ngiffin06

We were travelling that day to Florida, and called several times inquiring if our tee time was still good due to the severe weather. Multiple people in the shop told us to call back after 2:00pm. (Our original tee time was 1:04pm.) We finally got an answer after calling a twice after 2:00pm that they may be ready for us to walk the course after 2:30pm. Because we had dinner plans, there was no way walking the course at that time would work; 2:00pm would have been pushing it for us as it is. I told the golf pro that, and asked for a rain check. I was told that I would have to take it up with GolfNow since that's who I booked through. When I told him that GolfNow could only help me if the tee time was cancelled by the course due to weather, he told me there was nothing that he could do. They would not cancel my tee time even though the course was closed for weather during my tee time! I'm stuck with no resolution due to GolfNow's policy, because the course would not just cancel it what was already cancelled.

Buyer beware. If you're interested in playing this course, just book directly with them. They do not work well with adhering to booking rules from 3rd parties.

Course is in great shape as of 9/24/21. Tough course with blind landing spots and a few sharp doglegs. A bunch of forced carries from the whites. Pace of play was woeful though - especially on a Friday afternoon. Had to skip a hole to get in front of two groups, and they never caught up with us. Still wished water coolers were out on the course too.

6.5 for course conditions. Greens and fairways were decent. Bunkers need work - were all clay, no sand really. Fun layout giving some decision making holes. Also, open enough to forgive some errant tee shots. Clubhouse is very dated, but they have everything you would need from snacks to drinks to golf items. Give yourself 10 mins to check in. They don’t have a great system it seems, but they make up for their inefficiencies with friendliness. Decent pace of play; we only waited 2-3 mins on holes and played in 3:54 with 4 people on two tee boxes.

ADVICE: Be careful driving in and out and whole standing on 17 tee. The driving range has no nets protecting the righty slice or long ball from the tee. You could totally get nailed or break a windshield.

Such a good value. Normally on Hot Deals for less than $30 on weekends and $12-$16 on weekdays. Friendly staff. Decent range and nice putting green. Great layout and very challenging on the par 4s on the back 9.

Good value if you can get it about $30 or less. Otherwise, drive 15 more minutes to play at Riverbend YMCA for likely cheaper and a better course.

Fun layout and nice members/regulars. Lack of trees or penalty areas on the front 9 and for some holes on the back will cause wayward shots to be in others’ fairways so you’ve got to wait on others to hit their shot back to their hole or for an opportunity to hit yours back into play. This along with some shared cart paths going both ways makes it a little dangerous so be alert everywhere. It caused a little bit of pace of play issues so; we finished a foursome at 4:47 on a Sunday.

Some issues with a few tee boxes, but nothing that can’t be overcome with moving forward or back one club length. Greens were in great condition. Fairways were average.

Great value for the hot deal price. Cheap range balls and decent practice area.

Friendly pro shop staff at check in, starter, and ranger. Kept up with pace of play for a Saturday beautifully even without having to group pairs into foursomes. We finished in 4:09 because of a slight wait on the first tee. Also, we got a very useful course booklet that came in handy for the first time there.

Tee boxes clean. Mowing was underway in the rough, but thicker rough that makes it hard to find a wayward ball; stay in the pristine fairways. Only critique: LOTS of unrepaired ball marks on the greens, but it looked like tents were still out from a possible tournament. (It looks like aerification is listed currently - a few days later - so the greens should be back to perfect in a few weeks.)

Great value for less than 30 minutes outside of downtown CLT. Gravel parking lot may scare you upon entry but don’t worry. Everything is beautiful on the course.

Nice layout that leaves some fun decisions to be made off of the tee and on the approach. Rough was very challenging at probably 5-6 inches and thick, so don’t miss the fairway. Hole placement was true to the pin position card. Tee boxes and greens were almost immaculate, and fairways were about 90% with only a few dry patches (seems like from drainage in most places near the bottom of slopes and along the edges of trees).

Only critique for a first-timer would be the lack of course layout on the card and no hot dogs at the turn (but COVID so understandable).

Great value for the price. Beautiful clubhouse and amazingly friendly staff all around. Food at the turn is decent, but food and drinks for the 19th hole is legit.

Course is challenging enough for a bogey/DB player to make fun risk-reward decisions. Layout is cool. Greens were punched the last time we played on 8/2/2020, but have been pristine and FAST the previous 3 times we’ve played in the past few months. (I’m not sure what others were referring to with garbage greens, because they seem to be taking care of the course nicely given how hot it has been.) I would highly recommend.

Twin Valley was as tough as Donald Ross likely designed it to be. Study the layout beforehand or have an app to help you visualize your distances, because you will pay for guessing especially on the 16th tee box; the drop-off and thick rough make it challenging, but extremely fun. Also, the greens are goldi-locks' "just right" with adequate break to make it interesting for the weekend golfer.

Ownership has recently changed hands, and the new folks are on their way to getting it back in great shape. There were some fairways that were dried or bald on one side, but all of the tee boxes and greens were in great shape. I have no doubt they will have it ready for the spring/summer 2020 season. Much of the cart paths were temporary clay/gravel as they have plans to repave. There was a decent driving range (that I didn't use), and they plan on adding a putting green as well.

The staff were all extremely friendly, and they make you feel like they want you there. Pro Shop was stocked with everything you would need before, during, and after a round. Hot dogs were quality grade actually - not school cafeteria like you would expect.

Pro-tip: We stopped by a place called Peaches -n- Cream on the way back to Charlotte for some peach ice cream in homemade waffle cones. Highly, highly recommend the stop.

Decided to drive about 45 minutes from Charlotte; very easy drive on the weekends without traffic. We had a 10:44am tee time with the Hot Deals offer on GolfNow and decided to come out early to have some range time and account for possible traffic in the way. They ended up letting us on early so we wouldn’t have to be paired with another group as originally scheduled.

Staff were super friendly. Course was great for a scratch/bogey golfer. Greens were immaculate but fast/challenging - in a good way. Nice layout that’s fairly open but will force some fun decisions to avoid hazards. Hot dog was good for a clubhouse/turn hotdog.

Only slight potential drawback was there was no ranger keeping time in the big groups so I could see that it would be backed up on a busy day. We got lucky since most people were scared away with the potential of rain on the day we went, so the groups were pretty spread out until the very end.

I would definitely recommend and will be going back myself.