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Bethlehem Golf Club
400 Illick's Mill Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18017, United States
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Wi
Review №1

Coarse is in good condition, green are nice and fast! They are doing a lot of upgrades removing trees and nice white new sand added to green. And repaving all the cart trails new nice wish there price would drop after 1130am like other coarse but other then that club restaurant good food and drinks

Ji
Review №2

Wonderful food. Charles was our server and he did a great job.We had a variety of items. Ahi tuna tartar was delicious. Caesar salad was great. Turkey melt was nice and juicy. Pork sandwiches had a kick but delicious.View of the golf course was great too as we dined outside.Also we topped off the dinner discussion with a heated argument about the necessity of the Gillette woke commercials and their impact on normal and moral males who dont abuse women, etc. It was a great evening!

Br
Review №3

Played for the first time ever today. WOW what a golf course! The greens were awesome the overall condition was superb. This is a straightforward golf course (you need to hit it in the fairway)The Sand WOW amazing for a municipal golf course. The sand was absolutely perfect and the bunkers were impeccable. Lots of trees, plenty of sand no water holes on the course... this is like playing in gorgeous park that is perfectly manicured. They CARE about this golf course and I am sure the Town of Bethlehem puts a lot of $$ into this placeSuper course, super deal. Well worth your time. Thanks for a lovely day

Je
Review №4

Overall, decent course. We reserved a tee time for 9-holes. We were charged for 18-holes. Then we were forced to play with other people which were extremely kind and personable. Even though we started early, the course overseer claimed we were 2 holes behind. Many of the greens were bumpy. We felt rushed and DID NOT enjoy the experience at all. WILL NEVER RETURN!

Fi
Review №5

It was very nice and well maintained. Will go there again.

To
Review №6

Bland course with pompous unfriendly staff. (However the restaurant staff is amazing)I swore off this place the last time I went. I played the first 9 only to find a sign on hole 10 saying the back 9 is closed and to play the front 9 again. What?? I was not told this at the start and was not allowed a refund.Anyway we came again 3 years later as a last resort and I had an even worse experience. They over book the place and have people tee off almost immediately after you, so if you have a couple of bad shots its a problem.I was with a couple of 1st season golfers that were far from the worst Ive seen and by hole 2 the starter was threatening to remove us from the course (this was when we were approaching the green and the people ahead of u just teed off). This made us feel like criminals the whole time. We actually even picked up our balls mid hole at times just to ensure we were right on the heels of the people ahead of us.$55 for anxiety. No thanks

Ta
Review №7

THIS PLACE WAS AWFUL. Sure, there is not always a bad case but bare with me. When my family was walking back from a hike(we went all the way there without a car surprisingly) and we came across this golf course. we asked to go across the course and a staff member said we couldnt even though we live in the area of it. In summary they said we had to walk all the way around it. And I was TICKED. Do not waste your time talking to the staff here.

Ky
Review №8

The golf course staff is an absolute joke. Do not have less then 4 people. I paid for my rd, got my cart and then the pro shop ( shack ) tell me it will be $5 extra if i didnt want them to put someone (random person) else in my cart with me. This is the definition of extortion. Please do not give any of your money toward this behavior. We are still in the middle of a pandemic.

Jo
Review №9

Took lessons here and going back for more to ensure my new live and knowledge of the game is on point. Excellent facilities and overall helpful friendly staff.

Pa
Review №10

Such a great course. Had a great time. Nice lay out.

Di
Review №11

Very well maintained course.The staff and the starter were very pleasant

Ja
Review №12

Course in very good condition with wide fairways and nice greens but they need to put some kind of temporary numbers by each tee box

Gr
Review №13

Love that place, everybody is very nice ! I live 3 minutes away so its very covenant ! The course is in excellent shape !

Dw
Review №14

Always have a good time at the Golf Club!!! Jordan is a Great guy and a pleasure to be around!!!

Jo
Review №15

Golf course is in excellent shape. Great improvements going in the right direction. Nice to have the bar outside on 18. The course is worth the money. Must play this year.

Jo
Review №16

Went to the 9 hole executive course yesterday 7/25/20. Payed a total of $30 and the course was absolutely in aweful shape. It was difficult to tell the difference between the fairways and rough. In addition the tee areas and the greens had weeds growing out of them. They really let this course go. Also one or two holes had no signage as to how many yards it was and what number hole it was (and no signage in the cart). There were no ball washers and no towels out at any of the holes. On hole 3, about 50 to 75 yards on the left, parallel to the street, there was a giant gopher hole in the ground just waiting to destroy a cart that runs over it. Most of the sand traps had no sand in them! Just hard dirt. Covid or no covid, for $30 on a 9 hole, this should be kept up with better.

c
Review №17

Great place to learn the game. Take a lesson with Mark!

Jo
Review №18

I like that I can get a small bucket of balls for $4 at the practice range. Pretty good place but maybe some room for improvement.

Ho
Review №19

Love this place...every Sunday ritual

Ja
Review №20

Great round of golf great people

Sc
Review №21

Note* - I have never golfed here. My review is solely about the wonderful staff and food at the restaurant. We were here for an after funeral luncheon and the staff was awesome and so was the food. I had the cheese steak. If i ever have to go back into the valley for something Im stopping for lunch here.

bi
Review №22

Great course!! Nice fairways and greens. A little bit of a challenge for me and I enjoyed it. Cant wait to play the front 9 next season. Give it a try if you have never been youll enjoy it.

Br
Review №23

Course is in pretty bad shape but I guess you get what you pay for when a round is $35. I was hoping for a better experience after reading some of the 4 star reviews this place has. I probably wont be coming back here.The good: nice bunkers overall, nice tee boxes, relatively quick round, cheap greens fees. Course offers some decent challenge when not in the fairway.The bad: fairways were in rough shape. Lots of areas with barely any grass. The course is extremely bumpy and uncomfortable when driven in a cart. One of the worst I have ever played. Uninteresting layout. Not a single hole stood out to me. All very straight forward par 4s. Some blind tee shots which made things more interesting though.The purpose of my review is to give an honest opinion and experience in a constructive way. I really was expecting more after seeing the reviews. Its a shame because the course has potential.

M
Review №24

Good food friendly staff

Ti
Review №25

A great course for all skill levels.

Ge
Review №26

The course layout is nice. The course needs better conditioning. With no signage sometimes is confusing. And maybe a little pricey.

Se
Review №27

The 9 hole course is on terrible condition, seems to get worse every time Ive played. Seems that no effort or maintenance is put into it.

To
Review №28

The course is in good shape. Its a nice course that you can knock out in less then 4 hours. Lunch is another story. Very slow service. The foods ok. You would think that after all these years they would figure out how to serve people.

Ge
Review №29

Course is well maintained.

Ge
Review №30

Great golf course

Ju
Review №31

I enjoy playing golf here as the prices are reasonable and the course is not extremely hard which is good for golfers who are not on a professional level. The service is always good at the clubhouse and the tee times go off on time as expected. The grounds crew does a pretty good job with the course although sometimes it could be in a little bit better shape. I understand that the weather is a factor with that, however, I feel like the bunkers aren’t always the smoothest. Overall though, I enjoy this course and will continue to visit frequently every golf season!

Ke
Review №32

Very dis respectful course management

Bi
Review №33

Outstanding dinning experience. Great food!

Eu
Review №34

Open fairways but no signature holes

Ga
Review №35

Cant wait to play the 18 hole tomorrow. Always loved Bethlehem, maintained well, good people there, I think the price is fair for a great course. Par 3, first shot, not a great landing spot. Did par it! Great day, course was beautiful.

Al
Review №36

Good coarse great weather

Ja
Review №37

Great local golf club with reasonable prices.

St
Review №38

I dont play Bethlehem because my address is Bethlehem, And I live in the Twsp. I can not get a residence discount. I play other courses weekly.

To
Review №39

The greens at Bethlehem municipal are terrific

Ly
Review №40

It was a beautiful day to golf and we had a great time. Had dinner on the deck afterwards and the staff and food was awesome.

Ri
Review №41

The 18 hole course is nicely keep and is a great course. The 9 hole course has seen better days.

Su
Review №42

Sadly some of the people running the course have issues with women

Ji
Review №43

Nice small 9 hole course. Light crowds. Driving range, pitching area.

Ji
Review №44

Great breakfast at The Clubhouse

Tr
Review №45

Great people and a nice, well maintained course

Ca
Review №46

Theres a nice 18 hole and 9 hole golf course. The clubhouse has good food and the staff is very nice.

Ge
Review №47

Excellent taco salad for lunch here. Their special sauce is extremely good. Nice servers helped us throughout our meal.

ca
Review №48

Great course

Ro
Review №49

Excellent 18 hole course that is very well maintained.The 9 hole Executive course is decent.The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly, I can also highly recommended the Clubhouse Grille for after your round or just to have a good meal anytime.Please be aware that tee times for the 18 hole course are recommended.Only thing I can suggest is that they update their website and give it a more clean modern look and have a page also for the Executive course to see times of business and make tee times.But overall this is a nice course.

Ja
Review №50

Golf course in great condition only looking for good things from Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course

Je
Review №51

Outstanding grounds crew and management!

Mi
Review №52

Good food, good drinks, good company. What more can you ask for?

Jo
Review №53

Idk why I was here

An
Review №54

Course was in great shape and I plan on playing there again. Pace of pay was an issue as it took around 5+ hours to finish a Sunday round. There is also no water on the course, though the concession cart was around quite frequently. Bunkers could use some work. About 50% of them had soft, freshly raked sand; the other 50% were hard as a rock.

Je
Review №55

A fund raiser was in progress. Place was very busy but I managed to park quickly with a moderate wait for service. Rest room was clean, food was outstanding, and prices were very reasonable. The California style cheeseburger was the best I ever had, juicy, tasty, and a complete meal. Beat out the previous #1, Pease AFB, NCO Club, Portsmouth, NH. Beverages were also generous, delicious, and reasonably priced. Service was outstanding. I had a great view of all the sports that were being televised. My family plans on going back soon.

Pe
Review №56

Club house great food Thursday 2.50 cheesesteaks

ke
Review №57

Go here more for driving at the range than the actual course. Wish they would redo and reopen the mini golf course here. Was a fun place to take my sons when they were little. People here have alwaays been helpful and polite.

Ja
Review №58

Pace of play could be better as well as overall service

Je
Review №59

I love the 9 hole course because I can get them in after work on a daily basis and on the weekends they have carts out for the early birds who want to get 9 in before they open and pay when you get back. The course is great!However, this morning made me have doubts about ever going there again! I finished my round around 8:30 AM and the Pro Shop gentleman (Mark) drove up to me and asked if there was a cell phone in the cart that I was using, #75, he left it in there last night. I said no sir, if there was I would have turned it in. When I parked the cart, I looked up at the office to see if someone was in there so I could pay for my round and I see the Pro Shop guy (Mark) and another gentleman staring out the window at me. No biggie right? As I walk in to pay, the Pro Shop guy says to the other guy, Ill walk around outside, call my cell and Ill see if I can hear it ring! He stepped out for about 2 minutes, by my bag coincidentally, and comes back in and says, lets call Jason, he parked the carts last night! No apology, No nothing!!I AM A 23 YEAR RETIRED ARMY VETERAN!! I have my own phone and dont need another one and I have absolutely no reason to lie about it!! Thanks alot for accusing me of stealing your cell phone Mark!! You will probably never see me again at this course! GREAT JOB! AWESOME! NOT!!!!!

Br
Review №60

Nice relaxing. My son likes to hit them to help with baseball. I like to sit and listen to the swings

Pa
Review №61

Love the food at the Clubhouse but Im very upset that someone cut all the beautiful trees down the driveway.

Ja
Review №62

Lots of TVs and good food

Br
Review №63

Good conditions, making improvements, good value.

Jo
Review №64

Attractive public golf course with a friendly bar and restaurant with breakfast through dinner.

Ju
Review №65

Great ! Amazing experience.

An
Review №66

Very courteous driving range staff.

Ry
Review №67

Nice open golf course and very affordable

Cr
Review №68

Taco Tuesday is hard to beat. Many great beers on tap. Wish I could give this place 4.5 stars.

Wi
Review №69

We ate dinner at the Club House Grill. The food is always great and the service is good or great as well. There are always specials and prices are reasonable.

Ro
Review №70

When I’m visiting friends from college this is the place we play! Great for beginners and great bar/restaurant after

Mi
Review №71

Course in good shape. This is a long course but has fair driving areas. Our issue was that the pro shop doesnt charge the rates listed on the website. Attendant said I dont care what the website says, this is what the cash register says, and I dont know how to change it. Really? Cant they do better than that? Very discouraging to pay $10 more than expected for a senior on a weekday afternoon. Anyone else have a similar situation?

ma
Review №72

Played here on Saturday the 10th, sweltering hot day into the mid 90s, with oppressive humidity, the starter warned us of swarms of gnats all over the course, he even had large cans of bug spray for anyone wanting it, on the putting green the gnats were in your eyes, ears, everywhere. Course was busy and the starter never bothered to do his job and send groups off at a descent pace, he was too busy on his phone talking about a job interview he had, so groups were on top of each other . Worst thing was there was no water anywhere on the course, no beverage cart either, on a day when it would have been a real money maker besides the fact that it was badly needed with the heat . When I asked why the cart was not out I was told the person didnt show up for work . The course itself was in fair shape, earlier in the season it was in very good shape . I blame all of this on bad management, somethings like the weather and the bugs (maybe) are out of your control, but to not even have water on the course on a day like this is all on management . We kept seeing the ranger driving around, he should have been driving the beverage cart, but maybe that wasnt it his job description .

Th
Review №73

Good rate, course was in great condition. Restaurant food was good. All great reasons to come back again.

Br
Review №74

Nice golf course and well maintained by the city parks and recreation department. And the golf is always a challenge to any skill player

Ma
Review №75

Course in reasonable shape for this time of year. Tee times are way too tight. 5:30 minute playing time on a Saturday.

Je
Review №76

One of the best public courses in the Lehigh Valley.

Co
Review №77

Pretty good golf course, solid value. Some of the cart paths are a little rough, with some transitions from dirt to asphalt being unbearable.

Ka
Review №78

We love the taco Tuesdays and wing Wednesday the drinks are good and not expensive. It is a nice quick place to hang out .

Ch
Review №79

The course is dated and shotty. The bunkers are made of concrete and the place needs a major facelift......more than just Botox.....but if they do anything they will do a back ally boob job.

Ja
Review №80

Delicious omlet. good service. Reasonable price.

An
Review №81

Great food and great staff. Very clean. Happy atmosphere.

L
Review №82

Loved Perogi Fest! Suggestion for senior adults, go earlier and just enjoy the food with a few drinks!

JS
Review №83

Long holes and lack of hazards not a bad course if youre just trying to play a fun round not too difficult, except for the bunkers hugging close to each sides of the greens

Br
Review №84

First time playing here... course was ok but pace of play super slow... Almost 6 hour round

Ch
Review №85

Long course

Do
Review №86

Nice coarse people very nice great day

Pa
Review №87

Good food!

Ra
Review №88

Nice course in great shape and wonderful conditions

Da
Review №89

Course was in good shape, shouldnt have playef the blues.

Br
Review №90

Lovely place, good food, wish parking was better (grille)

Bo
Review №91

Very nice public course. Seems longer than most. Sand traps need work !

Da
Review №92

Course is in great shape and reasonably priced

Ja
Review №93

Great golf course and great staff.

Te
Review №94

Very friendly, good cocktails, good beer and good food.

Pa
Review №95

Terrible. I wouldnt play it again for free.

Ha
Review №96

Nice course the bar and food is great

Ge
Review №97

Good food

Sa
Review №98

Fantastic food

Jo
Review №99

AAA+Great course in great condition!!

Do
Review №100

Nice course in very good condition.

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  • Address:400 Illick's Mill Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18017, United States
  • Site:http://bethlehemgc.com/
  • Phone:+1 610-691-9393
Categories
  • Golf club
Working hours
  • Monday:7am–7pm
  • Tuesday:7am–7pm
  • Wednesday:7am–7pm
  • Thursday:7am–7pm
  • Friday:7am–7pm
  • Saturday:7am–7pm
  • Sunday:7am–7pm
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park:Yes
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
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