Snuck out and played a round today. Teed off around 12 finished by 4pm. No one was in front or behind and we were a fivesome playing behind two tournaments. Pace of play was pretty decent for a mix... Continue »

Snuck out and played a round today. Teed off around 12 finished by 4pm. No one was in front or behind and we were a fivesome playing behind two tournaments. Pace of play was pretty decent for a mix of low and high handicappers in the group. Greens on holes 1/2/3/8/11 are punched. Holes are filled with sand but really who aerates this time of the year? Wasn't it supposed to be last month? Who am I to judge. I suppose the Super thought it was needed. What they need though are faster greens.

Greens are slow and bumpy. Loads of divots as well. Fixed quite a few every hole when I was waiting for my turn. Tee boxes are flat and level with thick poofy grass. Fairways for the most part have good coverage. Some slopes have thin lies but really not an issue. That is a good thing; ball will roll to where it's flat. Rough is thick, spongy and can be an issue. It was for my second shot from the rough on hole 6.

Sand in bunkers is compacted. No sandy beaches just very smooth with foot prints from folks who never rake their mess. I had one shot behind a foot print and some guy left tracks all over the place in that bunker. I swear all you needed were some sand toys and I could have at least laughed. Instead I had to deal with that .... stuff on more that two occasions.

Checked my GK Lite to see if there was a notice of maintenance. There was none. Kind of disappointing to find greens punched on first few holes. Staff did not mention about the work being done either. I suppose I will wait. It appears the work was done perhaps a week ago.

The real disappointment was I left my range finder in my cart. Darn thing is black and I must have overlooked it. By the time I checked my bag and returned to the cart barn the cart was already cycled into play. I figure 10-15 minutes before I returned to check the cart. My range finder was no where to be found. Major bummer if you ask me. I was rewarded with a pretty funny quip from the cart barn guy, "I should have checked." All the time I was thinking, I know buddy. I don't need to be reminded I did something stupid. I am just trying to find the darn thing. If you don't clear out every cart, then what the heck do you do all day?

Still my fault. Anyone want to suggest a decent range finger? Competitively priced of course.

Played this morning in a great pace of 3 hours. We found that some of the greens on the front side had been recently punched and it did affect putting. Did not see any punching on back nine. But the g... Continue »

Played this morning in a great pace of 3 hours. We found that some of the greens on the front side had been recently punched and it did affect putting. Did not see any punching on back nine. But the greens were inconsistent in putting speed, so it was hit/miss on each green. The greens were also soft and holding (not an issue) but those who had played the back 9 were leaving divots (fix them please). The tee boxes were fine/level and no teeing issues with hard soil. Bunkers though wet that early in the AM posed no problems for anyone. Fairways had been recently cut and for the most part were soft and not providing much roll at all. Rough was maybe 1.5 inch along all fairways and was wet and difficult to advance your ball. Customer service was excellent at all levels.

This course is drowning in water -- reclaimed water. Literally the greens were soggy or in various stages of drying. I had problems with speed all day as I could not get consistency from the greens.... Continue »

This course is drowning in water -- reclaimed water. Literally the greens were soggy or in various stages of drying. I had problems with speed all day as I could not get consistency from the greens. The balls did roll truishly but not what I would come to expect for this time of the year. Greens were soft so very accepting of aggressive shots. Collar around greens were spongy. Fairways had thicker grass so no thin lies. Rough is thickish and punishing.

Overall I am impressed with the conditions. Greens could be a lot better but the rest of the course is dare I say pretty good shape.

Pace of play was blistering 3 hours in carts. Can't beat the $30 fee including cart before twilight.

I teed off today, Wednesday, at about 6:30. Nobody mentioned that the greens were punched when we made our tee time. The starter forgot to mention it when we paid full price. No sign alerting customer... Continue »

I teed off today, Wednesday, at about 6:30. Nobody mentioned that the greens were punched when we made our tee time. The starter forgot to mention it when we paid full price. No sign alerting customers, Greens were bumpy and unputtable all day. I asked the starter after the round if they were going to sand the greens, as well. He was too busy taking someone else's money to answer. Give the greens two or three weeks to heal. A pretty fun layout. I just hate it when they pull that shady stuff on customers.

Took over a year since last poor experience at Chester Washington, but had read some good reviews of late so gave it another shot. Avoided the crowds by teeing off at 6:20am and actually got out early... Continue »

Took over a year since last poor experience at Chester Washington, but had read some good reviews of late so gave it another shot. Avoided the crowds by teeing off at 6:20am and actually got out early. Enjoy the addition of new features on the course, including new bunkers in many areas. The sand in the bunkers was really great - some of the best I've seen on a Muni course. The fairways are in pretty good shape - better than many at least. The rough will really kill your ball speed (as noted in last review), so that's not ideal. In fact, they could probably do with cutting the fairways a little shorter, and certainly the tee boxes. They're well covered, but really shaggy. Greens are small at CW, but in good condition. Ball won't roll fast - medium speed at most. And even though we started early, a few too many ball marks for my taste. A few greens are pretty tough to read as well. POP was a delightful 3 1/2 hours - a shocker at CW, but that's why you set the alarm for 5:30am. All in all, it was a good day out and probably best conditions I've seen at CW. One last thing to the staff - if Westchester, a much shorter course, can offer push carts, perhaps CW can, too. Often want to walk but not always carry the bag, so please acquire some push carts and give customers that option.

Played Monday, today with a few of my buddies -- Swing18 and RobStretch. Kudos to staff at CW, course is in FINE shape for a municipal. Greens are in decent shape. The resizing of several greens ha... Continue »

Played Monday, today with a few of my buddies -- Swing18 and RobStretch. Kudos to staff at CW, course is in FINE shape for a municipal. Greens are in decent shape. The resizing of several greens have gone well. Expect a different variety of grass on some of these greens but it did not seem to affect direction or speed. Greens rolled pretty true and med/fast pace. Fairways may look a little yellow but as it heats up the fairways should get greener. There is good coverage and not a single bare spot in the fairways. Rough is thick and penalizing. It will zap a lot of distance so keep ball in fairways. First cut around greens really took a lot out of my ball so be a little aggressive if you want to land on the skirt. Sand in bunkers are white sandy beaches.

Course looks great. Pace of play was pretty fast. We caught up to a single on the back 9 around hole 13 until the pace slowed down. Nice steady breeze from West kept you thinking about where to place the ball on basic shots.

I suggest you consider playing here soon, the secret is already out and conditions can only get better after the latest round of aeration.

Now that some of the greens are larger and the bunkers have been redone the course plays a little easier. But that is for the better. It is not fun trying to hit a postage stamp from 175 yards out. Th... Continue »

Now that some of the greens are larger and the bunkers have been redone the course plays a little easier. But that is for the better. It is not fun trying to hit a postage stamp from 175 yards out. Thanks for the changes. Overall the conditions are just so-so. If only the nice sand quality the bunkers have right now could just stay that way.

Played yesterday during the heat of the day. It was a decent deal at $37 includes cart for a single through Golfzing. Greens were lush, bumpy and very slow. You could see the ball skip and slide ... Continue »

Played yesterday during the heat of the day. It was a decent deal at $37 includes cart for a single through Golfzing. Greens were lush, bumpy and very slow. You could see the ball skip and slide over the blooming poa. The ball did not roll true and any line you could see would be handicapped with this... stuff. The ball would literally jump and skip to the hole if you were lucky. For the most part though that poa would knock the ball off course and leave you with a short putt. Greens IMHO are OK but as I was reading they will be undergoing maintenance next week so why would they bother to fix the situation until after the aeration? Fairways were in great shape though. Rough is very thick and sticky. Fairway bunkers had good coverage and tee boxes are very lush and level. Pace of play was hit and wait. What got me is that the groups ahead would not wave up for a few of the par 3s even though they would be waiting on the next tee box. We however did in order to create spacing and it worked for a little bit. Overall course is in OK shape. If not for the condition of the greens I would rate this course higher. Mileage will vary. It's decent golf if you forget about the greens. Good luck. One suggestion since you have an interim GM currently. Put a water cooler on the cart the starter uses on the first tee box. At least give us a chance at some cool water before we run around the course which has a few fountains here and there -- especially in this heat.

Played yesterday. Great deal $29.97 plus a cart on Golfzing. Congrats to Chris the GM who has been transferred to Los Verdes. I know Chester is losing a great and very dynamic GM and I wish him onl... Continue »

Played yesterday. Great deal $29.97 plus a cart on Golfzing. Congrats to Chris the GM who has been transferred to Los Verdes. I know Chester is losing a great and very dynamic GM and I wish him only more success at his new post at Los Verdes.

Greens today are in decent shape. The greens were very soft so your ball would stick; not a lot of release. Ball rolled pretty true with a few bumps in the road. Folks really have to fix their divots. Tee boxes flat and playable. Fairways are not as thin as you would expect without bare spots. Rough is almost cut to the height of the fairways (in most places) so not really a concern. Pace of play was sluggish. They were busy and it didn't help that the group in front really were slow as well. Pace of play 4.5 hours.

One thing to note, the marshall told us to speed up. One thing you don't get on Munis midweek. Nice to know they are actively pushing ahead, although one thing I didn't quite understand is why tell us to speed up then proceed to drive ahead and hinder our tee shots. Sure you were on the right in the tree line but if you want us to play faster then move out of our bloody way!

Rant over. Chester is in fine shape. POP was OK considering it was really busy on a Thursday. Conditions should bring you back. Oh yeah, they widened a number of greens and they are coming in nicely (hole 7, hole 10, 11 come to mind.)

Enjoy.