Downing Farms Golf Course

It was a good deal on golfnow however the drive was long and I thought the course would be much better.

The staff at Downing Farms is great, very friendly. However, I felt we paid too much for what we got out of the course. Tee boxes, fairways, greens, etc. all need quite a bit of attention. It appeared that the course does not drain well. There were several puddles and mounds of mud throughout. I have paid the same price (and sometimes less) and have had much better experiences.

This course gets lots of play and it looks a bit tired.
Very playable even from the blues.
Good location is what makes it popular.

Decided to drive the 45 minutes from my house to Downing Farms, because $13 for 18 holes is quite the deal. Turned out to be well worth the drive, because the course was delightful. Challenging holes with scenery all around. No need to play conservatively, as the course is completely engulfed in wildlife rather than houses and parking lots. You may lose several balls through 18 holes, but if you look hard enough, you can find as many as you lost. This was a great place to play, and challenging for a beginner like myself. I will be back!

I have been dismissing Downing Farms because of the length (<5900 yds from blue tee). There were no other courses with discount tee times the other day, so I decided to give it a try. Wow, I was pleasantly surprised. The course is short, but deceptively so (similar to how Merion was). There are many short par 4's of about 300 yds or so and couple of short par 3's. That's why the overall length is shorter, but there's nothing 'EASY' about this course. The greens are pretty small and they are tricky. Fairways are not the widest around and there are a couple of par 4's with good length of 420+.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely come back here.

Make sure you call the course and ask about their twilight rates. GolfNow was charging $10 more than the $18 rate they usually have for twilight. Thankfully the staff was honest and helped me save some money.

Overall fun course. A little off the beaten path which is nice. Tight fairways. Slow but very nice greens.

Reminds me of an up north course, very nice staff and nature around each hole, good mix of difficulty... Not enough water though

We were surprised by the difficulty of the course but it seemed to cause a big delay with only one foursome 4 groups ahead of us. The back 9 we waited 5-10 minutes every hole. Not good.

Good value and the course was maintained. We will go back in hopes the pace of play is better.

My twosome played 9 in under 2 hours. The greens were a little slow but in GREAT shape. Stay out of the rough it is deep.

Terrible. Course staff was very disorganized and not at all friendly.

My wife and I walked 18 holes on Memorial Day. The course can be long between tee boxes and would be a very challenging walk for many. We ran as well as walked however and finished in less than 3 1/2 hours.The views are beautiful and if played from the proper tees many of the par 4s aren't too long for the average player. This is very unpretentious 'get your money's worth' kind of golf. We highly recommend it.