Black Bear Golf Club

i played yesterday aug.23rd friday
most of greens are worst than fairway.
i don't even want to pay no more than $15.00 incl. cart

Love the drops playing on a tight mountain course. Greens were slow most of the holes. Greens were either burned out or has disease because there were alot of brown spots. Course would of receive better rating if starter or staff mention about the greens before I tee off.

We left Black Bear golf course after only 3 holes. The green were very bad. It was like putting on the Jersey Shore beach. Nothing but sand. We went to Ballyowen and the course was in great shape there.

This course can seriously tinker with being a 4 or 5 star however greens were basically unacceptable. I am unsure if that was wy the golf deal was great, but I would have definitely asked for a refund if I paid the normal price.

guys/ladies.....do not play this course untill next spring. As a former greens keeper this is a botched aeration. I dont see how this greens keep isn't fire by now. Im hosting an outing here in October and there is no way these greens will heal in time. Save yourself 75$ and play somewhere else. Major dissappointment and a shame.

1 positive...customer service was excellent. Also, they gave me 40$ off for any future round there...why not 40$ off for this round?!

This course has a beautiful layout. The problem was that 10 out of the 18 greens were unplayable. Large patches of fine sand covered the small amount of grass that was still available and the machine used to aerate the surface made the greens impossible to putt. My complaints fell on deaf ears and no offer of a return greens fee or at least a discount was offered. I suggest you call first and ask about the course conditions before spending any hard earned cash at this course.

Black bear is a great course but unfortunately over half of the greens are totally unplayable with almost no grass on them. The course gave us a voucher for $40.00 off next round but they should tell people upfront about the greens. My advice is not to play there this year regardless of price. I hope they can fix their greens over the winter. When in good condition this is a course I highly recommend.

This course in the spring is nice. Come back in August and you will regret it. All the greens were absolutely terrible! 80% of every green was complete dirt and sand, ball marks, waste of time trying to putt on. Grass clippings all over the place, the fairway was more of a first cut and the rough was worse than a US Open course. How they can charge anything over $20 is beyond me. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND THE TRIP!

The course can be really nice but due to weather this year 8 or 10 greens are in terrible conditions. The discount rates make up for that but you can really putt on some of the greens

The coarse has nice views but the putting green was not maintained at all. There was no grass near the flag. The coarse should be definitely discounted.

I normally would not complain about a course that is a little out of shape, but Black Bears greens are so destroyed this course should be closed. The only warning we got was that the greens had been aerated. At least 1/2 of the greens were unplayable and have been destroyed. Literally dirt and sand with no grass. They offered a small discount because of the aeration. It was still a major rip-off as the course was unplayable. Black Bear was completely unprofessional on this one. Stay away from this course

STAY AWAY !!! 6-7 of the "greens" do not exist as a golf-able surface for any location on this planet including Siberia in winter. Hope Black Bear get this fixed because I have played there for the past 8 years and it's sad to see this happen.

Golf Now should have been notified and posted that approximately 15 greens are completely sand and burnt out.
Patrons should have been warned.
This course is very challenging and beautiful. However, the greens situation was very poor.

I did get a call after booking on Golfnow that the greens were aerated with the option to cancel. I chose to play, the greens were aerated, but about 7 of them had no grass on them at all.

all the way very bad green is bad too should be close and need maintained the course

I like the course seems like a great layout. On 8/12/13 when I played the Course MOST of the greens were awful something killed most of the grass and greens covered with sand and bouncy I'm sure they are trying to repair the damage but will probably take awhile curiosly the ones visible from clubhouse in good shape

Terrible greens condititions comprised of a mix of sand and tufts of grsss. Notifying players before they pay would be a good idea.

horrible green were loaded with sand should not have been open

The overall course was in great shape, but the greens were being aerated and were in horrible condition. As one employee put it 'I'd say 1/3 are absolutely horrible, and I wouldn't call them greens. the other 2/3 are playable'. I can not emphasize how bad they were. The overall course was nice, but I wont play again for a few years there until the greens come back.

Positives: Secluded feeling once you pull in off of Rt. 23. Friendly staff, nice pro shop, cool little wood burning BBQ at the turn, driving range ($5 for about 30 balls) although hitting off a mat, course layout is great. We played from the blues - white tees may be too short a course for some. Fairways and tee boxes, although not cut, were in good shape. On-course beverage cart was well stocked and always near-by.

Negatives: Greens, unfortunately due to the recent heat wave, are pretty much non-existent. Some of the greens right now are essentially just sand. All of them are aerated. There are a few greens that are somewhat putt-able. To their credit, they only charged us $42 per person with cart on a Saturday at 2:30. It was cart-path only, and this is by far the worse course I've ever had to play on with this rule enforced. If you're in the right rough and the cart path goes left along the fairway, you may have a LONG walk to your ball. I would not play it again under those conditions given the opportunity to get a refund. $9 for a small burger and $3 for a bottle of water. Felt that was a bit over-priced.

I would give Black Bear a 4 or 5 star rating once they get their greens back and I get a chance to play when a cart-path only rule is not in effect. The layout of the course is really fun. Just tight enough to be challenging, but not too much so to make it a long day for average golfers. Greens could also be spectacular.