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Pros:
Friendly staff
Most fairways are ok but still need some work.
Bunkers are decent with good sand. A little edging here and there would make them great.

Cons:
They are building a new clubhouse and extending a subdivision adjacent to the course.
Greens still need work. Quite a few bare spots.
Many bare spots around cart paths.

Overall:
Overpriced!! $60+ Is about $10-$15 too high. $50+ during the week is extremely high especially given the conditions on and around the course. $45 on the weekends and $25-$30 during the week until construction and conditions improve seem more appropriate.

I don’t recommend this course at this price. This is the closest course to my house but I’ll drive further for a better experience and/orvalue.

This course needs quite a bit of work. The layout isn’t bad and hole 2 or 3 from the tips is fairly scenic(a little pond and barn). The fairways and greens were playable but not great. The rough is pretty bare in a lot of spots and and extremely tall in other areas. A lot of weeds. If you’re just looking to strike a few balls after work and don’t care about scoring this course would pass. It probably should be a $15 9 hole course. Because it’s in Franklin and the public course selection is absolutely horrendous in this area people will pay extra for convenience. It’s a pretty short course even from the tips and the hazards don’t come into play really. The only exception, the sand trap on the 9th hole is fairly tight to the green.
Franklin could have two good options, this 9 hole course and a 18 hole course located in Spring Hill(15min away) if either could manage to step up their maintenance. Layouts on these courses are fine and there’s a huge golfing community in this area. I don’t understand what the problem is.

I was really looking forward to playing this course along with another highly rated course in Hurricane, Utah on a recent golf trip. I left pretty underwhelmed from this course.

Pros:
Friendly staff and scenic.

The staff was very friendly from start to finish. Beautiful views from almost every tee box.

Cons:
Tee boxes-worn out, some were uneven, and several were closed.
Fairways/rough-crabgrass everywhere including in or near the fringe of the greens. Looked terrible and took away using a putter from just off the green on a few occasions.
Greens-A little brown but still rolled fairly well. Overall not too bad though.
Sand traps-Rocks in many of them and no rakes were available. We did not play out of them because we didn’t want to tear up our clubs.

There were maintenance crews on several holes doing repairs with equipment.

The kicker-we were charged full price. Any supposedly high end golf course that charges full price for these poor conditions should be embarrassed. If a course is going to charge a high end rate then they need to be able to deliver.

This course will just be the hard course we played in the desert that one time. I wouldn’t recommend it at or near it’s current rate. If it was around $100-$125 it would be cool to play for the challenge but not a high end course.

Short version:
1. Charged full price for aerated greens.
2. Poor pace of play.
3. Starter is unqualified. Lol, How is that possible. Easiest job there is.
4. Food is not good judging from the cheeseburger I had.
5. Unusual fairway grass(thin and tall)
6. Friendly staff.
7. Poor management.

In-depth:
1. Charged full price for aerated and sanded greens. There was no warning of this on Golf Now, the course website, and nor did the golf shop warn us. For anyone new to golf that’s reading this, that should NEVER happen. I’m intentionally warning new golfers because it seems as though this golf course is geared towards newcomers.

2. On their website they talk about the importance pace of play is but it’s obviously not a priority. Our tee time 12:33. At 12:30 the 12:24 group had yet to arrive to tee box so we asked the starter if our twosome could go ahead of them and he said we’ll just give them a few more minutes. The group already on the first hole was approaching the green at that time. The 12:24 group arrives a couple minutes later, 4 tee off including a 8-10 junior golfer at 12:37-12:39 in front of an experienced twosome while the group on the first hole are nearly done putting.

3. As we’re about to tee off around 12:45 a member pulls up, doesn’t introduce himself, nor does the starter introduce us, the member walks straight to the box and tees up his ball. The starter doesn’t say anything to him. The member hits his ball then the starter and member have 4-5 minute conversation on the tee box I would like to tee off from. Has I’m standing there the starter looks at me and says you can go ahead and hit. I politely told him I was waiting on them to move even though I was not really wanting to be polite at the time. I bit my tongue and teed off.

So pace of play is obviously not a priority.

4. The only tee time they offer is one with a lunch included. So even though I’ve already eaten lunch, I had to pay more for my green fee to cover the meal. I grabbed a cheeseburger to taste it just because I paid for it I guess. I think it was a frozen patty you would buy from a warehouse. I ate 3 bites of it. The lunch I paid for in the green fee lowered the overall value I was getting for my money at the course in my opinion. I’ll share what I would currently value a round of golf at this facility later.

5. We only played 3 holes so I can’t speak much about the layout. Fairways had thin tall grass. They look good from a distance but ball sits down on the dirt because their grass is too thin.

6. Before my round I inquired about a membership there because it’s close to where live. The guy at the pro shop was nice and went over everything, answering all my questions. The bartender was nice and pleasant to interact with when I picked up my food.

7. Manager never called. I wanted to share my experience with the manager so I left a message with the pro shop. No one called back.

Conclusion: To experienced golfers I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PLAYING SOMEWHERE ELSE. I’ve played probably at least 150 different courses all over the country ranging from $20-$500. This is a $25 golf course on the weekdays and a $35-$40 course on the weekends even in Middle TN where the avg cost of a round is about $40-$60. This by far the closest course to my house(10min). I’ll drive 4-5 times the distance to play an avg ranked course before playing this course. I do it a couple times a week.

We played almost 3 holes and decided to leave. The course was in rough shape and we were not happy being charged full price, Our experience with starter and member were unpleasant. So we decided to leave and play somewhere else. There was nothing enjoyable about our experience there.

One of the most memorable courses I’ve ever played. I’ve played on some of the best courses all over the country and this one stands out.

There were two courses on my list to play while on my most recent golf trip. This course and another well known course in nearby Mesquite. This is by far the better course.

I left this course wanting to play it again. It was a great experience.

The course was in great condition and very playable for average golfers. Beautiful course start to finish!

Only negative-We teed off just before 8am and there was no beverage cart available till 10am. We were not told this prior to teeing off. That info would’ve been nice. Even when the cart became available we didn’t see the cart until around 11am. 14th hole I believe. Not too critical about a 10am start time for the cart though. Just thought a higher end course would offer this service throughout the whole day. No big deal though.

The food was pretty good. Our group enjoyed the meals we had.

A little background-Play 2-3 times a month, 10-12 handicap, and played golf in at least a dozen different states. I play on courses ranging anywhere from $20-$500. I try to play on different courses almost every time I play.

Arrival-Bag drop guy is nice but put 3/4 bags on carts backwards.

Check in-Guy running the register is also mixing drinks for customers at the bar. Nice guy but having to do too much because short staffed.

Tee off- We tee’d off 15min late because they were already behind schedule at 7am!

Course shape-Poor. The grass being burned up is to be expected this time of year. No problem with that. However, there were large areas around the greens completely bare(dirt). Bunkers were hard and not raked. Greens were ok for this time of year.

Scenery-Not much to offer. A couple holes were nice. Houses too close to the course for my taste. Takes away from the beauty of the course.

The clubhouse-No breakfast options at all!! Chips and snacks only! We used Uber Eats at the turn. I’ve never been on any golf course that had nothing to eat. Again NO FOOD!!

NO DRINKING WATER ON THE COURSE!!!!!

No snack carts nor snack shacks on the course.

Play somewhere else no matter what time of year! The course itself isn’t the problem it’s a management problem I assume.

$20-$30 course during peak would be about right.

The golf course was in great shape! No complaints at all. Bunkers were in fantastic shape. Fast smooth greens with some challenging slopes. Wide landing areas for tee shots but approach shots had to be dialed in. Only let down was the locker room or lack of.

Perfect weather! Greens were in good shape. Sand traps needed a little work, small rocks in some of them. The main problem I had was that the course had some gravel waste areas on some of the holes. Very unattractive to look at and pretty much ruined those holes for me. Otherwise the course was good overall. I wish they offered a shuttle service to the strip. Do not use a taxi service to get there from the strip! It’s 2 to 3 times the price as other car services.