Links at Challedon

I want to start by noting that I am not a person to complain for no reason. But, having played Challedon more than a few times (just not recently), and being some what prepared for what might await me, I must report that what I experienced was worse than I imagined.

I will start by saying that the course layout itself is excellent. It could be a great course. Unfortunately, it is adversely impacted by two undeniable factors: (1) it has the worst greens of any course of any quality that I have ever seen in mid-summer. Period. (2) Course management simply accepts that 5+ hour rounds of golf are acceptable and to be expected. This is ridiculous.

The attached picture tells the tale on the greens. Some of the greens were actually worse, owing to some local delinquent driving an ATV on about six of the greens. That person should be tracked down, arrested, and prosecuted. But, that is not the reason the greens look diseased and are bumpy and slow.

As bad as the greens are, the acceptance of hideously slow play is worse. My partner and I got through the first two holes in good time, but we started to hit traffic on #3. By the time we got to the #4 tee box, we were the FIFTH group either on the short par 4 green, fairway, or tee box or waiting to be on the tee. YES, FIFTH. Are you kidding me? The root of the problem was an "unofficial group event" consisting of 8 groups playing at glacial pace.

I want to point out that Rob the Starter and Rachel the Food and Beverage Manager were both super. In fact, Rachel arranged for us to receive vouchers to come back and play. However, it is going to take awhile for me to summon the courage to take on Challedon again.

It is a mystery to me why a course with that kind of layout built within a community of mammoth homes cannot generate enough revenue to have acceptable conditions. But, I am thinking it is the attitude of the golf management, including one diminutive fellow who got a little yappy with my partner over our views on pace of play.

In a word...horrific. Absolutely horrific.

We have played Challedon numerous times and are thoroughly challenged each time. The pace was good, the food was good and the drink cart game around often enough. The course was in very good shape.

I highly recommend it!!

George

Very disappointing conditions, with the mild weather and steady rain we have received almost every course is in great shape. Not so Challedon, several green were so poor that they had been recently aerated. Many bunkers under repair, and the tee boxes are all very worn. Pace of play is terrible, nearly 5 hours, and nothing done to speed up the group that was bogging down the whole course.

Job well done. Wanted a quick round for my teenaged son and I to celebrate his birthday. called the course but nothing was available for the time I needed. I went on the GolfNow app and was able to somehow get the time they said wasn't available. Maybe they used magic?

This was a good, challenging course for my skill level. It has lots of elevation changes and interesting features. They were doing work on what seemed like the majority of the sand traps, and as a result they were very difficult to play out of. Otherwise the course was great and I will definitely play there again.

Course well kept and fast green in the afternoon. Love the course and will be playing tournament in August.

There is no excuse for it to be a 5 1/2 hour round of golf! Course was in pretty good condition other than a number of the bunkers needed sand. I said yes to the 'would you recommend to a friend' -because it is a decent course, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you had all day to play it!

I have played Challedon 4-5 times a year over the past few years. The winter has taken its toll on the course which will need considerable maintenance to bring it back to it previous high standards. The traps were severly need of repair; the greens were are not true and poorly maintained. The off the fairway grass is more than 4-5 inches in length making it difficult to hit out of if you are able to find your ball. Ponds are over taken by algae and could be polluted when the weather turns warmer.

Fairways always nice. Greens bumpy and not smooth for it being late May. Sand traps were awful and a lot of them were having work done. Good Layout and wasn't busy.

I thought the staff was very friendly. The course itself was in very good condition. It offered a good challenge. It was a pleasure to play there. I hope to play there again soon.

I've always liked playing here and still do. Just needs some minor work done here and there, but overall, still a nice course.

Nice course. Good layout. Got backed up on back 9...could have used a Marshal to push slow groups along. People really need to learn to play "ready golf" and speed up when necessary. If you're hitting shots in the weeds/woods on most holes and spending a lot of time looking for them you need to just a) drop a new ball and continue or b) spend more time on the range to become more accurate!

I thought the course provided a diversity of play, some flat and open holes and others more of a mountain type of course. The course was fair, enjoyable. and in pretty good shape. My round was shortly after many inches of rain and yet we were able to have carts on the course.

The afternoon I played the course had tournament start at 4:00. We started our round at 1:50 and barely made it to the 10th hole when the tournament was to start. There was inadequate course management to establish an reasonable speed up play.

The greens roll true and were in great shape. Likewise the fairways were well maintained with minimun divots. Bunkers were full of rocks making it difficult to pay out of bunkers without fear of damaging club.

Played on 4/20/13. Payed 69 dollars. Green were the worst I ever seen. I seen bad fairways better than these greens. If the course was not in shape, lower the cost. Next day went to Gettysburg links. Course was in excellent shape. Will never go back to this course.

The greens were HORRIBLE!! Not worth the money at all. We played Links at Gettysburg next day and that was beautiful and cheaper. Would not recommend to anyone unless it improves.

Nothing bad to say about the course. Looks like they have solved issues with the greens. My disappointment stems from the fact that the starter sent a very slow foursome with no Tee time out in front of us even though we were on time and ready.
Turns out the foursome was not in any hurry and had no concern for their pace. We played the front in 2.5 hours and the back in 85 minutes! I had to call the manager in the clubhouse twice and complain before we played through. I would never pay full price for this course. $40max.

Liked the variety and design of holes. Greens and fairways in generally good condition except for one or two holes.

The course was dry and brown with many bare spots.

Round left me feeling blahhh. Pretty well kept, and some interesting holes. Not exactly a links course as its very interwoven with the surrounding housing development. Staff was pretty rude and range balls were a total ripoff here @ $5 for 20 balls!!! If you ask me not worth the drive as the course takes forever to get to. Play your golf elsewhere.