Polo Fields Golf & Country Club, The

My buddies and I had an opportunity to play the private course through an online invite so we couldn’t pass it up, well we should have. I have probably played here 8-10 times over the past 12 years and it’s all ways been in awesome condition. I don’t know what has happen but it is truly disappointing because the layout is a fun and challenging for all golfers. The fairways are a sponge shag carpet I can’t explain what the rough is i truly don’t know. Bunkers where crushed dirt and some of the t boxes had more sand than most bunkers. Now the positives, because of the online offer it was only $29 with cart and we played in 4 hours on a Saturday only because no else was out there.

Course is in immaculate condition, except for bunkers. Bunkers are now undergoing renovation. Very challenging course with a helpful and courteous staff.

The one thing that I really liked about this course was hoe much room there was between holes. The fairways are not tight but not too wide. Challenges your drive. Greens are fast. Beautiful country club.its a private club but I guess when it's slow they open it up to the public. Didn't see it on golf now till last week.

I really liked the course. It was challenging, but no too hard. The groundskeepers did a great job on all facets of the course.

The pro shop staff and the bar staff were very obvious about their displeasure about non-members being at the club. For example, the pro shop dude said he would "let us know" when we could tee off - and ignored us.

After 2 holes, I was trying to decide if I wanted to come back and be treated this way, but at the end I was certain I would enjoy making the staff unhappy and will play again.

While traveling to Louisville, I got what I thought was a good deal on Golfnow. Come to find the fairways had been recently aerated and the spoils had not yet been removed leaving the fairways nearly unplayable. The greens had recently been aerated as well and they were not much better. I understand that maintenance needs to be done this time of year but a heads up on Golfnow, or even in the pro shop while checking in, that the course was undergoing maintenance would have been helpful.

The other times I have played the polo fields the course has always been good. The staff has never been friendly but can be tolerated. But this time they wouldn't take cash, charged for range balls and delayed due to frost. Had a nine o'clock tee told to wait until ten which was fine then a twosome was let out to play at 9:50 whose tee time was after your. Their pace of play was slow had to wait on 14 out of 18 holes, pitiful Fairways airrated was terrible should have been discounted

I like the course okay, but the course would be more enjoyable to play if the yardage markers were more visible. I would guess this is one of the most poorly marked courses in the area.

The Polo Fields was once a great course. While it's not bad now, it is not what it once was.

The greens are a little rough in spots but the good spots are smoove and provides a good roll on the ball.

Fairways are spotty with patches of grass here and there.

Overall, the course presents a good challange and is one to play if you catch a good deal around $35.

It seems the staff has let the course go this fall. The bunkers are in bad shape with more clay and water than sand. The fairways were in good shape but covered in leaves making it easy to lose a ball. Yes, it's fall, but it looked like the leaves had been accumulating for a week.

The greens were recently aerated.

This course really needs a scorecard with a map. Many holes require less than driver and/or are blind tee shots. I found myself driving forward 200 yards to see where I was going before hitting a tee shot. My cart and I noticed others, was nearly dead by the 17th hole.

They had just aerated the greens, other than that the course was in excellent shape.

I paid $40 on golfnow to play this course and it wasn't even remotely worth that. The bunkers on this ourse were the worst that I've ever played. Most consisted mostly of dirt and rock. The hot dog at the turn was gross and it took forever to get someone to wait on us.

The course is in very good shape. The greens are well kept, smaller than some courses and rolling which makes them challenging. The balls check up nicely due to the condition and amount of rain we've had. This was the first time playing for all of my threesome, so we were surprised by several short-drive fairways: #1, 11 and 16. There was no course layout offered on the scorecard to warn us, so we just played our lost balls as if they had not been. All of us enjoyed the round. It was very hot - in the 90's - and none of the coolers had water in them, which was surprising. In all liklihood we will play this scenic, challenging, and interesting course again.

course is in great shape, hit the ball to the pins on the approach cause the greens will hold if coming in high

Very good condition....enjoyed it. Pace of play was a bit slow, but expected sometimes on weekend. Greens rolled at a good speed too compared to other local courses. Play at least one tee back from your usual due to length.

A beautiful course that's over priced for what it offers. For $50 deal on golf now, not worth it. There's other courses at that price that actually offer GPS units in the carts and have visible and accessible yardage markers in the fairway. The greens were beat up. I won't waste my money on this course again.

Very tight course. Lots of OB on both sides of the fairway. Not an overly long course, but you've got to be straight. A lot of blind shots into fairways and greens. The rough played tough around green. Would play here again.

Typical 90's era housing development track coupled with former private club struggling to survive. Greens ok but overall conditions fair at best. From staff to course conditions to overall impressions lots of signs of corner cutting that is degrading quality of the product. Not a bad value for Golf Now price but keep your expectations in check.

Played at 2pm on Wed prior to PGA Tourney. Some rain earlier in week so course was soft but in fine shape. Greens looked nice and rolled true. The only negative on course condition is lack of sand in bunkers. Staff friendly and talked with club member at bar after the round ( they have 350-400 members ). Pace of play was fine.

My father and I came out to your golf course on 06/06/14 and had some vary bad experiences with your staff. Please understand that I worked in the service industry for 15 years and I understand what it takes to keep guests coming back and keeping them happy. A happy guest spends money. Regardless of if they are there for a promotion like a groupon or not. I am not trying to get any thing out of telling you these things, I am just letting you know what we experienced. I know I would like to know if I was a GM of a great golf course like the one you have there at the Polo Fields.
First was the young guy at the counter, I tried to present our groupon that I got and he just would not get off the phone to help us or even ask why we where there. After about 10 min he finally asked "What do you guys need". I presented the group on and said that I had a tee time at 11 the guy said that it should not be a problem and they he may even be able to get us out early, I will let you guys know when you can go out. SWEET!! This was going to be fun and nice since I had brought my dad out there for his fathers day gift. So we go out to putt around a bit. Time goes buy and it gets to be close to our tee time and we see a two some go off the first tee and think OK we must be next. No one was really out there. So we wait, and wait and wait. Finally my dad went in and asked the guy if we should go and his response was " OH ya I forgot about you two. You can go." Well great, thanks buddy.
Second thing, as we were waiting we tried to go in and grab some beer for the front nine. So we walk up to the bar and there is no one there. Not a soul. And the bar tender comes out and looks at us and then walks over to the cash register to do something. After a minute or so she looks at us and asked what we would like. We order 4 beers and my dad tries to pay cash and she said "We don't accept cash. Our members know that. Do you have a credit card to pay with?" Well that was just rude!! So he pays with a card and we are on our way.
Third, after our round We where going to get some more beer and sit out side and check out some of the atmosphere of the club. I walked in to the bath room and dad sat down at the bar. There where about four people there and the place we not busy at all. After I got out of the bathroom I went into the pro shop to look at some sun glasses. I had lost mine out on the course and was prepared to spent 150 to 200 on the nice pare of Oakleys. But the guys at the counter never came around to ask me if I wanted to look at anything. I stood there for about five minutes. All he was doing was talking to some other guy leaning on the counter. So I just walked out. I walked over to the bar expecting dad to have our beers but he was still sitting in the same place with his card sitting on his wallet on top of the bar. The bar tender never even acknowledged us. SO we left.
Now I would think that if you where offering a groupon to get people to come out to your club it is to try and get potential club members to join. Service like that is not going to get many people to come back. I have gotten better service at other clubs in the Louisville area (that are not as expensive) for the simple fact that I could be a new member at there club.
Word of mouth carries better that any other advertising out there.

The golf course and clubhouse were well above average. The pace-of-play was a big negative: ahead of us was a foursome, a single, and then a two-some...the single and two-some should have been paired. The course could certainly use a range-marshal. The week prior we had to call in & complain about a group of 5 that was ahead of us. Again, great course, but slow play due to lack of player oversight.