Very good experience and really good greens, particularly for a public course. Also, fairways are very well groomed. I've played at most every country club in greater Pgh area and while 3 Lakes isn't up there with the big four or five, it's the most challenging public course I've played-challenging because of relatively fast greens(not as fast as they used to be but lightning compared to other public courses) and hills.
I had my son out who has just started to learn the game and we had a great time. The people there were professional, helpful and friendly, from the pro-shop to the restaurant they have on site. Getting a tee time online was also really convenient. They make it easy just going to their website. I selected "special" and we got a discounted rate. The person in the pro-shop pointed out that my son was a Jr and we paid even less-he didn't have to do that.
It was $30 for me and $22 for my son. While that's not the cheapest, considering the quality and challenge of the course, how close it is to Pittsburgh, it is a very good value.
We got a deal for $20. Greens are nice, fairways are ok, rough is ok, but some holes are weird, especially #5. Keep the ball in the fairway on the front side and most holes on the back or you'll shoot some high numbers. For $20-$25 it's a nice course to ride 18 holes, but $40 is way too much for an average public course.
This course is horribly run, we had a group come in from out of town to play 36 holes and called ahead to set it up. We got there and they only had us scheduled for 9. The guy working at the front was rude and extremely unhelpful
Nice staff, course in good shape. They need a ranger to make sure the pace of play doesn't get held up by foursomes who won't let faster players go through.
Course needs a lot of work. Absolutely not a 48.00 course
Great staff and fun course!
First time in awhile, last time forever. 4 years ago I played this course regularly. It's close to my house and was in good shape. I played today for the first time in 2 years and won't be back. Greens were B+ which is only reason I didn't rate 1 star. Fairways are beat, black tee boxes are a joke. What the hell did they do to hole 5. Dumbest hole in golf and then I realized why they did it. To put in a maximum 4 stall driving range that's about 6 bowling lanes wide. Amateurs hit slices and sure enough the 10th hole was littered with range balls everywhere. It's a joke. Don't play here, because the worst is they think they can charge 40 bucks for a 1 o'clock tee time. If it was say 25 i wouldn't have cared soo much. Either fix the course or admit your failure and drop the price.
Fun but challenging course
I played this course when it was still Alcoma Country Club. I can't imagine how the people who loved this course would feel today. A recent round found the greens in poor shape - so patchy that a good hole location could not be found on some of the greens. The greens used to be the jewel of this course - slick and beautiful, but no more. Fairways were also patchy -- the country club is becoming a distant memory despite the golf shoes on top of the lockers. I was on the beach at number 17, and the trap looked like a herd of deer had been followed by a herd of golfers. Much worse shape than the previous times I have played this course -- 2 or 3 times per year in the last five years.
Quite possibly the worst golf course ever. Conditions are terrible as is the layout. If there is a bright spot it's that the course is close to the parkway. Save your money, play elsewhere.