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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7050 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.6

Quail Creek Golf Club is tied for being the most difficult public course in the St. Louis area. Designed by Hale Irwin, the course is laid across rolling hills laced with meandering streams. The layout requires accuracy with narrow fairways and hard-to-read greens. Water hazards come into play frequently as do trees and bunkers. It is a formidable test for any skill level. Most of the holes have a risk-reward element, making the course more accessible by placing an emphasis on strategy over strength. One of the most memorable holes is the par-5 ninth. It will favor golfers who successfully cut the corner, making it possible to reach the green in two. This tricky hole demands accurate mid-iron play. Quail Creek Golf Club finishes with an interesting par 4 that has water along the left side of both the fairway and green.

Course Details

Year Built 1985
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Hale Irwin (1985) Gary Kern (1985)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

2.2
393 Reviews (393)
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Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Quail Creek

Nice layout Green's decent Fairways Fair Bunker's unusable

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 05/31/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear the conditions of the bunkers weren't up to par. We are happy to hear you enjoyed the layout and the rest of the course's conditions. We hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course has improved

I have been playing Quail since its openings. It has gone downhill terrribly in the last 10 years or so, and while it is not in the condition it originally was in, it is greatly improved this year over the last few. Inside staff is very helpful.Only real negative is that they removed almost all of the yardage markers from the course. They took out stakes and bushes, and the road markings are completely faded.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 05/19/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback. We're happy to hear our course conditions are noticeably improving and you had a good experience with our staff. We hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout. Early in season and greens and fairways need to fill in.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/03/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We hope you give us another chance when we get closer to spring and summer. Thanks for playing!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/03/2017:
Thank you for the great review!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Downhill

From what I understand this used to be a premier track but it is far from that now. Was it worth the Hot Deal price? Maybe. Full price, never. Allen in the clubhouse was great! Friendly and helpful.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 45
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great staff

This course is a little worn but excellent staff, good tee boxes. Fair teeboxes for women. Great convenient location. Would definitely return!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/25/2017:
Thanks for the great review! We're happy to hear you had a positive experience. We're looking forward to seeing you again!
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

good day of golf

The staff was very friendly and it was a perfect day. The course was a little rough but it is still early April so I hope it will shape up .It was cart path only but speed of play was not a problem. I will play again later in the spring and hope it has filled in better.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/12/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to write a review. We're glad to hear you had a positive experience with our staff and that the weather was favorable during your round. We are working to improve the conditions of the course for the spring season and hope you give us another shot soon. Thanks for playing!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough conditions

This course is in horrible condition. The staff is upfront and honest about it during check-in. If you choose to play here, expect a long and frustrating day.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Response from on 04/12/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to review our course. We're sorry to hear the course conditions weren't up to par. Our staff is working daily to improve the conditions for the spring season. Thanks for playing Quail Creek and we hope you give us another shot in the future.
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Layout, very challenging

I was extremely impressed with the course layout. I thought it was extremely clever and pretty difficult. You have to be accurate off the tee, if you're not it's likely a penalty stroke as many fairways are lined with trees or water. The greens have some nice slope as well, so putting was a challenge. I'm only in my second season of golf so I'm not a great golfer, so for me it was a challenge. I had a great deal from Golf Now so I played for $20 bucks, which is an incredible value. I wouldn't have been as happy if I paid $40 for the round. I was disappointed with the Tee boxes, the grass was terrible, they were messy and just didn't look good at all. The fairway grass was poor as well, but it's winter so i expected that. I was surprised to see the grass torn up on some greens. To really judge the course I'll need to come back in the summer. I think it's a great course design and one that all golfers in the area should at least check out. I'll be back to try to improve my score.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/11/2017:
Thank you for the review! We're so happy to hear you enjoyed the layout and challenge of the course. Although our course conditions weren't up to par, we hope to see you again during the summer once they've improved. Thanks for playing Quail Creek!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging Course

I have played golf at Quail Creek GC a number of times due to its proximity to my home. It's a challenging course that rewards accuracy, as there is a lot of water, trees, creeks, hills, slopes and sand bunkers that reward strategic play (well placed drives and layups.)

Amenities: The course has a small driving range and a putting green for pre-round practice, but currently half of the putting green is out of commission. The course also has a nice clubhouse with excellent views, pro shop and indoor dining. The check-in progress was quick and friendly.

I played in late March, which isn't the best time to play here as the grass has not yet awoken from it's dormant state. The second problem is this course does not handle lots of rain very well, and the course was saturated, leading to cart paths only, little roll in the fairways and mandatory clean & place. Normally I would not have played there after that much rain, but with golf now non-refundable deals, I had to play. That said, I look forward to returning this summer once the fairways green up and thicken up.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/06/2017:
Thanks for taking the time to review our course. We're happy to see you enjoyed the course layout and our amenities. We appreciate the feedback about our course conditions and look forward to seeing you again in the summer!
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/05/2017:
Thank you for taking the time to review our course. We apologize the course conditions did not meet expectations. We are glad to hear you enjoyed our course layout and that our staff was friendly. We hope you give us another shot in the future. Thanks for playing Quail Creek!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course still needs a lot of work. It's going in the right direction though.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 03/06/2017:
Thanks for your feedback. Please come back and play again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/21/2017:
Thanks for leaving your feedback with us. We hope to see you back at the course soon!
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over priced for February and conditions

Quail Creek is as good of a laid out course in the Saint Louis area I have found. I am glad to see that they are cutting trees and making an effort to improve the course this winter. With the huge dead spots on nearly every green and the poor shape the tees are in, they have their work cut out for them. Hopefully Quail becomes more competitive in price and quality of course soon. This course has enormous potential and I hope their efforts to fix it go well.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 02/21/2017:
Thanks for your feedback. We're always striving to improve our course conditions and your review helps us do so. Thanks for playing and we hope to see you back soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Bad

Haven't played there in several years even those it is the closest course to my home.(7 miles) Remember why, cart path only,(little rain in 2 weeks) the greens were horrible(had a mild weather). The only improvement I noted was the staff was friendly, they once had nothing but grumpy old men and I'm 68.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 02/10/2017:
We're sorry to hear that you didn't have a good experience during your recent visit. We are always working to improve the experience for our golfers and we appreciate your feedback. We hope you'll give us another shot soon!
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Still lost for a direction

I have been writing bad reviews on this course for some time now due to the available resources it has, and the unbelievable choices it makes in doing anything that would possibly really make an improvement. So let me begin, the course continues to fall into disrepair in its 5th or 6th year with this new group, it looked positive for a while but in the last 3-4 years has nose dived as the worst of what could be the best. The lack of effort to turn the course around is evident, and obvious. After having this amount of time with a super, you should figure out how to grow grass and get rid of weeds. The course has been with out a full putting green for at least 3 years and the one they started three years ago is still not even half way finished. Could it be the weather, bad seed, too much sun? No, lets just chalk it up to mis-management and ignorance. At this point I can only hope St. Louis county has a short term lease so someone with some knowledge of basics standards of the business steps in and turns the ship around. You see the responses from the course about thanks for you response, and try us again, but that is the same stuff they said two years ago and last year. The county needs to look at the product they are giving the residents and not be such a hands off entity, they could change the whole thing if they really wanted to. Think I need to start writing the parks and county to see some changes that really need to happen.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens are in terrible shape

Very nice layout could be a great course but greens are absolutely unplayable. Of all the courses we've played over the years never seen this many greens in such poor condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 11/28/2016:
We're sorry your round wasn't up to par. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

After the Deluge

Course was a little soggy since it had rained 3" the night before so played really long. The Bermuda is not my favorite playing surface, but it has grown in pretty well. I imagine it will be brown shortly. Over all I enjoyed my round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 11/07/2016:
Thanks for your review! We're happy that you had a great round despite some wet conditions. Please come back and see us again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was in good shape and fair for all golfers

I would definitely recommend this course to a friend. Well worth 30$ on golf now! Will be back soon

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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