I never thought much about the putting green and short game areas until I haven’t been able to use them during COVID. I really do miss them and will be taking full advantage once they reopen.
Driving range, putting green, chipping green. I can get everything I need to get done with just that. Everything else is nice, but you’re paying for that additional stuff in some manner.
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Water and a marshall that actually does their job.
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shocked there hasn’t been a comment about a well stocked beverage cart!
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Could not agree more my friend!
For courses with a driving range:
I do not understand how hard it can be to drop 5 - 10 nets at a variety of distances between 50 - 100 yds
It’s not the nets that are hard, it’s getting the balls from them after that would be difficult. After spending a decent number of hours behind the wheel of a range picker as a teen, I can say anything that prevented me from just driving the straight lines back and forth was a major annoyance at best or dangerous at worst (since people would be hitting and those types of things would require getting out of the cart cage).
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“Comfort” facilities for the ladies.
My wife and I always keep well hydrated out on the course, and it always annoys her when I can just run over to the side to … uhhh … to see the trees and bushes, ya know? 
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Pre-covid days, Tobacco Road had a huge barrel of fresh apples stationed at one of the tee boxes on the back nine.
Always thought it was a thoughtful gesture in keeping with the spirit of the course.
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Driving range. If the course doesn’t have a range where I can hit a warm up bucket, I’m driving away immediately. It’s a non-negotiable in my rickety old age.
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Whether they have a driving range or not, I think all courses should have some basic netted hitting bays near the first tee exclusively for the on-deck group waiting to tee off. All I really want is like ten warm-up shots and then get out there.
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There are some really great courses in Scotland and Ireland that have nothing more than a couple of bays with nets. I’m not spring chicken myself, but I can find a way to loosen up the old bones. But yeah, I’m spoiled, my club has balls on the range all the time, I can hit 5 or 50 before I play, and I almost always do a warm up.
What a nice touch - I usually bring an apple on the course if I’m playing in the afternoon
Sunscreen in the locker rooms. I always forget to put it on at home.
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To make @openfacelefty happy, I need a well stocked beverage cart. I may or may not need it, but if I am having “one of those days” I’ll need all of the things. The drinking on the course starts, the cursing starts, the pouting starts, then when I see the well stocked beverage cart and usually the very pretty girl driving it, all things seem to be good again, and the world is back on its proper axis.
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I just look forward to the day again when ball washers are freely available on golf courses.
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That’s why I keep a golf umbrella in my bag, rain or shine, it makes a useful screen!
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Ball washers and GPS on the carts
Ball washers at par 3’s (for the walkers)
Hole layout maps, especially on those with blind landing areas (nothing worse than hitting a great shot directly into a hidden bunker or hazard)
GPS on carts, and/or distances on every sprinkler head + poles or markers showing 100/150/200
Reflectors on flagpoles for lasers
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Driving range, putting green, and snack place. I don’t care about anything else tbh.
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I am happy with what I already have. Taps and drinking fountains, 14 ball washers and sunscreen in the locker room(or at least we did pre covid)