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Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
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Pace
4.0
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4.5
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Course Highlights
The challenging layout stretching over 6,400 yards consistently earns high praise, with well-maintained fairways, tees, and bunkers impressing regular visitors. Friendly and professional staff combined with strong value for the green fees make this course a worthwhile destination from the Charlotte area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Parkland
Par 72
Length 6950 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.1

The 18-hole Deer Brook Golf Club in Shelby, North Carolina is a public golf course that opened in 1999. Designed by Brian Lussier and Rick Robbins, Deer Brook Golf Club features four sets of tees for different skill levels. The greens are bentgrass and the fairways are bermuda. Deer Brook is located in the rolling piedmont of Shelby, North Carolina in the southwestern portion of the state, nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Shelby is the gateway between Asheville and Charlotte and centered between two of the largest metropolitan areas of the Carolinas: Charlotte and Greenville/Spartanburg.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Architect Rick Robbins (1999) Brian Lussier (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in North Carolina (2015 #11)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Value Courses in the U.S. (2015 #15)
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4.4
202 Reviews (202)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Brunch 6
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 23
Bunkers 22
Elevation Changes 17
This course/club is great for:
Locals 24
Advanced Golfers 22
A Weekend Splurge 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 31
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Greens are under construction so they were like hardwood floor. Fairways made up for its part. Hospitality and the food were spectacular!!!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

The greens are dead

They just sprayed and killed the greens in preparation for new greens. The are playable and fast. The rest of the course is in perfect condition

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 176
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
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Previously Played

Needs some TLC

The course needs a lot of watering in the fairways and tees. Sand traps were in excellent condition with soft, deep rake sand. The greens were cut so short that if the putt did not go in the hole, the ball would roll off the green. It was like putting on a pool table! The greens were so hard that they did not hold the approach shot.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Stay away until August

This course typically has great maintenance with really good greens but they are letting them die to resurface....wish I would have known before driving 65 mins. Greens were crusty, mostly dead and extremely hard with most shots running over the back of the green. Other areas like fairways needed mown. Definitely the worst condition I ever seen for this track. Course will reopen in August after new greens come in.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Mot what it used to be

Course is nice. Bought a token for range balls but machine was empty so I had to go back to clubhouse for a refund. Course used to be really nice but the greens are really beat up with some and lumpy. They are bent grass and should be in top condition in April .

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 176
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Challenging course

Fairways and roughs in good condition. Sand traps were somewhat compacted, but did not affect the shot. Greens were medium to fast speed, rolled true, held most approach shots. All greens had numerous non repaired ball marks.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 226
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

Snuck off work early on a Friday afternoon to get a round in before my wife got home from an out of town trip. I have played Deer Brook alot of the years and it is always in pretty good shape, and fun to play. As I have gotten older and do not hit it as far, I have come to realize how long it is from the white tee. It plays almost 6400 yards from the white tees and alot of the par 4s are 380 or more and the par 5s are over 500 yards. That makes it a very difficult course for me. However, the layout is great, there is plenty of room to hit your ball, its not a tight course. The fairways, tees, and rough were just starting to green up. The greens were in pretty good shape, really firm and fast and only a few bad looking spots off the the sides of some of them. They are closing for a couple months this summer to redo their greens and transition them from bent grass to bermuda grass greens. Not sure exactly when that closure will take place.

1 is a shorter par 4, for Deer Brook, downhill on your approach. One of the easier holes.

2 is a longer par 5, moving right, pretty open, but the green is pretty shallow and you cannot go long. (long is bad pretty much everywhere here)

3 is a steep downhill par 3. Plays 15 yards shorter than the yardage

4 is a long uphill par 4. A tree blocks the left side of the green on your approach.

5 is a long downhill par 4. Unlike most greens, this one runs away from you.

6 is a medium length par 3, you absolutely cannot be above the pin. You are better off chipping up than putting down. The day I played they had the tee markers moved up 30 yards from normal. So I had never hit the shot from there. I hit a pitching wedge thinking no way it would go above the pin, but it did and I putted it off the green.

7 is a shorter par 4, but you have to hit your tee shot over a waste/canyon area. It looks tight, but opens up once you get it to the fairway.

8 is a long dogleg left par 5. Again, do not be above the pin.

9 is a par 4, you cannot see the green or the pond around it from the tee.

10 is a long uphill par 5 and is a tighter hole. Fairway opens up to the right on your second shot, and you need to be there for the best angle for your approach to a tricky green.

11 is a long par 4. Watch out for the punch bowl in the green

12 is a medium length par 3

13 is a long par 4, with an elevated green

14 is a longer par 3 depending on where the tee is, and is almost all carry over a pond.

15 is a shorter par 4 but a weird angle from the tee to the fairway makes it deceiving.

16 is a long downhill par 4 that is mostly blind. Keep your drive to the left. Right is blocked out. The approach is over a small creek bed to a flatter green.

17 is a tough par 5. Long, hit two good shots as far as you can hit them. Then take on the pond that has been on your right for your 3rd shot at the green. Dont go long or above the pin.

18 is a long hard par 4. Have to hit a good tee shot to get on or near the green in 2. If you dont, you will be laying up. A pond protects the green short and left, and you cannot go by the pin.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course

First time to Deer Brook and we enjoyed the course a lot, definitely would like to play here at least once a month since we are far away. Otherwise, will play here almost every week

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 92
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome but disappointing

Greens had a lot of bad spots to put through and most bunkers were mostly Red Dirt not sand

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 87
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

I will go back..

Nice course, great conditions and very pleasant layout. Sure, we can wait to see how it looks in few weeks. It was a slow round... but still recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

What a great day of golf at Deerbrook. !

The weather was perfect and except for windy conditions the day of golf was perfect. I played well and enjoyed the challenge of tricky greens . Well done Deerbrook !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Deer Brook, Shelby, NC

Very nice course and a friendly staff. We played in the dead of winter.But it was a warm day.And of course, was still in good condition. Most of the fairway grass is dormant, but the greens are nice and putted well. I played discourse many times and never been disappointed. Even when it's crowded to pace, a play is always acceptable. Most on the golfers there are not first time golfers and they move at a nice pace

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Fix the greens or lower the prices.

I decided to give Deerbrook another try since I had heard the greens were "better."

I'll be back when they put in the new greens but not before then unless there's just nowhere else to play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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