Jamaica Run Golf Club - Germantown

Played 18 holes with a cart. First time playing out here in a couple years and it’s definitely gone downhill. The cart paths are covered with potholes, the bunkers are more or less unplayable, and the tee boxes and greens are in very rough shape. In my opinion it is in the worst shape out of any public course I’ve played in the Miami Valley and I’ve played all of them. Not to mention, the staff was extremely rude and unpleasant. My advice would be to not waste your time playing here and go play at another local course like Mound, Pipestone, or Heatherwoode for around the same price and 5x better conditions. My advice to the staff would be to learn to treat your customers better because I have talked to multiple people that have had similar experiences to me. Not a good way to retain customers and it’s sad because I remember it being a pretty nice course and good experience playing here just a few years ago.

Went for Father's Day. It was overbooked. Besides that, it was a nice course. Some of the greens had gopher tracks it was kind of wet in places, which was weird because it hadn't rained previously. It was the most expensive course I've played this year it wasn't worth what I paid.

People were super nice, but the course, and especially the cart paths, were in need of help.

I played a 9 hole round yesterday afternoon on 4/7/23 and a 3 star rating seems generous and here’s why. Multiple tee boxes are unplayable and have been moved to uneven areas making tee shots more difficult. Bunkers are like concrete. Slow play isn’t addressed and it’s 30 bucks to play 9 holes.whereas I played Yankee Trace yesterday morning right before playing here and the difference was night and day. Soft sand bunkers, tee boxes were perfect plus rangers and starters on course and at turn verifying rounds and addressing pace of play. In fact The only thing that was the same was the price. Which makes no sense. Increased from 20 last year to 30 this year for 9 holes. The course being offered to players here is 5 times worse than one of the premier courses in the area, yet somehow I’m supposed to believe it’s the SAME PRICE. Sure this place has potential, but it’s nowhere near what it needs to be, to be charging what they are. I’d say this is at best a $18 $4 with a cart 18 caliber course in its current state. So playing here is up to you, but I know right now, you’re definitely not getting what you pay for.Your website says this verbatim. “Located just West of I-75 in beautiful Montgomery County (Germantown, Ohio , Jamaica Run Golf Club is one of Miami Valley’s finest courses. Opened in 1989, this well-maintained 18 hole public golf course offers a challenging yet fun golf experience for players of every skill level.”1. This course needs maintained better. Hire people to work there. Pay them a decent wage more than just golf benefits. Mound Golf course is better than this place and is cheaper for 9 holes with a cart. And their carts are better too.2. you need to Reduce the rates of greens fees, not increase them. you’re going to drive out the paying people when they realize every course in this area with the exception of heatherwood is cheaper for way better course conditions.3. fix the bunkers…. Or remove them. Do literally anything to improve them. Add sand, work them over, LITERALLY ANYTHING.4. fix the tee boxes, hire grounds crew members to grow grass since this course has been trying to grow tee boxes for three seasons and can’t seem to keep them up.10 years ago this course was an elite course in pristine condition. Now it’s not. It’s nowhere near it. What you have going on now just ain’t it. This review should be a 2 star. Fix it up, bring an amateur tournament there, get the USGA to come out and Survey what improvements Need done. I don’t want to give up on this place, but it’s getting real hard.

ApexAmateur Golf 1 review NEW I’ve played this course my entire life. I used to volunteer here when I was in high school. So this hurts me to have to put this on here because I know this course used to be one of the best around. And now it’s just not. I’ve watched the deterioration and hole this course has fallen into. Below is the review I posted on google so that people see what it currently is. I played a 9 hole round on 4/7/23 and a 3 star rating seems generous and here’s why. Multiple tee boxes are unplayable and have been moved to uneven areas making tee shots more difficult. Bunkers are like concrete. Slow play isn’t addressed and it’s 30 bucks to play 9 holes.whereas I played Yankee Trace yesterday morning right before playing here and the difference was night and day. Soft sand bunkers, tee boxes were perfect plus rangers and starters on course and at turn verifying rounds and addressing pace of play. In fact The only thing that was the same was the price. Which makes no sense. Increased from 20 last year to 30 this year for 9 holes. The course being offered to players here is 5 times worse than one of the premier courses in the area, yet somehow I’m supposed to believe it’s the SAME PRICE. Sure this place has potential, but it’s nowhere near what it needs to be, to be charging what they are. I’d say this is at best a $18 $4 with a cart 18 caliber course in its current state. So playing here is up to you, but I know right now, you’re definitely not getting what you pay for. Your website says this verbatim. “Located just West of I-75 in beautiful Montgomery County (Germantown, Ohio , Jamaica Run Golf Club is one of Miami Valley’s finest courses. Opened in 1989, this well-maintained 18 hole public golf course offers a challenging yet fun golf experience for players of every skill level.” 1. This course needs maintained better. Hire people to work there. Pay them a decent wage more than just golf benefits. Mound Golf course is better than this place and is cheaper for 9 holes with a cart. And their carts are better too. 2. you need to Reduce the rates of greens fees, not increase them. you’re going to drive out the paying people when they realize every course in this area with the exception of heatherwood is cheaper for way better course conditions. 3. fix the bunkers…. Or remove them. Do literally anything to improve them. Add sand, work them over, LITERALLY ANYTHING. 4. fix the tee boxes, hire grounds crew members to grow and mow grass since this course has been trying to grow tee boxes for three seasons and can’t seem to keep them up. 10 years ago this course was an elite course in pristine condition. Now it’s not. It’s nowhere near it. What you have going on now just ain’t it. This review should be a 2 star. Fix it up, bring an amateur tournament there, get the USGA to come out and Survey what improvements Need done. I don’t want to give up on this place, but it’s getting real hard.