Elkview Country Club

Elkview Country Club sits in Greenfield Township, just north of Carbondale in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains, between Crystal Lake and Newton Lake. It is a private, member-owned club centered on an 18-hole course attributed to Donald J. Ross. Visitors today encounter a low-profile clubhouse with dining spaces, a bar and patios, an active pro shop and lesson program, and routine club tournaments (the annual Memorial member-guest anchors the calendar). Practice is supported by a range, putting and chipping greens, and the course frequently serves regional qualifiers for GAP championships, reflecting its capacity to stretch for tournament set-ups. The daily experience is shaped by side-hill fairway stances on sloping ground, smallish, brisk greens with interior movement, and par-3s that demand full-blooded tee shots even from accomplished players. The setting remains wooded in corridors but opens to lake-country vistas on higher points of the property. Overall conditioning is oriented to brisk surfaces; the greens are predominantly annual bluegrass (poa annua), and the club has invested in drainage and bunker work in the last decade to keep pace with modern expectations while preserving historic character.