Oak Valley Golf Course & Resort

The course was in great shape for December golf! The staff was very friendly and the fairways played well. The only criticism would be that the greens were ridiculously slow. It seemed as though they hadn’t been rolled in weeks.

Course continues to improve. Nice new sand in all traps.

Good value under $25. Greens are horrendously slow.

Played the course for the first time and found the lay-out good, the staff friendly, but the course itself needs work. Teeboxes have overgrown grass, almost like teeing up in the light rough, Lots of bare patches of dirt versus grass in the fairway. Greens are in good shape considering its fall, but are playing quite slow with bumps that make reading a putt difficult. Would play again in the spring.

Made the trip down south of the city to play Oak Valley. It was a fun course to play that, given the fall time of the year, was in solid but not great shape. Was told it was bought out a few years ago by new ownership that is slowly putting in improvements.

The tee boxes were good while the fairways (and rough) were solid but patchy in some places. There were areas of bare dirt and mud in others. The greens were strong but a little fuzzy, slow and had a lot of unrepaired ball marks. The cart path was good in some places but pretty uneven in other places.

When we were teeing off on No. 5, we almost got hit by two approach shots on No. 2 that flared wide right! So pay attention when you are on that tee box. After the ninth hole, you have to travel a pretty good distance to get to the back nine. The last couple of holes overlook the river and is a nice little setting coming home.

If I could, I’d probably rate this course 3-1/2 stars but it is an enjoyable track so I bumped it up to four stars.

Trying to get a raincheck from this place is a joke. I have called Golfnow and was told to create account. Called back and was told there would be a credit on my account. Still no credit and need to call again. Very difficult to understand what the guy on the phone was saying also. The 6 holes I got to play seemed awesome, so I will try to get my credit and play again.

Course needed mowed and greens were in horrible shape. Showed up for my tee time only to find out they had booked another double for the same time.

The front nine was in good shape but the pace of play was poor saw a marshal one time and he sat in the cart. The back nine is in bad shape. Cart paths need a lot of work. This isn’t a $40 course

Course was in pretty good condition overall. Hoosiers need to fix their ball marks on the greens, other than this course was in great shape.

I enjoy the course layout a lot. You get to pull driver out a good amount. A lot of uneven lies makes for challenging approach shots.

Pace of play was ridiculous. Had to ask the Marshall to rattle some cages. Once the Marshall got involved, it improved dramatically but tgere were 5 holes that were simply torture.

Everything was in great shape. The sand traps are the nicest I’ve seen in the STL region. The greens firmed up during the day. The course is embedded in a resort that feels like a state park. The marshals were very friendly and helpful. The restaurant had a great burger.