Glen Echo Country Club
Course Name
Glen Echo Country Club
Location
St. Louis
Address
3401 Lucas-Hunt Rd, St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone
Website
http://www.gecc.org
Course Type
Private
Holes
18
Par
71
Quality/Cost Ratio (1 to 10)
n/a
Course Condition
9.0
Difficulty
8
Fairway Grass
Zoysia
Green Type
Bentgrass
Rough
Medium length lush Blue Grass
Stimpmeter
11
Clubhouse
Stately, Old World and Beautiful
Walkability
7
Slope
121 to 129
Yardage
5,066 to 6,461
Overall Rating (1 to 5):
Comments
For the (membership) money, Glen Echo Country Club may be one of the nicest courses in Missouri. It is almost in perfect condition. It is simply pristine. This course has a very nice, efficient layout that is wonderful if you are a walker. But, you should be in golf shape because the rolling Missouri hills will give you a workout. The beautiful zoysia fairways are flanked by century-old trees that serve as stoic guards. The roughs, while not punitive, are consistently thick/lush and pose just enough difficulty. They make your ball slightly difficult to find – but, I did not lose any balls. Glen Echo is supposedly the oldest course west of the Mississippi and hosted the only Olympic Golf Championship ever on American soil (in 1904). Glen Echo Country Club could easily compete with the Big 4 in St. Louis, Missouri if not for its near north county location and the MetroLink tracks running adjacent to the course.