Forest Park Golf Course

Great value for the cost, usually moves pretty quickly but had a slow one on Friday AM. Greens are pretty solid. If it rains heavily the night before the course holds a ton of water. Fun and easy layout. Not a bad place to play at all. Definitely worth a shot. Good utility course for those last minute rounds or solo rounds.

Good value for price. Driving range only for higher irons. Terrible cart paths. It rained a bunch the prior day and the course was in pretty good condition. Not my first choice but I’d play again... especially for the price

‘‘Twas a hot day but great way to get out of the house. Tough 18 but fun! Bring some balls no pun.

The only redeeming factor is how good the staff was at apologizing for everything going wrong.

I booked my tee time online direct through the course website (not a third party) and chose the first one available (7:10 AM) when I showed up, there's apparently a Thursday morning league that starts later in the day so the course wasn't open. When they eventually opened, the guy apologized and said that I shouldn't be able to book a tee time that early (even though I booked it direct through their site). Okay, fine, accidents happen, whatever. He was nice enough to let me out before league play started, so that's a plus.

I wish I had just taken a refund. The course was in TERRIBLE shape. Fairways had gouge marks like someone drove a pick-up truck through them and giant patches of mud. Even with a perfect drive, you have a 50% chance at best of finding grass in the fairway.

That's still preferable to the rough, which was more like someone's backyard. The "first cut" was at least six inches high, not even the US Open has rough this unforgiving. I guess they were trying to make the course tougher, but when you're losing 4/5 balls on shots that are five feet away from the fairway, something is wrong.

During my round, I chatted with the guy I was playing with and he mentioned that the course was too wet for them to mow. It's been a mostly dry summer so if the few days of rain we had last week are enough to make this happen, it seems like the course needs better equipment, some new irrigation, or both.

Good shots in the fairway have a 50% chance of being in dirt/mud, and shots in the rough have a 25% chance of being found. The layout was mildly interesting, but the course conditions made it unbearable. Throw in the broken reservation system and this course is one to avoid, at least until they get things sorted out.

I haven't played here for years, but it used to be a nice course. Don't play here, it's in very poor condition. You know things are bad , when on the first hole, there is a man with a weed wacker in the middle of the fairway. Most of the fairways are burnt up and full of weeds and some have large holes and ruts. The only thing that makes this course playable is that the greens aren't too bad, but they are slow. The cart paths are also falling apart. They really need to lower the price until they get this place in better shape, I doubt that I would play there again, too many better places to play.

I have been playing this course off and on for years. It’s in very nice shape, they invest a lot of resources in it. Greens are very good. Was a wet playing day today due to lots of rain.

The people that work there and the people I get to play with are always solid people.

Enjoyable place to play

Fun course but a little short. Good value for the $

Staff pleasant as always. Pace of play good! We like playing here!

Course conditions were poor. There are no fairways and little upkeep. The pace of play was awful. Not Allowing a 5 some to slow the entire course down is common sense. Just a poor layout and overall not a great course. The starter was rude but the rest of the staff were nice. Save your money and go elsewhere.

Let me start by saying we play this course all the time. We enjoy it because we know the layout now and they have some pretty decent holes. Also, the staff is phenomenal in my opinion. The lady who usually runs the front desk is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. The pro is really cool too.

That’s unfortunately where the good ends. The past 4 times we’ve played, there have been at least 3 groups stacked up on the first tee. It’s absolutely no fun sitting for an hour on the first tee and teeing off an hour past when your tee time is supposed to be. If it happened once, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but this is every single time recently. Also a lot of the people playing here have absolutely no etiquette and have no issue hitting balls on you. We get hit on nearly every round and rarely receive an apology. I will say, when this course is under 20$ (offseason) it’s definitely worth it. Now that it’s $38, you’re better off spending the extra 10$ and playing almost anywhere else.