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3.9
236 Reviews (236)
5 Stars
75
4 Stars
112
3 Stars
30
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
9
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.4
79.3%
Recommend this course
202 out of 236 reviews
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3.6
7 Reviews (7)
5 Stars
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1
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.3
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
3.9
71.4%
Recommend this course
5 out of 7 reviews
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3.8
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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3
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.0
71.4%
Recommend this course
15 out of 21 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout rewards solid ball-striking with well-maintained fairways that consistently deliver great lies. Welcoming staff and smooth pace of play make this an outstanding value just outside Wake County.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6573 yards
Slope 132
Rating 71.9
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Course Details

Year Built 1936
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ellis Maples Ed Seay (1967)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire. Collared Shirts & No Jeans.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming

Available Sports

Tennis

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Reviews

3.9
236 Reviews (236)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 14
Undulating Greens 14
Narrow Fairways 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 19
Advanced Golfers 14
Seniors 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 18
Convenient to the City 7
In the 'Burbs 7

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging but nice for the money

Played by myself on a weekday no one out there hardly but a few members. Carts paths and carts were a kinda worn but course was in great shape. Hot deal on a weekday great course for what I paid.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course!

The course was in great shape and everyone I dealt with was very helpful and friendly. Definitely recommend you play here! Fairly challenging course from the back tees and a good variety of layouts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Really Disappointed

i am new to area and played this course 3 weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised other than the greens were punched recently but almost healed. i decided to give it another try thinking the greens would be 100%. NO! i find they have verticut the greens and sanded them. it was horrible.i really think green fees should be reduced or golfers should be notified when making tee times about subpar course conditions.....not only that, the course is poorly staffed and managed. i played behind a slow fivesome all day and at the turn it got worse. for whatever reason there were 3 groups waiting to tee off. made for a long day. i complained to the staff but got little response. its a good course with great potential but dissappointed so far. too many nicer courses in the area to worry about it.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course always decent, but greens a bit sandy

I've played the Country Club a dozen times or so as it's the nearest to my residence and nice course to play both in difficulty and it's general upkeep. They had however, recently sanded the greens, not necessarily plugged them, but sanded them quite heavily. I know this process needs to take place as a means of managing the course, but I've seen others take care of the process with a much less intrusive manner. Though putts where rolling true, there were times I would putt and sand would be spraying up behind the ball, in the same manner that water would spray up if the greens were soggy and wet. Also, due to this maintenance, the back 9 was completely closed, leaving us to play 18 via the front 9 twice. That was faily disappointing, but I do know that maintenance takes preference over getting a full round in. The course is nice and it is challenging, as it always the case, today just happened to be a maintenance period where only one set of 9 was open and the work on the greens left them excessively sandy.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Review

Very nice, but hard course, at a fair price. Yardage markers could have been more plentiful. Very nice greens, but the undulation for a first time player, was quite a challenge. I'd go back. Thanks----- Brent Saunders

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

nice course

staff not very friendly. played alone but made me wait and start behind a member group of 12. played slow all day. greens recently punched but still in good shape.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course with very nice fairways and greens

Very good course, the best band for you buck around Johnson County.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course, nice people

When we got there, the man in the shop said that they were aerating the front 9 and We should've been notified by Golfnow but we weren't. (During play, I checked the app and it showed the symbol, but still no notification) He stated that we could play 9 holes or the back 9 twice, or he could fully refund our money. He was very accommodating. We decided to play the back 9 twice. It was a challenging yet fun course for us beginners. The course was nice and well kept. Also, not only the staff were nice, but other fellow golfers were probably the nicest we've ran into since playing. I would come back to this course again to play the whole course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

JGR

Surprised me. The coarse was in very good shape and for an early Saturday morning tee time the pace of play was great . Will play there again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were in Excellent shape!

$20 bucks for a round of golf on the weekend was awesome. We started around 12:20 and finished at 3:30.

Can't wait for the next Hot Deal!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not too bad

After we played front , I noticed a lot people were jumped on back 9. 6 ppl playing together, they were kinda pushed us. I didn't like it.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Old School Course, Fun

Due to the beautiful day, the course got overwhelmed by golfers. The management offered us buckets of balls to use while the tee-offs caught up.At the GolfNow rate of $19.00 including cart, it's no wonder. The course is classic and is very rural. The Bermuda greens are not back yet from the winter we had, but were fine, although devious by slopes that areoptically tough to see and read. Fairways were great to mediocre, sand traps have dense sand, not very deep, hard to blast. A lot of the course requires local knowledge. Doglegs and bends with patches of water to trap you are around as the course sits at the edge of Holt Lake. Beware, there are the classic 200-150-100-75-50 yd markers, but none to let you know how far out the dogleg is. All in all, I'll go back... it was a fun place to play, especially at the price. Oh, yes, parking is tight, I was on a piece of land on the street near the lapping of the lake. Pretty layout. I suspect in another month this will be a great play!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Top Notch

First off I played CCJC two days after a week of rain and te fairway was emasculate! I expecting the see holes closed and cart path only rules so to my surprise it was just amazing. Second I left my sunglasses on the cart when we left, I call 24hrs later when I remembered them and expected to hear "no one has turned in a pair of Oakleys" but instead they had them, wrote my name on them and kept them safe till I could get back out there a few days later! I planned on being back to play here anyway, but this may become my new "go to" place to play.

Conditions Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

The course was in good shape

Course was dry. The greens were fast. The grill was reasonably priced.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Bermuda greens! Enough said!

I'd have to say these are the best greens I've played on in the last 8 months! I've played a lot of courses and the bermuda greens were a welcome treat. The greens were in great shape and in summer condition; in the spring! The course was in great condition. There was nice sand in the traps, cart paths were well maintained and the tee boxes were good. The fairways were on the transition from winter to summer with some green. The holes were challenging. I believe this is a Ellis Maples design. The pro shop and club house facilities seemed a little run down, but it was a great golf experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

I'll be back.

This was my 1st time playing the course. Now that I have a feel for it, I know I can score a little better. The traps were great play and well placed. Don't go long when attacking the greens.
Staff was very friendly and welcoming.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I enjoy playing this course

I love this course, however sometimes pace of play can be slow.
I would recommend a starter and a ranger.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow

Course was in great condition and it was a beautiful day. I was with threesome and we played the front nine in 1 1/2 hrs. We caught a foursome at the turn and we finally skipped them on the 15th hole. It took us 2 1/2 hrs to play the back nine. Nobodies fault but the group that was in front of us.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent greens....

The course overall is a nice, easy round of golf...fun with doglegs going both ways. The greens overall were in really good shape. Only bad part (as of now, due to weather and grass type), the fairways were a little barren. They should grow in over the next couple of weeks.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Enjoyed the course layout. Even though the course is short of its lush season it was in pretty good shape. Greens were receptive. Fairways had little grass but it seemed like it would grow in nicely during the late spring. Will definitely come back in primetime season.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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