Glade Valley Golf Club

Started out nice. Then had to leave on 11 due to rain and thunder. GOD Bless to all.

Never disappoints. The best bang for the buck around.

The temperature was good, a little windy and some of the fairways were a little wet because it had rained the past 5 days.

The fairways were in pretty good condition and the greens were in good condition.

The course is ok, but by a long shot not my favorite. The rough is way too deep and fairways not that much better to lose a ball in the middle of it due to height of the grass. Was put behind a foursome purposefully to slow me down as a single was agonizingly slow paced. Never again. Not booking unless no other course is available as I could have gotten out and finished reasonably or at a pace that wasn’t disrupted by a seriously slow group of seniors. That and sprinkling was going on while trying it at the first 5 holes. Ridiculous. Mentioned before, but the greens are like they were designed by a madman to be unable to play well on them, added to by stupidly placed pins. Nobody was in front of the seniors, and had I caught up to the tournament on the back 9, I’d have paused. Then doesn’t help some of them were riding around like they were on a tour. Can be better. No way would consider a membership.

My credit card was charged with tee time cost for all 4 players without my authorization. Nor could the clerk tell me the dollar amount of the charge. My foursome plays at Glade Valley twice monthly. However, I'm not willing to subject my credit card to an unknown expense, nor is anyone of the group willing to book a future T time because of the change in payment method. Therefore, we have decided cease play a Glade Valley.

Most of the fairways are in, and the rough is thick. Tee boxes are hard-packed.

This is a challenging course for intermediate golfers, but a relaxing one.

This course was wonderful. I enjoyed it. The value was great. The pace of play was poor. There were people in front of me, and they were moving slow as molasses.

Course was decent. Loved the GPS on the cart. No effort was made to speed up play though. We did not see a ranger. Players in front of us did not know proper golf etiquette. Several players were definitely hitting from the wrong tee box. This happens on a lot of courses.

If I could give Glade Valley Golf Club a rating lower than one star I would. The owner of the course, Mibong Hong, hates people with disabilities and is overtly rude and violent towards them. I recommend that you not spend your money in this man’s business. He apparently also owns West Winds in New Market, MD.

I am 60 years old, and need to use a golf cart with a handicap flag. I have a breathing condition, and issues with my knees, that make it difficult for me to walk up and down hills. At this course they gave me a driving cart with the handicap setting turned on. They use carts with a GPS system that controls where they can go. This allows me to drive closer to the tee boxes and the greens than other golfers in their carts. I have been playing golf for 51 years, and know etiquette on a course. I would never do anything to damage the course, the tees, or the greens. I fill other people’s divots and fix other people’s ball marks on the greens.

On the 10th tee, my first hole, as a single, Mr. Hong had just hit a drive. There was a woman in his cart. I offered to play with them. He said, “No.” I asked if he wanted me to play through so that I was hitting into them as a single behind them. He said sure. I drove up to the Senior Tee. I hit a nice drive, and with a couple more shots I was on the green in 4. I drove my cart up to the left side of the green, 2-3 yards off the green. I 3-putted for a 7, unfortunately, and headed to the 11th Tee. I hit my drive and started down the fairway. Mr. Hong drives up in his cart yelling at me that I drove the cart onto the green. I told him, “I did not. I have a handicap cart which lets me drive close the green.” He was not hearing any of it. He just kept yelling at me that, “I drove the cart onto the green. I saw you.” I didn’t know who he was, so I drove away from him. A few minutes later the lady from the pro shop comes out in a cart and politely told me that that man is the owner of the course and wants me off of this golf course. She told me she would refund my money. I accepted and told her that I didn’t want to get her in trouble because she was so professional with me the whole time. I hit balls on the driving range and then left. Now I am writing this review. I am very disappointed in how I was treated.