Detailed description of Cacapon Resort State Park
Cacapon Resort State Park, is a Resort, 18 hole golf course located in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
At 2,300 feet, this Robert Trent Jones, Sr. designed golf course makes prime use of the rolling foothills at the base of the ridge at its location. The course first opened for play in 1974.
The course has been rated by Golf Digest as one of the 130 best-designed courses in the United States.
The Cacapon course has 73 well-placed sand bunkers and three ponds that come into play on four holes. The course also has several other water hazards, small streams coming from the mountain side. The course is known for a double green that is over 100 yards wide.
Cacapone plays to 6,827 yards from the championship tees with a par of 72, a course rating of 72.9 and a slope rating of 126. The white tees have a yardage of 6,267, a 70.4 rating with a slope rating of 123. The yellow tees are 5,910 yards in length with a 68 rating and slope of 119 for men and a 73 rating and slope rating of 118 for ladies. Red tees are 5,647 yards with a slope rating of 118 and an overall rating of 70.7.
The longest hole on the course is #9, a par-5 that plays to 560 Yards. The shortest hole on the course is #4, a par-3 that plays to 190 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for #7, a 420 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole is #17, a 200 yard par-3.
$36 (cart included), played on Friday, August 2010 at 10am
The layout of the course is excellent. Our problem was the greens: they had been aerated a couple of weeks before and, due to the heat and humidity, hadn't yet recovered. They were miserable: bare spots, bumpy, and they were so slow that by the third hole we were calling them velcro greens. Otherwise the course was in excellent shape and fun to play. With one glaring exception the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. My overall rating would be higher if the greens had been decent). I would definitely play here again if I was in the area (but only if the greens were in better shape).
Member (cart not included), played on Tuesday, July 2008 at 8am
This is a great course with amazingly low season pass fees. The layout is repleat with spectacular views all year long.
The driving range has grass tee areas - a big plus, but balls are over-priced with better than half the balls being "contributed" by range users.
(cart included), played on Saturday, July 2007 at 8am
What a great mountain course laid out by Robert Trent Sr. State maintained and in wonderful condition. The pro shop people are wonderful and the course is a real nice place to play.
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(cart included), played on Sunday, May 2015 at 9:00 AM
A group of us (16) have been playing and staying at this resort for the past 15 years. We arrive Sunday and leave after a Scramble round Wed morning. We stay in the cabins on site and love playing 36 holes on Monday/Tuesday! The staff is FANTABULOUS!!! Tom in the pro shop is a fantastic guy who treats us like family....maybe even better! LOL! I look forward to our golf outing every May, but not the pond on number two! (O: