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Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6252 yards
Slope 137
Rating 70.4

Course Details

Year Built 1967
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill McRee (1967)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $18
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in North Carolina (2023 #16)

Reviews

4.4
197 Reviews (197)
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 141
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice layout and pace of play

Greens conditions were good, perhaps the need to be rolled, but it has been very wet the last few weeks. Fairways and tees are starting to improve with the warmer weather. Overall, a nice course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course. Nice layout.

It was a great day to play for a winter day. Low 50's, sunny & only a little breezy. Course in great condition for this time of the year. Greens were a little slow but were OK after you got the speed dialed in. Got behind a couple of slow four-somes so it was close to a 4-1/2 hour round. But, still had a nice time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun layout , lots of doglegs . Greens rolled good considering it rained the night before we played. Always enjoy playing here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

My favorite public golf course to play at within 45 minutes of my house. I highly recommend playing here at some point! Great golf for the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good day

Had a good day playing with the wife. Was a little chilly, but the course was nice, greens rolled good. Give it a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Excellent course with one heck of a finish

I’m not sure what happened with the guy a few reviews down, but my customer service experience was excellent. Second time playing and had a blast.
Course Quality: Well done guys. Especially the leaf blowing. Course is a bit crispy but still very good
Greens: Moderately quick and true. Can put off the fringe. Very few blemishes.
Layout: Classic holes + a couple very exciting challenging holes. Par 3’s are tough and ending stretch (16/18) are wild. Lots of bunkers.
Pace/Cart: Both excellent
Overall: A-

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst customer service

Course is fine. It’s not what it used to be , but it’s fine. The staff working there for the most part are probably fine too, but one of the gentlemen working this afternoon literally cursed at me and two other golfers today, and then kicked us off the course without offering any refund. Needless to say, I will never be playing here or recommending this course again. Too many good courses for the same pricing to put up with that kind of customer service.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

The one and only unforgetable 18th hole

The course was in good shape. Great pace of play. Great layout with plenty of risk reward opportunities especially for long hitters.
Most of the greens are small but will hold.
Great finishing 4 holes that will make you come back for another chance if you did not score the first time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Very enjoyable

This course has a bit of everything with fast well maintained greens. Starts off with a pretty simple par 4 but gets interesting very quickly. Narrower front 9 and opens up back 9. The greens and dog legs force you to play smart golf with big penalties/rewards. Just as solid/fun as Larkin/Tillery. Layout isn’t quite as memorable as rocky river/eagle/red bridge but greens might be a bit faster/more challenging. Definitely recommend checking out this course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

Really good course. One of the best ones around here. Greens were in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Greens were Poor

The greens were recently punched making it extremely difficult to putt. There were no warnings or updates alerting me about the greens condition.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Love this course

Course was amazing. Layout was not long, but well thought out and challenging. Will DEFINITELY play this again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

great overall challange.
in hood shape.
greens held good a little slow.
true puttimg.
good sandwich afterward.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Warning to golfers!

I’m writing this review to help golfers like me... visitors to the state who trust reviews on Golfnow and see 4+ stars for a course and so enthusiastically book a tee time. Well, for the second time in my Golfnow lifetime, I arrived at a course which was ranked 4.2 stars yet nowhere near deserving of its ranking, which once again proves why 5-star ranking systems are flawed.
This course is not a sculpted, completed course. Meaning, there’s no shape or refinement to it. The land is naturally hilly, in the basic sense, but looks as if no dozer was used, ever. And not in a good way. The course looks unfinished and seemingly has been maintained by high-schoolers.
The grass, inundated with weeds and mud spots, has simply been cut to different lengths to define fairways and greens instead of actually being built and designated as such. The bunkers are shallow sand-pools that children would be happy to play in... they look amateurish and serve as no real hazard. No aspect of the course is truly fulfilled in what it is. There’s no defined rough and no separation of grass-type between fairway and not-fairway.
The greens are alright, probably the best aspect of the course. But again, the grass is many different types and it’s obvious weeds are most of those types.
This course has been reviewed by locals or visitors with low expectations, and probably because its not a stuffy course and the staff are friendly, they have a gay old time and rank the course, in their limited experience, highly. It’s a wonderful practice ground for beginners of the game, old-timers (there are many) and non-fussy players who are content to have a field and a hole to smack a ball towards.
But heed my advice, don’t book a tee time here and expect a 4.2 star course. You’ll get a 3 star, backyard course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Very nice course, great layout

One of the better courses in the area. Short but challenging. Very well maintained & great layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played

Great Course

This was a great course and me and my wife love playing here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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