Winding Creek Golf Club

Had an 11:02 tee time and teed of at 11:35. Pace of of play was terrible. Layout of course wasn’t great. Tee boxes were dirt. Just overall not a good course. May have been better if greens weren’t aerated either.

I played on a Saturday on a beautiful and warm late autumn day. Clubhouse staff were very friendly and informative, and the greens fees included a small, helpful booklet with the course layout and a short but well-written summary of each hole. It had the best yardage layout I have ever seen - no GPS needed!

I am glad that I had something to read, because the pace of play was VERY SLOW today and I wonder if they normally have rangers/marshals on the weekend but did not have them given how late in the year I was playing. It definitely would have helped.

The course is interesting and a bit odd, with two blind tee shots on the 1st 2 holes. And the 6th has a blind approach shot! The opening and parallel finishing fairways are very wide and have a links-type feel, with multiple dry bunkers. There is indeed a winding creek that plays nicely into several holes, but the creek itself needed some attention - there were lots of plastic bags, bottles, and other junk up and down the banks, and I even saw a plastic security tag (the kinds that are attached to expensive clothes at the department stores) stuck in the bank at one of the river crossings. To be fair, we've have some significant flooding with the fall storms, and I am sure that this played a part. But the creek, which should have been a striking feature and focal point for this course, was more of wobegone eyesore. If cleaned up, it would be very nice.

This course has lots of sloping fairways and the greens were in fantastic condition.

There is plenty of variety and some very fun par 3s (elevation change on the 8th and a lake carry on 16th). There is a gigantic broadcast/cell phone tower that dominates the views back towards the clubhouse, but there are plenty of vistas that do not include it. One side of the course runs parallel to the interstate, but aside from that, it is quite quiet. The biggest problem was clearly the pace of play It did not seem worth the 30 minute drive to Thomasville. Perhaps it would have been more fun during the week, with a brisker pace of play. The pace did pick up at the turn as one of the groups ahead only played 9 holes. I did not see any rangers but since the 10th tee was open, I kept moving. I did not use the clubhouse, but it seemed clean, and the pro shop looked well stocked. And the booklet they provided was very thoughtful and well put together.

What can I say? This course is crazy with all the blind shots, undulating up and down, side to side fairways. Undulating greens as well! 1st time playing makes it a guessing game to hit it in the right spot. The tee boxes are great, with plenty of grass, the fairways are mostly narrow, but well seeded, the rough was not too thick, and the greens were perfect, but hard to read, and small mostly. There are some excellent scenic views here , as well as some weird ones with giant phone towers and fences. No houses on the course is nice. I couldn't get over the layout and sometimes it was hard to tell where to go to find the next tee box. Also, on some holes, you are hitting your second shot right toward or over a tee box to the green. Just plain confusing is what it is. Enjoyedbour round and I recommend playing at least once for the views and craziness.

One of the best public golf courses in the area. Great fairway grass and smooth greens you get rewarded a lot of times if you stay in the fairway.

Overall in good condition. Lots of blind tee shots for the first time played. Staff was great.

course in great shape, fairways nice, greens even nicer

15+ people waiting at the 1st tee during my tee time. Extremely unorganized.