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The Good: Really great layout & property. Friendly staff

The Bad: As other reviews have said, course is in rough shape. Multiple greens automatic two putts because unplayable. Others with large ground under repair issues. If they put some money into the course (clubhouse/range/green issues) this would be an absolute gem.

The Ugly: Maybe 30 cars in the parking lot. Didn’t see holes 13-18 because the first three holes took an hour & 7 mins. 4-5 groups of boomers moving slowly, grinding out every three footer, and playing from incorrect tee boxes. We just drove back to our cars.

Weekday, half full parking lot, and the round still took over 4.5 hours.

Average age was roughly 65 and the vast majority were playing from the wrong tee boxes, spending far too long looking for balls & on the green.

Course is in great shape aside from a few tee boxes.

If you like driving in the left hand lane of a highway in a line of cars going 55 mph, this course is for you.

Great layout & pure greens.

Waiting 10+ mins in the pro shop for anyone to check us in. Range was closed because the employee that gets them from the pond didn’t show up.

Hit off the 1st at 10:14am.

Got back in our car at 3:20pm.

This track is home of the 5 hour round.

Course is in great shape. A few bunkers could use more sand but that’s true of any public course in Central Ohio.

Paid an extra $20 to ride alone. Showed the receipt to the same starter 3x, then a ranger on the 5th hole for some reason. Starter/ranger positions could use some fresh blood.

7 holes took two hours. Clocked in a front nine of 2 hours 42 mins. Needless to say we left and didn’t play the back.

Near empty parking lot. Was told couldn’t take a separate cart over Covid despite plenty available.

Poorly managed course that was in decent shape.

Joined as a member this year. Played about 20 rounds.

GOOD: Course layout & water range are unique and usually hit every club in the bag. Dogs & brats at the turn are great!

BAD: No cart girl,, no ranger, no starter. Sometimes you tee off a few minutes early, but usually 10-15 mins late. On the weekend, if you tee off in the AM this is the home of the 5 hour plus round. Today’s nine holes took 2:45, wait on literally every shot. Fastest full round was 4.5 hours. Slow gas carts, $10 extra to social distance. Cart paths are like off roading in many spots.

UGLY: As a non member you can make a teetime through various apps or the website. As a member, neither option is available. You have to call and reserve a time then just show up & hope. Website was supposed to be ready in January. No update. If you have to take 23N to the course, double your estimated drive time. You’ll average at best 35-40 mph.

Learned my playing partner tested positive for Covid the day after we played. My test came back negative and the only reason it did was a ride in a separate cart.

Cost an extra $10 to do so. Courses that nickel & dime you like this to have any chance of social distancing have no interest in golfer health or being a solution to slowing the spread of this virus.

Unfortunately it’s turned into a slow dog track.

Greens & bunkers in rough shape. Almost every green has multiple ground under repair spots & tons of ball marks. Bunkers have little sand, almost mud pits with bugs everywhere.

It took an hour to play holes 10-12. Pacing for a 3 hour back nine. We drove off the 13th tee and only passed 7 groups on the drive to the parking lot. Many seniors, no ranger.

Hot dog at the turn was great!

Outside of a few bunkers & greens on the slower side, in great shape. Friendly staff & great practice area.

#18 hole remains the dumbest hole in all of Central Ohio.

Greens are some of the best on a public track in Central Ohio. Pace of play little over 3 hours.

Maybe 20 cars in the parking lot, played the front in 90 mins, couple water soaked bunkers but overall in great shape.

Waited 20 mins on the 10th tee box then decided to drive up to see what the hold up was. 3 groups on #10, 4 groups on #11, and another 3 on #12 all behind a foursome playing the slowest golf I’ve ever seen.

We skipped ahead to #13 and not a soul on the course ahead of us.

No ranger combined with no cartgirl & no water coolers on the course with a heat index of 105 made it unplayable.

Played Bent Tree many times. Almost always in good to great condition with some unique holes. This week’s experience was the worst.

First, took 14 mins simply to check in with the front desk even though I was one of only two golfers in the entire shop. Just sat there while he took 2 phone calls. Retail tip: Deal with the customer trying to give you money standing in front of you instead of prioritizing a phone call.

Second, back nine we’re waiting in the fairway for the green to clear. Maintenance crew starts all the sprinklers in the fairway. No heads up at all. Soaks one guy completely & our entire golf cart was wrecked. Flooded the engine so cart wouldn’t start for a few mins and fried my Garmin GPS sitting in the cup holder. Staff didn’t apologize or acknowledge anything, just continued walking.

Third, it was amateur hour. Not only did a round take 4 hours & 38 mins on a fairly empty golf course, but every green had 2 pins. Regular pin, and another one with larger cups from an earlier outing they just didn’t bother to remove.

After two easy opening holes, the round starts on #3. Not a long course, but very challenging with shot shaping, lots of uneven lies, very tough greens with lots of slope, and some unique holes like a par 5 on the back that you have to hit iron off the tee.

Pro shop is in a trailer, driving range has no target, no cart girl, most ball washers have no towels, and yardages on this website are incorrect. It only plays 6100 from the tips.

Course is in the middle of no where, pro shop is in a trailer across from what I would imagine is the old country club clubhouse.

Very well laid out course, friendly staff/cart girl, conditions were excellent and pace of play flowed smoothly

Very nice & fast greens, course in excellent condition. Pretty open and lots of elevation changes.