Lederach Golf Club

I will start with the good things. The fairways are superb,tight and firm,but the ball sits up nicely making the ball easier to hit. The greens are fast and in great shape,and a little on the firm side. The tees were excellent. Now for the bad things. The course is surrounded by houses which I have never liked. The houses really are not in play unless you hit one way ,way, off line. Without a doubt there are out of bounds all over the place. A lot of holes seem to come from bizarro world,6,8,9,15,17,18, to name a few. They seem to be designed by someone who did not play golf. The 6th for example is a par 5 that starts off with a carry of about 100 yards over a waste area to a fairway that runs kind of perpendicular to your tee shot. The fairway slopes sharply from left to right,and there are houses at the top of the fairway. To the right of the fairway is a creek and brush. In the middle of the fairway, where your ball should go is a big trap that is impossible to miss, so you basically have to lay up short so you do not go in the trap on a par 5. The green is strange. It slopes with the fairway left to right with a big hugh hump in the left center making the ball run off the green. The 8th has a straight away tee shot that must carry a trap in the center of the fairway. The green is weird,the front third slopes down from a 15 foot high hill to, off the green. There is no level spot,so hitting there makes you roll off the green. It makes absolutely no sense. The rest of the green has a rise in the center so the ball rolls off on all sides unless you can spin it. I did not enjoy the course because the favorite design features were traps and large gum drop grass humps in the center of many fairways where you should want to hit the ball,and hilly greens that frustrate you. I will not return unless it is to bring someone to see the bizarre golf holes.

Very cool course. The greens are CRAZY with undulations, but fast and true. Had a great time. Great condition. The only reason why the "Scenery" rating is low is because the course basically runs through a housing development.

the course was robbed recently...someone stole all the sand from the bunkers!.. it was disgraceful. not sure what was worse: no sand or that no one (staff or golfers) had made any efforts to rake/maintain the dirt that was left in the bunkers. a pretty difficult course, with lots of pretty holes and vistas. 13th hole is a nightmare: there is no signs or anything to let you know that you have a teeshot to a fairway which slopes down and to the right, plus an absolute 90 degree dogleg. BEWARE! several greens are very narrow, front to back...great for PGA pros...not so easy for regular golfers. great bar: had the actual glasses for each Irish beer we ordered.