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4.3
650 Reviews (650)
5 Stars
259
4 Stars
293
3 Stars
71
2 Stars
20
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
95.0%
Recommend this course
593 out of 650 reviews
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4.8
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
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0
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Conditions
4.8
Value
5.0
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.8
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 6 reviews
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4.5
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
95.5%
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21 out of 22 reviews
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Course Highlights
The 500 Club impresses with a well-balanced layout featuring challenging par 5s, creative par 3s, and excellent fairway and green conditions. Exceptionally friendly staff and smooth pace of play make every round a welcoming, memorable experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6821 yards
Slope 135
Rating 72.9

The 500 Club (formerly known as Fox Den Country Club and Larkin Golf Club) is a premier entertainment destination for the Lake Norman region. This relaxed club with NASCAR roots provides a laid-back experience, quick pace of play, and plenty of entertainment to make it a destination. World-ranked Head Golf Professional and Assistant Professional offer private and group lessons and clinics. While the course is on the shorter side, the elevation changes and native grass areas make it challenging and strategic. Pace of play is the focus in every round so pick your tees by average driving distance, use the drop zones if needed, and play "Ready Golf" to keep your round moving. Starters, Rangers, and the Pro Shop staff will keep you well informed on any tips that might be useful for the day.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Bermuda
Golf Season Year round
Architect Clyde Johnston (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Golf attire welcome

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Sports

Table Tennis
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4.3
650 Reviews (650)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 11
Water Hazards 7
Forced Carries 6
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 6
Locals 6
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 9

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Played On
Reviews 1
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
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/10/2017:
"u1751680" thank you for the 5 star review! We love seeing that you had an excellent experience overall during your round with us. We look forward to seeing you in the future for more golf!
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

potential

the course has great potential and will be a top course when construction is complete. I will play again but will wait a year.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 04/05/2017:
Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your thoughts and look forward to seeing you in the near future for more rounds. Please come again soon!
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Certainly an unexpected surprise

We were a bit confused, when we got to the 3rd hole and experienced the dramatic elevation change. The feel of this course is one of a mountain venue. The greens were also recently aerated, so when the greens fully mature this monster of a course will definately be considered one of the nicest around. The community is still a work in progress, which means the course is still in the comstrucion phase. The is no number 10 hole, so this is only playing as a 17 hole par 66 course. Overall experience was a positive one, but there is an extreme amount of growing left for this course and I look forward to returning and see how much better the potential can be.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/04/2017:
We are happy to hear you enjoyed your round with us and that the course conditions were looking great! We are excited to have you back for another round in the near future. Thank you for your feedback!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Fun times at Larkin yesterday. Can't wait to come back and play the course in warmer weather. Nice layout, super friendly staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/04/2017:
We are excited to hear you had a fun time at our course! You are welcome anytime and we look forward to seeing you in the near future with some hopefully warmer weather! Thank you for your feedback!
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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Value

An excellent first impression is created when a cart is brought to your car and bag assistance rendered. Staff throughout the experience (including F&B) maintained a high standard of friendliness and service.

The course itself was somewhat less impressive but is still a solid layout that's just a bit "rough around the edges".

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 04/03/2017:
"u4268370" thank you for your feedback. We are excited to hear that you had an excellent first impression of our course and friendly staff which held throughout your round. We look forward to seeing you again soon for another round!
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Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Larkin aka Fox Den

greens were smooth but fast. we didnt know it was only 17 holes at the time til we paid and got a scorecard. #10 is gone temporarily due to construction and their driving range is gone...they have a small driving range but im assuming its for short irons only. #11, the par 5 is now a par 3...so the total was a par 66 for the course. we prob would not have played there until all the holes are open. which they said would be middle of summer. we will go play again this yr once the whole course is open. other than that it isnt a bad course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 03/27/2017:
Hey Chris, thank you for the valuable feedback and four star rating! We apologize for the construction and lack of course amenities during this time. We strive to improve our course everyday to enhance the experience we offer our golfers. We regret to hear the pace of play was also slow during your visit. We will look into the issue mentioned and relay that to our staff. We are glad the staff treated you well during your visit and you enjoyed the course conditions other than the construction. Thank you for stopping by Larkin Golf Club and have a great day!
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice but...

Course has a great layout greens are in great shape but there are several holes under construction which takes away from the beauty of the course. However the price made up for it and I had a great plain partner

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/13/2017:
We apologize for the course construction and any inconvenience that may have caused you. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the great course layout, greens and price. Please come again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens and weather were great!

Been playing this track since it opened. Haven't been back for couple of years because of all the building going on. Can;t believe they took out #10 and half of 11. Hope they get it back to normal soon. FYI- not a fan of the greeters . The 17 greens were rolling great!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/13/2017:
We regret to see that the pace of play was not ideal for your round. However, we are happy to hear that the course conditions and staff friendliness were great for your round! We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Response from on 03/01/2017:
Thank you for the 5 star review! We are glad to see you enjoyed your round with us. Please come again soon.
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Larkin

Good condition, 17 holes open. Fairways and grass brown form winter, ball sits up nicely. Greens in great condition. With abnormally warm winter temperatures any course wil be crowded and weekend also. Met a friendly threesome and joined up. Play this course 3-4 times a month. Staff always friendly and cart guys are to your vehicle to load you up. Understand that the closed 10th hole is to reopen early summer. A great course to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/22/2017:
We are glad to hear you enjoyed your round with us and that the course conditions were good. We hope to see you again soon for another round!
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Sunday and it drew out lots of people to play. That's a good thing, but the staff wasn't quite prepared for that and as a result they sent too many singles out earlier and ran out of carts for some of the afternoon teetimes. Because of the crowds pace of play was slow as expected. Beverage cart girl was friendly and covering the course well. Greens were nice. Fairways were very good for mid February. Overall a fun time but the pace of play did start to take its toll and we did not finish. A skilled and experienced Ranger probably could have helped some but bottom line when it's 75° in February there's not much you can do about the crowd. Stretching the teetimes to 12 or 14 minutes apart may have helped.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/22/2017:
We regret to hear that the pace of play was not ideal for your round. We will be sure to address it at the course and fix things accordingly. We are glad to hear you enjoyed your Sunday round with us! We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best 16.5 hole course around!

In all seriousness the course conditions are in excellent shape, but only having 16 full holes and a modified par 5 that has been chopped to a par 3 makes the total round less than 5 star. If you don't care about getting all 18 for your money, this is the course. I would recommend trading parking lot staff for a ranger to support a faster pace of play. This has always been my grip about the course, usually one group holding up the entire course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 02/22/2017:
We regret to hear that the course layout was not ideal for your round. We will be sure to address it at the course and fix things accordingly. We hope to see you again soon for another round!
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course layout

Always enjoy playing here. Staff is awesome. Conditions were good considering we just had over 4 inches of snow melt. Greens were in good shape and still rolled well. Would of gotten a 5 star rating but hole 10 is not playable due to housing construction. Hole 11 has been converted into a temporary par 3. I feel rated should be lowered just a bit due to that fact. But will definitely be back

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/15/2017:
Hey "Itzakeeper", thank you for the feedback. We are sorry to hear some of our hole conditions were not up to our usual standard. We want to give our golfers the best experience possible and hope that your next round with us will be much better. Have a great day!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

I have played Larkin for a while now. Great course, great conditions, etc

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 02/22/2017:
Thank you for your feedback! We are glad to hear you enjoy playing our course. We look forward to seeing you again soon for another round!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Greens were in Great Shape

Premium on hitting the fairway, although the rough wasn't very high it was difficult to play out of as it should be. The greens were some of the best i have played in this area. The only drawback, due to construction hole 10 is closed and hole 11 a par 5 being played as a par 3.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 10/18/2016:
Thank you for the 4 star rating! We hope to see you back again soon!
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

16. 5 out of 18 stars

Great course in very good condition. Only problem is it's currently only 16.5 holes. #10 is closed and #11 is a par 5 converted into a makeshift par 3. Sadly, it looks like it will be quite a while before it returns to a full 18.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Response from on 10/18/2016:
We appreciate you taking the time to write a review about your experience with us! Thank you very much for the 4 star rating!
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fantastic Course and a Great Rate

This is very nice course, good condition, friendly staff and very enjoyable day of golf

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 10/18/2016:
Thank you very much for the perfect, 5 star rating! Come back and see us again soon!
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Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rangers rude and course only as 17 holes because of construction.

My group ended up as a group of 5. There was no reason we could not play with 5 as we only saw one other group of players on the course and that was a twosome in front of us. The rangers (3 of them) ganged up on us on the second hole where we did all end up on the green. Par 3 hole. They then continued to check on us throughout he course. The rudeness was just in the way they talked to us. It was not necessary. All they needed to be worried about was speed of play, which was not an issue. Course only has 17 holes because of construction. Should have been noted when t-time was made.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/26/2016

u073753777 - We are very sorry to hear that we did not exceed your expectations this time. We would like to speak with you further offline. Please email us at LarkinGC@outlook.com

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

GKs review

This course could be outstanding beautiful layout and very testing wasn't told was only 17 holes really only 16 if you consider they had turned a par four into a par three also I booked a tee time on golf now when arrived was told there was a tournament going on and we would have to play behind them very slow greens were in terrible shape hadn't been cut very bumpy and oh so slow they even had grass growing up in them. Summary if they get their act together this could be a primo layout

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/12/2016

garyrkanipe1 - We apologize that you did not see that we are currently 17 holes. We have posted this message on our Booking Engine. We are sorry to hear that we did not exceed your expectations. We would like to speak with you further regarding your experience. please email us at LarkinGC@outlook.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

check before you commit to play

Course condition was very poor. Greens were soft and very bumpy. Bunkers need to be aerated or sand added. One could lose a ball in first cut (semi rough).

prior to playing staff did not advise that the 10th hole and half of 11th hole was not playable due to reconstruction - this also meant the driving range was also ripped up.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 09/08/2016

Agree with u342062739's comment. Played there Monday, September 5, 2016. Greens were bumpy and not good as they used to be. Also, course is now only 17 holes and no driving range with the 11th hole now converted to a step uphill 150-180 yard par 3. They are building houses on the old range and #10. SAD to see and to rub salt in the wound, still charging the regular rates for "16 1/2" holes. Best of luck Fox Den and thanks for the memories #anothercourseoffthelist #cltpublicgolfispoor

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Commented on 09/08/2016

u342062739 - We are sorry to hear that we did not exceed your expectations this time. We hope you will come back and give us another chance.

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