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| - My wife bought me a couple passes to this course thru a coupon website as a birthday present. (The 2 passes cost $30 total, which is normally the cost for a single green fee, after researching the course's website.) I took my buddy down there for an early morning tee time. The passes each included a cart rental, bucket of balls for the range, and a pass on the 18 holes. Our first experience with the course was the extremely grumpy Asian man at the counter. To be blunt, either his English was non-existent or his accent was so thick I couldn't understand him. And he wasn't welcoming at all and he was very short with us. He practically threw our range tokens at us and didn't tell us where we could get our bucket of balls.
Speaking of the driving range- I will concede that I've not been to a ton of golf courses, but I enjoy the game enough to know how to conduct myself around the course. That said, my buddy and I looked like fools walking around the area trying to find the machine that deposits the balls for the range, only to eventually find it tucked away in a maintenance shed that we initially hadn't gone in because we felt we shouldn't be in there. A little more convenient, less awkward location would've been nice.
Part of the deal for the passes I got was that each one got a cart rental. When tee time came, my buddy and I each selected a cart to take out (Frivolous? Yes. But that was the deal I paid for it, right?,) only to have grumpy Asian dude bark at us over the loud speaker that we could only take one cart. No biggie so I parked the 2nd one and hopped in with my buddy. Now, I understand taking 2 carts may have been a little much. But I think as a business, if you're going to advertise a certain deal (such as a cart rental with every coupon,) you need to assume that a party is going to purchase more than one pass, and when they do, you at least honor the deal YOU chose to advertise.
I also discovered that this course either schedules their tee times way too close, or they're not efficient in enforcing them: When we prepared to roll up to the first hole for our tee time, there was a party in front of us that we had to wait on, and 2 more parties rolled up only to wait behind us.
The aforementioned party ahead of us was composed of 2 men that were EXTREMELY slow in finishing each hole. I'm talking multiple bogies. EACH. We would end up waiting for them after we completed each hole. I know I can't blame the course for this, other than the terrible scheduling. But after about the 5th hole, a course employee rolled up and told us that we had better move it along faster, as there were FOUR (was his claim) parties that were waiting on us, and he would have to shove us up a few holes. We asked him if he had noticed the two men before us. He became very indignant and said they were two holes ahead. We shrugged him off and moved on, only to find the 2 men barely leaving the next hole. That one got to me- I don't know what possessed the employee to raise his voice at us in such a manner when he was obviously in the wrong. My buddy wasn't too happy either. After all these run-ins we'd already had, we were tempted to abandon the golf cart right there and leave. We didn't, but we were fed up with the way we were being treated.
As far as the course goes, I'm not going to bother listing all the pars and what not. It's an okay course, considering the price. But half of the fairways were very muddy for some reason and it really sucked walking and trying to drive in it, when there should've been grass there.
If it weren't for the many rude and disgruntled employee experiences, I would've given this 3 stars. The only reason I didn't rate this with 1 star is the value. $25 to $30 for a regular green fee is hard to beat. But I'm sure that price is also the reason for the poor course care and the terrible service. I'll probably go here again, but only if I get an itch for a round of golf and that won't break the bank. I know that Yelp asks you if the business is kid-friendly, and I would have to say "no." Not only do I think the employees would find a reason to yell at me over my kids, but after my trip there, I would expect it. And I noticed the very positive "filtered" review preceding mine- I find it hard to believe and would bet that it was written by the owner or an employee.
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