Prestwick Country Club

I played a round of golf here recently for $8.92 but somehow feel like the victim of a heist. Tee boxes are a combination of weeds and desert, fairways are unrecognizable, bunkers are forests and the greens are actual berber carpet. I’ve known some golf courses to have slow greens and it would be unfair to put The Prestwick in that category. These greens are slothful. In 18 holes, I didn’t putt a single ball beyond the hole. I don’t know which is more astonishing - that this place is still open or that the golf gods allow it to carry the suffix “country club.” I’ve played many-a-rounds of golf (9-hole courses, par 3 courses, walking-only and cash-only courses) and I’ve never found myself on a tee box genuinely unsure if the hole was to the north, south, east, or west. If you too have never had that experience, you will multiple times in a round here.

There is one thing beautiful about this course - the screens on the golf carts. I’ve never seen so much detail in golf cart tech. Distances from tee box, to green, and to pin are provided effortlessly. Touchscreen capable and zero glitches. However, it may be just too much tech for this course layout. A teenager in the group in front of me found out all too well after her cart locked her out from going forward and only made reverse mode available. She was two feet from backing into the pond before myself and a couple others eventually pushed her forward.

For a course in this condition, it’d be great if the friendly staff gave you a little heads up before your round of what you’re about to experience. It would’ve gone a long way for the nice young man in the pro-shop to hit me with a “our lawnmower broke three summers ago” or for the man with a cigarette emptying trash on the first tee to subtly ask if I “got anything good to listen to out there?” Just a little nod to let me know I wouldn’t actually be playing real golf today would’ve been a nice touch.

Tee boxes were extremely uneven and not tended to with dead spots and weeds/clover. It was difficult to find a good spot to tee up at each hole location from the white tees. There was a lot of clover in and around the fairways and it was difficult to tell where the fairway ended where the first cut began. Lastly, the bunkers have been completely neglected and were unplayable. The bunkers were hard, clumpy dirt that are overgrown with weeds. In the few bunkers that did have sand, the sand was hard and compact and unplayable. I enjoyed the course layout, but Prestwick leaves a lot to be desired as you can tell that course itself used to be really nice, or at least has the bones of a nice course. There are far better courses available for $45/person in the area.

Brought my son and girlfriend to play . The staff was awesome. The course was not . The lay out is great . The red tee markers were not found. . Sand trap more like weed traps . Fairway are the worst

The Course was not well kept at all. Spent $40.00 to have dandelions growing in the fairways. The greens looked as if they hadn't been cut in weeks. Wow.

Course layout is great, staff was very friendly and helpful! The course was in poor condition. Fairways were long, lost multiple balls within a couple feet of fairway rough was so long. Greens were cut long and extremely slow. Every sand trap had been abandoned and was full of grass on top of sand which was as hard as concrete. A little work and the course could be great!

The carts are new with GPS but continued to get locked out. We had to back up and reset the GPS at least 10 times on the cart path.

ive been to prestwick back when it first open with no public access. i went last year a few times and mentioned that the course could use some tlc especially the bunkers! bunkers were so overgrown that there werent really bunkers. so much weeds and dandelions everywhere you would lose your ball easily, knowing you just hit a fairly decent shot right off the fairway. looked for about 10 minutes for my ball a couple times in areas it should have been. but with all the white flower weeds overgrown it wasnt possible. greens were in decent shape. but for $55/rnd id say its a little over priced. there are other options nearby for that price or lower that are in better condition. ill play here again but it is a last resort for me. sorry prestwick.

Tee boxes (blue) were garbage at best. The bunkers were a joke. I paid a cheaper than normal rate on GN and that was even way too much. I’ve played muni’s for cheaper that were in a thousand times better shape.

Used to be a favorite before they went private a few years back...has a long way to go since becoming a public facility again...cart paths were outstanding, cart amenities very good......course itself very bad...seems like nothing has been done in past 3+ years to improve actual course...restaurant is very good!

None of the sand traps were taken care of. By the looks of it with all the weeds growing in them they were that way all year.

Always a good course to play. You can see the work they are doing to restore this course to what it once was.

The good

The course layout is challenging and fun. Every hole is different and it’s not a grip it and rip it course which I like. Actually have to put some thought into every hole and course management is a must.

Love the scenery.

The bad

Even though it’s later in the year and the course being a little dry which is to be somewhat expected, the greens should be well maintained. These weren’t too bad but still affected the toll of the ball enough to make a difference but not too crazy.

The tee beds for the most part were hard and for the most part ok with the exception of a few.

The club house was nice except not much in golf related items. We always get a course logo ball and ball market and they didn’t have any.

The food was way overpriced as was the beverage’s.

Overall it’s a course that’s worth playing and management was nice.

At golf now rate of $28 after using tee time code it was still a great experience. After all we’re still playing golf and that’s always a win win.

Yea the course could use some upkeep but it’s not nearly as bad as some of the reviews on here. Its definitely worth the cost of play!

The staff is extremely friendly! The environment is great as well

There is no place to write a review on their Facebook page, so I'll write a review on my personal page.

We will never come back to this place again. We read a post that was placed in the Avon Chatter Group on Facebook about this restaurant. I called ahead asking about reserving seating to dine outside. I was told no reserved seating was allowed. I wanted to take my husband out for his birthday, and we were excited to try the food at the Prestwick. We looked at the menu prior, and had in mind what he wanted to try. We arrive at 705pm on 8/18/23 to a half empty bar/restaurant with a band playing. We walked around to a window near the door to the outdoor seating. There was a lady with short dirty blond hair at the cash register.

She never looked up, but said, "sit anywhere inside."

Me: "may we sit outside?"

Her: "If there is a spot, yes."

My husband and I proceed to go outside. There were several spots outside. The people that were outside, wasn't eating, but going in and out of the bar to grab drinks. We were talking to them.

Ten minutes later, no came out to greet us or give us menus. I went back to the window, and asked the same lady for menus. She was very dismissive and said, "we'll bring them out to you."

Another 10-15 minutes went by, and no one came out there. My husband and I got up and went back inside. We looked inside the restaurant, and there were even less people than before. There was an older lady with dark hair with her hair up watching us as we walked passed the bar/restaurant towards the door. No one tried to stop us. No said anything or apologized for having us wait with no service for over twenty minutes. We left.

If the outdoor sitting was closed or you didn't want to serve us, you should have just said so. We were definitely not welcomed there, and we will never be back. The environment with the stick-in-the-muds.

We have been to better country clubs. That was more welcoming and more beautiful.

Thankfully, we were able to still salvage what was left of the evening from that huge disappointment. We drove down to the Whiskey Bent Bar. The vibe was just right. The environment was so welcoming. The outdoor seating was nice. The food and drinks were tasty. We had an amazing server name Brandy who took care of us. We thanked her for how professional she was, and how she turned our night around. To see how happy my husband was, made my night. We will definitely be going there often!

Was willing to try even after the reviews to see for myself. It is the closest course to me, so it was worth a shot. The sand bunkers have weeds and grass, not just a little. The greens are un-puttable, they have weeds, divots, and scalping. Half of the fairways are cart path only, which is understandable since the course needs so much renovation. Unfortunately it just needs to shut down for a season to get it where it needs to be with no traffic. I was not notified that the golf carts would only be available for use for half of the holes. With the carts having GPS if you entered a "cart only" fairway it would shut the cart down...you have to put it in reverse and get back to the path. This is fine with me, if I would have been notified of this before golfing. It was very frustrating on a Par 5 where I hit right of the fairway and the path was on the left. tracking across trying to find my ball and not knowing which club I would need for my next shot... I won't be going back anytime soon.

Lost balls inbounds due to high weeds/grass

Tee boxes were in bad condition

Greens were fuzzy and or dead in most spots

Embarrassed to say this course is so close to my home and it’s in this condition for the price ..