Black Bear Golf Club

My friend and I played with another twosome and had a great time. The staff was very friendly and professional and the facilities were excellent. I have played here before, and they were just as nice as always.

The course layout can provide a decent challenge to any golfer and the rough is as overgrown as I've ever seen it!!! if your ball lands in there, it can easily add two or three strokes to your score, but the course does reward good shotmaking.

The round was a little slow, but the marshals did their best to keep everything moving, so we were happy. We'll definitely play there again.

One last thing: this course really isn't for beginners; one of the reasons our round was so slow.

The starter and course rangers could be more courteous

Very enjoyable round at Black Bear. Greens were smooth and perfect speed. A few areas on greens were repaired but very well done by maintenance crew! Some areas behind/around greens are being cleared of trees and bushes which helps keep ball in play and probably keeps greens more in the sun/healthy. Definitely Mo' fun to have a pitch rather than lost in the scrub....
Shot 33 on the back nine from blue tees. Didn't expect to play that well but great conditions helped the birdies roll in. Thanks Black Bear!

It took 3 hours to play 9 holes! This was by far the worst experience I have had at this course. Usually the pace of play is reasonable.

The course was in great shape, but many of the pin placements were ridiculous. This is not the US Open -- the pins should be located where the average golfer at least has a chance to make a putt. Also, the rough could be trimmer a little lower -- on several occasions it was difficult to find the ball when it sunk down, even close to the fairway.

First time playing here, with my Dad, on a holiday Monday. The fees + cart were $65/person, which I thought pretty good for a peak rate.

The course, at least that day, did penalize you quite a bit for being in the rough. It was deep and thick, only allowing for hack outs. Greens were a bit "patchy", but rolled fine.

The course offers a good variety of shot making, terrain, scenery and challenging greens. It is definitely not walkable. The back 9 does have several of the holes closer together, as another reviewer had mentioned.

For the extras, there was decent water, ball washers and beverage cart coverage throughout.

Staff was friendly and helpful.

Grass needs to be cut and make the pace of play quicker.

Played on Memorial Day with a good buddy and made an earlyish tee time at 7:30am. Got off on time. As a twosome we were waiting on most shots but not too long. The pace was good for a holiday...4.5hrs. Beautiful weather day. Course was a little tight for my errant drives. Fairways were true and well maintained. Same with greens (true rolls and well maintained)...albeit a little slower than a private club would keep their greens. The rough was very heavy. Lost at least a couple of balls to the high rough and searched for others that should have been easy to find but the rough grabbed it and snuck it under the turf. Played from the blues which was a nice length of 6300 yards or so. Nice looking track. a handful of sidehill lies made for a nice challenge...even in the fairways. But almost no brownout areas of the fairways or rough around the greens. A couple of traps were way too thin and needed sand. On balance...a very nice round and fun place to play for the price.

Good course conditions, good pace, deep rough. Not for beginners.

Friendly staff, driving range, up keep is very good considering the saturation problems course has ( do not recommend it after a rainy day, most holes are cart path only)
However like I said greens and tees are in good condition as well as fairways.
Love the fact that there are no condos on property, power lines distract the nature, but that's half bed.

I had overall very good experience

Was a little apprehensive before I played here, as 2 people we spoke to the day before while we were playing at Ballyowen didn't really have good things to say.

Seems like their distaste for this course was not really justified, as I thought it was decent. Greens were in good shape, fairways a little soggy in patches, but not terrible. Wasn't the most scenic of courses, and looked like they were doing some work in the surrounding areas, but the course itself was in good shape.

Fairly tight in areas, but not particularly difficult or challenging. Good for a day out with the buddies.

I came there as a single and it was cloudy so not many people showed up but starter let me wait around until a couple guys showed up to join. it turned out to be a wonderful day and had a great time. greens were a lil shaggy and a couple lil wet spots but other than that course was in great shape and i will definitely go back. 59 bucks for a round through golf now was a lil high but it was worth the price. shot 86 first time there so i was happy!!

You get stuck at each hole. The rangers do not do a good enough job on speeding up the pother players in front of you. I waited for at least 5-10 minutes on 16 out of the 18 holes.

We played on this course yesterday. They should have closed the course due to rain earlier in the morning and day before. Some of the fairways were totally drenched and we had to pick up balls and move along. I have played this course before and it usually is ok but doesn't drain fast after rains. Staff is generally ok. Starter was trying to be too professional and was little too serious but courteous.

Overall ok but they should have shut it due to heavy rains the day before and morning.

Nice place to play a little wet but overall nice would play again

We played the course a day after a couple of days of rain so the course was under water. The course is under renovation so be prepared for a ton of ground under repair. The par 5 sixth hole is especially bad. The greens were just aerated and are in rough shape as well.

The course was a mess, poor drainage, rocky bunkers airated greens. I wouldnt have minded it as much but I was not told of any of this beforehand and paid full price. Most muni courses are in far better shape than Black Bear.

Just back into golf after a long time away,heard this course was one of the top courses around this area.But was not impressed, it was very wet on over half the holes.It was a nice day and enjoyed the round but most likely would not go back.

Played Black Bear many times and still one of my favorite public courses. will be back again!

Course conditions not worth the price. Greens were uncut, bumpy & slow. Maybe later in season, with some improvements, would play again.