A view of hole #8 at Red Golf Course from The Ponds Golf Club.
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4.2
131 Reviews (131)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
51
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.5
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.1
92.0%
Recommend this course
107 out of 131 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.7
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
5.0
Layout
4.7
Pace
5.0
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 3 reviews
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4.5
14 Reviews (14)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
14 out of 14 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 36
Length 3380 yards
Slope 131
Rating 36.6
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The Ponds Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Kentucky Bluegrass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Garrett Gill (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.2
131 Reviews (131)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 6
Water Hazards 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 7

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

the course has something for everyone, trees, water, long fairways

this is a nice 27 hole course with a somewhat challenging hole on each nine holes. fun to play

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Featured
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Playable, but trouble lurks on every hole.

Fun round. Birdies are getable, as well as double bogies.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Mediocre at best

We were pretty excited to play this purse since it was a regular stop for a co worker of mine.
We bought on golfnow so luckily we didn't pay full price.
They have requirement that you leave your car key or ID to rent a cart. What?!!!? Obviously they don't trust their clientele. That alone told me I was never coming back.
The course was just ok. Built on a swamp with many forced carries over marshland. Greens were quite long. Tee boxes in tough shape. Fairways were very soggy as it had rained the day before and the water doesn't drain since it's all a swamp.
Staff not very knowledgeable nor were they friendly.
Many othe places to spend my money. This isn't one of them.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Broken up Tee Boxes.

The Tee Boxes on the Blue and White courses NEED alot of improvement !! Many of the Tee boxes were so broken up it was hard to find a level stance. Worse Tee boxes I've ever played off of. I don't know if I'd play this course again. I played off the Blue and White Tee boxes and had my lowest round of the year. A 75, That being said it was a good day of golf for me.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Need to Know this Course

Too many lay ups as the course is quite quirky. Difficult finding yardage plates. Lots of guesswork. Greens are fair but many of the pin placements were on a slope. Tee boxes were extremely beat up.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

ponds

great course for the money. Challenging from the black tees with lots of forced carries and semi blind landings. The only downside to this course is there are no visible yardage markers from tees and no scorecard to show distances to different hazards around course. All in all it is still a fun course to play

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 75
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Fair Value

I played The Ponds a couple times previously and consider the course a moderate challenge. I booked a teatime through Golf Now at a very modest price so the experience was a very fair value. The course requires substantial additional maintenance and does have some interesting terrain and challenging holes as a result. I would give it a moderate recommendation.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

greens were very slow

mow the greens its a great layout but mow the greens

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great track

I drive almost 45 minutes for these 27 holes, they always have discounted rates and playing during the week is less than a 3 hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Normally a great course

Normally a great course but 4" of rain the night before gave the ponds a whole new meaning, I'll try it again after it drys out a little.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Bring a floate'

First nine finished in 2:29 minutes, five groups stacked on tenth tee. The one positive, good place to play if your looking for an audience.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Clubhouse is fair at best

Restrooms were in need of repair!!
Bridges on the course are in need of repair, with wood planks needing replacement.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was just ok.

If I had to pay full price I wouldn't be very happy. Owner needs to put some money in to this course. Not just the Refuge. Pace was great no one was there.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not a real long course but definitely target golf.

With 27 holes to play a great course to get out and get in a round without spending a whole day doing it. Bring your A-game.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One of those cources that would be easier the next time you played h

only saw the beverage cart once at the first hole than at 18 was a perfect weather day

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course was perhaps above my pay grade

Beautiful to look at. Tough for a 90's golfer. But if you keep your head about you you'll survive it and be better for it

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great course, lots of geese on some holes

played in 97 degree weather, so course mostly empty, except for idiots like me and my partner, but really great playing with no body ahead or behind you.8/26/

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfriendly

They placed us in our round behind their Course championship so we had nowhere to golf after the first nine unless we wanted to re-golf the same 9 holes. Was told I would get a 9 hole raincheck and was only given half of what I paid instead which would only cover a few holes under normal times. Will not be going back.....

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

For the price, not bad.

I got a deal for 28/person with cart and then had a buy one et one free so it was 14/person with cart. Hard to go wrong at that price. I wouldn't pay anywhere bear full price at this point. The greens were beat up and dead in spots and the tee boxes were awful.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I like this golf course

Staff at the Bar is not as friendly and it took forever to get something to drink.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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