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First off, the course. Greens are in excellent shape. Zoysia tees and fairways are a little spotty, but in real good shape otherwise. Really enjoy this golf course.

Now, the negatives. The guy in the pro shop really had it in for us for some reason. We have a foursome that plays a couple of times a week. We play Belk regularly (probably 6 times this year alone). I always book on Golf Now (Tee Off) and prepay. Every time we have been told that the first person to arrive can check in and get the carts, and we can tee off when everybody arrives. This week, for some reason, as we were teeing off, the marshal met us on the first tee and informed us, rudely, that all 4 of us needed to check in. We were standing about 20 yards from the clubhouse, in full view of the pro shop. Fine. We went in and the pro shop guy was on a phone call, took his time, hung up, and just stood there. No greeting, no smile. Whatever, he is having a bad day. So we checked in.

As we approached the first tee, the marshal informed us, rudely, that it was cart path only and we needed to get our cart off the grass. The grass, 40 yards from the tee box, not even on the course, which had one tire of one cart on it. Okay.

Meanwhile, a twosome had the tee time after ours. We let them play through and even kept up with them the first two holes. One more guy in our regular group showed up unexpectedly (late) and caught up with us on the 2nd green. The marshal showed up 2 minutes later and informed us, rudely, that fivesomes were not allowed. We explained that it was raining, nobody had teed off behind us, we were keeping pace with the group ahead, and if somebody did come up behind us we would gladly let them play through. Not good enough, we had to split up. So the single went ahead and our foursome continued. The marshal checked on us every 15 minutes and the jerk in the clubhouse continued to watch from the clubhouse (the front nine is visible from the pro shop). The marshal explained that he was just following orders and had no discretion. So I told him that as long as he was a messenger boy he could tell the guy in the pro shop that there are plenty of other courses around and his attitude cost him 4 regular customers.

It's a shame that one bad employee with an attitude can completely overshadow a very good golf course and otherwise enjoyable round.

First time playing this course since 1986. Championship layout, some memorable holes.

Greens are in great shape, rolling true and fast with remarkably few ball marks. Tee boxes are really rough. Fairways are hard as a rock, but there is grass to be found. Bunkers are non-playable. Overall, excellent value. I am hoping the new owners bring this course back to its old glory.

Neighborhood is run down, but safe. Good location close to Lambert Airport.

I will be playing here again. And sooner than 35 years from now!

Course is in good shape. Greens are running moderate speed, lots of ball marks (please fix your ball mark and 2 others!), zoysia still has not completely come in.

Staff is excellent, pace of play very good, great value for the price.

The greens are in very good shape. A little shaggy this time of year, to be expected. PLEASE repair your ball marks.

Fairways and tees need work next. The zoysia parts are in good shape, but kind of sparse in areas.

First time playing this course in many years. As others have noted, the management is making a concerted effort to fix many years of neglect. Keep up the good work.

Nice layout. A lot of elevation changes. Pretty forgiving course. Nice scenery throughout.

Course is in great condition. Greens are rolling nice, zoysia fairways beautiful.

Played last summer and the course was burned out. Second time playing this year and it continues to improve.

Tee boxes and fairways are greening up and in pretty good shape. Greens are very shaggy and slow, but rolling true with few bare spots.

Greens are in excellent shape, rolling well and moderately fast (golfers, PLEASE repair your ballmarks. I fixed at least 3 on every green). Fairways starting to get brown, but overall course is in good condition.

Fun course. Fairly short, several severe doglegs that require layups, several lakes.

Excellent staff, nice clubhouse.

Greens recently aerated and some sand added, so not in the best shape. But course overall is in great condition. Nice layout, friendly staff. Excellent value. Pace of play could be better. Senior scramble during the week and they were in no hurry, but no complaints otherwise.

Tees and fairways are baked and hard as concrete.

Greens have a lot of crabgrass and bare spots.

Used to love this course, but it is suffering from neglect.

I love the layout of this course.

Tees and fairways are in great shape, greens had a lot of unrepaired ball marks.

Overall, good value for the money.

Arnold Palmer-designed course. Great layout, target golf all the way. The course is in excellent condition, save for the boneheads that refuse to repair ballmarks on the greens and rake bunkers.

Great value. I was able to get a Hot Deal on a Wednesday afternoon ($10+tax=$13.50, including cart).

I love this golf course, but 6,400 yards from the white tees is a little much for a short-hitter like me. Need to move up to the senior tees next time.

Zoysia fairways have not completely come in yet, but the greens, tees, and rough are in great shape. Beautiful clubhouse, nice course layout, elevation changes, good variety of holes, very friendly staff. Convenient location just off I-64. I highly recommend this course.

Only minor exception was the grill. I realize it was a Tuesday afternoon, but the service was terrible and the food subpar.