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4.1
516 Reviews (516)
5 Stars
125
4 Stars
260
3 Stars
88
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
20
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.6
93.8%
Recommend this course
443 out of 516 reviews
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4.3
10 Reviews (10)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
100.0%
Recommend this course
10 out of 10 reviews
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4.3
23 Reviews (23)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
23 out of 23 reviews
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Course Highlights
This tree-lined parkland course challenges golfers with strategically placed bunkers and a layout that rewards thoughtful shot-making. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and affordable pricing make it an excellent value.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6379 yards
Slope 126
Rating 70.4

Formerly known as West at Oakmont Golf Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1964
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Robinson, Sr. (1964)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $19
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared Shirt, No Cutoffs, Denim OK

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
516 Reviews (516)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 24
Dinner 13
Brunch 12
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 17
Bunkers 16
Undulating Greens 14
This course/club is great for:
Locals 25
Walkers 25
Seniors 24
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 17
In the 'Burbs 15
Worth the Drive 13

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Valley of the Moon

Great course. A little brown but nice greens. Great prices on green fees. Always fun to golf Oakmont. Glad to see both courses open again. Dave S

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 35
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Not in the best shape right now

I’ve been playing for a couple of years now. The course was sold and under a new management group. It’s really dry and lots of crab grass :( it’s fine if it cost 30-40 bucks but I paid $70 on a Sunday morning :( I’d say wait and let the new group spruce it up a bit

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Valley of the Moon very nice course

Very nice golf course, staff always very friendly, wonderful round of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Everyone should be supporting this golf course

Great staff, affordable cost, great pace of play under 3 hours. Just a great golf course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beware the Homes

Beautiful course but be careful about hitting your ball in someone's yard or worse. I have never played a course with so many homes so close along the fairways.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Valley of the Moon one of my favorites

Excellent staff, very reasonable, pace of play excellent, beautiful course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

I was skeptical after seeing poor reviews on Golf Advisor, but this is a decent course. The greens were in good condition on all but three holes. It needs a little TLC, but pace of play is quick, we finished in 3 hrs 20 min. I will definitely be returning.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always a wonderful golf course

Great staff, very affordable, excellent condition a lot of fun to play! Always a pleasure to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice golf course

First time playing this course and we got a really good deal on golfnow. The round started out great , no one in front of us for 5 holes and then we ran into a foursome that had 2 beginners with them and they did not keep up pace of play. No ready golf at all. We waited on every tee after that for at least 10 minutes. No Marshall to be see no any where. We would of had a 3 hour round otherwise. Decent shape, in the bunkers twice and they were just packed hard. Overall a nice round with beautiful weather!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

They're trying...

What used to be Oakmont has gone through a pre-pandemic shutdown, a pandemic shutdown and an abrupt change of course management companies. This is the first time I have played this course in 2020. Overall conditions are pretty good. Some bumpy greens, but fairways are in good shape. What's not in good shape is the bunkers. Lots of stuff growing in them. The gentleman who I played with agreed that we would treat them as Ground Under Repair. And for some reason all the flags were white (not red, white and blue). Not all the greens are completely visible, so you have to guess on your approach shot as to where the pin is actually located. But they are trying.....I will give them another peek in a few months.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Bumpy greens

There’s lots of room for improvements. Although this was our first time playing this course, our consensus was it has a lot of potential. Understanding that there’s new owners and they are trying to put the course back in it’s top condition, plenty of areas needs immediate attention(ie.. bumpy greens, bunkers, etc.) I would definitely play it again even though it’s about an hour and a half away.

Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

very nice course

I love playing Valley of the Moon, very friendly staff, great pace of play, it was very enjoyable to play.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Hot weather
Used cart

Oakmont - meh!

I've played at Oakmont 3 times in the last month. The staff that checks you in seem both disinterested and inefficient; never knowing if you use the Golf Now app whether or not you have pre-paid.

The course is in poor condition; no yardage markers anywhere on the course, some greens with bare spots and bumps and lots of areas lacking irrigation.

The traps are in awful shape. I've played at Oakmont since 1985 and this is by far the worst it has been.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value. Beautiful location. Getting in better condition.

Better than expected since it went bankrupt and closed for almost a year! Wish they would have a way for beverages to be purchased. At least some water. COVID has really made that part challenging. Was able to bring cooler with water. At least I remembered to do that this time. Didn’t bring enough, though, since I shared with my partner.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 107
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Old Oakmont West

There were several places in and near the fairway which had turned brown. Greens were kind of bumpy. Pace of play was excellent.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 164
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Valley of the Moon very nice

We played the round in 3 hours, for us it was a new record, course is good shape but very dry. Sprinklers were on, on some of the holes. Staff very friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

New ownership needs to step it up

After this course was closed for several months (concurrent to but not related to COVID) when it reopened I looked forward to seeing what the new owners had done on the course during closure.

The result, unfortunately, is apparently nothing at all! Not only were there no improvements, the course was in the WORST shape I've ever seen it!

The restaurant & proshop are both closed for renovations, so there are zero amenities available. Don't show up needing golf balls or refreshments either!

I don't think I'll return to the former Oakmont for several months to let them get more work done. The only thing I can positively say they've done in the last several months is change the name of the courses! So on top of the rest, now you have to remember the new names to make sure you're booking the right course!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No customer service

The course did not have my reservation on file. They said they accepted golfnow bookings as of yesterday but not 6 days ago when I booked it. This was for Father’s Day and they wouldn’t work with us to make something work. I barely play and after telling me he had a two some he could fit us in with he said he couldn’t do 5 players. Very disappointed that they were on golf now to make a reservation then admitted it wasn’t working, and did nothing to make it right.

Friendliness Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

A Step Backward

I have played this course dozens of times and always love the wildlife on the course and layout of the course. Course conditions always used to be good, too, but haven taken a big step backward under the new ownership. I understand there was likely a period between owners when the course was not receiving much maintenance, but when it was deemed ready to reopen it should not have still had weed gardens in bunkers and caution tape around the stairs to each tee box. The greens are also very grainy now, likely from weed growth. I understand it will take time to reopen the pro shop and restaurant and can do without those for a while. And, with the reasonable rates charged, I can handle grainy greens for a summer. But, there is no reason not to have the bunkers clean and raked.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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