Lookaway Golf Club

As a former USMC veteran, I can respect the fact that you guys run a shooting range. Nevertheless, enduring the cacophony of gunfire echoing through my home every Sunday throughout the winter and early spring is exasperating and an unwelcome intrusion.

Private golf club. But if you get invite be sure to play. You will be impressed.

Putting politics aside, Lookaway is a great day of golf with an outstanding service staff in all measures. Best caddie master in the business, great golf staff, wait staff, grounds superintendent. While a member from its origin, I don't get to visit as often as in the past but have seen the same consistent beautiful golf venue and professional staff each time out. Each time I bring out guests they leave impressed and eager to return.

Lookaway is top notch in all aspects. The well groomed course is maintained by the top grounds superintendent in the area. Our well respected Caddie Master runs the areas top caddy program and although there are no teetimes there is never a long wait. The professional PGA staff is comprised of accomplished and skilled Professionals who provide expert teaching and club fitting to help improve our members golf games. The historic clubhouse features an extraordinarily friendly service staff and a highly skilled culinary team that create memorable experiences. If you get the opportunity to come to Lookaway, you will surely be delighted.

I’ve been a member for quite some time. Unfortunately, the club is clearly on the wrong path. 2016 Was another horrific year at Lookaway. It continues to be a great golf course but a horrible golf club. For the most part, members are good people and the course & pace of play are very good. But the aging management (i.e. a handful of guys that control the Board of Directors) continues to target fun members for disciplinary action, expel good members, price gouge the people who use the club the most, intimidate the workforce, and generally create an aura of dissatisfaction and frustration. There is without a doubt an “us vs. them” culture at this club. The board re-votes themselves in year after year with almost no recourse to the members. Members leave and just turn in their shares with no recoverable equity since the club’s reputation is well known in the high-end golf community and there are not nearly enough new members to overcome the Board’s actions. I truly cannot see a long-range future for this club. It is a pity that a handful of guys just don’t have the foresight to recognize the need for change and the courage to realize that it is time to let go.