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This is one of my favorite courses in Volusia County but right now I cannot recommend it to anyone.

They lost their greens due to sprinkler system failure, according to management.

They should warn you that the greens are mostly bumpy sand, especially after a hard rain the day before (lots of wash out ridges).

Not worth the $30 this time.

Will check back in a month or two.and hopefully the course will be playable.

Great layout with elevation changes and interesting short and long holes.

The condition of the course was not satisfactory. The greens were very slow and many were not true - very bumpy.

The fariways had bare patches galore - at lease they were sanded - so that our group played lift, clean and place.

I really love this course and it hurts to report such poor conditions. I hope they can get it back to where it was a few years ago.

This is course with a great layout and nice facilities - great restaurant and nice people.

The greens were ok. The traps are ok too. The rest of the course is a mess. We played that you could seek grass near your ball, otherwise it would have been unplayable. The fairways are 25% grass and the rest sandy scrub.

I love this course, and will be back. It has been in much better shape in the past, and I hope it can improve. The fairways were patchy and the greens inconsistent. Some were bumpy and most were very slow, while a few were fast in places and slow in others.
The staff here are the greatest, and my group did have a good time.

My Friday group always enjoys coming up to Palm Coast to play Palm Harbor. The course was in good condition as usual, but the pace of play was a little slow because a group in front of us took their time.

We did have a bad experience as the cart guy told us at the turn that we had to bring the carts in by 445. Since our teatime was 1254 and the round was slowed up by a slow group in front of us, there was no way we were going to finish by 445. And there was no way we were going to stop our round to bring the carts in 45 minutes before sunset. We ended up finishing just before five and there was no problem but still it was unnecessary to give us that grave warning at the turn.

In the middle of a hot, dry summer (by Florida standards), you wouldn't expect a muni course to be in perfect condition but NSB Golf Club was every bit of that.

The greens were fast and true, and the grounds were well taken care of. It's not the "not a blade of grass out of place" type of condition that you might get at a high end resort, but the fairways were consistent with a decent amount of grass and no bare spots that I saw, the rough was a fair height, and the traps and areas around the green were excellent.

Well groomed, a great layout and beautiful visuals.

My only "complaint", and it is a small one, is that the greens were fairly slow. They were at least mostly consistent, so by later in the round my long putts were getting to the hole.

The "Green Lion" restaurant is a high point. Great service and great food. I am not from Palm Coast but I heard there was some controversy and the restaurant owners might choose to leave. That would be a shame, they add immeasurably to a first class experience.

This course is edging closer to falling into disrepair.

We'll have to see how the greens come back - we were not told they were punched and I wonder how long it had been. Usually they are pretty good here but they were very bumpy and my whole group took more 3 putts than usual.

The fairways were ok - some were patchy but if you played "roll the ball" you always could find some good grass.

The bunkers were terrible. Period. Hard and wavy, like they hadn't been groomed in weeks.

One of our favorite courses in our Friday afternoon rotation, we were disappointed. We had a mix of greens fee rates because of a Hot Buy - the higher end was $45 when tax was included and it certainly wasn't worth that with the greens in the condition they were.

Love the layout. Played it last in December and it was in good shape, but it was quite rough today.

The greens were a mess with many sand patches and they were extremely slow. Some were half sodded and we were asked not to walk on or play on the new sod. (At least they are trying).

The fairways were kind of sparse in places, and we played lift clean and place to combat that.

Traps in good shape, and it was a fun round none the less, but those greens - so many three putts with first putts stopping 5-8 feet short after blasting it. And if your ball approached the hole with just enough pace to go in, it would often veer off in the last few inches and miss.

I have played this course many times over the years and it has always been one of my favorites. A friend told me it was getting a little ragged but we came out anyway.

Turns out he was being nice - the greens were ok but very slow. The biggest problem was the fairways and the areas around the greens. Some of the fairways were getting bare and/or weedy.

Around many of the greens were large patches of crabgrass that made it tough to putt from even a yard or two.

There was also a fair amount of grass growing in the sand traps.

I am worried we are in a death spiral - we see it alot around here as many courses have closed or are on the verge.

Oh also - no rain hoods on the golf carts. This is Florida guys!

On the plus side the staff is very nice and we did manage to play in under 4 hours, even with one of the more notorious slow guys in our group.

Haven't played Hidden Hills in a few years as it got a little pricey at times. This was a great rate and I brought my Friday league over. The overall reception from the guys was great.

The course was in very good shape. The greens were pretty true but they were also fairly slow. That would be my only criticism of the conditions.

The course itself is fairly short and only provides a moderate challenge, which is good for older golfers who can't blast it 250 whenever they want.

Can't wait to go back.

Beautiful and beautifully maintained. My playing partner said they were the best greens he has ever played, and I couldn't disagree.

They were PGA fast though, and with the slope of the greens they were both tough to hold and tougher to putt. I am a pretty consistent putter and had 4 or 5 three putts and a four putt.

The Hatalsky designed layout beautifully uses the natural slopes and only one hole, #6, really give you overly penal shots that you often see on mountain courses.

It's a shame that more people can't play a course like this - it is a fine experience and we were lucky to know a member to be able to play (the fee paid was the cart fee only - not greens fees). But if more people played it, the pristine conditions probably couldn't be maintained.

It was a day that threatened rain but other than a light drizzle for about a half hour, it was dry and remarkably comfortable for September 9 in Florida - about 82-85 degrees.

We teed off at noon and played our round in 3:05. And that was with cart path only, which we strictly adhered to.

I'd say being Thursday with questionable weather helped my threesome not run into any other golfers the whole round. By later in the day when it was clearing, the course looked like it was picking up.

Very few spots were too wet to hit from, and generally despite a lot of rain the last few days the course was fairly dry, and very playable.

The greens here are always a joy to putt on - I could have putted better but I had a great time and a slightly better than average score.

This is a very forgiving course. A few wayward drives did not hurt me as badly as they would on some courses.

I recently played LPGA and I can honestly say that Cypress Head was every bit as well manicured as LPGA was.

Great layout which can present a challenge to a less skilled golfer who has trouble getting the ball in the air.

We booked this course not knowing the greens had been punched just this week. With that said they did a great job of smoothing and sanding - so other than being fairly slow the greens were pretty true.

The rest of the course is in great shape, although the fairways are cut a little short for my preference.

The clubhouse guy was great, however he let two threesomes start on #10 ahead of us, and they held us up for a few minutes on a two or three holes.

Having to wait a few minutes happens all the time in golf, but our front nine was clear sailing and we probably played it in 1:45 - and so we were a little miffed when two groups showed up on 10 tee. The back nine took us more like 2:00.

First time at this course, was joined by a single who knew the course on the 7th hole or so, and that helped a lot.

The course was in very good shape, including the greens. My only complaint about the greens were they were a little slow - mostly - a few were noticeably faster.

The layout is very good, a mix of close in mountain holes and more wide open (but still with terrain to deal with). Again, local knowledge helped with many blind shots.

The par 3s and par 5s are varied in length and difficulty, which is nice.

Overall it was totally worth the 45 minute drive from Sapphire NC where it was 10 degrees colder and $30 more expensive to play the one public course.

Had a great afternoon playing Copperhead, home of the Valspar. I have attended the tournament a couple of times and it is always fun to "play where the pros play", as they say.

I played from the gold tees, about 5,700 yds with a 131 slope rating. That is a little higher than I am used to, more the slope than the yards, and I was worried about a 100+round (I'm a 25), as that usually happens at TPC Sawgrass regardless of the teebox.

I was surprised that the course was not that hard for me, I shot 87 playing the best irons I have in a long time. So hit it straight and there is no problem!

We were paired with a twosome from Minnesota and one of the guys was pretty bad, so the round taking 4:20 was partly our fault. We did catch the group ahead of us on 15, and they finished just a bit in front of us timewise.

Fairways were a little patchy in places, but otherwise the course was pretty immaculate.

The greens were very fast and a little hard to read, but generally I'd say they were true and a pleasure to putt. I had a couple three putts from 40+ feet, and one that was totally my fault from about 20 ft.

Overall, I really don't feel the course is all that special but it is very nice, and of course you've seen these holes on TV (there are only a couple I remembered from the past - so I don't find it that memorable.

Worth the price once, unless you are wealthy!

One more thing - I had booked 2 months ago and was told the price was $269, but only $159 on the Osprey North course. So I booked a 1:18 tee time on that course. Then last week my wife got our hotel for the 2 nights before at Seminole HR comped, so I decided to pay up for Copperhead.

It was then that I found out that Copperhead rates went down at 1:30, and was surprised to be able to book 1:40 at $155+tx. Snapped it up but was a little miffed that this wasn't offered to me at the time of my original booking.

Played on a Friday afternoon with warm but not uncomfortable temps, slight threat of rain but nothing serious. Course was pretty empty with a couple of singles playing through, but never had to wait and was never pushed. Played as twosome in about 3:30.

The course is in good shape. A couple of the greens had some patchy crabgrass that was cut back and did not affect putts (much). Greens were moderate speed - a little slow compared to better courses.

The layout is excellent, as there are varied types of holes. The rough was not very punitive - I have heard it can be bad but we didn't see it. Fairways were almost without exception good.

As municipals go, it was excellent and for the money ($26) you couldn't beat it.

Just an update of prior reviews, I think. We come up to NC once a year and always play this course twice.

Fantastic mountain course that combines amazing views with a playable track that is generally not "tricked out" to take advantage of the elevation changes. Many memorable holes.

It was in great shape this year. The holes that usually get me - 10, 12 and 17, did so again but not quite as badly on our second round.

Got stuck behind 2 foursomes of international visitors who were pretty slow - 4 wives playing ahead of their husbands.

Finally got fed up on #11 and skipped the hole to finish out the round without waiting, then took the long trek back and played 11. It was still a 5 hour round.

We play this course every year, and some of the recent reviews have been brutal. I want to set the record straight, at least as of October 20, 2019.

Two of the biggest complaints were no grass on the tee boxes and impossible rough. There was one par 3 with almost no grass, and a few others (mostly par 3s) with sparse grass but it was there. The rest were fine.

The rough was 3 or 4 inches in a very few places, but generally reasonable. I didn't see any 6-10 inches that some reviewer mentioned.

The greens were generally very good, although a little slow. I've played slower. Some of them had some bare patches but it did not really impact our game.

Something about this course makes me not want to play it again the same week - it can wear you down - but it is a reasonable place to play and $49 was a decent value. Some have paid as much as $90 and I agree it is not worth it - until you consider it is the only (public) game in town - probably within an hour.