I went golfing with my girlfriend during the day on a Friday. It was a holiday for some and a nice day so it was fairly crowded. We called and reserved a tee time and showed up about 10 minutes early.
Our first issue was with the coupon we purchased online through their website. It should have been scannable at their pro shop where you pay, however, the gentleman didn't know how to scan it so we were charged full price. That was a red flag, but we moved on, figuring we could use the coupon some other time this summer. We were told they were out of carts and we'd have to wait for someone to finish up. We went to our car to grab our equipment and when we got back a foursome had somehow slipped in front of us. This was annoying since we booked out time and would play quicker than a foursome but we weren't in any rush.
The first nine went fairly well. We had to wait to tee off on each hole because of the foursome in front of us and people in front of them. However, as I said we weren't in a rush, we were out to have fun and enjoy the day. There were people behind us as well - at least 2-3 groups that we could see that would sometimes wait behind us as we began to tee off as the foursome in front of us played along.
At the turn we took a quick break to go to the bathroom and moved on to the tenth hole. At this point, there wasn't anyone behind us - those that were behind us must have only been playing nine. By the time we were on the green at 13, we had people behind us teeing off.
We were putting on the green at 14 when a ranger parked behind us, and walked up to the green. While I was putting he told us we needed to speed up and that "the whole course is backed up behind us and no one is in front of us". We looked back and the people directly behind us weren't even finished putting on the previous green. I said "okay, understood". He continued to linger around and said we were not playing fast enough. We needed to play double par and move on - mind you we were playing a max of 8 strokes even on the par 5s. He still stood there. I said okay again. He finally rode off.
At this point my girlfriend and I were upset for being scolded like children when we did nothing wrong. We played through the next hole quickly and decided to call it a day and head home. We wanted to enjoy ourselves and felt we were treated very rudely.
Clearly this course prioritizes money and quick turnover above all else. Luckily, we have other favorite courses in the area - we simply wanted to try a new one. We will not be back to Meadowink again with all the other great courses run by friendly people in southwestern Pennsylvania. read more