The Hideout Golf Course: Hideout

Nice 9 hole course. Well maintained greens.

Went here for a nice outing to play golf with my friends. Didn’t even make it one hole before we were verbally yelled at by the park ranger and the pretentious players. We were also followed by the park ranger for every hole. He rolled his eyes at us and gave attitude when we were doing nothing wrong and watched us for the remainder of the holes. Very pretentious atmosphere considering it’s a cheap golf course in pennsylvania….

Unbelievable how rude and disrespectful the staff was, especially the pro shop and rangers. My son is a junior PGA member and we were looking forward to a relaxing 9 holes while on vacation. Instead, we were accosted every 30 minutes and accused of holding up play (my son is only 11 years old) and “breaking the rules”. After we finished we found out why they were relentlessly harassing our group: we came in as guests, not members. Here I am thinking that xenophobia has no place on a golf course but it’s alive and well at this place. Even telling them that I am a veteran didn’t nudge their common sense in the right direction, odd since this was the week of July 4th. We’ve never felt more unwelcome, and considering the places I’ve been while in the military that’s saying a lot. On top of all this, the course itself isn’t worth the $20 charge. Divot scarred swampy fairways and bare uneven greens. I’ve been to public courses that are 100 times nicer. If you value your time and your pride, avoid golfing here.

I was looking forward to golfing here with my dad and my uncle, who was a veteran. I expectation were great until we were being followed by multiple park Rangers and grounds keepers. Eventually, they came up to us and said we were moving to slow even though we weren't holding up anybody behind. They then kept tailing us, which was triggering my uncles ptsd. This caused him to panick and start yelling on the course. We tried to finish up our but my uncle could not calm down. On the last hole, he went to look for his ball by the water and slipped in because of how soggy and moist the grass was. This completely ruined his day and ours, too. When we went to give the keys back to the pro shop desk, employee Marilyn, she verbally harassed saying that we had someone who was underage driving and that we were slowing down all the people behind us. She then proceeded to accuse us of driving recklessly. She then told us that she would not accept my uncles veteran discount because she thought he was lying. This enraged me, and we proceeded to leave. I advise veterans and any other guests not to come here if you are looking to have a good golfing experience.

We showed up ready to have a nice father son day for the holiday week. We quickly realized they were not welcoming to guests. We were looked down upon due to not being members. We were verbally harassed and stalked every other hole by multiple different Rangers. I have been playing golf for over 30 years and have never been treated in such an aggressive and disrespectful manor. Thanks for ruining my day with my son. It will be a day we remember forever, but for a negative reason, not positive.