Listen to the other reviewers- the rangers absolutely do hound you constantly to speed up. Ruined my brother's first time golfing. If you like to play golf for the vibes and a good time, go literally anywhere else but here.
a month ago
Do not come here unless you are a pro golfer who can finish 18 holes in 30 seconds. Staff will consistently harass you to hurry up, even to the point of following you on the golf carts. We were constantly told we were holding everyone up, even though there was no group behind us at any given point. We were always 1-2 holes ahead. We were harassed so many times (at least 5 STARTING FROM HOLE 1), that we decided to just leave. The only positives were 1- the views, (but dont be distracted because with the amount of deer scat, you'd more than likely step in it since it was everywhere); And 2- the manager (Drew?). He was so polite to us and was horrified that the other staff treated us so badly. He even gave us a full refund. Too bad the rest of the staff weren't as kind.
4 months ago
I want to break this review down into a couple parts to make it easier to read.
Booking tee times and dealing with staff-
Every single person I dealt with at North park has been wonderful, anytime I call there’s a very nice girl answering, anytime I loose a club there’s a nice bearded gentleman assuring me someone turned it in and asking for details to figure it out, bearded fellas is always a pleasure and the person I deal with the most. Also I was lucky enough to meet a groundskeeper at a restaurant I worked at last year, saw him the next round I played and he drove me back n forth from the range! Everyone I’ve met working there has been extremely hospitable and a pleasure to deal with.
Tee times are a bit harder to come by but it makes sense. It’s nice they are hip to the times and include themselves on ChronoGolf and other platforms.
Course layout and maintenance-
No other muni-course besides South Park that I know of is this reasonably priced and so well maintained, the ONLY issues I ever run into is bunkers get hard but I shouldn’t be there anyway! Also greens need maintained better by players, the workers can’t do it all. Lastly if it mad more bunkers, it would be a tour level course. It has damn near everything else.
Pace of play-
Obviously on a Saturday at noon it will be busy, as it should be. But there are so many other opportunities to take advantage of. I LOVE hitting the twilight 9 holes. Hard to beat $12 to walk that place on a cool afternoon watching the sunset.
EDIT- I went for an early round in mid September, something I’d like everyone to keep in mind is they’ve been dealing with watering issues (it’s no one’s fault who works there, issues with pumping up from the lake) and even with that going on they continue to take great care of the course. I ran into a greenskeeper on the back 9, thanked him for what they did and how well they kept it. He returned the favor with a complimentary round that I can use anytime this year, I cannot say enough about how great everyone is up there and I’ve truly never had a bad interaction with a staff member (I think his name was Dan) Thanks Dan!
In conclusion this is my favorite course right now, I do live close and appreciate the convenience but I’ve played everything public in western PA and NP has earned that spot. it’s difficult for me to recommend people anywhere else.
(I was asked to write a review by a staff member who helped me get my wedge back.) Even though I was asked by him very politely, I refuse to lie to the people and I couldn’t be happier that this course has been saved over the past 3 years and want to appreciate all the people who made it happen.
5 months ago
Beautiful course and only $30 for 18 holes on a Sunday morning. Course gets pretty wet overnight, so greens start out slow but get pretty fast by early afternoon. Tee boxes were in good shape and course was mostly green.
a year ago
Stalked and harassed all day by the rangers to the point that we didn’t even play the last 2 holes because we couldn’t take it anymore. Constantly told to hurry up yet at no point was there ever a group behind us. Very confusing. Playing 18 holes in roughly 4 hours is reasonable.
4 months ago
