Ron Jaworski's Valleybrook Country Club

Been playing golf for 20 years this was one of the least enjoyable rounds I've ever had. Heard good things about this place. It was only $35 after 2 on a Sunday. First few holes were boring but fine then we hit a wait of two groups backed up on each tee. The layout is boring. You basically go straight up and then straight back 5 times on the front. The holes are right on top of each other I've never seen holes so close to each other. One of the guys in my group got hit and that was not a rarity it was happening all over the course. We saw the group behind us slam a shot into the vinyl siding of a house which is another problem. You're literally playing through people's backyards. We teed off at 2pm and got to the turn around 4:50. No exaggeration. We decided to quit after nine and cut our losses while we were still uninjured. Also Both of our carts were broken. Greens were way too slow for a real course. They obviously don't know how to run a course here but to their defense they don't have much to work with. The holes are so close to each other there is no way to play at a normal pace unless it's empty. My buddy had some sort of Ron jaworski discount card yet somehow ended up paying more than we did without the card. There were also random people walking all over the course. It's right in the middle of a development. There were two guys driving around in a cart looking for a lost dog in the neighborhood. I'm not kidding how can you make this stuff up? I can't believe jaws attached his name to this place. Apparently his other courses are decent. They can't possibly be worse.

Good course to play. Wide fairways and fast greens. The course was in great shape.

The course was in great shape for a late-October round. The greens were incredibly fast, which surprised me, since it had rained that morning.

I believe there was a large group playing as well on Sunday afternoon - the course was extremely busy, with a high number of newer or high-handicapped players slowing down the pace of play significantly (spending several minutes hunting for lost balls, taking 4-5 shots to move 200 yds off the tee, etc).. We would have to wait, at minimum, 5 minutes for each shot.

As a result, my twosome started @ 2:45, and had to quit around 6pm due to darkness, only playing through 12 holes.

Can't control who plays, but the main drawback was the lack of enforcement via a Ranger.

paid for 18 holes, only played 11. Pace of play slowed down tremendously. However, the front nine layout is not very good. Holes 6,7,8,9 are up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill. You don't know if the group ahead of you is clear because they are blind shots and there isn't a bell for the to ring to tell you if they are clear. Balls were flying from every direction, and although I did not see anyone get hit, I'm sure it happens quite a bit. Carts are old, some have broken keys in them. Course could use an upgrade. I'd like to play the back to see if it is any better than the front. I would never play full price for this course and layout.

I have played this course 5-6 times this year and every time I come they are over booking. Our foursome had to wait at every single hole and could never get into a groove.
3 weeks ago I had a tee time to come and find out there was an outing that started late. I was told they could not get me out for at least an hour later then my tee time was originally set for. Frankly the young man that explained the situation was down right rude. He explained to me in a very arrogant tone that they were "busy" and that there's nothing he could do about it so I should get over it.
In other words, I haven't had the best experiences at this course. I like the layout and enjoy playing here but I strongly recommend not over booking tee times and also to train the staff how to handle customers when something inconvenient happens.

Great course and good condition

The staff was great. I left my wallet in the cart after playing a round, Stan called me and said that he had it and not to worry he will hold it until I pick it up.
Thank you Stan

Mark Davis

The carts here either barely run or buck like a Bronco.Brakes are shot too. Your back will hate you for playing here. Pack a lunch...the pace of play is so bad. I get ill watching Jaws blab about his concern for customer service on his tv commercial. I live a long par 5 from this course and rarely play here.

I've never played there but have heard about it. My thought was with Ron Jaworski's name on it has to be a premier course but it was far from that, It looks like no one cares about it. I dont think they have a greens keeper, which would explain alot. It just looks like no one cares, its a shame. I would never go back.

After a 5.5 hour round I do not think I will be returning to this golf course. What is frustrating is the lack of management. How can you continue to double book tee times and have 3 and 4 groups waiting? There was a ranger that pretty much followed our group around instead of going on his way when he should have been going ahead and speeding up the pace of play. Very hilly course. Young kids in front of us were playing around an picked up our ball 5 times. Course conditions overall were good especially considering the heat wave. But other factors outweighed the conditions therefore ruining the experience. Will not be back.

I had a tee time for 9:12. Apparently, two groups showed at some time before that claiming to have tee times though the course had no record of that. Still, they squeezed them in which pushed everyone behind them back. So I teed off about an hour later and waited to hit on every tee until about the 8th or 9th hole when things opened up a bit. I find this rude and inconsiderate and will never patronize this place again.

First time using golf now and first time playing Valleybrook. Very easy transition from club house to first hole. I was assigned to play in a foursome. I got there early and was told I could go out. Great . I met another senior on first tee. We hit it off ( pun and no pun) very well. We were similar in our skills. I was a bigger hitter but his short game was excellent. Course offered many types of terrain and skill levels. Will be back. A liittle difficult finding some tee boxes. Not a lot of signage . We overcame.

The course is in very good shape. It has some challenging holes but still very good for beginners such as myself. The staff is very friendly. All round a good course. I'll be back.

Course was in good shape. Greens look good. Staff was very friendly and helpful. An eagle on the Par 5 17th made the day great!

I like to start my reviews by mentioning I am a newer golfer, a little over a year now. I had read and heard many negative comments about the course in general, would like to say I was pleasantly surprised. One has to remember it is a public course, so yes it is a little beat up, but overall I would say in pretty good condition. The greens are amazing, soft and well maintained. Fairways are in pretty good condition, but like most public courses, the golfers need to fix their divots. The drink carts could not be timed better, seemed whenever I needed a drink, there they were, but could do a better job with the water station placement.

Now the few negatives, the layout of the holes seems to be too much, off one green right to the tee box, by that I mean, too narrow and straight, play does get boring. I want to say 4-8 all feel like playing the same hole. I felt like the sprinklers were following my group the first 3 holes, turned on each time we teed off. Like I said before, golfers need to fix their divots.

Overall not a bad course, I will play there again. Fortunately I found a great deal on GOLF.now, so did not mind what I paid.

Last time I played this course- "Jaws " name was not attached to it. Still looks the same. Played at 2 o'clock and there was no water in any of the coolers. Greens were punched a week ago and ran very slow. A little more sand in the bunkers is needed. Played in 3 1/2 hours. Did not try the restaurant. Staff was professional
Would only play again with another great deal from Golfnow

I play 30-40 rounds a year, and I am an 8 index. I would not recommend this course to anyone who can break 100. Terrible layout, terrible conditions, clueless personnel. Tee boxes were the worst I've seen in a long time, greens rolled no faster than a 5, and were bumpier then my wife's C cups. Jaws should be embarrassed to put his name on this course. Why not take the $$$ he spent on Downingtown and invest in Valleybrook??? .. Probably bc he knows its a dump. Only course worse than this in the Tri-State area is Springfield CC.

Played 12 holes and walked off after 3+ hours and will never come back. When we booked tee time (on phone with course) no mention made of greens aeration (4 days ago) or the shotgun tournament right in front of us. Even the carts here are old and tired, good luck getting yardages, course is in rough shape needs lots of TLC. Someone needs to tell Jaworski to get this course together and be honest with your customers before they waste time and money.

Two foursomes played Friday morning; did not wait on any hole, nor held up foursome following.
Course in good condition, greens are in good shape.
Lunch was good, and it was nice of Ron to come over and say hello to our group.
Definitely, as a senior, a good value and an enjoyable course.

First the conditions were not that great although I definitely see improvements on the rise. They are also making it more girl friendly - much needed.
As for the pace of play it was like watching grass grow (not far from the truth). There was no time between groups and it was always backed up.
If you are looking for a nice walk in the park at a slow pace then this is the course for you.

Course: Looks like a Muni because it sits in the boundaries of neighborhood with houses and the holes a bit crowded. Some bunkers need to have drainage and/or fabric liner put in them as the sand is either wet and most have dime to quarter sized rocks percolating up to the top of the sand.
We felt the need to move the ball away from the rocks to avoid dinging our wedges.

Greens appear to be recovering from being plugged several weeks ago (?) and are long, slow and like putting on a berber carpet. No one in our group could get the ball to the hole..If they did the ball would waggle on the putt line. Even short putts became a challenge because no putts ran true.

Front nine is short and straight. Back nine has elevation changes, dog legs and water...Lots of fun. Would have really loved to play the back nine twice.

Safety: Several tee boxes are next to greens and are either too close or the players on this course are really bad.. because it is not unusual to have balls come towards the tee box. This is not all that unusual for courses I've played in NJ where they have limited space to build the course...I think Pensauken is same (played last year).

I had a very scary moment on the 18th fairway, where I was 140 from the green and had a ball whizz by my head...I looked around and saw many orange range balls....there is only a hedge of trees that seperate the 18th fairway and the driving range and the guy had to be hitting big, long bananas to get them over the trees...

Scared for my health, I picked up my ball and ran for my cart and got off the course, deeming it too dangerous to finish my round.. Passing the driving range, I mentioned to the ranger that I was nearly hit and there were many range balls over on the 18th fairway and was told another patron was pointed wrong hitting over those trees.

I cannot recommend this course for me or my customer's to come play, until there is a higher level of safety on the course. I take customers to play golf and would be mortified if my customer were to get hit and hurt (maybe badly) by a driver hit by some guy slicing the ball on the driving range. Not besides the fact that I was almost hit in the head...

Anyone that's been hit by a golf ball knows it hurts and can do some real damage...especially a driven ball on the fly.
Some courses I play that have a similar set up with driving range and fairways, limit the range to irons...(no drivers) to prevent this hazard..