Preakness Valley Golf Course - West

We were pleasantly surprised at how great this course was. Looking forward to going back.

Yes, super over booked for a Sunday but worse than expected for a public course, the pace of play was not regulated didn’t see a ranger all afternoon. This 36 hole course could be one of the best in the state or north east/ but it’s not.

The 2:20 4some on east course on 6/11/23 ahead of us had 2 walkers doing a lesson. Hitting 3-4 ball off each tee box then spending 10 mins looking for the balls all over the place. Then spending 5-10 mins on the green doing a putting lesson. Luckily they only played 9.

The guy teaching the lesson claimed to be a 12 handicap, laughable, the guy couldn’t hit a fairway ALL DAY let alone the broad side of a barn. The 2some matched with them and the guy giving the lesson we’re playing from the blues and of course they had no business playing from there.

The course was so backed up there were 3 4somes waiting on each hole on the last 7 holes. What could have been a 4 hour day was more like 5+ hours.

I digress, You really can’t do much about morons playing from the blues but the guy who couldn’t even hit one ball well all day giving a “lesson” should be banned for life- not for giving a lesson but 100% for claiming to be a 12 handicap. Lying in golf is worse than being a bad golfer. Id rather play with someone that can’t break 100 than a liar.

The bathrooms were atrocious but I’m glad the court spent a million dollars to build a useless circle of grass between the restaurant and pro shop.

Couple of the fairways on the east course don’t make any sense. 200 yard par 3’s didn’t quite fit.

Staff I met or talked to was all great from the started to the cart girl, no issues there the staff was wonderful.

The $80 price tag for a course that made me prefer to use the PORT-O-JOHNs over their bathrooms was a big problem. I’ll spare you any photos. I’m not likely to return.

Make sure you are listening for “Four”s because they fit a really clean course in a smaller space. Especially the front 9. Also, bring your bug spray; was a bit overrun with gnats/mosquitos when we went. It was also our first time playing there; some of the staff was confusing about where to get your carts versus check in and overall really nice and friendly.

Can’t wait to go back and try West and would happily play this course again.

Played West course. Greens were fantastic, ran very true. Nice layout, not the most challenging, but par 4 distances from the blue tees often exceed 400 yards.

Three locals I played with were great to play with.

Everything here is above average the only one thing I don’t satisfy as they didn’t offer a chocolate.

The West Course is the better layout.

East isn’t long, but it’s a good course to work on the mid irons.

Front nine on East isn’t that good. The back nine on East is much better.

Conditions-Very good.

Paid $80 to ride and to be honest even if it was free I wouldn't return. Grass was very high. Multiple balls lost. Pace of play was horrible and rangers did nothing. Cart girl had an attitude. Multiple tee boxes were in earshot of others. Lots of chatter. About 5 of the holes are tight so cross play going on. A lot of ducking from missed shots. I will never ever return.

Very impressed by this course. The overall conditions and layout are outstanding. The greens were fast and impeccably maintained. Although the length is not as challenging as some, it does force thoughtful play to be able to score well.

The range, putting, and chipping areas are all fantastic. Definitely top-notch for public courses in the area. The bar restaurant and patio had a nice social touch. It feels closer to a country club in its presentation then a public course. Hard to find much fault. This is one I’ll be coming back to you over and over again..

East vs West Course .

East is much more compact and contains some odd dog leg tee-to-green holes but.

Like the more stretched-out interesting West …

Tee Boxes, fairways bunkers and greens are above average well kept.