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4.1
247 Reviews (247)
5 Stars
69
4 Stars
115
3 Stars
43
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.5
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.0
94.0%
Recommend this course
220 out of 247 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.3
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.5
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
8 out of 8 reviews
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4.3
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.6
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
Recommend this course
21 out of 21 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6391 yards
Slope 131
Rating 71.1
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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Greens Champion Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks
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4.1
247 Reviews (247)
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Reviews 117
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Surprised

I was surprised to see the course in such good shape. They have stepped up their game. The carts are new quick comfortable and have the best navigation system I’ve seen on a golf course. It almost felt like a video game when showing the greens. Great job guys I’ll definitely be back and with friends.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Played this course on 5/26/2023

Course was in better shape than when I played it previously (April 2023). Greens were great and fairways were mowed and in good shape as well. It’s a half hour drive from my house but I will continue to play here once a month because I like the challenge of playing this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fun times at the river!

Tricky little course. Challenging. Last two holes will kick your but if you’re not ready for them. Great overall value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Layout

3 star rating vs 4 or 5 due to tee boxes in poor condition. At least put a nice mat out if you’re down to bare dirt or hardly, hardly any grass. Couldn’t put my tee in also cause it was like concrete. 7th hole short par 4 was a joke!! My tee shot I used 3 iron. Didn’t hit it well but it was straight. At like 288 my ball was 15 yards from the green! My chip shot I duffed but it dwindled on the green and then rolled, and rolled off the green down the embankment 35 yards down. Crazy hole!! Fix the tee boxes. Par 3 8th the back tees are in playable!! Later…..

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 410
Handicap 10-14
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor

Fun Layout

Front and Back 9's are completely different. Front old school/Back longer more traditional. Greens were good but very grainy. Fairways pretty good for this time of year. Need more sand in the traps.

New carts with GPS are awesome.

Place is going in the right direction.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Surprise course

I was thinking just other course but it was very interesting course.

Difficult is there, green good,, and last tee box need to improvement very much.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bring your canoe

Unfortunately, we played after a substantial rain weekend before and this course was like playing in a swamp.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not bad for the money

New carts were nice and you could see where they are trying to patch up bare spots and they recently installed what appears to be a new irrigation system. Overall. course wasn't bad, tee boxes need attention as most were not level and beat up a bit. Green side bunkers are in need of more sand, also many smaller rocks in these bunkers so be cautious. Greens were fairly fast and they placed the pins on various contours so putting was a little challenging.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
First Time Playing

GPS carts sound great, but…

The course was not bad, looks like they have been working to make it a nice place. Cost was reasonable for a Friday. If the story included the course and the people, I’m pretty sure I’d return. But, they decided to take a shot with new GPS “assisted” carts. I thought it sounded pretty cool when I heard, but that enthusiasm was short lived. GPS carts are great if you can pull up to your ball and know what you have to the pin, but only if you can pull up to your ball. We quickly discovered these robo-carts are a bit more intrusive. I hit an ok drive about 20 yards off the cart path. 90 degree rule was in effect, so we drove to the ball and went right. Maybe 15 yards in, the cart started belting out the reverse tone and the GPS screen flash something like, you are in an unauthorized area, reverse to an authorized area, then just stopped. No warning, no visual indicators and we we’re stopped. Without an option, we reversed to the cart path walked to the ball and hit the next shot. After we went through the same cart ballet several times on the first three holes, I noticed that the GPS is also kind enough to share our pace of play. We were 3 in and already 17 min behind what they dictated as the correct pace in spite of the fact we were waiting on the group ahead. I play golf to get away and enjoy an afternoon outside with friends, not to have a poorly designed app dictate what I can do and the time in which I can do it, I call that the office. At the end of this miserable round, skynet informed me I was 177 minutes behind it’s desired pace of play. Our round was a tick over 4 hours, so the insanity is evident. If I hear the carts are just giving me yardage, I’d consider returning. Otherwise, I won’t return to this or any course that employs this terrible technology. It’s an embarrassing attempt to save a few bucks on course maintenance and browbeat the paying customers to go faster even if they were On track for 2.5 hours.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Steer Clear if you're a single

Got to the course and went off the front nine without a hitch. Was playing as a single riding so played the front nine in about 90 minutes. Then I make the turn and they're letting threesomes go off on number 10. Just no flow to the round and I called the clubhouse to ask about this and they were not helpful. Ended up leaving after 9 holes, as I wasn't going to deal with waiting on every shot on the back 9. Such a shame as I wanted to like this course.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 59
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 410
Handicap 10-14
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor

Good Winter Conditions

The greens were very spongy, grainy, the fairways (dormant) surprisingly good for this time of year. Quirky front nine layout, solid back nine layout. Will be back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice find in the country

The best part of this course is the layout. Beautiful wooded layout, nice elevations. Greens are in good shape. Biggest fault is several tee boxes are just dirt. Needs food and beverage improvements. Otherwise very nice.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Interesting place to play

Nice drive out into the country, the holes are interesting and the greens have pace which is nice for country course, There are some surprises in terms of tricky shots and decision making.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

online tee times booking

Love everything here except for the fact you can't book a 2 some in late afternoon on golf now. i have gone elsewhere a few times for this reason. I understand you don't want 2 somes in the morning or early afternoon but after 2 pm I would think be ok. Please consider changing this. I love coming there!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Goat Track

Awful course. Rare river views as advertised Limited grass in the fairways. You can hit a a perfect Tee shot and the ball will roll into the woods. The entire course is ‘Hard pan’. Tee boxes = no grass and impossible to put your tee into the ground. I don’t care how cheap it is, don’t do it. I’ve seen dog tracks nicer than this place.

Staff was amazing!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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