Clustered Spires GC: #16
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4.2
679 Reviews (679)
5 Stars
282
4 Stars
313
3 Stars
55
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
17
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.2
89.1%
Recommend this course
619 out of 679 reviews
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4.3
27 Reviews (27)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
85.2%
Recommend this course
23 out of 27 reviews
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4.3
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
91.3%
Recommend this course
42 out of 46 reviews
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Course Highlights
Clustered Spires earns strong praise for its engaging layout featuring doglegs, elevation changes, water hazards, and bunkers that challenge all skill levels. Courteous staff, solid pace of play, and outstanding value make this Frederick public course a reliable and rewarding choice.

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Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 72
Length 6893 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.6
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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Brian Ault (1991) Bill Love (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.2
679 Reviews (679)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 8
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 18
Thick Rough 16
Water Hazards 12
This course/club is great for:
Locals 28
Walkers 16
9-Hole Rounds 13
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 21
Worth the Drive 14
In the 'Burbs 12

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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is fair and the marshals try to keep things moving

For the money, you won't find a better course to play in Frederick. Its a county course, but is very well maintained, easy to get in and out of, and has pretty good food...I highly recommend the experience

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wow! Great value and quality

It had been many years since I had played Clustered since joining a club and routinely playing some of the other more talked about daily fee courses in the area. None of the other local courses can match the value....attentive and courteous staff, course attendants that you actually see managing play, a great pace of play, and the conditions were as good as it gets. Well done Clustered. I will definitely return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This coarse is a great value!

Great coarse, easy access, the rough is thick and hard to find your ball just a foot off the fairway. Always a great place to play! The staff are excellent people to deal with.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nicw course

For a city owned course, this place rivals some of the higher dollar courses in the local area. Well groomed, well maintained, played very nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Well maintained

Great course very clean and maintained. Only issue is they were pairing a lot of twosomes and creating foursomes with strangers. Also eventhough the Marshall was driving around he didnt help with pace of play issues, probably caused by pairing people who don't know each other.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Absolutely beautiful!

The course was beautiful, greens in great shape, pace of play just right. The only complaint would be the rough was a bit tall. Lost some balls (well, the mowers will find them) in what should have been findable conditions. But that was the only negative. Staff very friendly. All-in-all, the most pleasant 18 holes of golf I have played in some time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Well maintained, short, confidence building course.

Wide open and short, Clustered Spires makes for a fun round of golf without the aggravation of constantly looking for balls in the rough. Reachable par 5's, short par 4's, and reasonable par 3's - the back is quite a bit more difficult than the front which is fine as neither are unreasonable. Greens were putting true and not so fast as to make them impossible.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course was in excellent shape

The course was wide open so even if you make a bad shot off the tee you could recover pretty easy, however if you missed the green it was hard to get up and in

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

An average daily fee course that is not terribly challenging but can be enjoyable.

Staff was friendly, starter helpful, marshal didn't do much and in fact disappeared before noon. We left the 12th green and as we arrived at the 13th tee, a man in cart 131 was there hitting balls at the par 3 green. His comment was "sorry to jump in front of you" and he proceeded to the green to play his 3 or 4 balls he had hit. If a marshal had been doing his duty we would not have been required to wait on him on #13, #14, #15, etc. It does not present your course in a well managed operation. In fact it says the management was more concerned about being out of the heat and let the course manage itself.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

one of md great course

great course but the rought was like the us open i was finding balls all over i guest that why it took me 5 and a half hours the play was really really slow but the ranger did come around after nine trying to push them to move

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

Even with the amount of rain we have recieved the course was in great shape. Nice grass driving range, nice chipping area and putting area. Course is in great shape and the greens I'm told usually run a little quicker but all the rain slowed them a tad. But they ran well and true. Bunkers were moist but playable again a lot of rain lately. Make sure you stay in the short stuff, the rough is long and will def. cost you a stroke or 2. Only thing that became annoying was the airport next store. A lot of helicopter and small planes. I will def. return!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course. Well maintained

Great course for beginners with enough challenges for experienced players. Rough is very thick and difficult to play from. Only downside to this course (and it's minor) is proximity to local airfield. Throughout our round, their was the constant buzzing of small helicopters overhead. I'm assuming these are private copters or used for training purposes. They were flying over and around the course slowly and it was annoying at times. Other than that, an enjoyable course to play.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

great course

The golf course was in great shape . would enjoying playing once a week they really take care of it.they are very friendly and make you feel welcome. a good speed of play. the green were in great shape and fast like i like them

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens A++++

Course is always in great shape particularly the greens. Greens were A+, Fairways A-, Tees B. Rough is thick but not ridiculously high. Pace of play was fantastic on the front 9 until we caught a crazy slow twosome on the back. Still played in less than 4 hrs. Value on Golf Now was A+++.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Shape, needs marshals.

The course is in excellent shape, but the rough is thick(US Open thick). The staff was friendly and attentive, except the course really needed marshals. The front took 2.5 hours mostly because of the group in front of us, after they left after nine the back took under 2 hours. My son and I played the course about 4 years ago, as part of a group, and always wanted to go back. We took our wives and we weren't disappointed. The tee box, fairways and greens were great, but both of the wives had trouble whenever they were unlucky enough to get into the rough. Example, on the 18th I missed the green with my second shot, I was right about 10 yards behind a bunker, and need a full swing with a gap wedge to carry the ball just those 10 yards. I would good, and hopefully will, go back again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun Track, Great Conditions!

Fun little track. Really enjoyed my time here. Will definitely come back. Tee to green, fantastic conditions!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course always seems to be in great condition.

We played on a holiday for only $30 per player. It was a great deal on a course with excellent conditions.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

The greens were in great shape. This is a fairly wide open course but the thick rough make your tee shot critical.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

What a pleasant surprise in the heart of Frederick.

This was out first visit to Clustered Spires. It was a pleasant surprise. The public course was in great condition from tee to green. Once the poa annua dies off on the greens in the next couple of weeks, the greens will be quicker and not as bumpy. The front nine is open and relatively flat to ease you into your round. The back nine tightens up a bit and truly brings the lay of the land into play. There are several elevation changes and trees to hit around which makes it quite different and challenging. My only suggestions would be a few more sprinkler heads for distance measurements and a better marked driving range for yardage distance. Overall a treat to play and a course we will definitely be coming back to play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

beautiful course and very affordable

really nice course. it's my first time there because it's quite a drive for me to get there, but I definitely would come back and play there again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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