(Maybe at some point I'll update with pictures to make this a bit more well-rounded, but for now,…read morethis is good enough.) Nothing I love more in life than being the contrarian and finding/enjoying the quirky things that few others do. In terms of a local golf course, Willow Brook checks all of the boxes. The course is located on/shares space with a horse farm. Back in the day it was a traditional 18 hole course, but the configuration has been modified to 9 with the rest of the land being turned into a housing development that is still actively being built by the 8th green & 9th tee. If you look at the map on Yelp, which is of course nicked from Google, it does a poor job explaining the simple basic of how you even get to the course unless you go to the satellite tab. You're either heading down Howertown Road and then going on to at times, basically a single lane drive that snakes through some trees and past a few homes to the parking area or you can ignore the road closed signs on Willowbrook Road and enter via Sappho Cody Lane. The parking is on some grass by a horse competition area. From there you walk down Joe Cody Lane to the shack where you pay. A few randoms: Current hours are 10-4 daily. $20 for 9 or $30 for 18 and it's cash only - all walk with no carts. Not uncommon to find the shack where you're supposed to pay be unmanned with a note taped to one of the sliding glass doors to find them on the course and pay then. So far, I paid once when the guy stopped to say hello as he was mowing the fairway grass and the other time a different guy was doing some work on the green at #4. Three par 3's that start in the 130 yard range up to the two par 5's that go to the mid to upper 400's. Nothing is terribly difficult if you can, lol, keep it relatively straight. The thing I love more than anything is the angle of them not having carts because that keeps the crowds a-way and that is what I'm looking for. The two times I've been here, counting myself, I haven't seen ten people in total out playing (chef's kiss on that one). The course is what you would expect for the price. I'm no pro so I'm not looking for much past a cheap price. To me the fairways and greens are in good enough shape. The only thing they gave up on years ago are the sand traps. They're basically concrete slabs with vegetation growing in them. Also, if you're willing to dig around a bit, plenty of balls in the tall grass and by the creek area that people gave up on. For everyone one I lose, I usually find two. Yeah, this place is odd and quirky and some will be turned off by the no carts but to me, it's beautiful and quiet. As long as the crowds don't suddenly start swarming here during the week, I'm all in for the foreseeable future. willowbrook9.com/

Today we went for lunch at the new Willow Grille at the 9 hole course at Willowbrook Golf Course…read more The atmosphere is rustic with open beams and lots of windows. There's a beautiful patio which has a great view of the course. So relaxing you feel like your out in the country. We ate inside due to the humidity but would choose to sit outside on a cooler day. We ordered burgers which were really good & had a great grilled flavor. Val, our server was friendly and made you feel at home. So nice to know we have a beautiful place to go for lunch right in our backyard!

Ever since the notorious C.O.V.I.D., golf has had a major resurgence. One could say that I'm…read moretalking about in terms of interest, but what I'm really talking about is the pricing. Most courses are obnoxious with where their greens fee pricing is and in terms of the ROI you get commensurate to course conditions. The area at different times had multiple, what I would call, value play courses but over the past few years things have changed. Tumble Brook closed. Willow Brook closed. Bethlehem Municipal's 9 hole course (no way I'll ever call that a golf club) is a dump and over run with carts. The last man standing is Sawmill. Below is what you're getting into: www.sawmillgolfcourse.com/course-information I've played here a ton this year. Time for the good and bad. Good: Pricing is super cheap. After 3pm it's $15 for a round. Can't beat that anywhere. Overall, tee times are easy to come by. Open year round. No holes are super intimidatingly long. Bad: Course conditions are all over place. Several holes/tees are still decent, lush and green even with the lack of rain this year, while others are near impossible to get a tee in the ground (#7 & #8 currently). Pace of play here can be a major issue. Even when they have rangers here, they're a joke. Either smoking in the parking lot or hanging out at #1 but never getting on to the course to try and undo any logjams. I've done 18 here (always walking - never with a cart - weekdays only) in a touch over three hours and it's also ballooned to around five hours. With that said, are any of the holes here that hard? Not really. No extreme doglegs or water and what sand they have is minimally maintained and plays like hitting off the parking lot asphalt. The only issue here would be elevation. The course is set on a hillside and certain holes like 5, 6, 14 and 15 have some healthy incline to them. If you come, you can either call for tee times or go here: foreupsoftware.com/index.php/booking/20706/5485#/teetimes Is Sawmill a five star course? Of course not, but you're also not paying for a five star course either. To a degree, it's honestly stupid to complain when you're paying $15 or $20. Nothing here is that bad. If you want better, plenty of areas course that will be happy to soak you for many times more than what SM charges but won't have the fun and interesting quirks this place has. Good Enough.

Nice layout. All tee boxes are hard as stone, I had to stomp my tee in for my 3 wood. Everything is…read moreover grown. Seems to be understaffed and under maintained. Fairways (I'm guessing) are mowed once a week and have 8 different types of grass growing. Greens have all the same grass which is a positive. A negative for the greens is they mow them every 2 days, i suppose we chose the day before they mow to book a tee time.

Dinner in the Grille room was outstanding The service, the…read morefood and the ambience was 1st class

I had the opportunity to play here with a gracious member on June 24, 2022. What an experience to…read moreplay the Old Course 2 weeks after the US Senior Open was played there!

Perfect for families, young children, and beginners…read more Wife and I were looking for a place that allowed our 2.5 year old to ride along with us. This place was not only perfect, it's almost made for families. First, the staff that I met there were maybe the NICEST golf course attendees that I've ever met. Went out of his way to explain every little detail of the course. Made us feel comfortable with bringing our child - it didn't feel like an inconvenience for them, more like they WELCOMED it. This meant so much to us. Second, it's a perfect place for families and beginners. No tee times needed, 12 holes (shorter round) with 10 of them being par 3s. Most people walked. We didn't for obvious reasons and was thankful that they had carts. Definitely something we'll come back to as the children get older!

Great little 12 hole course for the $$$. Well maintained, friendly staff and well kept greens and…read morefairways makes this little course a wonderful place to play golf. Great for beginners, families and friends too! We really enjoy playing here - you will too!

This course overbooks so you'll wait on every tee. Rangers are scarce to none so you can get stuck…read morebehind slow moving players. There is NO water provided for drinking or ball wash. Several players shot onto our fairway. The word fore is rarely used. The worst part had to be the uncontrolled bees in the bunkers! Maintenance on this course is poor. On top of all that the website prices advertised were not what we were charged. Not going back. Ever!

Course was good and all but not a good experience at all because one guy in the pro shop completely…read moreruined my day being such a stubborn a hole for no reason he was stuck up on me paying for 18 when I was only playing 9 he was completely rude for no reason

Staff is professional and nice. Course is always in great condition. Carts are well maintained…read more Price reasonable for the conditions.

A solid golf course, always in good shape, has a friendly staff and reasonable prices.read more

Quick take on the round played yesterday…read more Set up: Head to their website, add in date, time and number of players. From there it's the odd thing of where you cannot pay for your round in advance, only a nuisance convenience fee and then the rest is due at the course. Speaking of nickel and dime nuisance fees; on the site it does say that the tax is not included but nowhere until you get to the pro shop does it mention anything about a surcharge for card usage. That would have been useful information to have had in advance. theclubatmorganhill.com/online-tee-times/ We played on a weekday afternoon and overall the course was wide-open. One twosome a few holes ahead and another twosome a few holes behind. We started fifteen minutes early and went door to door in three hours and ten minutes. Let's talk about course conditions. Not good. Most of the tee boxes are chewed up and in bad shape. Your choices to tee up are either an almost thick scruffy scrub grass or into tons of divots filled with sand. Fairways have a lot of brown in them and are fast due to being very dry combined with sloped. The rough is well, rough. Very dense and very thick, Super easy to lose balls that on many other courses would be easily find-able. Most of the greens on the front 9 are nice but a couple on the back are not. A nice bumpy-chop-roll over some rough spots. The course design is interesting. The fairways are definitely narrow and most are slanted. While a few greens are very small, a few are cavernous with multiple drops/turns/undulations but overall they play slow. There is a hole or two with water but it never came into play for us. A few gimmick holes with blind tee shots. #18 & #14 with upward elevation or #12 with extreme downward descent (169 from the whites and a soft 9 or a PW might be more than enough club on this one). To me, is this a tough course? So-So. We opened up putting for par on the first four holes with little issue. Are there some difficult holes? Most definitely, yes. The par 5's of #5 and #13 are to put it mildly, hard. Weekdays after 4pm will set you back $40 (plus fees if you pay with a card and use their website). Is that fair for this course? Overall, yeah, it's not bad. Is that the best use of your discretionary golf money? Maybe/maybe not. You could play after 3pm twice at Sawmill for the same price. Pocono Club or Jack Frost are superior courses and either can be played for the same price as Morgan, or a few bucks less. Glad I came and finally played here. It was a nice one to check off the local area list of places that I've been meaning to play for a long time. Although, I think for the foreseeable future I'm good on not playing here for a bit. Nothing wrong with the course, but personally, nothing compels me to want to return either. Three stars all the way.

I couldn't have had a better experience at Morgan Hill. My husband, cousin and I went there for the…read morefirst time and had the best time. The customer service was some of the best I've had and the facilities, restaurant/bar as well as the course were immaculate. The guy in the pro shop was soooo nice and more than helpful when working with us due to weather delays. He is one huge reason we will definitely be coming back!

A difficult and beautiful course. Bring your confidence or a lot of golf balls. Carts only, no…read morewalking.

Great course in beautiful condition. The price is always right. The staff is always friendly and…read morecourteous.

We golfed 18 today. The gentleman working the desk for our 10:10 tee time was fantastic. Great guy,…read moredeserves a raise. Enjoyed our round (we had 2 tee times). Lovely course. But this is where the 5 star review ended. I would give this 5 stars if it wasn't for the guy, can't say gentleman, working the desk around 3:00 today. He could improve his customer service.

OK, a lot to cover here…read more The course right now is in good shape. The fairways are green with only a few brownout or dead spots. Much better than a lot of area competitors. The greens are actually a bit on the slow side when we played as it looks like they needed a bit of a trim but nothing crazy. The seating on the carts felt new or recently replaced. Very soft and plush. The course would be best described as a nice quiet drive through the neighborhood. There are homes or businesses right up against the fairways on almost every hole. You can't be left as most of the time, there is no left. Left equals putting a shot into the drive thru lane of a TD Bank, into a mobile home community or off of the local Movie Tavern location which says nothing about the other homes which line that side of the majority of the holes. The course is also approachable as it's on the short side. Only a little more than 6000 yards from the blue tees and aside from hole #10, nothing is over 400 yards. The one slight knock on playing here is that the holes are highly repetitive. I mean how many times can you play essentially the same looking 320-360 yard straight-ish par 4? Admittedly, some holes have a lot of sand going on, but that's about it. At least when we played, pace of play was not an issue. We play fast, and when I say fast, I mean, fast. When we started on #1, the only other people on the course in front of us were just starting on #10. We caught them at #15. Either way, it was door to door in two hours and forty minutes. Here's the problem for me. The pro shop staff. I made my reservation via Golf Now. The pro shop staff insisted I only made a tee-time but didn't pay for it. I showed them the email stating what was paid online but that the answer I got was their records don't show that, so pay again or nada. So, I paid, again, and am now in the charge back process with Shepherd Hills since on Golf Now, I paid a few dollars less than the full freight on site at the course. Either way, I'm getting my money back. Overall, the course is in nice shape but it is repetitive. if you want something challenging, it's not here. Also, big time, do not pre-pay your round as they apparently will not honor it no matter what you show them. Lesson learned. One and done.