass spotty. Played this course many time before and this is the worst shape I have seen it in. Greens are GREAT.

I was very surprised by the amount of up and down hills there were on the course. I did not expect to have so may up-hill holes as well as down-hill holes. I really liked the course. The weather was awesome and I it was an excellent value especially since I got a GolfNow Hotdeal for my tee time.

I will definitely be back to the course to play time and time again.

Value for the money response is based on paying at reduced rate. Had I paid full fare I would have been disappointed. The fairways and tee boxes could use some attention but were very playable. The layout is a good mix of target golf and let it fly golf. The greens are in very good shape challenging and fair. Reading greens is not my strong suit but I was quite pleased with my reads. Not sure if that's because they were straightforward or I was just "on" today.

There is clearly something wrong with the operations at Chateau Elan. We had no problem checking in or warming up, but we arrived at the first tee to find a 6-some in front of us. The 6-some was following a single. The group behind us called the Golf Shop to complain and someone came out and broke the group into 2 and 4. This foursome required nearly 5-hours to play the round on an essentially open course with no offer to let us play through. No starters or marshals at all. The course conditioning is fair at best. Only the tee boxes rate as average condition. All else is below average. I can name at least two local municipal courses in far better condition. With the correct maintenance, the Woodlands course should be in great condition considering the mild winter and nearly ideal spring.

Course was in great condition after a lot of rain the prior couple of days. Greens were great. Lots of scorable par 4's. Great track.....will be back. Definitely recommend over chateau course.

It's a very good layout. The condition this year is poor. At 1 pm on a weekday no personal working on course.

Played many times. We've always liked the layout. Course was as good as could be expected given the conditions.

People who work the course are always courteous and helpful.

Sand was in really good shape, and frankly aimed for it on most holes as it was the best surface on the course.

The problem is that there is no mention on GolfNow as to the state of the course.

The bridge to get to the course was out. No signs, until you turned around to leave, then there were signs to an alternative entrance. An easy to post course condition, but no mention.

Recently aerated greens... and fairways... and rough. Not micro punches, the ball nearly fit in the punches off the green. Frequently joked that even the cart path looked aerated. An easy to post course condition, but no mention.

in preparing for the spring/summer, many of the fairways were nearly grass free, looking scraped. An easy to post course condition, but no mention.

GolfNow is very convenient. guess that's all that can be said.

In another area of the review process GolfNow asks one to rate the site, and that it won't be published as part of the review. I feel it is important enough that i have copied my response to that question here.

do the work, call the course, ask questions about the playing conditions. Certainly more effort, but it is simply too disappointing to have your weekly round frequently ruined by lack of information.

This is coming from someone who has booked multiple hundreds of rounds through this site and its predecessors.