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Far Oaks Golf Club in Caseyville has a unique layout with a front nine that is designed in a Scottish-links style and a back nine that plays through rolling woodlands. The links holes are framed with native prairie grasses and wildflowers while mature oak trees line the fairways on the back nine. There are plenty of elevation changes throughout the golf course, making it hard to find a flat lie. Mounding and strategically placed bunkers lurk treacherously along the greensides and there are also several holes with water. Far Oaks Golf Club is a challenging course that demands accuracy, which is most apparent on the 10th hole. Although it's not the longest par 4 on the course, it is still challenging thanks to a slew of bunkers that border both sides of the green.
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Soggy Morning
CPO, but pace of play was not bad at all... finished in 3 1/2 Hrs with a 4some in front of us, while CPO.
Course was in good condition considering the amount of rain we had over the past 2 weeks and the night before
Pace of play
The pace of play was unbearable. It was bad enough that people were leaving the course/skipping holes to get around the slow groups. There were no marshals to help the situation.
Tough & Wet
At 80yrs.young it was a tough day with cart path only. I enjoyed the challenge but I had to give it up on 17/18 due to a knee acting up. I WILL BE BACK, Marty Sweazea
Rain threatened round
Lots of layup type holes with long grass areas in the middle of the fairways. The back nine is very interesting and picturesque. The greens were a little slow but rolled true. Sand bunkers were not maintained and had to rake and place. Club house and grill is excellent.
Springtime Hope
It’s spring, the course is still coming to life. Fairways are coming in and it’s great to see the greens being saved from last year.
Pace was on the slow side. Our 4-some caught the 2-some in front of us on #5. We waited every shot from then on.
At the turn, the marshall asked us if we hit into them on 9, which one guy unknowingly did from 250 out on a par 5 into the wind. We told him they hadn’t to speed up. His response was “Well one of them plays league out here and they are playing best ball.”
What does any of that matter? They are a 2-some holding up a 4-some, with no one in sight in front of them.
He THEN put a different 2-some in front of us, to put a “cushion” between us, because that guy was upset about the shot on the par 5.
NOW WE HAD TO WAIT LONGER!
None of it wasn’t the end of the world, but come on.
Slow play
I really like Far Oaks a lot it's a fun layout and is usually in good shape. That being said I don't know what courses can do to speed up play but I can't stand 5 hour rounds and having to wait on every shot and hole. There are way to many people playing the wrong tees for their ability!!! Also if you're going to hit balls all over the place use a cheaper ball so you don't have to spend 5-10 minutes on every hole looking for your ProV 1 ....last rant go to the driving range instead of to the course blind !
Great day
Great day of golf. Course was great considering the amount of rain we had.
Challenging and fun
The greens and fairways were spot on, The rough just outside of the fringes was a little Baron other than that the course was in great shape really enjoyed my round
Beautiful course but some bad greens
This course is beautiful & in a beautiful setting. Fairways are in great shape. There were several greens that are definitely in need of repair. It was hard putting on these because of their condition. Hopefully they will repair these soon. If I do recommend this course I will tell them about the greens. I would like to play here again but will wait till the greens are repaired.
Terrible condition
75% of the greens you can’t even putt oN. Every bunker is unplayable. Place has gone downhill FAST. This used to be one of the better tracks in the metro area.
They need a sign in the pro shop or when you call they need to notify you the course is in lousy condition.
They have installed fans on most of the greens. Whoever thought of the placement of these fans must be blind. Some of them sit right in front of a green side bunker. So if the bunkers were playable, you have no shot with a 5 ft fan directly in your way. Example #2 upper right green side bunker
Also, none of the players are fixing a single ball mark out here. Every green was littered with ball marks from the hacks out here. Do your job as a golfer and fix your mark and another one. That does not happen out here.
Not sure what is going on here, but won’t be coming back here for a year or so until they can figure out the conditions.
Worst Greens of the Year
They have completely lost their greens. I can't believe it. I'm not sure if it's a fungus or a disease, but the greens are shot. They aren't burnt or under watered. They are just a mess.
The fairways were perfect. The rough was above average for St. Louis in July.
Once they get the greens back, it will absolutely be a 5 star review.
Used to be my favorite course in the area...unfortunately, not any more!
Still love the layout...but the greens were TERRIBLE!
Should notify the players about condition of greens.
Also, waited twenty minutes in line to pay, computer issues. Then the starter put the group scheduled behind us in front of us, even though we were early...went downhill from there!
Not sure what happened, but hope they can bring it back...what a shame!