Ruffled Feathers Golf Club

I hadn’t been to RF in about 10 years. I can’t believe how they have let this course deteriorate. The bunkers are mud with no rakes. The started told to play as Ground under repair. Greens have been punched…big holes not filled with sand. Divots everywhere and no sand on the carts to fill yours in. Geese poop everywhere on the greens. Pro shop virtually empty. What an embarrassment. Disgrace to Pete Dye.

Played today and I cannot believe they’re charging $73 on a Wednesday in October, after they aerated the greens on Monday. The course is a shell of what it used to be. The sand traps are an embarrassment. Not a single trap had sand in it, along with standing water in a few, and several that looked beyond repair. Tee boxes were chewed up, and the fairways were ok. The greens aside from being recently aerated, still had ball marks that golfers were not repairing. The marsh areas the course had looked as though they’ve been drained and are now overgrown with weeds, along with them cutting down a lot of the trees that used to be on the course. Cart paths are in desperate need of repairs. I cannot believe this course charges what it charges. The on course bathrooms are in disrepair. The clubhouse looks like they did some renovations in there, but the pro shop now has tables and chairs in it to eat. There’s a single register surrounded by merchandise. I don’t know what’s going on in there, but the dining area looked closed and had nothing in it. Save your money and go else where. It’s the only Pete Dye in the area and Arcis, the company that runs it, has ruined it, hopefully not beyond repair. Arcis has ruined this course along with Fresh Meadows and Tamarack. Pete Dye would be rolling in his grave if he could see the current conditions of the course.

we knew we were in for a long day when we got to #2 tee box only to see the foursome in front of us waiting on the tee. Not their fault. We called the club house. Never saw a ranger…..all day long. 5 minutes shy of a 5 hour round. Yeah, the $50 rate for seniors that includes a hot dog brings them all out. The course can play difficult if you pick the wrong tee box. Completely ridiculous pin placement on 5-6 holes didn’t help the situation. But no excuses for not playing ready golf and/or spending exorbitant time looking for balls. The course is just not being ‘managed’ properly when there is no one out there ‘shepherding’ folks. One player in our group left after 9 holes but not before getting ‘rain check’, so the pro shop was aware of the problem out there. Still no improvement on back 9. A nice layout but not worth spending half a day standing around.

We played an on/off rainy round with downpours at times. Course was in great shape! Forgot it was a late September round. Would love to go back and play! Top 10 course in the state!

Overall the course was in very good shape — other than the sand traps which were pretty bare and packed down. Actual distance was much shorter than scorecard— all tees seemed to be pretty far forward. Pace of play was a little slow but not unusual for a Saturday.

The course is well designed. All the traps were filled with water. Those that weren't were essentially hard pack. I will keep an eye on the news, but if they don't put money into maintenance there are better options nearby.

Not worth the cost.

Slow play.

Chopped up tee boxes

No sand in the bunkers

No one fixed their divots on the greens

High grass cutting. I thought I was playing in the masters

Course not maintained well

I’ve played this course 1-2 per year for past four years, and while I have consistently not played well I’ve enjoyed the experience. This year the conditions were noticeably worse: every greens was rolling different speeds, bunkers were poorly maintained (on top of very poor quality sand). I hadn’t even mentioned it before all of my group agreed we wouldn’t return this season. It’s on par with what I’d expect for $60, and it’s almost double that. Oh, and if you’re going to consider yourself a top level course you really need to have carts with GPS screens. Overall, poor experience. Luckily, it was a nice day to be out. 🙂

The course is a disaster- fairways are filled with weeds and poor divot repair, tee boxes are bouncy and unmanaged, bunkers are mud- not “wet sand” actually mud and no rakes for the half dozen that could have maybe been scraped to pretend it was a trap, again NO rakes, all fringes and areas that should be landscapes and cut are just overgrown and a mess. The greens actually rolled and were playable. The only Pete Dye track around and it’s left to just wither away- plus the kicker $90 !!! Never again

This is Pete Dye course with a great layout. It can be challenging at every level of play. The greens could be water a bit more, when this dry. They putt super fast. The biggest complaint is for the money this course change, the sand traps are clay. They need to be dug out and refilled with sand. Even topped with fresh sand. There are over 120 traps. Many are not playable. The ones that are are still challenging. It is shame.