A quality member's course and clearly benefits from the fine touches provided by the gifted architect William Flynn. The collective nature of the holes is good -- but hardly meriting equal attention seen with other Flynn standout layouts throughout the broader area.

As has been mentioned -- a number of superfluous trees were smartly removed thereby enhancing the strategic options.

Turf quality is very good and the mixture of the putting greens -- both in size and how they are angled -- makes for a number of engaging approach shots. These include the par-4 5th and par-4 13th hole.

Green Valley offers enough golf quality to be fun to play but the totality of the Flynn effort is a good bit behind the stellar layouts found in the greater Philadelphia area.

M. James Ward