Olde Sycamore Golf Club

This was a great course to play!! Booked about two days before and there was still great tee times to choose from. Will be back very soon!!!

Fairways and roughs were very wet due to recent rain. Sand traps were hard packed, also due to the recent rain. Greens held the approach shot well, rolled true, but were slow.

VERY wet from recent rains. The fairways were entirely soaked and don't drain well. The greens though were fine and rolled good on bent grass. Interesting layout but many placement golf tee shots that require a fairway wood strategically placed to offer a good chance to hit these large green complexes. Fun to play well kept course. Overpriced but in line with other area courses.

I read some recent reviews and seemed like it would be alright to try it out, and boy was I wrong.

I should have known I was in trouble when the starter told me that I was going to start on 10, there were at least three groups in front of me 15 minutes past my tee time. A twosome sped past me and teed off as well, telling the starter that they teed off on 13 (?!) and they only had three holes left. What place allows that? It was cart-path only and I understand that slows things up, but come on.

It's hilarious that this course puts such an emphasis on pace of play. There's placards in the carts, the initial email to confirm your tee time stresses it, and meanwhile, I didn't even get to finish my round. I was supposed to tee off at 1:18, and it was probably more like 1:30-1:45 when I finally teed off. I got done with 16 holes around 5:30 with a sunset around 5:56, but since it was cloudy, it was a lost cause trying to wait behind a foursome to finish two holes in the dark.

Speaking of that foursome, me and the father and son I was paired up with kept pace with them the entire first nine. As we made the turn, they were coming out of the clubhouse and insisted that they tee off in front of us on the next nine. If we weren't held up by them, there's a good chance we would have finished with plenty of daylight left. Additionally, there was a twosome in front of them that wasn't playing any slower than them. Good thing there's an emphasis on pace of play though! Must not be able to afford to pay a ranger to stay past two.

The course conditions were horrendous. I understand it's winter, it hasn't been warm and there's been a lot of rain lately. But these conditions were unacceptable. The father and son said that this was the worst shape they have seen this course in. I can't imagine it being any worse. There were spots where I would have been better off hitting out of a bowl of soup from the clubhouse.

If that wasn't enough, the cost for a bucket of range balls (maybe 30ish in a bucket) was $7, which I felt was a little steep. Additionally, the entire range was sand and I had to hit off of mats that were there. Maybe I should have taken one with me to hit off of during the round.

To say I overpaid for this round at $50 in the winter is an understatement. I can't imagine how steep this place gets in the summer.

Looking forward to the automated message on the reply of this comment saying "we're sorry about your experience; we hope to see you again soon." Save it, because I will never play here again.

This course has a great layout! Challenging but fair! Loved it!!

I checked in and was told tee times were behind 30-40 minutes and that it was very packed. I could not wait an additional 30 minutes and spend 3 hours playing 9 holes. I hit balls instead and there were no baskets but dozens scattered around at the range. Also, the range balls are the worst ive ever seen. They mark up your club with every hit. In conclusion, they mismanaged the tee times (again), NO carts, NO range ball baskets and terrible range balls.

The staff are not friendly or welcoming at all, the course looked a little rough and the carts were horrible, we barely made it 8 holes before it died completely the cart started out skipping, it had no power and was jerky. It was definitely overpriced for the conditions of the course and carts. Seems like if they’re going to charge that much for winter golf, they should put some of it back into the course and fix their drainage and cart issues and maybe hire some friendlier more competent staff.

Fairways and roughs were in winter condition. Sand traps were in excellent condition. Greens held the approach shot, rolled true, were slower than normal.

I like this course but have to say that today it was almost unplayable due to fairways being extremely wet and boggy. They still charge $60 when the conditions are not good which is a little unfair. Grenns are fast but not in good shape in some areas and we saw at least 2 carts that had broken down during the round which did not help the pace of play. I will go back and give it another go but maybe wait until some dryer weather has given it a chance!

Greens were in horrendous shape. So we’re the fairways. Drainage needs to be improved there is standing water all over the course.