Callaway Resort & Gardens

I'm wondering what is happening at Callaway Gardens? The last two trips that we have made have been increasingly disappointing.
The course conditions have dropped considerably in the last three or four months!
The lakes are all down very low and not at all appealing for a course named the "Lakes"
Today there were no range balls available to warm up! Someone is not doing their job(s) properly. Last time I provided a review I indicated that the experience felt different and this time it definitely was different. This will be our last trip to Pine Mountain until we see that the positive reviews have returned. Its unfortunate because it was always fun to experience the differences in the two courses. It's just not worth the drive at this time.

Lots of hay left behind after mowing. Lots of tee boxes are in bad shape. This course use to be in tremendous shape.

This course used to be spoken about with reverence. Callaway gardens was synonymous with pristine golf. No longer. The course could be good with just some regular maintenance. Everywhere the grass was too long. Greens, fairways, tee boxes. Grass was growing into the bunkers. It screamed of neglect and disinterest. Hoping this place can make a turnaround.

Played during a healing period so the course was gorgeous but greens a little slow. Lake View is a great design and fun course to play. Recommend for any golfer.

You would think it can’t get any worse, it continues to go down hill.. sad to see.. it’s a $20-25 course now at best and they have continued to raise the greens fees to where now a “hot” deal on here is $55 plus fees and such.. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.. greens , tee boxes and fairways are pitiful.. honestly I don’t even think they employ an actual greenskeeper at this point as I think about anyone could do better than what this course has turned into..

This golf course should be called Callaway cow pasture, because I would never see any type of garden flourishing here at all. The ignoring of maintenance at this course is insane, coming from someone who has had 2 years in golf maintenance, it shows clearly that it is not properly maintained not even a little bit. The tee boxes were like hitting out of the rough, they definitely need to be trimmed, the fairways are not trimmed up at all. I am all about long rough, but when you get to just outside of the green it was ridiculous. I had multiple shots that were just to the right or left of the green and I could not find my ball. The greens were bumpy and you could not hit a putt true to the line, because it would just bounce like a basketball. They are ridiculously slow and not trimmed.For a course that was used for a pga event roughly 20 years ago, it should not be in bad of a shape as it is. Considering the four of us payed 200 in total with a promo code, we were all very disappointed. Will never play this course again.

Man this course used to actually be a PGA tour stop, now there are so many municipal courses that are in far better shape! Greens are half dead , will not roll true , full of poanna and ball just bumps left right up and down as you putt. Bunkers are hard packed sand some even have baby pine trees growing all in them. Fairways are like hitting off a cart path , better make sure to try to pick it clean ! Tee it up higher on boxes with a 3.5 inch tee and ball was still in grass where they had not been mowed in days. Only good thing I can say was the turn had a nice meal in the champions grill. Honestly this is a $25-30 per round course , yes it’s that bad not exaggerating, Bull Creek in Columbus is head and shoulders above this course in condition. It has gradually went down hill for years now and honestly don’t think I will be back after todays round here. If I ever do I will be sure to snap pics of the course to show.

I remember playing this course when I was younger and it was in great shape. I was so sad to see the terrible conditions. Tee boxes are overrun, greens are in horrible shape, the bunkers have not been turned over in what seems like years. Because of this, grass and weeds are growing in the bunkers and are like hitting off the cart path. The greens are in horrribllleeee shape. The fact that they used to play a pro tournament here is unreal. Will not be playing again. It’s a $20-$30 course.

I'm hoping it was due to recent rainy weather in the area, but the fairways were so long most of the time you couldn't tell if you were in the fairway or rough. Overall course management seems to have slipped, hoping it is better next time we visit.

Tee boxes were over grown had about 2 to 3 inches of grass also fairways were like hitting out of the rough the layout wasn't too bad. greens were hit and miss I don't think I'll be coming back such a beautiful place that needs some TLC!! This was the mtn course btw

They continue to struggle with the greens for whatever reason. I thought having champions Bermuda on the putting surfaces would be better this time of year. I know they had a bad infestation of poana but it has died off a couple months ago.

The tee boxes were shaggy with seed tassels growing on top and the fairways were also shaggy as well. We did not mind the fairways so much as the ball really sits up with the longer grass.

I definitely would recommend playing here if you can pick up a hot deal but cannot recommend it for $95 around with the conditions such as they are.

The pace of play was also excruciatingly slow. Living in this area we are limited by the amount of public courses where we can play. I've been playing Callaway gardens for over 20 years and I absolutely love the challenging layout. I just hope they can get their turf Care figured out and it can return to the days of yesterday.

Course was an overall pretty good condition, although the greens needed to be Mowed , so that your drive would roll out a little further, and you wouldn’t catch a flier lie

Great course, always love playing here. Greens were in rough shape and could use a bit of work but always pleasant to play

Really enjoyed the ability to hit quality iron shots from the fairways !!