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4.1
383 Reviews (383)
5 Stars
123
4 Stars
185
3 Stars
48
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
90.3%
Recommend this course
345 out of 383 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.8
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
80.0%
Recommend this course
28 out of 35 reviews
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4.1
64 Reviews (64)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.1%
Recommend this course
57 out of 64 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 72
Length 6823 yards
Slope 129
Rating 71.6
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Joseph Bartholomew Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1956
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Emerald Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joseph Bartholomew (1956) Garrett Gill (2011)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

Reviews

4.1
383 Reviews (383)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 15
Bunkers 11
Forced Carries 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 17
Seniors 13
Walkers 12
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 18
Worth the Drive 6

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fine for a muni

Course is a typical muni course with some water.
The conditions were at the muni level with the greens pretty beaten up and fairways so so- assuming some of that is early season challenges. Course fairly straightforward but the price for golf very reasonable.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good for the price

The course is nice but the clubhouse is tiny and doesn’t have much in it.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tee times too close together. Greens were not well maintained. They were full of sand.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Time for a new greens keeper

This used to be a good course for the money, but the greens are horrible. They are hard, sandy, cover with fungus. They need to find someone who knows how to keep grass healthy.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 112
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play is the ABSOLUTE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN. I played with a couple of friends and the was a 2 some playing in front of us out of 1 bag. They were pathetic golfers they hit 3 balls per person they posed for picks after every shot. We called the ranger and he did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in Good Condition

Staff is excellent. The course was in good shape except for the bunkers. Rain for several days had something to do with that.
Pace of play was great on the front 9.
It got backed up on the back 9 with 2 groups sometimes waiting by the same tee box.
Overall it was a fun round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great day of golf

Got teamed up with one of the marshals. What a great guy. The greens are getting a little rough. I hope they get control of the fungus that is killing the greens.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible

As far as price, it’s great. The pace of play and non-professional staff members make it very difficult to want to go back to play at this course. The staff caters to certain individuals and totally turn their noses up at everyone else. Like I said, if it wasn’t such a great price per round, I would have 86’d this course along time ago.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 29
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow players will not allow faster players to play thru. Marshals should be riding around telling slow players to pick up the pace.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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