Spencer T. Olin Golf Course

We tried to sneak a round in on a day the area was supposed to be drenched in rain. The weather cooperated and just misted on us, which was fortunate given that everywhere else got a half inch of rain! Despite the weather the course was in immaculate shape, and greens perfect. There had been rain the night before and mist all day, but still hard and tight. The putts weren't breaking due to the moisture, but I can't wait to get back out there. Only weird thing was that with the clouds/mist it was fairly dark at 730pm when we finished, and found only a kid putting carts away for us and some other stragglers (clubhouse closed). Out front as we put our clubs in the car some park employees (not golfcourse-its located in the park) complained heavily that we should have left an hour ago since the park closes at dusk. Not our fault that 1) The clouds made it darker than it really was 2) Had it been nice conditions they would ahve still been there for another hour 3) No golf course employee mentioned it at all. Thought it was pretty unprofessional (again for the PARK employees, not golfcourse staff).

FANTASTIC course with great greens!!!!!!!! Great Value

Play this course in the afternoon and stop by Fast Eddie's for dinner and a cold one. Thank me the rest of the night. Tee boxes in great shape, fairways pristine, greens need to be cut so they are running slow. However, bring bug spray or vanilla scented spray for the back nine. The bugs are a complete interference on the back nine. Cart girl was friendly and a welcomed site. Enjoy your round.

Great value for this time of year given the spring we've had in St Louis.

The course was in great shape except for #4 Green which is being worked diligently by the staff to get it back to normal after being ravaged by fungus. It is now playable but full of aeration marks. The rest of the greens were in great shape and fast compared to several other St. Louis courses I have played.
The staff is exceptional.
The course is a little out of the way for me at a 40 to 50 min. drive but worth the drive.
I highly recommend it, especially during the week when it is not as busy.

I love Spencer T Olin, but this was the slowest I've ever seen it play. I teed off at around 2:00 on a Friday afternoon - and even getting out at that time seemed a bit touch and go (despite having a tee time). Apparently a golf outing was still in progress and they were "working groups in" between the outing groups. Needless to say, this caused extraordinarily slow play and was a complete mistake on the course's part. What should have been a quick 3 hour Friday afternoon round turned into nearly a 5 hour ordeal. At one point an 8-some had to be broken up in front of us by calling a Ranger (the 8-some got back together several holes later, by the way). Again, STO is one of my favorite courses, but this was probably my least enjoyable experience there.