Royal Oaks Golf Club

For early April Royal Oaks was in excellent shape. The greens rolled nicely with good speed. As the season progresses, the fairways should continue to grow out as there were a few areas that needed improvement. However, the new golf carts were a nice little bonus making the round a joy!

nice layout, some challenging holes. seems a bit longer than some other courses i play. my only complaints are the cart paths are really rough at some places, and very little signage to tell you which way the next holes are, some holes it isn't obvious. i will come back to play it in summer.

Had a 30 minute frost delay which can be expected with golf in the northeast in November. Found the course to be in great condition. Lost one ball due to leaves, but again to be expected this time of year. Will certainly book there again and through Golf Now.

This course is a nice layout but if restored to its original design could be better. Multiple sand traps have been filled in and made it a little more forgiving than it could be. Played with a local who pointed out the original traps and it would definitely make it better. Also there were no tip tees so playing the blues, I used fairway wood all but 2 holes.

If it were closer to me I would play it again but at this distance I would probably go to iron valley or Hershey cc instead.

Royal Oaks sits on some low ground, so many spots do not drain well. After heavy rains the day before, there were a number of unplayable spots and the course was very soft. Allowing for that, the course was in very good shape. I suspect, though, that some fairway spots (no greens had issues) may also burn out.

Used to play this course a few times a year in the 90s then moved away. Played it again today for the first time. Nice layout but very soggy fairways and extremely soft greens. It’s like putting on Velcro. Very slow. Not a fan of holes where you need to lay up due to drainage ditches, especially on a par 5. A few holes on the back side were like this.

It’s a beautiful layout and a well run course. But somebody does not understand the he concept of Summer turf conditions. Right across the street you have Lebanon CC with firm green , tight firm fairways. Royals Oaks is a bloody muddy mess. It’s over watered to the point that the places that have grass , the grass is a deep dark green with muddy soil . And the places that are without grass or have little grass are soft mud. The greens are over watered and very slow. It’s a beautiful layout , well run with friendly people and the place with crowded with people that don’t mind plunking down $60 to play mid golf in the middle of Summer. I won’t be back.

This course was wonderful. The people were friendly. No issues with rushing. We had a wonderful time on a Saturday.