Delcastle Golf Course
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6627 yards | 70.8 | 121 |
| White | 72 | 6326 yards | 69.4 | 118 |
| White/Gold | 72 | 5816 yards | 67.7 | 110 |
| Gold | 72 | 5381 yards | 64.7 | 102 |
| Red | 72 | 5209 yards | 70.8 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back M: 70.8/121 | 372 | 477 | 384 | 402 | 368 | 194 | 555 | 422 | 177 | 3351 | 425 | 285 | 408 | 406 | 156 | 519 | 389 | 166 | 520 | 3274 | 6625 |
| Middle M: 69.4/118 W: 75.1/125 | 358 | 456 | 364 | 394 | 354 | 183 | 534 | 398 | 173 | 3214 | 398 | 273 | 392 | 385 | 140 | 497 | 372 | 151 | 504 | 3112 | 6326 |
| Forward M: 64.7/102 W: 70.8/120 | 325 | 388 | 328 | 350 | 300 | 137 | 420 | 325 | 150 | 2723 | 325 | 264 | 354 | 290 | 124 | 415 | 304 | 125 | 432 | 2633 | 5356 |
| Handicap | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 2 |
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DelCastle
My wife and I played 18 holes. The course was in excellent shape. The pace of play was great. Never had to wait. We were paired up with two brothers who were enjoyable to play golf with. Victoria in the pro shop was delightful and helpful as always. As usual, a very good experience.
New Golfer
I am a new golfer. Have been taking lessons since this Spring and this was only my second round of 9 holes, and my first time on this course. I am writing a review mainly because I wanted to express my appreciation to the staff and to the players who I was paired with for the friendly, encouraging, and accommodating attitude towards a new golfer. I felt totally welcomed and can't imagine a better experience for someone trying to learn a really challenging sport at the age of 61.
Thank you for the great comments. We truly appreciate it and hope to see you at the course again soon!
great day for pace
Played 18 in 3 hours with a friend. No delays at all. I wish this were the norm for typical pace.
Wow that was a fast round! We are glad you had a great time and we too wish that was the normal pace of play! Hope to see you at the course again soon!
Great course and great price
This is a great course to play on. It has some holes that pose a few problems but most are straightforward. Be sure to practice some sloped lies before you come because you are sure to have the ball above and below your feet on this course. Greens are in pretty good shape and same with the tee boxes.
Thank you for the great feedback. We truly appreciate it and hope to see you at the course again soon!
First time impressions
Pleasantly surprised at the condition of this course. In nice shape with an assortment of some interesting holes. Only problem was it was pretty busy, with a lot of dads and their kids. So it made it a slow 5 1/2 round. I would suggest, not only here but everywhere, that when a course becomes really crowded, they should require everyone to ride. Walkers really slow down a busy course, especially if they cant hit the ball straight. Otherwise I would play here again. Its priced fairly.
Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon! This was a busy day and pace was a little slow but that isn't the norm at Delcastle. Happy Golfing!
To the contrary, I worked for several years at a course, and it was riders that slowed the pace of play. When walking, a person goes to his/her ball only, not two players going to each ball. When carts are required to stay on paths or there is a 90 degree rule, it slows the pace of play further. Healthy walkers can usually play in 3-3.5 hours while riders more often take 4-5 hours to play the same course - walkers can take shortcuts whereas carts cannot. When both riders stop each time to remove and then return clubs to a bag instead of holding onto the most recently used club and put it back only while taking the next, that adds to the length of play. I'm certain that private, "walking only" clubs have much faster paces of play than do courses that rely heavily on carts, which are money machines for the course and encouraged to increase clubs' daily profits. "Purer" golf, carrying a bag and walking is a glorious experience. Driving and getting in and out of a cart is just about zero exercise; furthermore, the riders are deprived of the visual pleasures of walking to, and planning in advance, the next shot. In my experiences, the worst thing to see on a course is a group of twenty-somethings who believe they've paid for an unlimited rental of the course to drink beer and smoke cigars. That is the slowest of all possible groups, save for an octogenarian group who each takes ten shots before getting near the green - and they all rarely replace divots and falsely think that myriad mulligans are part of golf. Foursomes of bag-toting walkers are joy to behold. If this seems "harsh", it is because it is the truth.
Delcastle Golf
Well worth the $$. Staff was courteous and accommodating. Was paired up with 2 local members both of whom were very friendly and knowledgeable
about the course. I was passing thru on my way home to NY and throughly enjoyed golfing here. Would not hesitate to play here again. Course was in very nice condition.
Thank you so much for stopping by Delcastle on your way back to NY. We truly appreciate the feedback!
Happy Golfing!
Army Veteran Review
The staff is extremely friendly. Beautiful course.
Thank you for your comments and more importantly thank you for your service! We truly appreciate it!
Moderatly difficult.
I enjoy this course for its speed of play and moderate difficulty.
Pace of Play
My tee time was 5:09 and I was able to get off about 4:40 PM. However, there had been an outing and the parking lot was on overflow. People were still finishing Nearly every one we encountered was a rank beginner.
The group behind us hit into us 3 times and spoke not English so we could not communicate with them.
We thought we were at the end of the putting but that turned out to be wrong. We have played Del Castle many times and this was very unusual. Some etiquette tips should be distributed to people on outings.
We did not have time to visit the 19th hole.
Thank you for your review! We truly appreciate it! We understand your frustration about pace of play. We have developed a beggining golfer guide which includes ettiquete among other helpful tips. We will be providing this to as many new golfers as we can. Thank you and we hope to see you soon!
Good condition, nice course
The weather was great and the course was in pretty good condition. The sand traps were well cared for and rough wasn't too deep. It plays pretty open, with very few narrow fairways. Good course for beginners and intermediate players.
Thank you for the great review! We hope to see you at the course soon!
Good Municiple course
The routing of the holes makes this an interesting course. There is lots of elevation on some holes which makes club selection more difficult.
Overall, its a fun course.
Thank you for the review! We are glad you had a fun time playing Delcastle and hope to see you out at the course soon!
Billy Casper's Least Value
The course, specifically the greens, have been better this year. (Great weather and no drought helps) But the greens are still slow and don't break but the faintest bit, half of the holes have rings and the course is so left so roughly manicured that the difference between rough and fairway is blurred.
By far the least value of the three "competitively priced" Billy Caspar courses in the area, but the only one that has enough length to make long hitters take a driver out of the bag if they're playing smart. Avoid if possible.
Delcastle
Enjoyed the course. I played in the fall so there were leaves in the rough that could make finding a miss hit ball harder. There is not much that can be done about that though. Overall good experience. The ranger was very friendly. I would play again
fast greens
The greens were fast and challenging and the course was in good shape I would play here again
Lets play until we can't stand it
I like Delcastle, but today, they overbooked and did not manage the course. Get out their Ranger Bob
Note to self; stay away on nice days, just not weekends
Love the hills!!!
Haven't played there in over two years....but, I remembered the course....love the hills! The weather was excellent...sunny....warm...light breeze...Beautiful autumn day for golf. Our friends from New Jersey played with us and they remembered this course, too!! The staff was very friendly. My husband and the other husband are jokesters and the staff played along with them. We will be going back b4 the end of the month.....Thank DelCastle for a perfect day!!!
Not in the best of condition
Many of the greens were either burnt out or had some kind of disease. Fairways were very spotty. You would think with the rain & mild summer the greens & fairways would be plush like the other courses in the area. But you get what you pay for. I would not pay more than the $34 green fee they charged me. Great for a practice round.
Course has fallen into really bad shape
Lets start off with it hasn't rained in 5 days but yet for some reason at 11 am you could see water flying up as you putted the ball. on the 9th hole a par 3 my ball plugged so bad only 15% of the ball was above the ground! The tee boxes we horrible and it was hard to find a clean lie in the fairways. Not to mention almost every hole was circle was torn up! this was not fun and a waist of my money. Last year it was ok. I mean not the best but still fun to go to. But now, there is no way! they need to clean up their act and their course before I go their again! (I should have taken pictures :( )
Charlie B
Nice course. Wish it was closer to us. Route 95 traffic was a killer.
nice course range near by
It is a nice course. Worth it to play at discounted rate. No irrigation on fairways, slated to be installed next year. Driving range is about 10 minutes away, it is not onsite.
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Thank you for your comment! We are SO happy that you had a great time at Delcastle and hope to see you again soon!