Rock Barn Golf and Spa - Jones Course

Played the Jones course first . Was awesome played the best golf of my life . Challenging especially some of the par 3's from the higher elevation points . Would recommend this course and will play it again . The best thing if u have enough time is to finish the day on the Jackson course not quite as demanding but I'd allot of fun . The turn around fee $20 . Worth it .

This is an awesome course with beautiful scenery and is very well maintained. I see why the have Champions tour event held here. Thanks Golf Now for the great deal. JB

-shot selection is very important.
-would help to have someone along who has played
course.
-greens are very fast, spend a lot of time on the practice green.
-need direction markers from hole to hole.
-weather was great.
-was not crowded
-was well worth the cost
-had great time and will return

Greens pristine and rolled true. Fairways without a blemish. The rough was punishing. Everything you would want in a five star golf course.

Got to play on the Jones course at Rock Barn. It was outstanding. The course is in great condition, the greens were medium speed, rolled true. The pace of play was very good. Look forward to getting out there again when I can treat myself.

Greens plugged this week or would have given it a 5. Course was up front about the greens when tee time booked. Still well worth the money.

This is probably one of the most scenic and well maintened courses I've played in my 56 years of playing. It is the most difficult course for me to score well on but it continues to call me back time and again to attempt to do better. You must be accurate off the tee. Very friendly and accommodating staff. I played poorly but I can't wait to play the course again. Too bad it's 5 hours away from where I live.

This is a tough course but fair. Watch out for those bunkers!!

Challenging course, well placed bunkers with fast greens!

The Rock Barn Jones course hosts the Sr PGA Tour for a good reason; it's one of the few courses in the area that cannot be overpowered and requires good players to hit every club in their bags. In short, it's terrific. I am personally not a fan at all of the Jackson course and believe it's in dire need of a full redesign and as such I will only play the Jones course at Rock Barn because again it is simply spectacular.

There is a world class/full service spa on the premises as well that is very highly regarded that's also worth mentioning.

This Winter was really hard on all of our courses in the Central and Western NC areas and Rock Barn took a beating too. The Winter burn damaged bermuda all across the region and like most Rock Barn is recovering but not back to 100% yet. Southern Bermuda grass responds very well to water & lots of heat and so it will be its usual specatular self as it should be in a few weeks (mid June) I'd think.

Players will face a number of forced carries so bring your "A" game. Tough track for lady players due to the forced carries that the players face. She's going to struggle too unless she's hitting it solid and fairly long. I played with my wife who is a high handicapper and some of the holes were simply just too tough for her to play due to her skill. It's not a place for beginners.

I played the tips as I always do and that course hands you all you can handle particularly on the longer par 4's.

The par 3 holes sadly are all 200+ from the back which I don't care for as I like to have variety and just because a player is playing the full course, each tee shot on a par 3 should not require the same club but Rock Barn forces you to hit a long iron (3, or 4 in my case) on each of those 200+ yard holes.

Greens are terrific and suffered no damage from the Winter. A few tee boxes were beat up from the Winter burn and a few fairways were rougher than I've ever seen them but this was the coldest Winter I can recall so it stands to reason.

Overall, with Golfnow the deal to play Rock Barn at a discounted rate is ALWAYS worth it and if you have not yet tried the Jones Course, do.

Course conditions are coming around. Greens are excellent but fairways are still growing in and there are some somewhat bare/thin grass areas in the fairways. No matter; this is still a great layout that's a joy to play!

We were a little bit ahead of springtime in North Carolina, but it was nonetheless a great day for golf. The course was about three weeks away from excellent, but we knew that going in. We had a wonderful day -- great staff, great weather, & great course...Tough, but great. We will look for this course on TV during the Champions Tour, and the next time we are in Charlotte.

I can see why the senior tour plays this course every year. Tremendous layout, with a wide variety of challenging holes. Greens were in excellent condition and the fairways, although dormant, were still in great shape. Bunkers were exceptional and the sand perfect. Staff could not have been friendlier or more accommodating. We arrived early as a twosome and the starter talked to a threesome and foursome scheduled ahead of us and got us out immediately. I'm from Chicago, but I hope to play this course when everything is lush and green. A must play for anyone in the Charlotte area.

Great course - well maintained. Pretty challenging, but what fun. This course delivers for every level of golfer and taste.

Got fantastic deal on GolfNow. Fairways and rough were brown, but in good shape; greens were superb...and lightning fast. LOVE playing both courses at Rock Barn!

The Jones course was played with a buddy from up north and was a excellent value for the money, course was in excellent shape greens super fast, staff was very friendly and helpful. This is a course that I will go back to often and recommend to all my golfing friends. Cost we paid through Golfnow was a excellent value.

Great design requiring a lot of creativity. Many blind tee shots which makes it difficult to play your first time. Route from green to next tee may not always be obvious.

This course goes above and beyond with not only customer service but also the quality of the course.

Rock Barn is a great course. Lots of challenging holes and a great layout. HOWEVER, it should be closed right now due to the repairs caused by the flooding they received. 12 out of 18 holes had some combination of workers yelling to one another and Bobcats/backhoes running the entire time. My office is much quieter than the course on the day we were there.

It was just not an enjoyable round at all. There were several temporary greens and essentially all of the sand traps were in disrepair. Additionally, the course has a completely new layout on some holes because of the temporary greens. Very few holes had signage regarding this, and none included any distances. This was my first time playing here in years and I did not remember where the tee boxes were in relation to the greens, so there were several times we went the wrong way because there was just no signage on the course to speak of. I realize this is probably because of the tournaments held here but even some effort at something temporary would be helpful.

I've booked many rounds through this site, but this is the first time I've felt compelled to leave a review because I (and the others in my group) was so thoroughly disappointed. Again, I certainly understand that the weather is unavoidable, but my point is that the course should not be open during this time if it is in such disrepair and construction.

Course is under repair but did not pose a problem. Course was in excellent condition. One hole was closed and one hole had a temp green. Still a great deal for the money. Always fun to play.