Karakung Golf Course

Don't waste your money. We played the Karakung course at Cobbs Creek on October 2, 2010. did not expect the quality of a resort course, but what we found was terrible. Several things made this an experience that should not happen to anyone using your site. Here are some of the non-golf things - the homeless people selling golf balls near what should have been the 2nd tee - skate boarders along the 12th hole - crossing a busy city street 3 times during the round without any cross walks - no rest room facilities on the entire course - trash scattered throughout the course especially beer bottles and cans piled in the rough near the areas that were supposed to be tee boxes - the dead rotting smelling large bird near one of the fairways. The condition of the course was the worst I have ever played. Three holes should have been closed because the area between where the hole started and the greens had been flooded recently and were mostly mud, with some patches of weeds. The score card indicated 3 sets of tees. There was only one set of tee markers on each hole. The area where these were located often had no grass at all. When there was grass it was mostly crab grass. The "rough" ranged from 6 inch deep grass to weeds to bare dirt. The sand traps had no rakes and look like they had not been maintained in weeks. About 1/2 the greens had large areas of desease that had killed the grass. Many of the greens had ridges left by the mowers or areas that had been missed by the mowers giving the golfer an uneven surface for putting. The fairways that were playable were mostly crab grass.

I would not waste my time or money going to this course for any reason.…

Challenging, cheap, well staffed, and not as bad as people here have written. I played the Cobbs Creek Golf Course on Thursday, July 31st (2008) for a charity outing. I found the pro shop to be be nicely and courteously staffed. Good variety of food and drinks at the snack bar. Golf carts were in very nice shape. The course itself was probably the nicest municipal course I have played. The tee boxes were rather hard, and bare in some spots. However, given the number of daily rounds played I found it to be in decent shape. The greens played fast and were in very decent shape. The greens also proved challenging in that straight puts were few and far between. The cart paths were in ok shape, but could use some revamping. All in all, I would recommend to anyone who wants a decent place to shoot a round on the cheap. I did spot two pedestrians taking the shortcut across a fairway, but they were not hooligans and were friendly.…

A course with so much potential. This is the worst course in the entire Philadelphia area. The city should be ashamed to promote this and any of the city owned courses as a tourist stop. The city needs to sell this course to someone who can bring it back to one of the most well designed and challenging courses in the state of Pennsylvania. This course has so much potential it would be crazy to waste that.…

Lousy Courses. The last reviews I saw were 4 to 5 years old, so I thought I would give an update on the courses. I've played "The Old Course and Karakung" and they both still Stink!!!. I've made tee times for 6:00 a.m. and they tell me no problem. There is "no problem" for them as they take my money and all the problem are mine.

First there have been 2 times I have showed up and the club house is not even open yet at 6 a.m. no " I'm sorry for making you wait" just pay them and then go to the courses. Second, I had to play the first 4 holes with no flag on the green. (If you can't have the course ready, don't take Tee Times for them!!!) The only way to find a decent tee area is by a "Act of God" and as far as the fairways ( dirt and rock) are concerned they are not what the people who work call "Good Shape". The Schuykill expressway is smoother.

If you are there before 8 a.m. it cost $31 for the "Old Course" and $21 for Karakung. It's not alot of money but you still don't get your money's worth. I have also golfed at the other city courses, Juniata is in worse shape the this place, if you can imagine that. The City of Philadelpha has these courses and it could be wonderfull experience for Tourist and People who live here alike. But like alot of Philly, nobody cares.

If you want to play on a decent course you have to go about a 1 hour drive away. Golden Oaks in Fleetwood, Pa. is the best ever, Wyncote is very good in Oxford Pa. and Patriots Glenn in Elkin Maryland is very good also. I wish I could go to the "Old Course and Karakung" as it is less then 1 mile from where I live. But I won't be going back there anymore. I give this course a minus 5 stars and any other of the owned courses.…