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Jeffersonville Golf Club
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Rating: 2.6
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Jeffersonville is about 15 minutes from King of Prussia in West Norriton Twp. It's an original Donald Ross course from 1931, restored to most of its original condition by Ron Pritchard. It's a classic Ross parkland style course of 6443 yards with a 124 slope. It's a muni, and get a lot of play, slow play, but the price is reasonable for a Ross original. Not all that long, and fairly straightforward, the small and crowned greens guarded by the deep faced Ross bunkers. Some tight driving holes, kept in OK condition. Play it during the week and late in the afternoon when the crowds are down.
Published by: peteMcD
Posted by: Gilbert
Dec 26th, 2010
When you think of Donald Ross designed courses this one is probably not on the top of your list. The Par 70 "municipal course" is located about 25 miles west of Philadelphia in the town of Jeffersonville. The original course was designed in 1931 by Ross and in 2001, Ron Pritchard restored it to what we have today. Pritchard is famous for restoring Ross courses and maintaining the Ross feel to them. When you play this course, you can feel Ross designed it. Like most Ross courses, you'll be expected to think about your shot selection. The combination of doglegs, blind shots, and hazards will force you to be creative and play with brains. If playing from the tips, the course plays 6,443 yards and has a rating/slope of 70.9/128. With only two par 5's, there are not many opportunities to make up strokes. The 16th hole may be your best bet, as it's the easiest of the par 4's playing only 390 and it's straightaway. A fairway bunker protects the right side but a good tee shot leaves you a short iron into a fairly easy green. Warning, going long on this green will be trouble. The two par 5's are no joke. You get your first chance on the 6th hole, a 576 yard, offers golfers more of a challenge than it may seem. A group of 3 small bunkers located about 210 yards out on the right protects the fairway and the right side is entirely OB. If you can cut this corner, you may be able to get to the downhill green in two. The 18th hole requires you to hit your tee shot right to left (something I can't do) to be in the fairway. The 545 yard hole has water protecting the left side of the fairway and a green surrounded by large pine trees. When you eventually get to the green, make sure your ball is below the hole or a 3-putt is likely.To prove he's cruel, Donald Ross offers us one of the challenging par 3's you will play. The 8th hole at Jeffersonville Golf Club has an strange similarity to the 8th hole at Aronimink Golf Club located just miles away. I might be willing to say this is one of the most challenging par 3's I have ever played. The 191 yard hole requires a perfect tee shot. A water hazard sits short of the green at about 180 yards and anything to the right is blocked out by trees. The left side has a bunker protecting and if you're above the hole, you're left with a slippery downhill putt. Par here is an incredible score and if you walk away with bogey 4, it's not that bad either. Ross does throw an easy par 3 your way. The 4th hole is a straight forward 140 yard par 3 with bunkers guarding either side. Being short is better than long, the green slopes back towards the tees. The backside par 3's require a long iron or hybrid. The 12th hole plays 197 yards. Short is better than long as trees sit behind the green and can block your next shot. Finally, the 15th hole is a 215 yard par 4 with bunkers on either side. It looks downhill but plays all of the 215. I like this course. It's tough but fair and they keep it in good shape. The Ross design makes it slightly better and it's reasonably priced. As with most municipal courses, the pace is a little slow and the difficulty of the par 3's doesn't do anything to speed it up. The conditions were good as long as you're in the fairway and on the green. The rough could leave you hitting off dirt instead of grass but I guess that's the price you pay for missing the fairway. The bunkers were in excellent shape and sometimes better relief than the dirt near the green. Review at Wam Golf
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Posted by: mutiger97
Aug 23rd, 2010
Played Jeffersonville for the first time last Saturday, and really like the golf course. It's tough but fair and they keep it in good shape, the old Donald Ross design makes it slightly better and it's reasonably priced. As with most municipal courses, the pace is a little slow and the difficulty of the par 3's doesn't do anything to speed it up. The conditions were good as long as you're in the fairway and on the green. The rough could leave you hitting off dirt instead of grass but I guess that's the price you pay for missing the fairway. The bunkers were in excellent shape and sometimes better relief than the dirt near the green.
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Posted by: markbest
Oct 28th, 2009
Played a round at Jeffersonville Golf Club, a wonderful old track that was originally designed in 1931 by legendary golf architect Donald J. Ross, and restored to its original Ross layout in 2002. It is a classic example of how a course can be challenging without a lot of gimmicks. There are a lot of holes that dogleg left or right, play uphill or downhill, bunkers that line fairways and guard greens, as well as devilish greens that have false fronts or slope off on the front, back or sides. I would really, really recommend Jeffersonville. It only cost $25 to walk during the week, $40 with cart. On the weekend it is $34/49. One of the things I particularly liked was they gave you a pinsheet in the pro shop. It showed all the greens divided into thirds. They also had a lot of drinking water around the course and a really nice grille room for after your round.
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