Wisp Resort

One of my favorite course layouts in the state, but not worth the $160 for a weekend round. Management clearly isn't investing in the course. Sand traps are a joke, greens are shaggy and spongy, and plenty of burnout spots in the fairways. Poor value for the money, and has been this way since my last round here a few years ago. Hope someone can turn it around...

The fairways were excellent, greens were in pretty good shape albeit a bit slow. Many of the bunkers have grass growing in them which I am not sure is by design or lack of care.

Course was not well maintained and sand traps unplayable, could be OK course, but doesn’t look like any money is put into it

Love the course. Some traps need a lot of work. Some greens have spotted brown areas.

Overall the course was in terrible condition, save your money. The layout was challenging but there wasn’t one bunker without grass (saw them all) growing and weeds everywhere. Not worth the $95. However, the employee in the pro shop was friendly.

Tees had lots of divots and only patches of grass. Greens were worse, there was some type of disease that left the greens pock marked and uneven putting surface.

Our foursome agreed that the course was well worth the money. Yes , the greens could have been in better condition, but the layout of the course and the views made for a great golfing experience.

This course has lots of blight issues, particularly on the back 9. Most of the holes have Major drainage issues as you get closer to the hole. The Beverage Cart guy came around once when we were on hole 2 to never be seen again. Definitely not worth the $150 round. They also don’t have enough carts on their busy days. Lots of potential with this course but they need a complete overhaul on their maintenance program and operation.

I love this course, great layout and very challenging for the average golfer. I played this course twice last year , there are scenic vistas . Fairways are lush and in great shape, green side bunkers were in great shape and nice sand. Greens were another story, very bumpy and spotty . Rolled very slow, granted they held approach shots very well. I would guess because it is a mountain course the greens are kept long so they don’t lose them .

I have played this course every year for the past three. Every year I come the conditions get worse but the price magically goes up.

Wisp resort management needs to get their act together and ensure both this and Lodestone are maintained so that the good people who work there don’t end up losing their jobs.

It is so sad to watch these course being let go. If you can’t do it, give it to someone who can.

Good:

Lay out is fun, challenging but a good time.

People that work here are friendly and nice as the rest of this town.

Bad:

Let me start with the worst issue in both these courses. The greens have a very common fungus found on bentgrass greens. There are thousands of 1-2” round dead spots on every green. Which makes putting impossible. This just needs fungicide. COMEON!!

Bunkers have no sand, not a grain of sand.

Rough is longer than the US open. 5-6” just off the fairways.

Geese and their poop everywhere that it is borderline unhealthy.

No beverage cart nor water stations anywhere even though its 90+ outside

Look, golf is a game where most folks want to get out and relax and have fun. Have a beer, have a cigar, and play in conditions that are at least okay. If the greens roll fine even with a few humps here snd there most people are happy. But when your greens are like a surface of the moon with mini craters everywhere it is reprehensible that you’ll charge people exorbitant prices and expect them to come back. DO BETTER COS IT IS A SHAME AND A SHAM!

Love the course and layout. Goose poop everywhere, especially on many of the greens. Everywhere we walked (except for a few holes) we had goose poop on our shoes. Complained to the pro shop and was told there was nothing they could do about it. Maryland forbid killing the buggers. There must be a way to rid the course of them. As much as I love the course, I doubt I'll be back any time soon, not until they have a way to control the geese.

The course seems to have been let go of its maintenance by Wisp. The greens have a common fungus seen on bent grass and thus has dead brown spots that also make the surface very rough and impossible to putt on.

The layout is fun and the views and nature can be so much more if the golf was enjoyable. The rough is fine but the fairways have so many water logged areas that have not been maintained. Its just sad to see such an iconic course been let go by its management.

Its not like there are no people playing this course. The course was full on a Wednesday BUT there was not a single beverage cart in site nor a single beverage station. So if you are going to brave the impossible greens take water and beverages with you. You never come back to the pro shop until 18.

Good luck with your putting.

Last tead I paid $65 for a weekday round. This year $84 . Why? Greens are very patchy and bumpy with many brown spots. Bunkers have very little sand but lots of rocks and weeds. And there is no practice range.

Played this course in the past. Loved it. Has really gone down hill.

No pro shop, wasn’t marked (a yurt)

Fairways and greens in good shape.

Geese everywhere- a problem

All of the amenities they had in the past are gone.

We played twilight at a reduced rate but would have been disgusted if we played full price.