shaker

1320 Golf Club Dr, Lebanon, OH 45036, USA

Address:	1320 Golf Club Dr, Lebanon, OH 45036, USA
Phone:	+1 513-727-0007
Site:	shakerrungolfclub.com
Rating:	3.5

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Brandon Feldt

Should have listened to those who warned me about this place. What a shame, Shaker Run is. They have everything going in their favor: the beautiful scenery, 27 holes shaped around natural wooded areas and a small lake. Should be golf tranquility at its best. Too bad they give zero cares about their course or golfers spending money to play their course. Embarrassment is the best word I can think of to describe how Shaker Run should feel about the maintenance of their course. Sure, they cut their grass on a seemingly regular schedule to keep it in proper golf course shape but thats about where the maintenance program starts and ends. The bunkers on this course are horrific. They look like they were washed out 3 years ago and havent been touched since. The green side bunker on the Par 5 #1 hole of Meadows was being overtaken by weeds. It was unreal that anyone who operates a course or whos job it is to maintain a course could ever allow this to happen. Its just pure lazy and tells me, the golfer, that they do not care about their course. And thats the rap Ive heard from multiple people, that Shaker Run could be a great place but its horribly ran and maintained. I wish I could rate the bar/restaurant service and Chef separately because they would get 5 stars. Great service inside. Unlike outside, where our group (playing in a scramble with only 3 other groups) were told we could not access our cart until 1pm on the dot. So we had to walk our clubs from the car, all the way to the range, and back again. Not short walks. What really rubbed me wrong was not so much the weird policy to not let us use our carts for this, but the power trip this guy seemed to enjoy being on in making sure we were aware that he has all the keys and we cannot have one until our 1pm start. Was just an overall stupid policy with 4 groups going out and no one else on the course. Were grown men in our 30s, where did he think we were going to go? Id never ever pay a greens fee to go back to this neglected dump again.

Sarah Thoma

I was married in the fall of 2013. We wanted to get married over looking the lake then have the reception inside the main ballroom. A new lady took the position of event coordinator, named Sherri Cornell. She is impossible to get ahold of with dozen of emails and phone calls. She informed me the day before my wedding, less than 24 hours, that I would have to decorate my own wedding. Meaning I have to put the centerpieces up, table decorations such as the tea lights and table numbers, my gift table, the place cards, guest book along with any other little decoration I had BECAUSE she simple didnt have the staff. I was paying over 10k and I had to set up my own reception!!!??!!? We had the rehearsal at shaker run a few hours later and I talked yet another manager who ensured us that they will set up everything and not to worry. The day of the wedding come I arrive at 12:00pm for the 4:30pm wedding and the only thing set up are plates and silver wear. I was in shear panic mode! I immediately got the manager on staff which wasnt Sherri Cornell even though she promised to be there at 12:00 and didnt arrive till after 1:00, and he started to set up my wedding. Then once he did all he had time for my brides maids, mother in-law, cousin, and myself set the rest of my reception up. I argued with her but she called me rude and blamed me for having a terrible attitude. I proceeded to breakdown and started crying because of the whole situation. The food is fair and over priced. The open bar ran out of most alcohol very fast. They also lie about pricing I was told flat rates for chair covers and rentals and they charged me with set up fees and delivery fees on everything even table clothes which they are suppose to supply on their own. Also wouldnt move ceremony chair inside when it started to rain like promised. They are not honest people they just try to cheat you on everything. If you are dealing with Sherri Cornell just dont waste your time or money, please.

Nitin Kumar

First off, the course is in great condition and fun to play. The one star rating comes from the staff. From arrival until we left, the staff was unfriendly and downright rude. On the first tee, we were told (before we even teed off) that we needed to finish the each nine in under 2:10 because they had a large outing in the afternoon. On hole 9 we were reprimanded for being 10 minutes behind that pace and told to speed up. On the back nine, we never saw the group behind us and still were stopped 3 times and told to hurry up because we were "setting the pace and not keeping up with the group in front of us." We were a foursome, and the group in front of us by two holes was a twosome. We told him that we hadnt seen the group behind us in a few holes and that we were trailing a twosome, to which he used the word "imperative" 20 times and never saw our point. If that wasnt enough, the cart girl was horrible. She never stopped the cart unless you yelled at her, let alone if you were trying to hit a shot. When you did get her to stop, she could not even muster a smile. We finished the round 10 minutes ahead of the time they had told us and went in to talk to them about it. They did not apologize, made no considerations for us and said, "Well, I guess it all worked out in the end then, huh?" Despite the nice course, our group will not be going back to Shaker Run.

Adam Konop

First, I would play here again, but only under the right circumstances. This course could be one of the nicest in the area, but there are just some odd things going on here. My foursome played Woodlands and Meadows. I was impressed by Woodlands. The fairways and greens were in good shape. I was surprised considering what I had read about this place. Then we played Meadows, and then I started to understand. The bunkers are the worst Ive seen. Most dont even have sand. Theyre just clay. There were also some little things (often taken for granted) that made the outing less enjoyable. First, there are no trash cans at the tee boxes. Not a single one. There are also no visuals at the tee boxes or on the scorecard to give you any idea of what the shape of the hole is like. This is frustrating especially on Woodlands because there are several blind greens. You just have to hit it and hope for the best unless someone in your group is familiar with the course. Another frustrating thing is that they dont use yardage posts, so you have to go searching for a marker if you arent using GPS or a range finder. I wouldnt go out of my way to play here again since places like Heatherwoode are much closer to me.

Mark Z

I am not sure what course Robert played, but I cant imagine it was the Shaker Run that I played yesterday. The course is in fantastic shape. The greens need another week or so to heal to be perfect. They were recently aerified it looked like. The bunkers could use a little work, but they were definitely playable. They put new hole signs on the course I noticed which were much needed. No visible markers? What do you want, and giant pole sticking out at the 150 marker? They have markers on both sides of the fairway at that course every 25 yards, plus on many sprinkler heads. I say keep the tacky striped barber shop pole for the goat tracks. The course is in great shape right now, and they are making improvements it appears. A new tree was also added back in #4s fairways, where one of the older owners got rid of it. The new owners have a huge vested interest in this place for it to succeed, and you can see the money going back in the course for sure. If they go thru with some of their plans that I have heard about, this course will easily be one of the best in the state again.