Bear Chase Golf Club
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Formerly known as Elks Blue River Country Club.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 6509 yards | 71.2 | 126 |
White | 72 | 6117 yards | 69.9 | 125 |
Green | 72 | 5519 yards | 67.4 | 120 |
Gold | 72 | 5004 yards | 65.0 | 114 |
Gold (W) | 72 | 5004 yards | 69.2 | 117 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 71.2/126 | 375 | 355 | 495 | 195 | 355 | 360 | 140 | 390 | 550 | 3215 | 395 | 182 | 440 | 495 | 510 | 415 | 182 | 275 | 400 | 3294 | 6509 |
White M: 69.9/125 | 365 | 340 | 475 | 145 | 325 | 330 | 135 | 380 | 545 | 3040 | 375 | 140 | 365 | 480 | 490 | 405 | 167 | 270 | 385 | 3077 | 6117 |
Green M: 67.4/120 | 307 | 300 | 435 | 135 | 325 | 330 | 115 | 328 | 500 | 2775 | 350 | 130 | 330 | 400 | 440 | 345 | 138 | 267 | 344 | 2744 | 5519 |
Gold M: 65.0/114 W: 69.2/117 | 307 | 272 | 335 | 131 | 285 | 268 | 105 | 318 | 465 | 2486 | 340 | 127 | 295 | 350 | 395 | 325 | 111 | 260 | 315 | 2518 | 5004 |
Red M: 63.1/111 W: 66.0/112 | 262 | 249 | 324 | 124 | 275 | 229 | 106 | 250 | 425 | 2244 | 300 | 126 | 260 | 300 | 356 | 283 | 100 | 205 | 288 | 2218 | 4462 |
Handicap | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
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Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2021 #15)
Reviews
Most improved
This course should win the most improved course award. I played here five years ago and not sure if it's run by the same people but they have made huge gains in the quality of the greens and the overall condition of the place. I lost a wedge and asked a worker if he had seen it and he took the time to backtrack the course and found the club for me! Wish i had gotten his name but he was a HUGE guy and very friendly. Even gave me some balls he had on his cart. This guy went the extra mile for our group and made for a really great time. We will be back!
Pretty rough
House has good layout but still recovering from flooding tee boxes are pretty sad fairways and geens need work.
HiddenGem
I stopped playing this course back in 2010 due to horrible conditions, but thought i would give it another try. What a improvement! The greens are some of the best i've played and the fairways were awesome! My only complaint was the guy in the proshop, who was standing outside smoking when i walked up, seemed annoyed that i was cutting his smoke break short and was not at all friendly. Almost turned around and left but glad i didn't as they really have made major improvements to the course itself. Can't wait to play again!
Nice course
Enjoyed the round. Course has a lot of character. Great value
Nice Course
Nice course, friendly staff, all in all good course for the money
Make sure you check out cart before starting.
I walked in and they had leagues starting in 45 minutes. I was told it would get backed up but still could play even though I should not have been allowed to book the time I did on Golf Now. We took off in a hurry in cart 56. The condition of the cart was terrible. It probably should have been retired 3-5 years ago. The roof was cracks and the whole top rattled when it was moving. The gas motor would sputter and shake every time we took off and stop. I had a headache after we stopped. I'm glad we only played nine. We have played here a few times and hopefully it will be better next time.
Bear Chase is a nice place!!!
I was surprised of the course from what I have heard from others in the past. I have been told the course is not that great. I have to disagree. I will definitely return to bear chase and tell all my hacking buddies they need to give this course a try. I also like the scorecard lay-out
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The course was very fun to play
Some general maintenance is needed to the greens, the food could have been much fresher, and even though I got a great deal for my round some payed $40 per round which I found ridiculous.
golf good not impressed with golfnow
Golf was great and the staff was awesome. Very accommodating. There was an outing there and the course was closed. Golfnow was notified by.the pro earlier in the week but we could still book our tee time. The pro was very nice and let us mix in with the outing. Next time I use golf now I am going to call ahead so we dont get in this predicament again...I was not pleased with my golfnow experience but was very satisfied with the.staff at Bear Chase. Great tract!
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Course was not straight at all. Woods like every hole. If you want a scenic course this is it. Trying to shoot good golf scores try somewhere else.
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I was disappointed with my experience at Bear Chase. The tee boxes were too close together and very confusing. A lot of blind shots from the tee box and woods and trees everywhere. Leaving the course all 4 of us said we would never come back, especially for the price.
great staff
great staff, always friendly, definitely recommend , fast pace, great course for money
Course requires attention
Some interesting holes. Crabgrass throughout the course. Tee boxes need attention. Greens were in OK shape. I received a deep discounted price so I was not overly disappointed. Had I paid full price I would have been upset.
Needs some attention
Course is in need of some attention. Most of greens were ok, but a little spotty with bare patches. Fairways on several holes are made of weeds and not grass. Bunkers are terrible. Tee boxes are full of weeds and require attention.
This course could be nice if money was spent on maintenance.
The course has nice layout, and good mixture of easy and challanging holes.
Would not recomend at this time due to course conditions. Could be nice course if they could control weeds and spend little money on maintenance.
OK
It was OK for 10 bucks but lot of sand seeds on the greens. Bunkers where first and seemed every shot was off really hard ground including around greens and fairways. Plus the decided to water the greens at 1 in the afternoon in the middle of the round changing the speeds and having to wait to play a shot
This course eats golf balls!
A few of the holes play alongside the highway, so passing cars and trucks can be distracting. Some of the holes are interesting in their design, and the elevated tee boxes on some holes are fun. However, wayward shots are easily lost in rough, bushes, trees and brush. Anything off the fairway is potentially lost. My son and I lost more balls at Bear Chase than we have anywhere else. Some fairways are too close together, causing delays when one group must wait for another group to play. Finally, some parts of the layout are just plain confusing. The holes are not laid out in a logical order, which sometimes makes finding the next hole a bit of an adventure.
Tight and Fun
Greens were nice, but had some patchy portions around the edges. Fairways were a little hairy, but not bad. Course is tight, but a little short. All around a good experience and fun course.
This course played well for the recent rains it's gotten!!
lower part of course needed work, but the upper was in great shape and well maintained!!
Could be a nice course. Unable to tell playing in the rain.
Rained throughout day and poured for 40 straight minutes. We requested a rain check but they would not because "only can do this if the course closes". We we literally the only foursome after the hard rain, and the only car in the parking lot after a 5 1/2 hour wet round. We would have really enjoyed driving back to Indy and rescheduling. Course looks like it would be fun under normal circumstances.
Nothing special; would rather have played elsewhere.
Greens need attention, fairways need attention, layout was confusing. Could be a nice course.