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Omni Bedford Springs Resort
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Bedford Springs Resort golf club is an historic course and part of the old classic resort hotel here, a step back into an earlier era. The course itself is a collaboration of three of the old masters, Spencer Oldham(1895), A.W. Tillinghast(1912), and Donald Ross(1923), with recent design renovations by Ron Forse who attempted to restore the course to its original design. The course is in a beautiful setting in a river valley south of Bedford in Central Pennsylvania surrounded by the foothills of the Alleghenies. The course is a stern test at 6785 yards, 140 slope and will test not only your length off the tee, but the short game. There's five par fives and five par threes, small and crowned greens, serpentine, chocolate drops, and doughnut bunkers, the “Volcano Hole” and “Tiny Tim”— Tillinghast designed par three that's recognized by the golf purists and historians. Bedford Springs hotel originally opened as a 24-room inn in 1804, people came for the mineral springs, and soon was the destination of the upper crust including seven U.S. presidents, from Andrew Jackson to Ronald Reagan, plus the U.S. Supreme Court met at the hotel in the middle of the 19th century to discuss the Dred Scott case. The course and the hotel closed in 1986, but was revived in 2004 and became part of the Omni chain of hotels and resort. .
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Posted by: SavPar
Sep 22nd, 2010
The golf course was a real pleasure. The greens are the best feature of the course, the surfaces were constantly moving; there are some dramatic surprises here and there. You must play smart, play to the correct pin area, and work hard to lag your long putts as close to the hole as possible. Putts outside 2 feet always had a break to them which I found immensely challenging and fun. The weakest part of the course is the par threes, but I guess there is some history behind them. The par 5’s are very long, at least for my game. There's some brilliant holes, and some more pedestrian. Not one of the top ranked courses in PA, but worthy playing if you're in the area.
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Posted by: McGregor
Jul 5th, 2010
Spent the long weekend here, drove over from D.C. Every feature was well maintained. The staff was as good as could be, not only at the course, but throughout the resort. The golf course was a real pleasure. The greens are the best feature of the course, and the course's main defense, sloping and undulating, putts outside 2 feet always had a break to them which I found immensely challenging and fun. The weakest part of the course is the par threes, the 4th is the Volcano, 17th seems to be a very good Redan. The 10th plays over a ravine to a green benched into the hillside, probably a wedge to 9 iron most days but there is a lower tier in front and an upper tier in back so despite the short distance there is a premium challenge put on you to place your tee shot on the proper tier, not easy. The par 5’s are very long, and straightforward. Overall truly a challenging and well conditioned course, and wonderful resort for a few days out of town.
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Posted by: MikeMike
Dec 1st, 2009
Lots of classic golf course design here, but rennovated and updated. Excellent conditions, even for this time of year, the greens were a bit off, but otherwise a very enjoyable and reasonably priced round of golf.
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