Chateau Elan Winery & Resort

This course is in awesome shape right now. Greens and fairways looking great! Will definitely be back soon

I chose to play here for my first "on course" experience after a long layoff due to an injury.

Reading the description of the course, I expected a bigger mix of 'short and long". Really there were very short (under100 yd) and short(100-130) yds with the exception of the 9th hold which requires a 160 carry over water to a landing are that was a very small green with woods and weeds all around.

Service at Chateau Elan is alway good. The gentleman maning the pro shop was helpful with directions and the practice areas and grill are excellent, but the par 3 is at another entrance so you drive back to it.

Played 5/16/24. Course was in perfect condition. I have been playing this course 3-5 times a year for 10 years. I have never seen it in better condition.

Conditions were poor for how lavish it’s marketed. Whole different area then regular golf courses.

I used to love coming here but lately they’ve gotten so greedy!!! They are over booking without a Marshall so it can take 6 hours on a weekend.

This was a great outing and the course had a good pace of play.

We had several levels of golf ability so our day was meant to be fun and relaxing, not competitive. For that it was perfect. The course is beautiful. Has some great water obstacles. It’s a walking course so we have our pushcarts was great. There was not a bathroom close by so prepare for that :-) I believe you can get to one up in the main château, but we did not go there.

We will definitely be going again

Course is in decent condition. Greens are fast. Fairways are in good shape. Some tees are in progress of som much needed TLC. Some bunkers are shallow with sand and others need to be rebuilt.

The tee-up was at 1 o'clock on April 23rd, but we were stuck in the middle of the tournament group, so it was very difficult to wait. It was really unpleasant to put it in during a tournament time.

I have played the chateau course before and loved it so figured it was time to the give the woodlands a chance… the course exceeded expectations. Great conditions and a fun layout that takes you up and down hills. A couple tee shots reminded me of what I see at Augusta on TV. Clubhouse is great and the food it top notch, wish they had a snack station out on the course. Make sure to either stay at the resort or stop by it after the round for a great day.

Positives:

- Really enjoyed the course, lots of thinking on tee shots.

- great condition for this time of year

- nice clubhouse

Negatives:

- check-in, priority given to phone calls, no real guidance on location / access to range, or location of first tee.

- no starter or ranger, group in front of us started late for no good reason

- lady in private golf cart comes screaming down hill in the grass within 10-15 yards of #1 green blasting music, no respect for any of the players whatsoever

- we finished late, so some grace here, but lots of people on the course like it was a park, kids riding bikes into fairway on #18 and walking in front of the green