Far Oaks Golf Club

Far Oaks is one of my favorite golf courses in the St. Louis metro area. However, playing the course today left me wanting Far Oaks management to take more initiative to keep this course in the Top 5 courses in the area. I was a bit disappointed. They always send out a survey after your round and I give them constructive ideas to improve the course. Never have I seen them make any changes I’ve suggested. Why should I even complete a survey?

Far Oaks is a beautiful course but overgrown vegetation ruins the views of certain holes. These are holes 6, 11, 12 and the second shot into 18. The tee shot on 17 will soon have the same issue. This has always been a problem at this course but no one is taking the initiative to fix this.

Numerous greens are stressing and they need fans to correct this issue. Holes 11, 13 & 14.

Pace of play was poor, especially on the front nine. We saw a course marshal but nothing was done to improve this situation.

The tee markers are some of the worst you will find. They all look very similar.

On the positive side, the $48 for a weekday, senior rate is very attractive. The new carts are a nice touch too.

I will not recommend this course until I see some of these issues addressed. It’s a shame – because Far Oaks is a great golf course.

This is in great shape. They just got new electric carts! Really nice!

I've played courses in Palm Desert and La Quinta and this course was very compatible with some of the courses there. Challenging in some places, forgiving in others. Overall, a very well maintained place to test your ball striking ability.

Overall, I thought the condition of the course was in good shape. We paid $48 for a weekday senior rate which is a great value for this upscale course. I would highly recommend this course.

Some greens are showing a little stress. A greenskeeper was dropping sand on any areas of the greens that were struggling. The greens had a much more of sandy base than in March, which reduced to number of ball mark smudges on the green.

Many of the par 3 tee boxes are getting beat up. A few fairways are still having some drainage issues.

The biggest thing this course needs to change is their tee markers. They all look alike and makes it extremely frustrating figuring out which tee is what color. Also, bushes/trees are starting to grow in front of hole 6 & 12. If not maintained, it will ruin the beauty of these two holes.

Best greens I’ve putted on in a long time. Tee boxes and fairways were great. Rough was super thick and penalizing. More of a technical course if you like that. Only hit driver 3 or 4 times. Lot of risk reward holes if you want to try. Zero chance I’d ever play there if it was cart path only tho. That setup makes for some slower play. We watched the group in front of us tee off on every hole. Pretty ridiculous back up on 16, a par 3, for a completely unknown reason. There was a group on the green, and 3 groups waiting on the tee box. Ot was a 35 minute wait. Kinda ruined a nice afternoon.

Practice tee was closed so could not hit balls. Cart path only but sign on #1 tee stated it was 90 degree. Course was in decent shape but some of the greens were beaten up and a few of the tee boxes could use some work. Will play here again but for early May this rate for what was received seemed high. Also no marshall on course and the play was slow.

The weather was nice, the course was in very good shape and the company great.

Far Oaks one of my favorites in the St. Louis metro. Weekday senior rate of $42 is wonderful for this course. They have cut down some large trees to the left of the 12 green, I would assume for better air flow.

I don't like to be too critical this early in the season, but numerous greens have some rough patches. Most of the greens are filled with ball mark damage. The front of the 7th green has some major issues. The 11th green has issues all over the green. I had to move my ball to putt around the damage. I think a few other greens have some issues too but I don't recall which holes but these 2 stood out as the worse.

The yellow tees on hole 12, didn't have much grass.

Finally, I have mentioned this numerous times. They need to change their tee markers. They all look white except for a thin colored line on the border. We spend the entire round trying to figure out where our tees are.

The greens are fast and true. Lots of hazards. Fair but challenging. Bring your A game

Nice coarse and great layout. On one to tell you how the cart gps system works or nothing on the cart to tell you.