Black Bear Golf Club

Pace of play was slow due to folks in front of us. At one point we were told we would be moved up because there was a gap in front of us but when we went to the next hole there were people there. The carts carts were also programmed to be extremely slow and were not helpful, especially on hills going up.

But overall it was a beautiful course to play on. I would go back. Hopefully the carts are a little quicker and pace of play is a little better.

Nice experience as always, fun course. Hitting off grass range and adding GPS to the carts would make the experience better. The golf carts are unbearably slow - it makes sense to protect golfers and the business from accidents on hilly descents but getting smart carts that can be governed (slowed) only by geolocation would speed up the round. In 2025 it’s also expected that your beverage cart service is equipped to take tap to pay…

very good for me.and l will recommand to every person who want to enjoying golf play in beautiful place!!

Black Bear is a fun, challenging layout, and a great overall facility with a nice range and restaurant. On this day, we had Sam the starter who set a welcoming, positive tone . Trevor at the restaurant who was kind and attentive, and George the ranger with whom our group had THE most professional ranger conversation in my time playing golf. For once, a ranger correctly identified the source of a traffic jam ahead, addressed it, and took the extra step of coming back down the line to update each group to let us know what's up,. This majority-female group appreciated that, when other just see a woman duff one shot and yell at them. Some of them had negative experiences elsewhere, being targeted despite being on or ahead of pace, so this was very refreshing. Thank you.

…… but recent irrigation on the greens made every putt a complete adventure. Every putt including short ones all were very bumpy. Nice course and challenging.

I really do love this course, in the past I have complained about the bunkers being rocks and dirt, they’ve gotten better but they still need work. Greens are really nice and the tee boxes are in good shape for the most part. However, it’s not worth the $120 to play there. Especially when you can play Great Gorge for about $75-80. Again I really like this course and all the Crystal Springs courses but $120-140 seems steep for this place

The pace of play ruined the round, unfortunately. What was even more discouraging was the fact the rangers did not know how to improve the pace of play, even after speaking with us twice (as if we were the problem waiting on every tee box). It is very simple. You give one warning to the group(s) holding up play. If they don't improve after 2 holes you make them skip a hole (or 2). When playing premium prices, at a premium golf resort, you expect decent pace of play, or at the very least, for it to improve once the rangers recognize the issue. Very disappointing.

On top of that, there was no food available at the turn (10:30/11am). Pretty disappointing, again.

Golf carts seemed slow and struggled to get around the course especially when a hill was involved which happens quite often.

Pace of play on the front 9 was the worst and slowest I’ve ever experienced in my 20 years of golf.

Used to love coming up here to play several times a year. For whatever reason other than sheer greed, they went from $80-90 to $127. Absolutely disgusting. Its not a special course at all. Stop price gauging.