Spencer T. Olin Golf Course

For November golf, there is very little to complain about at Spencer T. Olin. One of the better upscale courses in the St. Louis metro area. They always have the best pricing in the area for the quality of the course you are playing. The weekday senior rate was $32.

The conditions of the course for November were terrific.

Place of play was outstanding too.

Overall, I love playing this course. While closed most of the summer, I found the conditions to be really good. A few greens need some work, but fairways and tee boxes were really good. I was able to say clear of the sand on this day, so I didn't get a good look at the traps.

Finally got the chance to play Spencer T. It is an exacting course with large but challenging greens and a 135 slope rating. Overall, the course was in solid shape and was fun to play an Arnold Palmer layout.

There were a lot of repaired ball marks but many were not fixed “properly” so the greens were a bit uneven with many tiny dead spots. The fairways were in excellent shape and great to hit off. A lot of strong holes but none that are truly memorable.

A bummer was that the pace of play was pretty slow. In addition, a group of five formed and were painfully slow. That backed up a bunch of groups and caused a five-hour round.

Terrible, charged me and wouldn’t let me go out at my tee time.

Very nice course. Great condition. Forgiving fairways and greens. Play was a little slow but it was a beautiful day so it was okay.

Spencer T. Olin just opened up again in mid-August, after a large sinkhole developed on a soccer field, just west of the 10th hole. It has been closed since late June (nearly 2 1/2 months), as they investigated the area to ensure it was safe to play.

Spencer T. Olin is one of my favorite courses to play in the St. Louis metro area. The weekday senior rate of $38 is the best you can get on this upscale golf course.

Overall, the condition of the course was very good. Only exceptions were the greens were on the slow side. The 4th and 13th greens had some bad areas. The pace of play was slow - a 5-hour round. The rough was really high, which slowed play because it was difficult to find your ball.

The course has decided to change the nines to their original layout. So, the first hole is the par 5, on the north side of the parking lot

Spencer T. has always been one of my top 3 courses to play in the Metro area for the money. They keep the course in excellent shape. The greens are always great and the course is beautiful. I hope they don't jack up their prices like all the other courses I used to play but will not anymore because they are too pricey. Example, I use top play Far Oaks last year in the afternoons for $36. Now they want like $70. Gateway has just lost their minds for what they are asking to play and they don't even begin to compare to Spencer T. I've always loved this course and will continue to drive the distance to play. Keep up the great work!!

The course is nice. The pace of play was closer to stop than it was to slow. At each tee box there was one or two groups waiting to tee off. We finally quit after 14 holes and 4 1/2 hours.

“Golfers” not repairing divots. Those who don’t, especially on a course that’s well taken care of, should be blacklisted.