Avalon Golf & Country Club, The Grand Resort

A very nice course visually but With regular price of $90 to $125 a round. I was expecting a course in very good shape and well maintained. But I would not blame this on the staff as much as I would the golfers and members there. The fairways were littered with divots not replaced. I seen a player in the adjacent fairway throw a divot about 5 feet on front of him, and then just walked away. I went over and replaced it. The greens were full of unrepaired ball marks making it difficult to putt cleanly. People driving around on carts yelling and blasting music like it’s a frat party. I played a public course the next day for $30 and the conditions there far exceeded the experience I had at this course. I can honestly say, I will not play this course.

Course is beautiful and well manicured. Greens roll tru. Only complaint is the turf is very soft and spongey.

Got this tee time on a hot deal and it turns out I would have been better off staying home. Drove 2 hours to play here with a 1:30 tee time. Forced to start on back 9 due to leagues and then and found out they had a mini outing of ~20 player that was teeing off on back. Sat behind that outing with the last group playing as 5 some. Played 9 in ~3 hours and then when I was making the turn, there were two groups standing on #1 tee. Said forget that and jumped to 5. Finished the 14 holes around 4 hours. Be careful of hot deals at this course as there are no rangers to enforce pace of play and no accountability from the starters/cart assigners

Kinda rough around the edges a lot of golf trip buddies golf I played behind a five some nuff said

Great classic track. Course knowledge would help. Avoid the trees! :-)

This is a semiprivate country club, it should be better. On Sunday, no cart persons delivering hydration (it was 90+). The shack at the turn was not open. No water was available on the course.

Some greens has been punched, some had not. Some fairways were good, some burned, some water logged. Greens were in terrible shape. Frankly, no respect from the people playing them. Cant blame the course fully for that. Although, a marshall can enforce the rules if they are out and about.

I expected more from Buhl. I was considering joining, but after this round I dont think it is worth the cost.

Played on the afternoon of club championship day so the staff advised of the tough pin locations. That was fun. They also advised of diseased greens on #1 & #12 but said the rest of the course was in good shape. That wasn’t entirely the case with plenty of subpar conditions on additional greens. Overall the rest of the course was in good shape, the staff was great across the board and the layout is solid. Just wasn’t quite worth the $75 price tag imo.

The course is in poor at best shape. Pace of play is horrendous! No food at the turn. This is a $30/round course not a $90/ round coursei

This could be a great place to play. However there are some issues, both good and bad. The good being it was wide open both in terms of play and the course itself. It’s a pretty easy course to score. However, on a weekend, no cart girls, no shack open at the turn. This doesn’t make much sense for a club that charges essentially private non equity club level fees. Additionally some of the tee boxes and greens were experiencing some serious disease.

Great course great staff. Greens nice and fast like I like them

This was out first stop on our Penn-Ohio Golf Trail weekend. What a beautiful place. The Avalon folks did a great job to this venerable old CC.

It was a hot and humid afternoon but the greens were soft (thank goodness). With the exception of the 2ns par 5 on the front (and no 1 hdcp) 17 of the 18 greens slope back to front, and if you didn't hold your shot to the front of the green it would roll off.

Restaurant, bar and cigar bar were first rate as was every member of the staff we encountered.

(Cost of round above is an estimate as it was included in a 3 day 2 night package)