Clustered Spires Golf Course

I don't like putting to a styrofoam plug. Try using a small plug but let the ball fall in the hole

Most courses under the virus restrictions still allow the ball to fall in the cup, although only partly. The full "plastic plug" at Clustered Spires alters your putting stroke almost forcing you to hit the ball more firmly to hold the line if you want to hit the plug, but not really knowing if the ball would go in the hole or spin out. Thats not golf..

Visited this course for the first time and enjoyed it. Its an open course and very well kept.

Once my playing partner and I got to the starter in separate carts, the starter told us that in order for us to play, we must share a cart. This happened to be the first time I had ever met my playing partner. Upon hearing this, my partner and I shared concerns about the policy due to COVID-19 , at a time when the course was not busy. Before I knew it, the starter became outraged, and said that he had heard enough, that we should follow him to the clubhouse for a refund, because we would not be playing today. As I’m thinking about it, I don’t understand from a business prospective why it is acceptable for employees to threaten customers After I had driven 50 miles for the round. . In addition, he told us that if we played, we needed to sign a release absolving the club of blame in case we got sick. There is a lot going on at Clustered Spires, probably too much for me to go back any time soon.

It was the most disappointing exchange with golf course staff I’ve had in 40 years of playing golf. For me, it was not about the policy as much as the negative tone of the starter. He did appear to be extremely comfortable in his position and explanation. I love the course and frequently travel to play it. It will be helpful in the future to know at booking which clubs allow individual carts. For that matter, GolfNow should start posting course phone numbers on the site to provide easy access to get the information.

Greens and fairways were really pretty good. Rough is weedy and thick. The foam blocking off the ENTIRE cup was a bit much. No other course around here does that - they all leave an inch or two of cup so you can tell if the ball would actually have goMe in the hole. As usual, the food service here was poor. Staff was friendly, though.

If you are in the Frederick area you have your choice of a lot of courses (Whiskey Creek, PB Dye, Worthington Manor, Maryland National, Musket Ridge, Richland) but don't forget about Clustered Spires. It's in great shape, two cuts of fringe around the greens. Wish Leesburg, VA would take a page out of Frederick's book and do the same with Westpark - fat chance of that happening due to the town council's tunnel vision. My only drawback was the marshal. We finished in 3hr 50 min as a 4some and he kept pestering us to keep pace with a 3some in front of us. Group behind us never had to wait.

Liked playing on the course. Folks were patient considering the fact that I am novice. Might take some golf classes

Course was in excellent shape. Not a fan of the sponge to keep your ball from going in the hole. I get it is a covid precaution but hard to get use to.

Clustered Spires, while not the most interesting course in the area, is easy to navigate and consistently in good shape. The staff is friendly enough, and the clubhouse is clean. If you’re looking for a course that won’t torture you mentally, Clustered Spires is the course for you. My only complaint is that pace of play can be a little slow at times, but not enough to keep me from generally recommending this course to others.

The course was in excellent condition. Best conditions of any course I've played in MD. Will definitely be back!

Side note: my tee time was 7:45am on Friday, 5/15. The starter that morning was not very friendly, and the other two players I played with agreed. It didn't affect my round but surely it's worth mentioning.

The course was in very good shape. The only problem was the rough was too tall. It was hard to even find the ball. This slowed up play a lot. Also the ring in the hole was too big. It needed to be about an inch shorter. On other courses I've played the ring in the cup was just below the hole. This way the ball still went in the hole, but was sitting up so you didn't need to dig the ball out of the hole.