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4.0
Value
4.7
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
5.0
Pace
4.3
Amenities
2.9
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About

Holes 9
Type Public/Municipal
Par 35
Length 2911 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Royster Memorial Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1948
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Reviews

4.2
23 Reviews (23)
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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

No pushover Muni!

For the price, I wasn’t expecting much. I just wanted a cheap round to play with my wife. I saw the sub 5500 total yardage from the tips and figured it’d be an easy round, like the muni near me, which they shuttered and sold to a developer a couple years back. Looking at the fairway from the first tee, nothing dissuaded me from this illusion. Then I got to the green…

To say the greens were contoured is an understatement. They are no joke! In fact, they are this course’s primary defense. On #2, a 185 yard par 3 over a ravine, I landed about 8’ from the pin, above the hole. Facing a downhill put, I gave it proper respect and barely tapped it to get it rolling on my line. It missed by 1” on the pro side and should have stopped within a foot, but it didn’t. It slowly crept past and then kept going, building speed and rolled off the green, down the hill, and ended up 15 yards away, 12 feet below the level of the green. An easy par, quickly and disastrously turned into a snowman!

I learned my lesson on my second time through, after the turn (it’s a 9-hole track), and humbly and appreciatively carded a 4.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Very fun

Very fun. Lots of elevation change. Great for solo play. Way nicer than I thought it would be for the price.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Royster Memorial

Awesome muni course that features scorable par-5’s and the par 4’s are short but a little tricky with holes that either have tight fairways or water you must carry with changes in elevation. For a $18 (holiday rate for 9) muni course, the tee boxes and greens exceeded expectations

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Little Course with BIG Elevation Changes

Love this course!! Greens are small, but we’ll taken care of and usually pretty fast!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is Longer Than Stated

I believe the yardage for this course is understated. Measurement must have been taken from above not having topography consideration (hills and valleys esp. hole nos. 3 and 7). It is still a nice course to play but add an additional length club on many holes.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice Little Course

This course is short but challenging. Very nice staff and in very good condition. 9-hole course but recommend trying it. Can’t beat the prices.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A Hidden 9 Hole Gem

My son and I played this 9 course for the first time. The clubhouse was somewhat hard to locate but the attendant was very friendly. The mountain like scenery was nice. This would be a difficult course to walk. Course conditions (carts, greens, fairways) were fine.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

An Amazing Municipal Golf Course

This course is extremely nice for the cost. While it is only a 9 hole course, there are quite a few challenging holes which includes one blind tee shot. I’ve played at a lot of other courses within 45 miles or so of this course and paid a lot more for courses that weren’t in near as good of shape as Royster. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. I will be playing here again and often.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mountain goat municipal course.

Very little grass on fairways. Uneven tee boxes. Small greens.
Very friendly staff

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Played On
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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