Castle Oaks Golf Club

I love playing Castle Oaks! It is always well kept and challenging. Today I got on with a great deal from TeeOff which makes it even sweeter.

Great parking,Pat in clubhouse in a bonus for the golf course.Carts in good condition.Course has a great variety of layouts.

Everybody was very nice. Greens quick. There are a lot of hidden hazards. Target golf a neccesity.

Great course and conditions, except for bunkers.

Probably the worst I have run into.

Virtually no sand, more dirt.

Very slow play. Bogged down at second hole.

People on green and a foursome waiting on the tee in front of us after we had only played one hole.So we had about a twenty minute wait on second hole. We had to leave early to get to a meeting but we had two holes to play and we were already nearing 5 hours.

Need to get a marshal and not send people off so bog down at second hole, which granted takes most golfers a long time to play due to difficulty and hazards.

Greens were dry and fast. Have played the course many times before and the fairways were in almost their best shape. Tee boxes need work. Rough was uneven in places, about 2” in most places and 3.5-4” at others. Some GUR clearly marked, but a few spots could have used that designation. Pretty easy course with little elevation change. Open course makes it easier not to lose a few balls. Unusual winds made several of the tougher holes play longer, including 18, which is a picturesque par 4 with a high risk-reward tee shot to an “island” fairway, with the option to play it safe with a longer approach shot by teeing to a fairway to the right. The par 3 16th has a 1’ circular spot near the center of the green that is under repair and looks like a mini sand trap.

Greens were surprisingly poor despite assurances from staff when called that aeration had healed.

Round took 5 hrs 15 min. Ridiculous. Course allowed a fivesome of twentysomethings who were not good golfers. Didn't realize it until two groups ahead of us quit after 14 holes.

We had a tee time at 12:27 pm on Sunday. The group in front of us was a 5-some playing a Scramble BUT they were accompanied by their girlfriends/wives and a baby in a scroller. The women were walking out on the course and on the greens with the players. The Starter said they knew the players and would monitor the situation. We never saw Marshall a Marshall for the entire 5+ hours.

The course needs maintenance. Garbage cans were overflowing and obviously had not been addressed for several days. The rough is long and the dried grass trimming have not cleaned up, so it is difficult to find balls. Greens had recently been punched.

We have always enjoyed playing this course. The surrounding are beautiful but this was not a good experience. The course is not maintained, so it is overpriced. Just use caution if you play

The greens were plugged 3 weeks prior to play and were considered very slow and grety. The rough was too high where you would lose your ball 6 out of 10 times. It was worse than a lenx course (very unexpected). It appears there was not enough course workers available for the proper upkeep of such a predictable course conditions.

They was no notification that the greens were aeration ready of course great condition