#1 at Ponkapoag Golf Club

Course 2 is not well kept. Greens are non existent.. leave your putter in the bag.. you’re chipping all day here. Lots of bee hives inside the sand traps. Biggest bees I’ve ever seen.

The greens are unplayable

It’s a shame the state is still in control of this course

They should seriously close this course. It appears it hasn't been taken care of for many years. Unplayable greens, unkempt grass. They didn't even have rakes at the sand traps.

I will never play here again. Horrendous conditions. They should close this course. The greens were literally unplayable and sand traps not maintained in years. See pics.

What a sad state the golf course is in. Unacceptable. It is the worst conditioned course over ever seen and for what would be one of the best layouts in all of New England ( Ponky #1) it is criminal. Really the people who are running and making decisions for the DCA should not have the job they have.

Having played there over 25 years and the course having its ups and downs, this is an absolute new low. Greens are longer than a reg courses fairways but then also dead dirt spots everywhere. Shameful!

It looks like no effort is made to tend the greens. All had bare spots, weeds, overgrown spots. Worst I’ve ever experienced.They took the fun out of the round.

This place is not well maintained. We got stuck behind an 8-man scramble. Young idiots were purposely hitting balls from the range to the 10th tee box and no one to stop them. range needs more netting. pace of play was 5 hours. Greens were a mixture of sand traps, rough, and water. worst greens I have EVER seen. only play here if you are a beginner. not worth the time or money if you enjoy playing golf.

Ponky is an incredible value for the price (mid-week after 2pm, $19). But you get what you pay for. The greens are never in good condition but the fairways are consistently in good shape. The course plays pretty short and its nice and open so its difficult to lose balls. The course is laid out very nicely. If you go in with low expectations you'll be more than satisfied.

The course layout was exceptional. I loved the elevation, wide fairways and the dog legs were really fun to play. The rough was way to high for average golfer to play and the green were totally unacceptable.

With a good groundskeeping crew, this course would be a diamond in the rough.

This is a great course that is in meed of proper maintenance. The greens and tee boxes are quite bad. Best to plan on taking two outs per hole and picking up tour ball as its not really puttable. Staff is friendly.

Greens ruined the day. Fairways not bad (although grass clippings were not cleared and hid a few balls that were in the middle of the fairway). Green terrible and ruined day.

The layout of the course is great, and this place could be a jewel for the state, but as is avoid at all costs.

The greens were a mix shag carpet, sand, and hard pan dirt patches. My photo is a picture of the best green condition I found all day. One green was entirely sand/dirt. Couldn’t tell where the fringes end and the greens begin. Same for rough and fairways. Easy to lose a ball if you’re slightly into the rough with how tall the grass was. The only worth out of playing this course is working on FIR and GIR skills.

Years ago good course #1.I don't like fishing but I rather fish than play that course. The state has let it detereate..

I love the course - beautiful setting, challenging but fair, but their achilles heel are their greens. Some have big dirt patches and exceptionally slow.