About
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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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by shields95 on 08/31/2026
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Photo submitted by jaz4859 on 07/29/2025
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Photo submitted by u314163189135 on 08/08/2022
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Photo submitted by u000002801719 on 06/09/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161005018 on 11/11/2021
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Back 9 Fox Den loved the course. Photo submitted by Cameron5175 on 10/12/2013
Golfer Reviews
Par Excellance
Everything about the place was spot on!!! Great play. Course beautiful challenging but doable. Daughter hadn’t played in almost 10 years Did great! Thanxxxxx everyone.
Good value for the money
Another great round at Larkin. Staff is always friendly and the course layout makes you choose clubs wisely.
Best Course so far.
For a beginner, I've tried about 13 courses. This was one of the few that kept the course in pristine condition. Very challenging for a beginner, but pushes you to only get better.
Nice layout
Larkin has a very nice layout and so very challenging holes. They had punched agreeance probably a couple of weeks before which was a little bit of an issue. The real issue was charging $45 on a weekday with the greens not being totally ready. I won't go back there
1st time playing the course very entertaining layout. Definitely will be back. Not that big on amenities.
Bent greens, and green Bermuda fairways
Great course if you want to play piedmont golf, mountain golf and Florida golf all in one round. 6 hole of each will challenge your handicap.
Larkin
Course was in good shape. Several challenging holes but a great layout. I like the layout of both open holes and shot making holes. Could have better yardage markers especially on blind tee shot holes.
Nice track
Nice course in good condition overall. Greens rolled nice and were a manageable speed. Friendly staff. The course had a lot of variety in the different holes...water, various significant elevation changes, trees and open more links holes....fun.
Only downside.....being a walker....is that it was not walker friendly, winding through a development with significant distance between holes....riding is nice occasionally.
Worth a play, enjoy
First Time Leaving A Course Before The Round Ended
All I can say about this course is that I have NEVER left a course early for any reason. However, my dad and I turned the cart around and left after the 12th hole due to the pace of play being unbearable as wait times between swings (yes, swings) was almost 5-6 minutes.
To give my humble opinion some credibility, I play at least one new course every weekend for at least 10-11 months out of each year consistently and travel all over North and South Carolina. I will admit patience in all aspects of life, for me, is a bit of an ongoing work in progress but this waiting on the course would test even the most patient.
Our tee time was set for 11am and they did not get us started until about 12pm, with a caravan of groups waiting to tee off. As you can imagine with that type of start, the waiting time gradually built up. To add insult to injury, there was not ONE ranger seen during the entire time on the course!
I will never come back to this course, even if it wasn’t a 45 minute drive one way. I wish I could at least get my money back because I will never get my time back.
Good layout, wet day
Challenging layout.
Lots of rain the day before. Front 9 drains well, but some puddling on the back.
I don’t hit well from a wet fairway, so a little frustrating personally.
Astonishingly, they are still building houses here.
It’s hard to get past the lack of a full driving range, but it’s still a nice course to play.