Royal Lakes Golf & Country Club

I found the course layout somewhat challenging. Some of the greens were not in very good shape, with large brown spots on several. Staff was very friendly and helpful, the driving range was good as well as the putting green. I would play again, probably in the fall.

Course is well-designed with enough bunkers and hazards to provide a challenge for more advanced golfers, but very playable for beginners and high-handicappers. Greens in good shape for peak of summer heat; not too fast; fairways green and rolling well.

Reno and his staff were really friendly and everything was great. My only complaint is they won't let you take the cart to your car to load and unload your clubs. This is a hassle. I felt rushed to unload my cart and sort of ruined the great day.

Great track in great shape with the exception of 2 greens on the back nine that were in rough shape...

Great, friendly staff, including Luke in Pro Shop and Alex Miller on the beer, bloody Mary Cart...

One of the great tracks in No GA, not one you'd get tired of playing. Wish it was closer for some of the guys I play with, we'd play it every week.

Royal Lakes is an excellent layout that is not being maintained. I have previously played Royal Lakes when the greens were some of the best in the area. However, the greens and bunkers have degraded to the point of barely playable. The greens are not smooth and very slow. Some greens have many large dead or bare areas. The bunkers do not appear to be receiving any regular maintenance. I cannot recommend this course when in this condition.

Had read about greens condition & there were some problems, primarily on the back nine. I would still go back & play after seeing the greens, hopefully they'll get fixed. Rest of course in good shape. Would not pay full price, got a good deal with the Ideal Golfer website. Also pace of play started a little slow but group in front of us let us play through which improved pace of play. Would play again & recommend

I read several reviews before booking my tee time and have to say they were very accurate! Went to check in and the male staff member behind the counter looked at me and said "what?". Really! First impression.. no customer service! Had a 1:10 tee time, was on the range with my buddy and at 12:47 we were rushed to the first tee by the course starter- no reason given. We didn't finish our warm up and needless to say couldn't practice putting. Course layout is amazing! Several greens on the back 9 have major issues and with very slow greens already, this doesn't help. Fairway bunkers had clay dirt in them but greenside bunkers were normal. We were paired with 2 other people but they put a twosome behind us which they had to wait every shot so I gave pace of play a lower rating. Also had several random people in carts not golfing pass us on several holes which was odd. For being a "country club" it lacks the consistent course maintenance and customer service if you want people to join or come back and play. Course is marked well. Not worth paying more than $30 to play in its current condition and staff

I've played Royal Lakes a few times in the past, and it's always been an average experience, which is fine since it's close to my father's house for a spur of the moment round.

My 1st time there in 2 years, and I have to say, I don't think I'll go back. The majority of the greens, especially those on the back 9, were full of dark brown bald spots. It was like putting on the surface of the moon. The greens has not yet been punched for the season, and they were unbelievably slow. I could not convince myself to swing hard enough to get half the putts to the hole. Never really seen anything like it. Granted, I love lightning quick greens, but this was like living room carpet.

The general condition of the fairways, bunkers (3 complete plugs) and rough have deteriorated to the point of looking like a municipal course.

I took lots of photos of the greens to post here, but it seems I can't do that. What a shame. It would be great to show people pictures of reality.

First time playing this course and i was pretty impressed with it. Seemed like the fairways on every hole sloped back to middle which made most hooks or slices role back toward the middle. The roughs are exactly what they say they are, rough! they were a little long and could have used a mowing. Even with the slopes back toward the fairway your ball could get caught up in the grass making for interesting shots since the ball would be either above or below your feet. Seemed like a lot of the greens were protected by a bunker on the approach. Greens rolled pretty good however from about the 9th hole on there were a lot of brown patches on the greens. Hopefully they will get that corrected over the next couple of weeks. Pace of play was great. Twosome in front of my foursome so we never had to wait. Took just a little over 4 hours to complete our round which I consider normal for a Sunday. Overall it was a great round and will definitely play this course again.

We arrived and were greeted and shown where to check in. While paying the mans attitude went pleasant to bothered when he said "Oh, you booked through GolfNow. You will be paired with another twosome. Just go to your cart and be ready when they show up." His explanation was that they were fully booked. We went to the cart and started our round at 9am as booked without waiting for the other mystery twosome. No one was in front of us, no one was pushing up behind us. We even stopped for 15 minutes at the clubhouse after hole 9. 10 thru 18 we saw no one else on the course. Read the reviews for this course on google and you will see that they obviously have a problem with people that book thru GolfNow. The course is ok, nothing made me want to go back. The clubhouse grill said closed until further notice so bring a snack.

I have played the course before and I really like the layout of the course. There are several elevation changes throughout the course and several challenging holes. The par 5's are pretty easy, but be careful of 18 because your second shot is a blind shot with water in front of the green that you can not see from your second shot.

The Greens were VERY slow and the grass was long. It seemed as though the greens had not been cut for several days. The rough around the course looked as though it had not been cut in over a week. The overall condition of the course has gone down since last time I played the course. One thing that has improved 100% since the last time I played the course is the amount of ball marks on the green. Last time I played the course there were ball marks all over the greens. Today the greens had very few ball marks, but they were very long and had not been mowed and were very slow.

I will be back again to play just to see if the course conditions were poor today simply the entire maintenance staff was on vacation this week or if the course really is going down-hill in the overall conditions. The management of the course needs to put signs in front over every bunker "rake the bunker when you leave." Every bunker I saw had foot prints and areas where people had not raked the bunker when they were done in the bunker. The course conditions today reminded of a low-end municipal golf course that has a very little budget for maintenance and up-keep. Too bad, because it usually is a nice, fun course to play.

Greens are the slowest I have ever seen them. Not worth the price I paid.