Grey Hawk Golf Club

Grey Hawk is a links-​style golf course in Le Grange, Ohio. The course is well-​maintained and must have some excellent drainage as evidenced by the lightning fast greens after an overnight rain. The course can be very difficult with numerous bunkers and water hazards. On top of that, the links style practically guarantees that your next shot will be on uneven terrain if your tee shot strays from the fairway. The #1 and #2 handicap holes (the 7^th and 14^th holes) can be devastatingly difficult with water hazards and/​or a beach running alongside the course. The 11^th hole features an island green surrounded by water while the 3^rd hole has an «island green» surrounded by sand. The course is in the middle of a housing development, but the houses are generally a good bit away from the course so that you’re not too nervous about putting a ball through somebody’s window. One complaint I have is that that all that sand really turned into concrete and mush due to the weather. Also, being a links course surrounded by houses, Grey Hawk is not as picturesque as I hoped it would be. This is a very high three-​star course, but I felt it just did not have that extra wow-​factor to add another star.
A couple of nuggets: A train runs near the course (and not too infrequently at that) so you can pretend you’re at the British Open. The golf club seemed to have a very nice clubhouse, though I didn’t get much use out of it. They just got new electric golf carts that have really nice acceleration to them – great for some excitement on the mounds surrounding the fairways.