点评:My sons and I decided to play golf on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 largely because of the very mild weather. We further decided to play golf at a course that was located about halfway between us. We selected Inniscronne golf club in Avondale, PA largely because of tee time availability, round cost, and recent positive GolfNow reviews. It turns out the first two discriminators were accurate. The last was not!
Inniscrone golf club was once private owned/operated. The course was originally designed by golf course architect Gil Hanse in 1998. Apparently, the course was rated very well by Golf Week back in 2001 as one of the "Top 100 Golf Courses in America". The private club charged up to $50,000 for club membership at that time. Unbelievable! That was a long time ago in golf years and times have certainly changed; not for the better for Inniscrone golf club (see below). Inniscrone golf club is currently owned by London Grove Township and has been operated by the Heathland Hospitality Group; a Food and Beverage consultant; since 2011. Healthland’s core business portfolio does not include managing other golf clubs/courses.
Upon arrival to the course, players have to “fetch” their own golf cart from the cart barn. We had to reselect a cart after finding the first cart had a flat tire. Not starting well.
Check-in was quick and easy. We had prior purchased online a GolfNow “hot deal” round of golf.
There are 5 levels of play. The overall strokes par for the course is 70 due to two less par 5’s. The course is generally quite wide on most holes with just a few narrow and challenging holes. Pace of play was good largely due to the 15 minute separation of tee times.
We experienced several significant problems during our round that were either nature’s fault or the fault of Inniscrone Maintenance. First, the course was VERY VERY wet due to some rain the day prior. The significantly wet tee boxes, fairways, and greens made for poor play. This course does not drain well compared to other golf courses. Several of the holes are permanently marked “cart path only” due to the poor drainage. Second, we noticed the smell of sewer gas at various locations around the course. We suspect underground sewer piping and sewer vent stations from nearby housing located around the perimeter of the entire course may be the cause for the bad smell. Third; and most importantly; the greens bunkers and greens were in very poor condition. The greens bunkers had not been power raked for some time and were hard pan in places. Many of the greens were littered with tree limbs and leaves debris which should have been removed early in the morning by Maintenance. Even worse were the green’s surfaces. The greens were not recently cut and rolled as they should have been by Maintenance. The greens were EXTREMELY soft and spongy. This doesn’t just happen after rain; rather due to lack of routinely rolling. As such, putting on the greens was like putting on shag carpeting. Putted ball roll was hoppy, often short, and not true by direction. We frequently three-putted. Absolutely terrible!
Many of course’s original bunkers no longer have any sand. Rather, these sand vacated bunkers are now filled in with grass/hard pan mix. Very poor conditions for control chipping onto the green!
Cart access to the par 3 Hole #5 green is worrisome and not safe. The asphalt cart path leading down the steep incline to the green is partially covered in wet green moss. Our cart spun nearly 180 degrees around as we slid down the cart path. Fortunately, we were able to halt the sliding cart after a 10 ft. slide. The moss should be removed asap before a serious cart injury occurs.
There may have been only three employees in total working during our entire round of play. The check-in person, the snack bar person, and the cart attendant. Labor cost savings were in-place.
Lastly, judging the current “dated” condition of the once nicely appointed clubhouse interior and exterior, little money is being spent by London Grove Township on maintenance and beautification of the clubhouse. The large clubhouse is now only utilized to provide bathrooms use and a small snack bar. This is unfortunate and a bit depressing.
In summary, we can’t recommend Inniscrone golf club at this time. We recommend you play elsewhere for a better round of golf; even if that requires you drive 30 - 60 minutes to another golf course in the PA/DE/NJ area. Don't take the risk playing Inniscrone golf club as you will likely regret your decision. We certainly did.
翻译:我和我的儿子们决定在 2023 年 1 月 2 日星期一打高尔夫球,主要是因为天气非常温和。我们进一步决定在大约位于我们中间的一个球场打高尔夫球。我们之所以选择位于宾夕法尼亚州埃文代尔的 Inniscronne 高尔夫俱乐部,主要是因为开球时间、回合成本以及最近对 GolfNow 的正面评价。事实证明,前两个鉴别器是准确的。最后一个不是!
Inniscrone 高尔夫俱乐部曾经是私人拥有/经营的。该球场最初由高尔夫球场建筑师 Gil Hanse 于 1998 年设计。显然,该球场在 2001 年被高尔夫周刊评为“美国 100 强高尔夫球场”之一。私人俱乐部当时向俱乐部会员收取高达 50,000 美元的费用。难以置信!那是很久以前的高尔夫时代了,时代肯定已经改变了; Inniscrone 高尔夫俱乐部(见下文)并非好事。 Inniscrone高尔夫俱乐部目前由London Grove Township所有,一直由Heathland Hospitality Group经营;餐饮顾问;自 2011 年以来。Healthland 的核心业务组合不包括管理其他高尔夫俱乐部/球场。
到达球场后,球员必须从手推车谷仓“取出”他们自己的高尔夫球车。在发现第一辆手推车轮胎漏气后,我们不得不重新选择一辆手推车。开始不好。
办理入住手续快捷方便。我们之前在网上购买了 GolfNow 的“特价”高尔夫球。
有5个级别的游戏。由于少了两个五杆洞,球场的总杆数为 70 杆。大多数球洞的球场通常都很宽,只有几个狭窄且具有挑战性的球洞。比赛节奏很好主要是因为开球时间相隔 15 分钟。
在我们的回合中,我们遇到了几个重大问题,这些问题要么是自然的错误,要么是 Inniscrone Maintenance 的错误。首先,由于前一天下雨,球场非常非常潮湿。明显湿漉漉的发球台、球道和果岭导致打球不佳。与其他高尔夫球场相比,这个球场的排水效果不佳。由于排水不畅,有几个洞被永久标记为“仅限推车路径”。其次,我们注意到球场周围不同位置都有下水道气体的气味。我们怀疑位于整个球场周围的附近房屋的地下下水道管道和下水道通风站可能是造成难闻气味的原因。第三;最重要的是;果岭沙坑和果岭的状况很差。果岭沙坑已经有一段时间没有用力耙了,有些地方很硬。许多果岭上散落着树枝和树叶碎片,维护人员本应在清晨将其清除。更糟糕的是果岭的表面。果岭最近没有像维护人员应该的那样被切割和轧制。蔬菜非常柔软和海绵状。这不仅发生在雨后;而是由于缺乏常规滚动。因此,穿上果岭就像穿上粗毛地毯。推杆滚动有跳跃感,通常很短,而且方向不正确。我们经常三推。绝对可怕!
当然,许多原来的沙坑都不再有沙子了。相反,这些空出的沙坑现在填满了草/硬盘混合物。控制切入果岭的条件非常差!
推车进入标准杆 3 号洞 #5 果岭令人担忧且不安全。沿着陡峭的斜坡通往果岭的沥青车道部分覆盖着潮湿的绿色苔藓。当我们滑下推车路径时,我们的推车旋转了近 180 度。幸运的是,我们能够在滑行 10 英尺后停止滑车。在发生严重的手推车伤害之前,应尽快清除苔藓。
在我们整个游玩过程中,总共可能只有三名员工在工作。入住人员、小吃店人员和推车服务员。劳动力成本节省到位。
最后,从曾经布置精美的俱乐部会所内部和外部的当前“过时”状况来看,伦敦格罗夫镇在俱乐部会所的维护和美化上花费的资金很少。大型会所现在仅用于提供卫生间和一个小型小吃店。这是不幸的,也有点令人沮丧。
综上所述,我们目前不推荐 Inniscrone 高尔夫俱乐部。我们建议您在其他地方打球以获得更好的高尔夫体验;即使这需要您驱车 30 - 60 分钟到达宾夕法尼亚州/特拉华州/新泽西州地区的另一个高尔夫球场。不要冒险打 Inniscrone 高尔夫球杆,因为您可能会后悔自己的决定。我们当然做到了。