Lake at Carolina Trace Country Club

This is a very nice golf course I would recommend playing here. They have 2 courses did not play the other course so I can not speak on that course. Over all a great experience.

The course was amazing and played very well. We tried to get food at the turn and they didn't have anything. Additionally, the staff did little to try to provide food for us and were honestly rude about the situation. Otherwise, it was a fun round.

Has a great time. Course was more challenging than expected. Did score my best round but had a great time. Great greens and fairways.

First review I’ve ever given on a golf course and sadly it’s not about the course itself. I arrived 10 minutes before my tee time and looked around the parking lot and it was basically empty. I just came from another golf course and was wanting to try this one on my way home but was famished and it was 90° with 80% humidity so I wanted to sit down and have a bite to eat and get some water in me.

I asked the attendant in the pro shop if it be all right if I waited about 30 minutes to tee off and he looked at his tee sheet and said no sorry, you’ll need to play at your tee time. He said we have some hotdogs though. I am dumb so I ate the grey meat sitting in luke warm water cause I was starving.

Needless to say I got sick for the disgusting mystery meat and left after nine holes to go throw up next to my truck.

I’ve gotten sick from eating stuff I shouldn’t eat before, so it’s my fault in the end. However, what really aggravated me was I only encountered one group in the first nine holes and when I got to the pro shop to drop off my golf cart there literally wasn’t another car in the parking lot than when I arrived.

Nice course, couple dynamic holes, unsubstantiatedly uppity staff.

Always enjoy the Lake course although I rarely play well there. (Who put those bunkers in my way?!).

While the course is awesome, the resident/members can be rude…at least one of them. After teeing off at our appointed 11:48, an elderly single caught up to us on the first green. He hit his approach shot before we were off the green. Of course, he duffed it…but still. He caught us again as we finished #2 so after hitting our tee shots on #3 we scooted into the trees and as he came by we told him to go ahead. He pointed his scrawney finger at me and said “You aren’t supposed to jump ahead of your tee time. I had a 12:00 tee time and you jumped in front of me!” I said “We had an 11:48 tee time and that’s before your 12:00 tee time!” I told him to play thru to which he said, again wagging his boney finger at me, “You will stay right there until I am completely finished with this hole!” At that I drove on out toward my ball as I called the pro shop and complained about one of their psycho resident/members! He played thru but I so desperately wanted to hit on top of him (or just hit him, period!).

Oher than the jerk, the course is in great shape. Worth the drive from Pinehurst if vacationing there as we are.

This was my second time playing. We played about 5 weeks ago early on a Saturday morning, and play was smooth and fun. We played this past Sunday with a 12:30 tee time and the pace of play was horrendous. It was smooth on the first 7 holes but on 10, we were waiting 10 minutes just to get to the tee box. every hole was the same. There were two groups stacked up behind us, and we were stuck behind 4 groups. No course ranger to get things moving. People started jumping holes to try and get done. If we had not done the same, it would have taken about 5 hours to play 18 with two people. It is an hour drive from Raleigh to this course and at that price, I would expect a bit more order. I doubt if I will travel that far to play again after this experience.. S

The carts where running on gas, but overall a good course to play.

Staff was super friendly - my top weighted criteria btw. Beautiful course, major elevation changes, especially on par 3’s.

A couple of them signature holes, but a couple of them identical holes as well. Par 5s are best holes on the course, risk reward on every second shot. The par 4s skew a tad too short, but accuracy a premium regardless. Would give 4.5 overall for value. We played it for $52 and literally (literally) had the entire course to ourselves. It was hotAF and the membership skews senior, we only saw our first other golfer on the 18th hole. Pro shop said it’s most often like that on hot summer pm’s.

Awesome friendly staff! Really made me feel welcome. I played during the hot part of the day and there was almost no one on the course, so pace was exactly what I wanted - I played in under 3 hours. The Lake course layout is fabulous, and the par 3's are totally awesome. A little lengthy but so beautiful. Greens were in great shape. I'd play there again in a heartbeat.