St. Marlo Country Club

The greens were a very bad shape. And the driving range wasn’t even open until 10:30 hitting off the mat.

Nice, nice course. Nice club. The course is in terrible condition. I felt disappointed that I overpaid so much. Pass on this course.

My two sons and I booked this for my sons 16th birthday. It was one of our favorite spots to play. I am shocked at the condition of this course! Not to mention they told us they had no cart for us although we prepaid for one and made our reservation a week ahead of time. $300 and we should have spent our money elsewhere. Please get your course back to the standards you once had!

The course itself was in good condition. Although we had been warned that the greens had been aerated, we were not aware that two of the holes were closed and that it was cart path only. Upon check in, there was a small sign and two of my group didn’t notice it and no one on staff bothered to mention either. When I asked what we should do since two holes were closed I was advised that we “just play 16 holes”, very rudely. When asked about a discount for not playing 18, I was advised that they discounted the round for the aeration and no other discount were coming. Luckily, the starting Marshall, who had just played the full 18 the day before and didn’t know why the two were closed this day, told us to come back to one and two and he would let us play those again to total 18. The club house staff were extremely rude and inconsiderate and made the entire round less enjoyable because of their lack of customer service.

They did not disclose that greens were just punched and that one hole was closed for repairs.

I have played St Marlo several times over the past few months. Every time I have played, the course was at least playable and in somewhat decent condition.

After our experience today, I can say it was an absolute rip off. They charged full price for a course that was in deplorable condition.

First of all, it was cart path only that slowed the pace of play. The greens had been spiked and sanded, quite badly too. This was never mentioned either in the pro shop or by the starter. The grass on the greens was nearly as long as the grass on the fairway. Many of the bunkers were unplayable with almost no sand in them. There was even one that had a bunch if debris in it - almost akin to a beaver’s den - complete with a tennis ball!

The tee boxes were badly cut up. Most times I found myself either teeing off in front or behind the blue marker just to get some level ground.

I liked this course before. I didn’t mind paying because the setting is nice. But the fact that they have the audacity to charge a premium price for something that is in worse condition than a $30 public course means I’ll not be back any time soon.

St Marlo had gone downhill. It is not well cared for. Even the grounds around the parking lot and driving range are not well kept. The layout is still good and fairways are decent. But tee boxes, traps and greens need significant improvement