Handicap
15-19
Skill
Intermediate
Plays
Once a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

2.9
2.9
Total 7 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

7 Reviews
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
2
Recommended Courses
3
Not Recommended Courses
4
Helpful Votes Count
1
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
11/07/2016
Last Review
11/07/2016

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Chapel Hill Country Club

Played On 11/07/2016
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Orange County's only private club

Chapel Hill Country Club, founded in 1922 a couple of miles away as a nine-hole course, is an upscale private club with a course appropriate to that status. Staff and amenities are top notch as is maintenance of the course. Holes 10, 11, 12, and 18 offer lots of water - comparable to a beach resort course. Tough but fair course from the back tees. Lots of road crossings and nearby traffic. Not quite as good a design as Fazio's Finley Golf Course across NC 54, Chapel Hill CC is more than worth playing whenever you are invited. Subject to drainage problems after heavy rains.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Occoneechee Golf Club

Played On 11/06/2016
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

enjoyable unpretentious popular course

An enjoyable, unpretentious course, Occoneechee has stepped up its game in recent years and become one of the most popular courses open to the public serving Durham and Chapel Hill. Excellent course maintenance, good staff, challenging greens, and a terrific men's golf association have been game changers. Those factors more than compensate for an inconsistent design that mixes mostly fair and straightforward American woodland holes with a couple of dubious ones (4, 11). Located between US 70 and US 70 Business, traffic noise can be distracting on 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate

Cedar Grove Golf Course

Played On 11/01/2016
1.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Out of business

After almost 40 years in operation, Cedar Grove GC closed following the death of its owner eliminating the only course in northern Orange County,

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy

Shamrock Golf Club

Played On 09/04/2016
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Good enough

Shamrock has been around a long time and continues to get a good amount of play with weekends crowded during good weather. Almost everything about Shamrock is unexceptional but good enough which makes it a pretty good value. Its design reflects the uninspired 1950s. When our tee time came up a few minutes late, we discovered we were playing behind an 8-some on a summer Sunday morning!! The ranger broke them up after a couple of holes. Next time I saw the ranger he stopped me and told me to take down the windshield on my cart so that I would be cooler!?!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate

Walnut Wood Golf Course

Played On 08/14/2016
1.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

odd layout poorly maintained

Walnut Wood is inexpensive and run by lovely folks. In recent years, however, its maintenance has plunged to little more than mowing. It is a sad but too common example of a rural course struggling in today's golf economy where the reduced traffic means its modest fees cannot sustain it. We played on a summer Sunday and there were only about a dozen other players. Some of the holes, especially number one with its blind shot over a large lake with no chance to recover from a short or innacuarate drive, make little sense.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate

Quaker Creek Golf Course

Played On 08/07/2016
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Defines average

Located way out in the country, Quaker Creek is an OK place to play without anything to distinguish it nor anything really bad either.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate

Sourwood Forest Golf Course

Played On 11/07/2015
3.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

pretty good design way out in the country

For an rural course, Sourwood offers a good design with varied types and difficulty of holes including one very challenging par-four, lots of creeks and ponds, a blind dogleg, and good par three holes. Unfortunately, the course, which is way out in the country, has suffered from from frequent management changes and lack of capital to maintain the course adequately. The photo with this page is absolutely NOT from Sourwood, at least this Sourwood which has no brick or multistory buildings. The course might not be in operation after May 2016.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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