Split Rock Golf Club and Sunset Green Restaurant & Bar, Lake Harmony, PA

Nice course, but difficult.

Played Split Rocks North course on a cool late October Saturday just a few days before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. We played as part of the Split Rock Resorts Golf Package.

This is a difficult course. There are plenty of environmental areas that will eat up your golf balls. Worse, these are not marked as hazards, so if you are scoring correctly, you must treat these as lost balls and go back to where you hit from and hit again. Your score can rise very quickly on this course.

This is towards the end of the golfing year and the weather was not great, so there were only a few people on the course. I do not 100% agree with a previous poster about the maintenance. The course was in acceptable shape. It is towards the end of the year and they were only using one set of tee boxes and there was an impending hurricane about to arrive, but I saw no problems overall with the maintenance given the situation and time of year. There was a green in spotty condition here and there, but nothing major in my opinion.

There are some great views of the surrounding area from some of the higher elevation holes. Some holes border I-80, so road noise can be a distraction at times. The back nine is significantly harder than the front nine. This course in my opinion plays much harder than its course and slope rating suggests. If you are looking for an easier go of it, play the North front nine followed by the South 9 holes, which were the original holes of the resort - they have added the North course holes relatively recently.

We did not pay for our rounds separately, as the cost was included in the Golf Package at the resort, but I understand a weekend round with cart was about $55.

In summary, if you are staying at the resort and the weather is nice, play a round here. Just bring lots of golf balls.

Don't waste your time or money playing this course. Layout is punishing and I have seen better fairways in local cow pastures. Greens are not well maintained and very average. Won't play here again.

Worst layout I've played in 20 years. Overly penal even for scratch golfers. Garbage on both sides of nearly every hole, forced carries everywhere and blind tee shots all over the place from the tips. Also some blind lay up shots on par 5's. This is the definition of target golf. Chewed up fairways, pebble bunkers instead of sand bunkers in spots and just not that good of a golf course. Poor design in several areas that would be best described as gimmicky or just poor golf architecture. I was wondering why none of my golf addict buddies knew about this place and we play the Poconos all the time (go play Jack Frost and Blue Ridge Trail they are FAR superior golf courses in every aspect) We then went to grab lunch and waited 1/2 an hour for a wrap and a salad. 60 bucks for golf, 36 bucks for lunch plus driving out to Poconos, simply not worth the money especially with chewed up fairways and tee boxes. Tee box on 17th for tips was totally overgrown/abandoned. I seriously could see this place going out of business. Sorry to bash but this is the worst course I've played in 20 years.

This is a very nice course that can be very difficult for the average golfer. You must be hit it straight and accurate to stay out of trouble. It is always in good condition.