Emerald Lake Golf Club

First let me say I've been here several times. Most times it was a good experience. Today was different.

My twosome arrived to Hole 7 (par 3) and found a single waiting at the tee box and. Foursome on the green. There two holes ahead with no players.

Now my disappointment. I called the clubhouse to inform them of the slow play. They said they would send out a Marshall. One never came.

We teamed up with the single hoping it would help. We waited on every tee box the rest of the round. While waiting we noticed the foursome only had 3 bags. Two were sharing the same golf clubs.

By the time we were teeing off on 17 there were 6 groups on 15, 16 and 17.

All of this could have been fixed if a Marshall had come out and observed the slow group.

challenging course ,very demanding for amateur's. Loved the challenge good for my game.

First we were accused of skipping from hole 2 to hike 10 and had to show the score card to prove it and was asked in not a good manner. Then with three holes to go we kept gettin rushed because they were out of carts and we were in perfect pace of play and was rushed 3 times in 3 holes. Your trying to play golf and get constantly annoyed. It's not our fault they were out of carts.

Seemed to me that they overbooked and it was backed up on every tee box. Never once saw a marshal to help the pace of play move along. Course wasn't very pleasant either!!

This was my first time playing the course. Arriving into a lovely neighbourhood, my hopes were sky-high to see this course. I was checked in with warm friendliness in the pro shop, quite different to the frosty person I spoke with on the phone just that morning. The starter, again, was a quality guy and I was feeling great as my round was about to start. However, it all went downhill from there. The teeboxes and fairways were in poor condition, and the greens were atrocious. Yes I was warned they had just been aerated, but to pay $20 to play on the worst greens I have ever happened across is a travesty. Pace of play was terrible too, with the round taking 4.5 hours to play, with substantial waiting on almost every shot.

I would like to give this course another try once the greens are back to a better state, which I hope does happen. I just hope that I am not disappointed if and when I return.

Have played this course for 5 years. And each year it has gotten worse all around. This past experience was the tipping point. Tee boxes were awful, greens not up to par. When we made the turn there were three groups at the 10th hole they were sending off to start their round. Front nine took 1 hr 30 mins. Back nine almost 3 hours. Just awful.

Enjoyed the course. Came alone and was paired up with 2 other singles. Play was slow due to cart path only. Lots of rain recently, so my play was poor too. Course in good condition considering how wet and middle of winter. Greens roll true.

The course was wet so it was cart path only, which may have contributed to the slow play. Some holes - such as #9 - were so wet that balls in the fairway plugged too deep to find. Played lift, clean and place.

The greens are visually in very poor condition, but the speed of putts was surprisingly fast.

Staff very friendly course in good condition for December golf

Very slow round and never saw a ranger all afternoon. Local resident just walked on course with his 5 year old kid in front of us at the turn. No clue as to golf eitquette. Took 4 hours to play 12 holes on a Wedenesday. Left mid round and will not go back.

The grass was dormant but it still was a beautiful golf course. Would definitely return if in the area.

Course was a little wet in areas but the greens are in good shape....fast! Overall it's a good course with challenging holes.

Came out as a single but got paired up with a couple of guys that made the round very enjoyable. Got an amazing rate from Golf Now which was very NICE. As far as the course, I had played EL years ago and I remember the course being in a little better shape then. There were several spots under repair and the tee boxes need some definite work. I found the greens to be in pretty good shape - putts rolled consistently. Pace of play was excellent - played the round in 3:15. There is some challenge especially on the back 9, but it is not nearly as difficult as most of the courses in the area that I usually play. If you can get a hot deal from Golf Now, then it is certainly worth a go.

Good course, good condition, kinda slower play, but it was a beautiful day in mid November. Only thing this course needs is to work on their greens.

Several greens were in need of repair. Several holes are poorly designed (9,17 & 18) specifically. Grounds crew does not respect golfers on the course trying to play.

Last playef in late spring and early summer which were great, but this time around the greens were rock hard. No matter how good your approach chances were the ball was going through or coming off the front edge. Greens themselves were rough with lots of crab grass.
Fairways were good and tee boxes were so...so, some again rock hard.
Pace of play was slow.
Always enjoyed playing the course in the past, not so much this time

I've played Emerald Lake a number of times and really liked it, but this time around, I could tell that some work is being done to maintain it. First, it's obvious that some of the greens are starting to develop minor spouts crab grass. However, I could also tell that the groundskeeping staff had trimmed the greens short enough that the crab grass is not hindering the conditions on the greens. Indeed, I can confirm that my putts still rolled on the green without any issues. Repeat- there were NO ISSUES PUTTING. Other than being able to see the crab grass, the greens were in great shape for rolling the putts. On some greens, there were a series of 5-6 square patches along the endge of the greens about 4x4 inches in size that are filled with sand. I'm assuming that they parts are being removed so that they can be used as patch jobs for other locations, but I'm not sure. My approach shots to the green didn't hit these squares, but others may not be as lucky. My biggest complaint this time around was the bunkers. Most of them are not filled with the light, fluffy sand like the one on the back side of 18. Rather, they are filled with the red, claylike sand. Again, I could tell that the groundskeeping staff did their best to rake them and make them look as good as possible, but the sand was so compacted that hitting the shots out of the bunkers was more like hitting a short pitch shot rather than a traditional bunker shot. I still think Emerald Lake is one of the better public courses in the Charlotte area in terms of design, course condition, and value for he money. I will certainly go back in a few weeks. Hopefully, the minor issues will have been corrected by then.

Play on Oct.7 at 2:00 course was in good shape after the rain. Some of the greens still in ruff shape from the summer. Play was a little slow from to many singles . to bad no beverage cart again.

Very nice golf course, Some nice scenic holes, beautiful homes around the course and in pretty good shape. The greens had some issues but, otherwise in good shape. We will play it again sometime, when we are back in Charlotte.

For the price the course wasn't bad but what was disappointing were the rock hard tee boxes and the greens were unplayable maybe the greens will be much better after aeration however there is no excuse for the tee boxes to be so hard that you can't place a tee in the ground to hit your driver. Not all holes were this way but there were enough for a player to become a bit frustrated.