Exeter Country Club

The greens are fast and in good shape. Fringes and most of the fairways have come back nicely, huge improvement over exactly one year ago, especially with the drought. bunkers raked, all in all an interesting course layout, mostly blind shots to the greens so you'll want to play twice. Got around in under 2 hours on a Monday.

It was a very hot day, but made for wonderful golf.

Pace was fairly good, not overly slow. The golf course was still in great condition .

This course was a surprise at first glance, the first fairway was long and plush green. After the first few holes my golf buddy and I found our selves commenting on how well maintained and beautiful the landscape from Tee to Green. A good mix of elevation changes and a couple of dog legs gave us the challenge that made our play fun. I recommend you play a round or two like we did.

Condition reviews prior to this year should be ignored. Suspected employee grounds chemical sabotage destroyed all greens and fringes and a couple of fairways. After reseeding and resoding, the course is in fabulous condition. Hats off to the course greenskeeper crew. They deserve 5 stars.

Very pleasant experience. Small 9 hole course in pretty good condition. Uncrowded at the time I played.

Nice setting.

Played with my wife. Good nine hole course for both of our skill levels, since she is a high handicap golfer.

Fairways and roughs are burnt to nothing, greens were better. Lots of ground under repair including a sand trap on seven that just needs weeding. Can't describe how terrible the fairway conditions are, not one decent lie all day. Worth the $30 on Golfnow....maybe.

Shorter course fairly wide open and pleasant to play

Love the addition of the alternate ladies' tees on a few of the longer holes. Course was in great shape except for standing water in a few of the sand traps.

I will never return to this course. Not even if they offered to let me golf for free. It took 3.5 hrs to play 9 holes and they had 2 kids out mowing the greens and first cut the entire time we were there. It seemed like they followed us around the course. And the were still mowing when we left, AT 11:30. The kids mowing acted as if it was the players inconveniencing them. I have never been so disappointed golfing in my life. The course is pretty lame and the grounds crew is a joke. The people in the club house however were very nice. Thats about the only good thing i can say about this course. Oh and the rum and coke I ordered was probably the weakest most watered down drink over ever had. If i could give them negative stars i would. Do yourself a favor and play elsewhere.

There is some character on a few of the holes, but the majority of them are fairly benign and boring. I can see play being snail slow on weekends.

Had to show my email confirmation on my phone to the guy in the pro shop as apparently they have no way of telling if you've paid or not if you've booked through golf now. Was a bit uncomfortable, and seems odd considering all the other courses I've played knew on their end when I got there.

The $12 golf now hot deal was well worth it, but I wouldn't consider paying their $34 to ride 9 holes rack rate as the condition of the course just wouldn't warrant it. Could easily walk this course, and if I ever played it again I'd probably walk it and plan 2.5 - 3 hours for the 9 if it were a weekend.

; good for the quick "golf fix", decent facility. At $12-15 per nine, it is an appropriate vale

My friend persuaded me to try Exeter with him. He said it was a good deal via golfnow.com. With only 5 cars in the lot at mid-morning we had that "aha" moment. The course is good and green and mowed regularly. The rough is very tough and the greens had recently been aerated with very large tines. Putting was pot luck and with all of the dips and slopes, we were thankful they were not too fast. Some of the holes are a bit contrived and have blind shots. The first green is well below fairway level and results in a blind approach shot. There are 3 sharp doglegs (4, 5 and 9) and a hilltop par 3 (#8). It must take a few rounds to get the feel of where to be and where not to be on this quirky course. It is short for most golfers and very walkable. The regular $20. price for 9 holes seems a bit high to me, but they may be able to command that in the tourist season. The clubhouse looks like an old 1950's urban variety store that landed next to the 9th green and has never been updated. The much acclaimed grill was just getting opened as we finished our round and we did not stay to sample it. I can now say I have played Exeter, the self proclaimed "best 9 on the Seacoast," I can also say I see no need to return.

Visually beautiful course! Doglegs, blind shots, and marshlands surrounding course make for a challenging afternoon. Will play there again soon.

Paired up w/ another twosome. Played nine little over 2 hrs. Average layout w/ a lot of slope and small undulating greens. Couple of driveable par fours. A nice bargain because there are none to be had in the area. Nice patio deck to wash away those big numbers. Close to Portsmouth/Kittery for the rest of the gang. Course is 120 yrs. old. It's held up well. Greens in great shape.

Scenic and friendly place. The pro Bill Cassel
does a great job. Conditions were very good for local nine hole track.

I think they over booked tee times for the second time I was there. Pace of play really slows down starting on the sixth tee box because of a couple short par fours, a par 3 and then a backed up 9th hole. They should take this into account when scheduling. Some areas are pretty wet and the fairways aren't perfect, but the greens are some of the better in the area and are why I keep coming back.

Omg, wet, soggy,horrible greens. Called for a tee time. They said come on down. Got there, and only one car in the lot. Now I see why. Must gave been the pro. Worst course I've played since I can remember.