Blue Heron Pines Golf Club

I don’t know where to start this review because we had a generally unsatisfactory experience at BHP recently. What golfers are writing these glowing reviews? The 25 handicappers playing 5 hour rounds in front out your group? I understand that golf is popular, and courses are trying to maximize profits. But courses need to strike a balance between profits and what people are receiving in return. Too many tee boxes were in rough shape; there’s crabgrass in some spots and not enough grass in many areas; our cart was just beat to death; some fairways like 9 are just dead and are in desperate need of a re-do, and many cart paths are teeth-chattering. LOL and they moved our tee time without telling us because they scheduled a wedding next to the first tee. At least Gary, the bag drop veteran, is always great. The pro shop staff are never that friendly and the older guy picking the range (in a tee shirt, not in uniform) was less than friendly. These are top-down issues. I regularly see Jaws at a private club and he’s always pleasant. However, I’m not familiar with his leadership style. It does seem however that leadership at BHP is lacking because so many areas that are needed to deliver a good experience aren’t.

All of the staff are great especially Gary, Bruce, and Morgan! You can tell they are genuinely happy to be working there. Course is always in great condition. When every other course has doubled their prices, you can still manage to find a reasonably priced tee time at Blue Heron. Food is awesome & cheap too!

Favorite course I’ve played so far!

Played on 8/23, took almost 5 hours and it is way over priced. The course has a good layout but it is in poor condition. It looks nothing like the pictures you see. Staff was great but I can not believe other people say the course see is in excellent shape. That is not true.

Greens are awful

Don't play here July and August. They don't have the expertise or equipment to properly maintain the greens in the summer.

I don't usually write reviews but had to share my excellent experience at Blue Heron Pines. The starter, Ron, knew the course really well, we were not sure what tees to play from so he devised a plan for us where we could play the white tees but play from the yellow tees on 4 holes that he thought may have been out of our distance range and he was 100% correct, also told us that there was either water or OB on the right side of 15 of the holes, that alone kept us out of trouble and contributed to one of our best rounds this year. The group behind us was listening to him and I noticed they also asked advice. This was over and above what we are used to, I hope he gets to read this.

The course is a solid track with challenges for all skill level plus fun holes for everyone to try and go low on. Staff is AWESOME and friendly. Great bar and locker room. Very clean. Pace was slow on the front 9, but it was a holiday weekend.

Had some rain night before so cart path only. We had 2 players and the old timers in front were brutal, picking balls out of water/woods. Ignorant backing up course and never once offered for a faster paced 2 some to olay through. They finally quit around 14 because of so much walking I guess. Really no need to have cart path only but I go with the flow. Was almost a 5 hour round because we caught up to another 4some on 16 and they were on slower side also but too late to play through I guess. Was playing nicely until we had no momentum and had to wait up to 10 minutes between shots. I actually screamed up on a par 3 if it was ok now for us to tee off because they were dicking around (all 4) looking for balls in the water to save money I guess. I will play again eventually, but this left a bad taste for sure. Course was in ok condition, they dont seem likely they water course too often. Played it last year also and was a nice day, so 1 good /1 terrible experience. Best of 3 will decide if I go back again. 😁