The Vue

Awesome layout. Much improved from years ago. Need to continue to do work on cart paths and sand traps but awesome course. Very impressed

The good stuff: Fairways and greens were in nice condition. They are doing a ton of work and the clubhouse looks really nice

Not so good: Pace of play was brutal especially for a tuesday morning.

The course layout does not help the pace. Green to tee either really long or right on top of each other.

Hilly ok but even if you put the ball in the fairway you feel like you are scrambling - ball above your feet, below your feet. And too many blind tee shots for my liking.

Wanted to grab something to eat at the turn and give the group ahead of me some space. The cook hadn't shown up for work yet. The bartender was super nice and offered to make me a hotdog.

On the back nine, I felt like the grounds crew was following me with their spraying equipment. I used to be on a crew. You find a spot to duck and cover and let group go by. 🤷🏻‍♂️not these guys.

Dont think i will be returning anytime soon

I knew this course was being rebuilt but it still needs more time to be played. the cart paths are being redone, but in the meantime they are terrible. the Tee boxes are fair at best being uneven and with grass like the first cut of rough. The fairways are in decent shape for early in the year, but the greens were a little long, This could be because of all the recent rain not allowing proper mowing. The rough is in poor shape. Overall I think the course needs a year of work before it will be in good shape but it could be a nice course then. Also is a little long for my game and could use a senior tee.

This course has a beautiful layout. Our teetime was scheduled in the middle of a tournament. We were rushed to the tee box 30 minutes prior to our tee time.

Conditions of greens and fairways were good.

Tee boxes were okay, some not level at all or very wet.

Bunkers were filled with rocks and cart paths are still really bumpy.

Hopefully they can get the course work finished this year. Has incredible potential but not there yet. Beautiful views as well.

Great overall course. New ownership doing great job

I loved it. Having said that, it still needs work. The bunkers and the cart paths mainly. But the fairways and the greens were in beautiful condition. And I love the new look with all the trees gone.

I really enjoyed it and I highly recommend it.

Renamed and ready for action. They’ve cleared out a lot of the old trees and still have some work to do. Can’t wait to see what it’s like when it’s all done. New clubhouse looks spectacular.

Greens are excellent and the cup placements are playable

I played a fairly empty course after three days of rain in March. If you haven’t been to Laurelview in a while, it’s changed its name to the VUE. The clubhouse is looking good, and there are new signs and scorecards. Several of the bunkers need a lot of work, the cart paths are in a state of disarray and it was cart path only so it was quite bumpy. With all that said, the main problem is that the course is saturated. I had to play lift, clean, and place everywhere. Good layout, friendly staff, but the course is still too wet. I would say wait about a month.

Fun round, anytime you can get in 18 in Ct. in February is a bonus

I paid ahead of time through golf now. They charged me full price at the counter. After I had mentioned, I had a reservation. I also mentioned it was a hot deal. They refunded my money back to my card. If I wasn’t paying attention, I would’ve been double charged. The cart paths are horrendous. If you don’t have a spinal injury before going to this course, you will when you leave.

Seems to be undergoing significant renovation, including changing some hole layouts. Charged a fair discounted off season price. Not the mkst challenging or interesting course.

Course was in really solid shape for mid-December. The only complaint I can say was they overbooked time slots. There were multiple of us with same time. At least 3 groups. But starter did his best to sort it out. Overall good day

Main takeaways:

Posted pace is 2hr15 for 9 so more than 4h30 for 18 is acceptable. I don’t know if I agree with that but noting nonetheless. Would’ve thought sub-4 hours for 18 this time of season but alas.

Good conditioning altogether. I thought some of the front 9 layout was a smidge quirky. Blind shots aplenty, lots of incline and decline. By example, a 240 yard par 3 uphill and into wind guarded with bunkering all about and OB down the right side. Alongside, a 280 yard par 4, no meaningful bunkering guarding it, wide open fairways.

Strangest pin placements? They were cut probably a couple feet from the green edge on just about every hole. Sure, this could be to protect the facilities but it’s absurd. Can only assuming the employee cutting those pins doesn’t play golf or they’re from a superintendents revenge and they never bothered to set them in a realstic position

Disappointed fairways were coated in leaves. Greens too of course. Odd that at steep green fees they don’t have someone running a leaf blower just once in the morning? Haven’t seen it this bad on a weekend at any other tracks I’ve been at this fall.

That said, an interesting layout. Good views all about, not a terrible walk. I suspect it’ll only get better and better.

Minor suggestion would be to consider turning the 8th into a short par 4 and pushing the tee boxes back so they’re played at around 280-320 yards.

Worth it if you’re in the area, I wouldn’t take a half hour or more ride otherwise especially cos that’ll amount to a 7+hour day - at the posted pace of play.