Disappointed and Would Not Return My son and I stopped at Ohio University Golf Course while traveling from Illinois to North Carolina, hoping for a quick and enjoyable round. While the practice greens looked promising, the actual course was in very poor shape. The rough was severely overgrown, and the bunkers were dried out and overrun with weeds—clearly not maintained for quite some time. We paid for 18 holes, only to realize mid-round that it’s just a 9-hole course. No refund was offered, nor was there any gesture to make up for the experience. The front desk staff were polite, but it’s clear the issue lies with whoever is managing course upkeep. With basic maintenance, this could be a decent budget course. Until that happens, I’d recommend skipping it. I wouldn’t return unless they paid me to play.

Wish I could give zero stars. Played the course with my 3 adult children. My daughter is a student at the university. Absolute disaster of a course. If you miss the fairway by 2 feet you will not find your ball because the native growth is so overgrown. The Bunkers were either full of water or bare dirt not sand. Some greens are just dirt as well. Horrible horrible course. The university should be embarrassed to have their name associated with something that awful.

Fairways and greens are in pretty good shape but any ball hit outside the fairway is severely penalized by heavy primary rough and encroaching native areas. The expanded native areas virtually guarantee a lost ball and have eliminated any safe bailout areas even around the greens. The bunkers remain unplayable - several are water traps after any amount of rain. There is very little margin of error for any errant ball. Given the number of students and locals that play the course this all contributes to slower play and a frustrating round of golf. It is pretty clear that anyone that manages the course does not play golf. Used to love playing here but the native areas and rough are too penalizing for the average golfer to enjoy any more!

Unfortunately the tee times meant nothing as players were simply showing up and playing. They only had 5 holes open and so some groups were coming around to tee off on their second five holes. A starter was needed to handle this. There were two people attending the desk but no one to ensure that the play was smooth. Things to improve on.

July 2025- the course is walking only even for seniors in 90 degree weather. The University no longer is putting any effort toward golf as a sport. The driving range is permanently closed as well.