Sleepy Hollow Golf Course-Cleveland Metroparks

Sleepy Hollow is one of the nicest golf couses that you will find in this part of Ohio. There are a lot of other great courses in Northeast Ohio as well, but Sleepy Hollow is a course that is truly something special. To play on the actual course you need to reserve a tee time, you need to dress appropriatly for a golf course (no T-​shirts!!!), and you need to be a relatively good golfer, as it is a very challenging course. Unfortunatly, many of the golfers that play here are exceptionally good and therefore think it is ok to be rude to people who are not good golfers or play at a slower pace. The staff are pretty much just as rude, and the clubhouse is also not the best around either. Back to a positive note; One thing that I particularly enjoy is the driving range, which is very large, has nice mats, and good range balls at a decent price. The practice putting greens are also very nice too. Overall, if a less-​than-​spectacular clubhouse, relatively high prices, and rude customers and employees don’t bother you, then this is the place to go. If you like golf and love to play on beautiful and well-​maintained courses that offer plenty of challenges, then the other minor issues with Sleepy Hollow are practically microscopic in comparison to the excellent experience that you get from the course itself.

Gentleman at the front counter was extremely rude. I don’t know his name but who ever was working today should get a new job because clearly he doesn’t enjoy what he does. I will defiantly not be returning even though it’s a decent course we have lots of other choices here in NEO to put up with stuck up staff.

Great course, excellent customer service, and one of the top 10 courses from
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I love playing here! Especially when the loyalty points add up for playing on Cleveland Metropark courses, save $ 20 when you spend $ 100 on green fees!
Truely a great place, excellent layout and course, nice and well maintained greens!

Sleepy Hollow is a beautiful and well-​maintained Cleveland Metroparks course in Brecksville offering, by far, the most challenging greens in the limited number of courses I’ve played thus far. Especially on a hot day, with the heat reflecting off the greens, its far too tempting to try to read the green quickly and think its a straight-​away putt. But… it’s never straight-​away…
Prime, early-​morning tee times seemed pretty tough to secure. I ended up going in the late morning on a Sunday and was surprised by the generous spacing between groups and the relatively quick pace of play. (With its reputation, I fully expected a traffic jam.) On the negatives, particularly on a hot day, it would have been nice to see more water coolers rather than drinking fountains serving up warm water. Also, I really disliked the layout of one of the last couple of holes, essentially hitting the ball up the long side of a very ditch-​like valley. Finally, humorously enough, we had a cart on the front nine with a bad motor that we ended up needing to push-​start a couple of times. Had no problem switching carts at the turn, though.

18 holes today. I’m a very average golfer, normally shoot 40 – 55 on 9 holes. This course is brutal for golfers my caliber. Beautiful course, but no forgiveness on about 16 of 18 holes.

Sleepy Hollow is a mean, vindictive golf course. It was designed by somebody in the 1920s who understood what bad golf was and made a course that punishes every bad shot. No mercy. And the place is always crowded so plenty of people will see you screw up.
It is a beautiful course and the people running it have their act together. The course is always in good shape.
It is owned by the MetroParks and their rates are low compared to the quality of the course.
These three considerations mean that it is always crowded (because it’s beautiful and cheap) and it is always slow (because it is crowded and takes eight strokes to reach the green on a par five) so a round of golf will take you awhile.
There’s a green on this golf course that is so severe that a person like me can easily have four or five putts and the second putt is longer than the first and the third is from the fringe. You hit the putt, it stops and then rolls back toward you, picking up speed, so you have to get out of its way. Your buddy is laughing at you. Until he does the same. I won’t tell you which hole. You’ll know it when you see it.