Clustered Spires Golf Course

I've always enjoyed playing at Clustered Spires. It's a good layout, and in season, they really go the extra steps to make it an upscale experience. Obviously, they aren't going to be as fully staffed in February... The course was in good condition given the recent weather, but there is construction that has one hole closed and the following hole is split into two. Not ideal, but ok. Wish they would have mentioned something on the website. On a related note, Monocacy Blvd is closed to traffic, so you may need to plan an extra 5-10 minutes travel time.

My "staff friendliness" score dropped on this particular round due to having to wait until my official tee time even though I arrived ~90 minutes prior to my time and there were plenty of open spots (even open tee times). I kind of get that, but by the time I was finally at the first tee, the course was now crowded and the pace of play was much slower than had I been allowed to start when I was ready. Oh well... At least the pace wasn't so slow that I had to end my round early (which at times I was concerned about).

To start, as other reviewers have mentioned, if you book through GolfNow expect to be treated like a second class citizen. I was initially pleased when booking became available through GolfNow as I could get a tee time as a single. Prior to that, they would not schedule singles and when asked about available times/slots the standard answer was always after 2PM (not true). Now you can get a single time BUT they will not allow you to go out until that time even if the tee is wide open. Also the course is under construction. #16 - a signature long par 3 is completely closed and replaced with a dinky 110 yard temporary hole with no real green. 17 is no longer played from its correct tees but instead from a temporary tee in the driving range which is little more than a muddy patch of grass. With this in mind, you still get to pay full price on green fees (???) and nowhere on the website is this mentioned. I won't be going back until the course is in its original layout and I can stomach feeling like they are doing me a favor.

The greens are always in great shape. Their landscape crew is always dialed in, especially during tournament weeks.

Course was in nice shape considering it's December. The leaves were blown off the greens and fairways.

Staff very friendly.

Major work being done on hole #16 but the temporary hole on #16 and the temporary tee on #17 were fine. Neither was a major drawback. The work has to be done sometime; better now than in the spring or summer. Will definitely go back.

Very nice course that will not beat you up. Always well maintained. What you see is what you get. No blind shots or mutiple level greens. I always enjoy playing here and travel 55 minutes to get here.

Beautiful fall day and the course was in excellent shape! We've played there several times and it never gets old, one of the friendliest staffs in the state!

We had a great round. We had to play the same 9 holes twice due to aeration. This was listed on the app but in very small print that I had to click on to see.

We had a good time playing this course. The only negative was that the back nine was being areated. Therefore you played the front twice. The course was in good shape. Good buy for the money.

I was extremely disappointed when I went to check in at the pro shop. I found out that they only had 9 holes open due to aeration of fairways on front 9. I stated that I wondered why GolfNow didn't have a aeration advisory, the man at the desk said it was probably their fault for not notifying GolfNow, that 9 holes would be closed. They were having everyone play the back 9 twice. The round was going so slow, close to 3 hours after the first 9, that we decided to quit after 9. This ruined our golf outing.

I have been avoiding this course because of the higher cost, but found a good price on GolfNow.

I was told after hitting my first tee-shot that the rule for the day was "cart path only". The starter had already paired me with another single and I felt badly for going to get a rain check - I have a spinal cord injury and have difficulty walking.

By the way, this condition was shared with the starter and he said that there would be no exceptions to the cart path only rule.

After playing 11 holes, and finding no wet places on the course, the Marshall told us the 90 degree rule was in effect. The last six holes were quite enjoyable.

All greens were excellent, with some challenging pin placements, and the fairways were as good as most municipal tracks.

The restaurant menu posted in the cart looked good with reasonable prices. I did not buy any food.

If you make a tee time through golf now expect to be treated as a second class citizen. I've never played a course where the staff makes you feel like they are doing you a favor by letting you playing there. Way to many other great courses in the area to to be treated like that.

I've played here maybe 10 times over the past couple years and this was the worst shape I've seen the course when "in season". The rough was crazy high. The greens were VERY slow and bumpy. The fairways were decent.

The lowlight of this days experience was the staff being completely rigid about what I was told a city policy. The policy evidently is that Golf Now times can NEVER tee off earlier than their time.

This was a very slow day. I signed up as single as a 12:32 tee time. I was on the putting green (near the 1st tee) at 12 and saw that nothing was happening on the tee and hadn't been for quite some time. I decided to ask the shop if I could tee off early and was met with a very firm and defensive "Absolutely not".

It's just such a ridiculous policy, when it would obviously make zero difference to anything. Last year I was met with the same rigidity and was forced to tee off with a foresome with 4 open holes in front of us. Right after us there were 3 groups of local "speed golfers" and the marshals were pressuring us the entire round, even though we played in 4 hours.

This kind of situation would be avoided if they just used a little common sense and didn't treat Golf Now customers like 2nd class citizens.

This place is absolutely outstanding and fabulous. I paid $15 to play and would pay $40 to play this place and still feel as tho I was getting a bargain. Very well groomed all around. Very wide and huge greens. Greens are fast undulating and hard to read. Easy enough for beginners and hard enough for the pros. Definitely will be back to pay this course many times.

A very well kept, straight forward course and a great value, I highly recommend it. I wish it were closer to my home and then I would play it much more often!

The weather was great the day we played but the golf course was not that crowded. Pace of play was normal.

The golf course lay out is a bit tough for intermediate female golfers but the fairway condition was good. The greens have been aerated recently but it was acceptable. The staffs were friendly . Overall I highly recommend this golf course.