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The only issue is they don't honor tee times. You could book it days in advance and when you show up there's people on tee box that just walked on. That makes us wait pretty much on every hole.
That happened to me couple times already. Usually the back nine they either pick up ball and move or quit after nine.

The greens for being this late in the season were very well kept. The only trouble we had was the leaves on the tree lines hiding the golf ball. Very hard to find. Other then that fairways were good and cut perfect.

With the course being worked on for improvement, it has become extremely crowded. I never had any issues as far as waiting to tee off on every hole.
The bad part is the starter allows singles to go out in front of threesomes. And to top it off the single is walking. Now that doesn't make any sense. Hickory has never been this crowded since I started golfing 16 years ago. So maybe they are not trained properly for these situations. Hopefully they resolve this matter and pace of play can be back to a normal 4 hour round.

It never fails me. Everytime iBooks a tee time I expect 5 hour or more round. Starters allow singles and do not pair up to speed up play. People playing from the tips and hacking away . Starter doesn't tell thm to pick up the ball and move up. It's ridiculous. I go there knowing that because of such a good deal I get on tee off. I will stay away for a while. Probably next year I'll try again. It's a shame.

I was in a foursome and all of us were walking. We had to wait for 2 foursomes driving carts to tee off on every hole for at least 20 minutes. After 9 holes (which turned out to be a 3 hour and 10 minutes) I decided to go to club house and get a rain check for the back nine. Guy in club house told me if it's not raining we cannot issue you a rain check. I decided to stay. I'm not going to lose money. My interest in playing was gone after 9 holes. The ranger did not drive out and see what the delay was. Which Cleary was that they allowed 2 sums out and a single out. Never again will I set a tee time at Joe Louis if it's not an early tee time. My tee time was 11:50.

Waiting on every hole to tee off. All this due to Starter allowing two somes to go out. Should have paired them with other 2 somes.

Greens were not well maintained,, had weeds growing on most of the holes. Dirt from worms on the greens as well. Made it difficult putt .Tee boxes needed to be mowed.

Greens are unbelievably fast compared to last 17 years i been playing there. Definitely well worth the money. Course has good layout. Only downfall is no fairway or bunkers around the greens. Change has come and for the better.

Course is in great shape. I was in awe with the layout. The scenery is amazing. All see is skyline on majority of the holes. Just splendid. Greens are very well taken care of. Rough and fast. Disappointment is what I felt not playing this course in my 12 years golfing.