#1 at Ponkapoag Golf Club

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.

Better review if something was done about greens conditions

Waste of money. The entire course is just regular grass. The greens are regular grass / dirt. Unplayable. Maybe for $15 total with a cart I’d play just to work on hitting out of the rough the entire round.

The greens are at best like putting on an old rug, different height and different grasses. If grass at all. Most greens are unplayable and look like a sand trap on the actual green. The tee boxes match the sand traps from the greens too.

No food available or snacks at the turn at all.

We finally saw the refreshment cart literally 18.

For the care and condition of this course, the fee should only be $15 with a cart for 18 holes.

You will not be working on your putting at this course

It’s hard to describe how bad of shape this course is in. There were weeds over 6 inches long on one of the greens and that wasn’t even one of the worst greens. Some of them had so much sand and dirt it was impossible to make a legit putt attempt. That they charge money to play on these conditions is borderline criminal.

Attached photo is on a “green”

Conditions were a disgrace. Greens are shot. Tee boxes range from ok to bare dirt, to weeds as tall as the rough. Some fairways not mowed. Overall, a pretty decent layout but it need to be shut down and the greens repaired/replaced. Not worth paying a dime to play here as it is.

This place was able to accommodate 12 of us in the middle of the day on Fathers Day. There was a strong reason why. It’s in really bad shape. Greens are horrible (patches of sand and dirt throughout) and the fairway grass is cut the same length as the grass in my yard. Don’t waste your time.

Greens were terrible and staff at the front desk was super rude about carts.