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Greens had been punched a couple of weeks ago or I would have given the course conditions 5 stars. Customer service very good from checkin, providing range balls, cold bottled water, and well staffed snack bar. Played here many times and we'll be back.

Upon check-in the first guy in our group paid. He got no receipt so he asked what was the greens fee? Answer was $48. He asked is that the senior rate as all of us are 65+. Yes was the answer. The last time we played there was less then 4 months ago, the senior rate was $35 at that time. We asked what happened to the rate? Answer was they have gone to variable pricing. Used in other business, its a method to charge higher rates at peak times and lower rates at slower times. Hey, its their business they can do whatever they want. Variable pricing is not mentioned on website. You can see varying rate on their tee time booking site. But we need mulitple tee times in a row so we always call to book tee times. Lesson learned is ask what the rate will be.

For a course still in mostly winter shape, located in Pittsboro, $48 senior rate is steep. Also, the grill was closed. There is nowhere nearby to get something to eat or drink. You would think you charge premium rate, you'd at least be able to buy a hot dog and a beer. High likely hood that are 2-3 foursomes won't return anytime soon.

Layout is great, conditions were fine for time of the year, range is nice. pace of play was good yesterday. But too many other as nice or nicer courses we can play then Chapel Ridge.

I've played River Ridge many times. Great track, usually super conditions, good value. Last played on 7/1/20, much to my surprise was the total aeration of the course. When I made my tee times a week before no one mentioned the aeration to me. If I had known of the conditions I would not have booked the time. I also know this is aeration season. I would expect a course of their caliber to inform customers of aeration so they can decide how if they want to play. Paid full senior rate, no discount for the aeration.

But what really disappoints me is I sent an email to Monty the head pro explain the situation. All I asked is he inform his staff to tell customers making tee times if there has been recent aerations. Never got a reply.

As of 5/10 Fairways at Lochmere were still very thin. Greens and bunkers great. Tee boxes on most holes very rough. I'd recommend giving it a couple of weeks.

Just returned from 6 days of golf in Hilton Head. Pinecrest was first course we played. Weather was sunny and in 70's all days...perfect! All courses we played were in good to great shape except Pinecrest. Not sure what happened here but turf is in really bad shape especially the greens. Lies are so tight around greens that we were putting up to 20' off the greens. Never played here before, the layout is fine. My recommendation is you call the pro shop and inquire about conditions before playing here in the near future.

Use the range here all the time because you hit off grass and its close to my house. Have not played the course in a couple of years as the conditions were usually poor and POP was so slow. Got a hot deal yesterday for $25 and played as a single. 3 hrs for 18 was great. Equally impressive was the conditions of tee boxes, fairways, and greens. MUCH improved. Only downer were the traps. As other reviews have said they are flat out terrible. One of my balls is somewhere in a "pond" that exists in one trap, couldn't fish it out. I know traps are expensive to maintain, but something has to be done. At least fix the ones near the green and maybe make the fairway bunkers grass. Since I only went into one trap overall it was a good experience and now I have a close option to play golf.

Got a Hot deal to play WIldwood Green as a single on Good Friday. Knew it would be crowded but such a nice day and needed to get some practice in. First time playing here.

Got paired with 3 guys who were great. Fairways were transitioning to Summer Bermuda but not bad. However, the greens were a different story. I thought WG replaced their greens last fall? Every green had some kind of weed like growth over significant portions of the green that did affect putting. Layout is fairly tight but interesting.

Biggest complaint was pace of play. We caught up to a foursome on hole 8 and proceeded to wait on every tee box and shot into the green until we were done. Everyone of the guys were bad, two were walking, one took 3 practice strokes before every putt and best I could tell did not make one putt. On 15 the ranger asked me how many holes on the back had I waited on them and told him every hole. He headed off to the direction but nothing changed. Since 2 were walking I assume they were "members:" so not sure what really could be done.

WG has to figure out the greens problem soon. I won't return until they do. As far as the pace of play, not sure what the answer is. I've played with plenty of golfers who shoot 100+ but "keep up".

Gorgeous day and I wanted to try out Lochmere with their new greens. Greens are much better. Conditions for rest of course were a little above average. Fairways pretty thin. Big issue was pace of play. Very slow. Foursome ahead of us we're all terrible and needed the five hrs to finish. Not sure what the rangers could do other then tell them to leave. I guess Black Friday brings out these types of golfers. I'll stay away next year.

First time here. Had out of town friends here and wanted something special for a round before we left on our annual fall golf trip so I got a $47 rate on GolfNow.

Good news and then the bad.

Good: Layout is fantastic. However, IMO the course is very hard, even selecting the right tees. Lots of forced carries and most greens are well protected. Rough is not tall but ball settles down in the Bermuda making it very difficult to find. Tee boxes and fairways in excellent shape. Driving range is nice. Grill is nice and food was great.

Bad: I asked twice before booking how were the conditions of the greens based on reviews i read here. I was told they were healing up and maybe 2 we still iffy. Maybe not good to look at but playable. Well IMO that was way off. Almost every green was damaged to some extent and most had some damage. Were they unplayable? No, but they were very rough and I am disappointed the staff made them out to be much better then they were. I would not have played there if I knew the conditions as they were. Also, Grill room service was very slow and they were not busy. Not sure what the problem was.

Would I go back. Maybe, once I knew the greens were truly back.

I would NOT recommend this course to anyone over a 18 handicap. Way too hard. However a great track for the good golfer.

Played first time at Wilmar on Labor Day. Grat weather day, course was packed. Got a tee time through GolfNow as a single. Pro Shop folks and starter great. Course in good condition. Pace of play was slow. Waited on almost every tee box and 2nd shot into greens. Saw a ranger but pace never picked up. Layout is old school, but fine. Greens are old style Bermuda, good shape but slow.

Nothing really wrong with course, but I'd avoid if you know it will be crowded and do not want to wait.

First time here. Got a good Golfnow deal of $29 and with perfect weather had to play.

Played as a single and got around in 3 hrs. 3 groups let me through, very nice. Course conditions were good. Green were very good, although a little slow. Some bunkers need more sand and some TLC. Some tee boxes a little thin but playable.

Still trying to make sense of the scorecard yardage. I normally play white tees, 6000-6200 yds. Here whites were 5400 and blue were 6100. So I played blue. It was OK except for a few holes with lengthy forced carries on the drive. Forget the hole number but I think it was a par 5 on the back. Hit a good drive and cleared the junk by only 20-30 yds. Playing a second time will help save a few strokes as hitting the wrong side of the fairway will funnel the ball out of bounds or into a hazard.

Highlight of the round was on par 5 #11. 2nd hardest hole on course, didn't know that until after the round. I had just played through a foursome on #10 so I hurried to this tee. Could tell the hole was a dog leg right and aimed left of center. Crushed the drive. When I go to my ball saw it really rode the slope and I was 155 yds from the flag. Almost blocked by a tree to going right at the stick so I aimed to the left of the green. Hit the iron well, had a slight fade on it. Hit the green, tracked to the hole and then it disappeared. An Albatross, a 2 on a par 5. Proceed to dunk my tee ball in the water on the next hole a par 3. I love golf! :)

Played here as part of our group of 12's annual fall golf outing. Area received several inches of rain day before and cart path only affected POP. Given the amount of rain course was in good condition. I liked the layout and not too penal for average golfer. Had a good round going until 18 and totally butchered it, all operator error.

Good food in clubhouse.

This was our day 1 course for our group of 12's annual fall golf trip. Interesting layout. Reason for the average condition rating is primarily for the condition of the sand traps. Lots of traps and all I can assume is the ownership has made a decision not to maintain them. So bad we made an agreement before we started that any ball in a trap can be pulled out. Guess the plus is it helped our scores :). Greens were good, but lots of unrepaired ball marks.

We teed off at 2pm, very little traffic on the course.

Not recommending this course until they get their sand trap situation fixed.

Played here a number of times before. Best conditions I've ever seen. Greens were aerated a couple of weeks ago and 99% healed. A great layout that becomes more and more challenging as you move back in tee boxes. Course not crowded today probably because of Labor Day weekend and football Saturday. 4 hr round even with waits on mosts of back 9. High recommend. Nice practice range and grill had great burgers and potato salad.

Rate was $62 pre pay with Golf Now. 50% higher then other nearby public courses, but I look at it as an extra $20 gets you a much much better track and golf experience.