Edgewood Golf Course

We always golf at this course as its one of the father in laws favorites. Important to note that there are 36 holes at the course. An older layout which is mostly tree lines and a newer course mostly bunkers and water. Gas golf carts with an older but usable form of GPS distance measuring. Overall the golf course is in good shape and it’s not overly busy. We usually play in the early morning so people are moving rather quickly. Average prices in my opinion. Clubhouse is average but had everything you need.

A few friends and I had a foursome at Edgewood and teed off around 7:30a on a Saturday morning in September. The course was moderately busy but there were no long lines or holdups on any of the holes ahead of us. It was early and we took our time for the first few holes, thoroughly enjoying ourselves because it was a beautiful morning.
Somewhere around the 4^th hole, we noticed the course «marshall» stalking us as we played. He watched us from his cart atop a nearby hill until he finally drew close enough to tell us we were playing too slow. No problem, we told him. We’d pick up the pace. And we did. A hole or two later, we noticed the threesome behind us was on our heels, so we offered to let them play through. After all, a threesome plays quicker than a foursome. They were totally cool about it, in no hurry at all, also enjoying the morning.
Rounding some trees by the 7^th hole, we find the marshall, who must’ve been about 70 or 80 with the attitude of a retired cop, spying on us from his cart. Fed up with the hassle, we confronted him and he was suddenly adamant that we were playing too slow, that we weren’t keeping up with the pace he was trying to set for the course. None of us are pros, and we weren’t in a hurry to play, but by no means were we disrupting the flow of the course. We only ended up holding up two parties behind us on the entire front 9, and let each (one threesome and one twosome) play through.
Starting the back 9, the marshall was following our every shot, making us all extremely uncomfortable and agitated. I’m rusty, having not golfed in years, so I ended up picking up my ball a few times in the interest of moving the game along. On the tenth tee, we were set to tee off when the sixsome party behind us hit into our fairway, almost hitting us as we stood there. We necessarily were forced to wait while they searched for their ball and cleared the area for us to play. The marshall couldn’t comprehend this and needless to say did not give us the benefit of the doubt, and again stopped us. At this point he was very flustered and insisted he would have to move us up a few holes. We rejected this preposterous offer as we’d paid our money (almost $ 50/​head) like everyone else and were here to play the full 18. We calmly explained that we had sped up our game and were doing everything in our power to play more quickly but there are intangible circumstances in the game of golf that can delay the pace, i.e. smaller groups playing behind us, other people hitting into our hole, etc. Needless to say, having to stop every hole and argue with the marshall certainly wasn’t helping us move along any quicker!
In the end, we got tired of the blatant harassment and insisted that he either leave us alone or refund our money. The man acted like we tried to assault him and called in backup. Thankfully, cooler heads in the clubhouse prevailed and the course manager agreed to refund our money. We explained our side of the story but they weren’t having it. They were all to quick to grab our money first thing in the door, but had zero patience or tolerance for anyone that wasn’t less than a 10 handicap. Obviously I’ll never be giving them my patronage again, nor will anyone I know.

Worst experience of my life. My family and I were harassed while playing on the pines course, the easier of the two. Not by another group, but by the marshall. He followed us from the 4^th hole to the 13^th. He was rude and unprofessional, telling us to hurry up while standing 10 feet from every shot. I have been golfing for 20 years and I have never experience such poor service in my life. We even politely asked him to give us space to enjoy our round and he ignored us. Worst of all, i called the desk to complain and they sent the certified pga professional. John Freeman, who did not even take the time to listen. He talked over us, was condescending, and threatened to call the police. At no time were we threatening, yelling or swearing. We are all professional adults (teacher, nurse, professor, and engineer) and were treated like children. If you do not play as fast as these men want, they will be watching your every shot and pressuring you. Avoid this course unless you are a seasoned pro or a par shooter.