Crestbrook Pro Shop

Oh… where do we start with this one? I guess it all starts in the parking lot that was due to be repaved ten years ago. Finding a parking spot is a bit like storming the beach at Normandy and your car’s suspension will be sure to thank you upon exiting. Then we move on to the cliff that you need billy-​goat DNA to scale. Then and only then can you make your way up to the pro-​shop a-​top the hill.
Yes, those things annoy me, but the real icing on the Crestbrook Golf cupcake is the staff. Typically I like family run operations, but Ken and his sons have completely turned me off. I’ve met tables with nicer legs and better personalities than the pro, and his sons are the most arrogant people on the face of the earth.
If you want friendly service, you won’t get it here. You’ll be greeted with the standard blank stare like you’re interrupting whoever is working the register from far more important activities like counting tees or reading the local classifieds (hopefully looking for another job). I pity the person who needs to ask questions. Lord knows because I once had to ask which carts were available for the taking and I got snapped at to take any one of the million that were parked in a cluster like a rotary at a standstill.
But, once you get past the parking lot, the hill climb and the gremlins that run the pro shop, the course is always fun and as far as money is concerned, you can’t get a better deal in the area. They had a special on weekdays the last time I played that was 18 holes with a cart and a free hot dog at the turn for about $ 40. The course is challenging enough to keep you coming back without getting bored. If you’re a beginner, do take note that it’s a very long course, so plan to take a little extra time.
Typically the course is in good shape with very fast greens, which always makes it a little bit more fun for me. The only thing to watch out for is that it may get a little wet in the low spots during the spring or during long periods of rainy weather, but it’s not enough to keep people away from playing the course.
One last bit of advice: Do your best to stay clear of the Canadian geese that roam on the course, especially in the spring when they have young ones. Their attitudes toward customers are almost as bad as Ken and his boys. Maybe that’s where they get it from?