Lakeview Golf Resort

The course was very nice and challengingand I have ran into three of your members and they were very helpful on the course..

I wish I had read the review posted on 7/29 by vet013 from Greensboro, PA PRIOR to playing Lakeview and Mountainview on consecutive days on 8/4 and 8/5. Fortunately, I played both courses for a combined $65.00. I played the Lakeview 20 years ago when I was in graduate school at WVU and had fond memories. After playing Lakeview -- slow pace of play after 11th hole with no Ranger, little water to drink on the course, divots and ball marks galore, etc. -- and Mountainvew -- grounds staff cutting grass forwards from #1 and not backwards from #18 so as to not interrupt play, for example, and the most bizarre bounces OUT of the fairway this side of Scotland -- I'd not return ... to either course ... ever. Vet013 was spot-on!

The course was in decent shape. The rough swallows balls quickly and hides them well. Narrow fairways and multi-break greens give players of all skill levels a run for their money. The bunkers were well-groomed and a favorite destination for most of my shots, though takes were in short supply. I'll play it again, and it'll make me lose my religion again.

This course has been lauded as an exceptional course in WV... One that previously hosted PGA events. The key word here is PREVIOUSLY. The course has been poorly maintained, due to Lakeview management handcuffing their Pro financially. Pace of play is usually slow at this course; do not expect to see a ranger, much less one out on the course managing pace of play. We have frequently run into staff, college aged kids, goofing off on the course playing around on carts on the course. We never saw a beverage cart and the snack shop at the turn was closed at 5pm!

This course does have a few challenging holes. The fairways on 3 and 6 slope excessively R to L and are almost impossible to hold. Numbers 5 and 7 have massive decreases in elevation from tee to green; both are par 5 eagle holes; driving from these two tees make you feel like a bigger man! After 4-4.5 hours of play, you finish on a 602 yard UPHILL par 5 that'll make you thankful your round is over - great challenging hole! There are several bunkers on this course, but do not expect them to be raked by staff daily. Often, bunkers are as solid as cement. Commonly, you will find that people playing this course are too lazy and disrespectful to fill divots with the sand provided in each golf cart and often ball marks on greens are not repaired.

This course charges anywhere between $50-79 to play. NEVER PAY FULL PRICE FOR THIS COURSE. ALWAYS BOOK THIS COURSE THROUGH ONLINE DISCOUNT GOLFING SITES. as rates are often $35 or less.

Overall, there is potential fr this to be a good course, management simply needs to put in the effort.

Course was in good condition . The staff was friendly

The course in a tough one. Do not go off the fairway. Your ball will be gone. The ruff is cut to the length that hides your ball every time. I will say the course layout is interesting. Big hills that make for neat tee offs. Be prepared to lose a kidney. The cart paths are so bad I would compare them to bankrupt third world city's roads. The staff was friendly if not unfounded pretentious. They seem to impressed with the course which makes me wonder if the have ever seen a nice one. Who would spend the money for a membership here. Not this guy.

The sand in the bunkers was almost nonexistent, and there could stand to be some coolers of water available. Otherwise a nice Sunday spent golfing.

I would play this course again very nice to bad if you think my review is to short

Nice course, would play again. Beautiful scenery to enjoy during your round

The course if very nice, challenging. It is much overpriced at $ 60.00 for the week day. The greens were in excellent condition but hardly a level spot to be found. The traps were huge and the sand too course. Fairways in relatively good condition if a bit hardpan. I complained about the number of ticks we had to pull off ourselves to the pro-shop and said they should have warned golfers to be on the look out. They were everywhere, on the greens, flags, carts, our shirts, pants, shoes, etc. The pro-shop person did not seem concerned, surprised. or care. Not good public relations. If it were not for the ticks, we would have had an relatively enjoyable round.

Great value, course in very good condition. The old folks tees were excellent and allowed for a round in just over 4 hours. It would have been quicker except for a small outing in front of us. Will definitely play again.

Absolutely beautiful course in excellent condition

horrendously SLOW play - 4 hr 20 min and thats after skipping 4 holes - at least the bunkers were full of golf ball sized stones and not raked (many still had wash areas though it hadn't rained in a few days - and they want $80 on weekends?

Seventeen of the holes on this course are challenging but playable. However, holes 9 and 18 are along a steep hillside and it is virtually impossible to hit a shot that will stay up in or even near the fairway. Balls are hard to locate as they usually are nowhere close to where they initially land and the grass in the rough is tall.

I played on a Tuesday afternoon with a friend. We had beautiful weather, and the course was in great condition for the end of April. I would certainly play again. The course is long, and that took some getting used to, but it was fun and challenging, and flatter than most other courses in the area, which was nice to see.

The course is tucked away in a very nice gated community. The landscape is prime with a beautiful over look of the cheat river. The greens are challenging always keep you on your toes. The lay out of the coruse is fun as well. Over all this is my favorite coruse in the Morgantown area.

Cons-
No yardage markers any where on course
No drinking water on course
All ball washers were dry
Greens were punched and all the dirt from the punching was just dumped all over the course

Pros
Inexpensive green fee

This course is in pretty good shape for being so early in the season and with all the rain we had the week prior. They recently aerated and sanded the greens when I went so that threw off my putting a bit, but all things considered this is a pretty good spot

There was no effort to remove fallen leaves. Short staffed. It should be better during summer months. Other course in the area have ground crews working to maintain the course.

Our first time playing Lakeview resort and we selected the Lakeview course through GolfNow's hot deals. Tee times were spaced 10 minutes apart, but we still landed up waiting a couple minutes on a few holes, due to fall leaves and difficulty finding your ball if you stray off the fairways. Fairways and greens were in very good shape. The front nine is challenging with narrow fairways and several sand traps surrounding the greens. The back nine is more open. We had a very enjoyable round with absolutely beautiful scenery. It's a shame the facilities on the course were not replenished with soap and the express restaurant at the turn was closed even though the course was fairly busy. Will definitely return next year and try the Mountain view course!