Fairway Hills Golf Club

Had a fun time playing the course. Looking forward to returning to try a improve my score.

A day prior to play, one of our 4-some had to drop out due to an emergency. There was no opportunity to modify the reservation and the facility was unwilling to offer a credit or refund (I live in the county).

Wait times for each hole were very slow, and we decided to end our plat after 9 holes. It was a painful experience in waiting at every hole.

I haven't played this track in many years as it is a shorter track and has a lot of newer players playing, which is a great thing, I just try and play longer courses. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised how nice the course was condition wise. It is still short and was even shorter as #10 fairway was closed and it was turned into a temporary Par 3. I enjoyed the round, the greens rolled well and the fairways were in nice shape.

Hole number 11 was a par 4 they made it a par 3 for no reason and we were not alerted to the change. Didn't make any sense why they shortened the hole Someone said the residence complained. Well I guess they will be cutting down hole number 1, 2, 7, and 16 soon.

Average course. Very narrow on many holes. Could be improved if cleaned up more. Too many trees with overhanging branches just in front of and next to the tee boxes and along fairways. Grass about an inch too high when off fairway. Very easy to lose balls. Cart paths in below average condition need repairs. Thought I lost a kidney on some of the potholes. Greens were decent. Will probably play again unless I can get better maintained and cared for course for similar price.

There had been a lot of rain the night before and 3 holes were closed due to water. The conditions also meant cart path only. Somewhat surprisingly, the holes that were open were virtually dry. No wet shoes, balls or clubs. For better or worse, the greens were relatively fast. I ended up in two sand traps during the round. Fortunately, I took relief due to the damp sand.

The course is short but dont let that fool you. It is challenging. Many holes are tight with junk area surrounding it. The other main issue is the tee boxes arent cut that well, the rough has varying heights (maybe bc it has rained recently so they werent able to mow) and the greens are not uniform and dont roll true. I will give it the benefit of the doubt and perhaps by mid June it will be more well kept

Course condition was better than the last time I played. Didn’t seem like anyone was monitoring the pace of play. The GPS-monitored carts are problematic.

Challenging short course.. great layout. Greens were a bit slow but mainly due to weather not cooperating lately (too much rain to cut them). Very well kept course. Great staff, friendly and knowledgeable. Only recommendation would be to have coffee machines working. Haha.

I’ve played fairway a lot over the years (mostly with coupons because it’s not worth the regular price generally) and while some things have improved, the overall conditions haven’t. Honestly it’s mostly the greens that are essentially unputtable. There’s patches of dirt throughout every green and it’s been that way for over a year. Fairways are ok tee boxes are bad, but the greens are truly terrible. Staff is generally friendly and the newer carts are sweet but that’s about it. You get better conditions playing the baltimore city munis tbh.