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3.6
1274 Reviews (1274)
5 Stars
397
4 Stars
490
3 Stars
224
2 Stars
95
1 Stars
68
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
69.3%
Recommend this course
993 out of 1274 reviews
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3.6
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
76.1%
Recommend this course
35 out of 46 reviews
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3.5
168 Reviews (168)
5 Stars
39
4 Stars
58
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.1
67.9%
Recommend this course
114 out of 168 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6965 yards
Slope 142
Rating 73.4
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Olde Sycamore Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Crenshaw Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Jackson

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
1274 Reviews (1274)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 18
Patio Dining 11
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 34
Bunkers 32
Water Hazards 31
This course/club is great for:
Locals 38
Advanced Golfers 34
Entertaining Clients 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 31
In the 'Burbs 29
Worth the Drive 29

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Played On
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

.slowest moving outing

Course was in decent shape for this time of year.
Greens need some work. My big complaint was they stuck us in the middle of an outing. Took us 6 hours to play 18.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/16/2018:
We're sorry to hear about the pace of play during your round. Thank you for playing Olde Sycamore and sharing your feedback!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Staff friendnes

Young fella in the clubhouse was rude. Had an issue with my online payment. All he would say is check your receipt. Must’ve had a bad morning. Needs to work on his people skills

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a great experience when I am in N.C. from the friendliness of the staff to the great course it's worth the drive from Canada

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout / poor greens

The course itself I really like. The greens were not in good shape. No way to get a smooth role.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Winter was not kind to this course

All the outside staff are great. Super friendly. The guy at the pro shop was was not. He acted as if he didn't care if we played there or not. No smile, kind of a dick. My white son and I were asked when were our tee times upon reaching the counter. A black father so was behind us, as soon as they approached the counter, he said you guys can't get out until after 3. The son had to tell him they had tee times. I thought that was a little messed up also.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Always wet, often cart path only, grumpy staff

Have played here a number of times because its often the closest course I can get a tee-time on short notice. More often than not, its cart path only - even if its been a number of days since the last rain. The layout is okay. If you're a little longer than average with the driver, you'll seldomly get to hit it playing whites.

The shop staff and starters are always grumpy or trying to intimidate you for whatever reason even though your supporting their course that is in desperate need of repairs. On week days it seems they have a lot of open slots but let senior league/members play in those slots even though you were booked at those times so you'll end up waiting on them.

For the price, this course is not worth it. It's super overpriced considering some of the other courses nearby that are the same price or cheaper and provide a much better experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

No drainage.

No rain the day we went, but course was an absolute soggy mess. That coupled with gimicky layout of forced layups with small creeks caused for a long, bad day of golf.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Course is great, staff not necessary

Course is one of my favorite in the area, which makes this last round so much more sad. Played Saturday in a 4some, best ball match play. Probably the fastest format we can play in. After 3 holes, the Marshall comes by and says we are a hole behind although I can see the group ahead of us, fine it’s 9:45 Saturday morning enjoying some coffee but I’ll hustle. Same guy comes by a hole and maybe 12 mins later and tells us to skip a hole there’s 4 groups on a hole behind us, which didn’t sound like our problem we couldn’t see anyone behind us. So we skip a hole and still finish 17 holes in 3 hours 50 mins.

I don’t know why this particular Marshall chose his actions, but they really irritated my group for no reason. I probably won’t go back out of fear I’ll be told to league for not running the length of each hole. If this guy is so concerned about time, go work the US Olympic swim trials, not Saturday morning recreational golf.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Andy Loves Golf

Course layout is amazing, had a great time greens in fair condition. Friendly staff and great playing with others. Could not figure out how to work the ball machine for the range that was kind of a bummer, Machine kept saying to hit the start button, but there is no start button to push lol but that was the only drawback. Cannot wait until next time. Always enjoy playing here.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome Track!

I love this track! Challenging track with a ton of variety! Great staff and the pace of play is very good!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course

I don’t like to leave negative reviews, but the experience wasn’t the best started with checking in the guy behind the counter didn’t really care to be at work that day.
The course was dried out, the greens were blah, we paid for 9 played 4 and left. If either the course was good or if we were treated with better respect when we checked in we might have given this course another try.. but no thank you there are other courses that may appreciate my dollars and present.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
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
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Commented on 01/19/2024

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u314163762874. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!

Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course to enjoy your round

Good variety of holes, greens very good for being aerated recently, still offseason conditions but very playable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Good on discount

You can tell an amazing course that has just fallen on hard times. This course used to be stunning and it just isnt cared for that way anymore. The greens have huge bare spots, there are a ton of unrepaired ball marks, it’s just a mid course now. It’s only worth the money when you get a Hot Deal. Used to be an $80 course, now it’s a $40 course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/04/2024

Hi, jbradshaw49! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/20/2023

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u314159720208. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Another fun round here

It’s December 2023 and this place is the place to play. Greens are slick , little beat up in places, still worthwhile to play. Choose the tee boxes to suit your game!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 12/18/2023

Hi, mdrinkhahn. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Solid Saturday Afternoon Round

Booked a Saturday Twilight Tee Time (9 Hole price of $38 w/ cart) as a single & paired with a threesome. Arrived about an 1:15 early and got out 38 minutes early (didn't book originally since extra $20). There were some problems with End of Season cart batteries and a shortage of charged carts, but got it sorted. Played the front 9 and the course was in relatively good shape. Leaves were under control, tee boxes were a little banged up (to be expected), but overall, it was in decent shape for early December.

Turned in about 2:05 with some delays in the group ahead & about 1:20 left of daylight. Hit a backup on 10 & pro gave option to replay the front 9 and took it. Rushed the Front 9 and finished 18 at sundown. Overall, was a good value for $40. Not sure I'd drop 80-90 for a prime weekend tee, but was happy with the experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 12/20/2023

Thanks so much for your wonderful review, u314163972419. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!

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