Purgatory Golf Club

About
Spread across 218 acres, the Ron Kern-designed Purgatory Golf Club is the longest par-72 course east of the Mississippi River. Nevertheless, the course is set up to be enjoyed by all, with six different sets of tees ranging from more than 7,700 yards all the way down to just under 4,600 yards. Bunkering is one of the club's defining features, with more than 130 coming into play. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the par-3 17th, where eight massive bunkers almost completely surround the putting surface.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Purgatory | 72 | 7754 yards | 78.1 | 142 |
Black | 72 | 7268 yards | 76.1 | 137 |
Blue | 72 | 6796 yards | 73.8 | 131 |
White | 72 | 6422 yards | 72.0 | 128 |
Green | 72 | 5683 yards | 68.5 | 121 |
Green (W) | 72 | 5683 yards | 73.4 | 126 |
Yellow (W) | 72 | 4562 yards | 66.9 | 115 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Purgatory M: 78.3/148 | 373 | 462 | 197 | 473 | 551 | 434 | 231 | 487 | 579 | 3787 | 473 | 406 | 235 | 741 | 469 | 453 | 474 | 173 | 543 | 3967 | 7754 |
Black M: 76.4/144 | 361 | 442 | 173 | 445 | 533 | 417 | 212 | 481 | 561 | 3625 | 449 | 390 | 202 | 590 | 454 | 434 | 441 | 159 | 524 | 3643 | 7268 |
Blue M: 74.3/138 | 332 | 409 | 156 | 421 | 508 | 395 | 183 | 455 | 544 | 3403 | 424 | 356 | 184 | 558 | 436 | 397 | 409 | 145 | 484 | 3393 | 6796 |
White M: 72.0/135 | 328 | 394 | 142 | 408 | 489 | 372 | 156 | 423 | 519 | 3231 | 396 | 328 | 170 | 528 | 430 | 378 | 384 | 120 | 457 | 3191 | 6422 |
Hybrid M: 70.6/134 | 332 | 338 | 142 | 380 | 454 | 372 | 136 | 338 | 519 | 3011 | 339 | 328 | 120 | 528 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 145 | 457 | 2954 | 5965 |
Green M: 68.5/130 W: 73.8/131 | 260 | 338 | 109 | 380 | 454 | 313 | 136 | 338 | 450 | 2778 | 339 | 291 | 120 | 490 | 331 | 326 | 380 | 115 | 417 | 2809 | 5587 |
Yellow W: 67.3/114 | 206 | 295 | 91 | 292 | 367 | 241 | 96 | 336 | 372 | 2296 | 289 | 251 | 89 | 357 | 250 | 298 | 293 | 54 | 385 | 2266 | 4562 |
Handicap | 18 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
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March 2025
Excellent course. In really great shape for March. Pace of play was horrible. 4:45 minutes for a round in March during the week is embarrassing. They really should have marshalls out moving slow groups along. Otherwise, great place to play.
One of the best courses I’ve played!
One of my favorite courses ever. Love the layout and it’s properly maintained! Very challenging but we love a challenge.
5.5 hrs is WAY TOO LONG
Course was in good shape based on the time of year.
No complaints on anything course related but….
I know particularly this time of year, course marshalls don’t exist.
We had played the exact tee time/ day (1pm mid week) one week earlier & finished at near dark
But in a respectable 4 hrs.
This round was a miserable 5+ hrs of watching a 4some stand over shots & particularly
putts for what seemed like days!
The several 2some behind us couldn’t even finish due to darkness.
OPINION: golf is already WAY too expensive & WAY too difficult to expect the next
generation of youth to want to continue playing 18 holes that takes over 5 hrs.
Someone, somewhere needed to address this issue years ago……but nothing ever changes.
Hopefully the game endures, once all of us old guys are gone.
course in great shape
from tee box to greens course in great shape. had not played in about 5 years. played in extremely windy conditions but able to keep ball in fairways. greens were red fast and rolling nicely. only recommendation would be to place a sign off no. 8 with direction to no. 9.
Love it
Perfect as always. It was windy which made it extra fun. Greens were great, fairways were great, all of it. Just a gem of a course that I take everyone to play.
Windy and difficult
The course is very challenging. If you do not stay in the fairway or happen to be in one of the many many sand traps, it is difficult to even find your ball. Even though the course looks somewhat flat and wide open, it is deceivingly hilly with lots of undulating lies. The electric carts do not have GPS or any other electronics but they are smooth and fast! If you can hit the ball straight and choose the appropriate tees for your distance/ability, then you will enjoy this course immensely. If not then, it could be a miserable day.
Love this place
Overall, for a great deal due to aerating. However, standard price for 18 is extremely fair. This course is well kept, challenging, and has excellent food. My only suggestion is to put ball washers out on holes.
Great time!
Never seen so many hills in my life until I got into the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. With all joking aside the course is surrounded by hills and satraps with the fairways tightly tucked in. I swore I’d lose a dozen golf balls but did not lose one since I was able to hit 90% of the fairways off of my drive. The short game and putting boosted my score into the 90s which I figured this course would be tough. The greens are challenging and pretty fast. I saw this course on Gold Now last year and said this was a bucket list course and I can now mark this off of one of several courses that we play. I play time was not held up until we teed off on 10 that’s most likely because of food and beverage stops after the 9th hole. Staff was very friendly and again the course was not hard if you are on your game. Simply a beautiful course and links style playing with hundreds of bunkers to avoid. Price is fairly high but one time a year is ok for me.
Bunkers
Bunkers in horrible condition. I played course 15 years ago. It was in much better shape including the bunkers. Not worth the 95.00 I paid to play course.
fun round with son
great day at Purgatory. we started play around 3pm to take advantage of lower fees. love this course, greens very challenging along with fairway bunkers everywhere! cart paths need some work and wish they had more GolfNow deals so we could play here more!
thanks!
A hidden charm
Don’t be scared by the name of the course. It is playable for all levels with seven tee boxes.
Keep the head cover on the putter if putting downhill!