Reid Park Golf Course

"Nice course. Can’t beat the 2 year membership! recommend not starting the year out on the back tees of the North course, it was quite humbling"

"I love this golf course! 36 holes, Greens are soft but quick. Grass is always cut, and the staff is nice. The food is good, plenty of room to practice on the greens and range. Im lucky I live close."

"If you are going to charge summer rates in October, you need to have the leaves blown off every morning and have sand in your traps. Today was absolutely unacceptable and very disappointing. The abandoned areas with just dirt does not make it playable around the greens, very disappointed."

"The course itself, is great. A 36 hole public course in Springfield is great for the city. Kept in decent shape, playable (south) yet challenging (North). However, that's about it for the positives. If you love grumpy old men... then this place is for you. I can touch the course from my back yard, but I will typically drive 20-30 minutes in opposite directions to play elsewhere. Go play Windy Knoll or Locust Hills. They actually enjoy when people use their course. From the staff, to the crew, and the patrons.... it's just over ran with grumpy old men. The only thing they seem to care about is their leagues (which bog up the course), and their senior citizens. In 2020, I had an Friday 8:45am tee time as a solo, and didn't finish until about 2 o'clock. I was behind 2 groups of seniors who wouldn't let me play through (I ended up skipping 2 holes). I inquired with the The proshop if they monitor pace of play at all... the response I got was pretty much that's just how it is, and it was on me for playing that course at that time. Fast forward to 2023, same thing. The older patrons act as they run the course (because it's been enabled). The culture is just old. The basics of operating a business are non existent. They seem to have forgotten they are providing a service for a customer to come have an experience... but yet they operate as the patron is the interruption. Don't you dare try to use the driving range, it is an inconvenience to them. Also, middle of May, range was still "closed for the season." This place operates exactly how you would think a bunch of geriatric old men would run a business. They send out marketing e-mails or event updates that look like a 3rd grader created in Microsoft paint in 1994. Half the e-mail with be in all caps or random bold lettering. If they have a demo day, they will literally print a document on paper advertising the demo day... then take a picture of that document and add it to the an email. Or if they send out updates on their City-Am... they will do the same, print the tee sheet and take a low quality photo and add it to an email. They sent out results by taking photos of the hand written results taped to a window and adding the photos to an email. There are hundreds of email clients and applications that are better options. These are small things, but its just a tell that it's time to let a new generation take over. Its been this way for years. They know that have people by the balls based on their convenience of their course and location. I just want to see a shift in culture. "The customer is the reason, not the interruption." Hopefully by the time my 4 year old gets into golf things will have changed. ...the worst part is, I will probably be back again at some point because it is convenient and I'm an idiot who just loves to golf (often poorly)."