Foxfire GC
A view of a green flanked by bunkers at Foxfire Golf Club.
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4.0
378 Reviews (378)
5 Stars
97
4 Stars
150
3 Stars
62
2 Stars
43
1 Stars
26
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.0
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
85.0%
Recommend this course
279 out of 378 reviews
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4.1
8 Reviews (8)
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Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.5%
Recommend this course
7 out of 8 reviews
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4.2
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.8
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.6
88.0%
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22 out of 25 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7077 yards
Slope 147
Rating 74.0

Foxfire Golf Club boasts 36 holes of championship golf, the Foxfire Course and the Players Club Course. The Players Club was added in 1993.The layout is a deft combination of traditional American golf and traditional British links design that provides the perfect complement to the original. The golf course is the more challenging of the two, but not by much. The layout features narrow fairways lined with trees and water hazards on eight holes. There are three particularly tricky carries over water. Strategically placed bunkers and contoured mounding also treacherously lurk by the greensides. The par-4 16th hole is the course's signature. This demanding hole plays uphill through trees to a green that is guarded by five bunkers. The most memorable hole though, might be the par-5 eighth, which features the longest sand bunker in the Midwest.

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Course Details

Year Built 1993
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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4.0
378 Reviews (378)
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Reviews 4
Handicap 0-4
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3.0
Previously Played

Sad day

The players club is a true test, especially from the tips. Ive played this course for over 15 years and I’ve never seen it in worse shape than it was today. The layout is one of the best in central Ohio, but the course is very burnt out. The bunkers are all gone and haven’t been touched all year. The back 9 was better than the front. I really hope they get some additional help and bring it back to a similar condition that it once was.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great architecture, fair conditions

Course is very beautiful, a lot of fun holes to play. The only critique I have is that the fairways and greens are in rough shape and need taken care of more.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Fall from greatness

Players club USED to be a destination golf course for me

A place to go that was both breathtakingly beautiful with an

Enormously challenging layout. You go there when you were playing well to test your game on a REAL golf course.

No longer. Baked and dying fairways. Zero playable bunkers with several "signature" bunkers looking totally abandoned.

Real shame. The layout and green complexes were still top notch, Greens still quick and true although showing serious

Die back and pocked with many un repaired ball marks.

It was like seeing the beautiful girl you dated in school

Become wore out, banged up, Piece of What happened?

BTW shot an 80 so it wasn't a bad score that skewed my view. Just a fond memory now tainted by this new and harsh reality. So sad really. Cmon guys get it together and stop living off your past reputation which is quickly eroding like your bunkers.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

No upkeep of course

The fairways and the greens were in horrible condition. Obviously no watering as there was a lot of dead grass in the fairways and the greens was like putting on concrete.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Trash

The course is essentially abandoned. 90% of the bunkers have no sand, fairways are completely burnt out, greens are destroyed. Overall maintenance is almost nonexistent. Their tee sheet is also not connected to Golf Now so they will have no record of your tee time. It’s a shame because the layout of the track is pretty solid.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Now I won't go back

The Players Club was once one of the better public courses in the Greater Columbus Area and now I won't go back.

I don't like to be rude in my reviews, but honest. The fairways were burnt up across the entire course and the greens were very inconsistent. Golf Cart path was super rough and needs tons of repairs. The pace of play . was also miserable, 6 hr round. I know playing @ 9a on a Saturday will be slow, but not 6 hrs slow.

Sorry mgmt, but you lost a customer. Best of luck

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Players Course HARD

Worth playing. White tees are the regular tees and is what I recommend playing unless you hit 290 drives.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love the course. Not in good shape

I personally love the layout of the course. But lots of dead spots in fairways rough and green.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

Bad Mgmt

Completely unorganized and they way over book the course to the point where they had to refund customers because they couldn't get then out on the course. Very poor customer service. Course appeared to be in decent shape. Will not be returning. Definitely not a place to ever bring clients.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

What the Heck Happened?

Man this used to be one of the premier bent grass courses to play but I’d be hard pressed to play it again. Guy in pro shop debated whether we. Plus play or not because GolfNow sold us a tee time that doesn’t exist. Then he said no starter out there so try to work yourselves in.

Course conditions were terrible. Not one bunker, fairway or green side was cut playable. Not because of all the rain we’ve had here recently but because it’s obvious they don’t maintain them at all. Weeds growing in them, no sand just awful. The greens were terrible too. Bumpy, slow and just not in good shape.

At least the girl in the halfway house and the beverage cart girl were friendly.

We teed off at 7am which there can’t be too many people out in front of us but the pace didn’t get us finished until almost noon.

My suggestion is go back to charging $50-60 per round and not $35. Put then extra $15 into your maintenance budget and bring that course back to life. People will pay the extra just to have great playing conditions. Just ask a place like Bent Tree

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Some Great Features and Challenges

Played a round today (June) with a foursome of other guys with similar playing experience. Have played this course before but not for three years or so. Layout and design was nice. This course felt like it played long to me though it’s not that long on the scorecard. Many shots took more than one shot to get within 150 yard range. The fairways were nicely cut and taken care of. The greens were mostly smooth, pretty fast, and rolled true. The TPC course offers more undulations in the greens in my opinion.

The one area for improvement is the sand bunkers. They were in strategic locations but they need sand added to them as they were often hard, dry, and rocky. We’ve had a lot of rain in the area this year, so I can’t super fault the course for the shape of the bunkers.

Pace was good for a public course Sunday round.

Overall a good experience and we’d play again here if the Hot Deal is right!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout?

Traps are terrible. Weeds and grass growing in the traps. Running out of money. Needs upgraded .

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great fathers day

I always love playing this course, green are true, 14 15,16 are the beautifullest holes to play .the staff was great , just a great place to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Shame

It’s a shame that the course has gotten to this point the other reviews are spot on the greens need work the sand traps need sand and weeds removed and so on hopefully they will put some money into the course I hear the 2nd course has been sold for homes so who knows. From what I’m told this course use to be the best around hopefully it gets there again

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Greens were in rough shape. Putts would zig zag. Great layout, just not in good shape. Got stuck behind a golf outing, decided to go home after 4 hours and making it only 12 holes.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

The Players Club

I came away a little disappointed after playing here. It’s got a incredibly friendly staff from the clubhouse to the rangers. Unfortunately, the condition of the course leaves a lot to be desired. The layout of the course is outstanding, but the overall condition is poor to fair at best. The bunkers might be the worst I’ve ever seen and are unplayable. The greens are chewed up and not very well maintained. The fairways are in good shape and I’d imagine they’d be even better if not for the heavy rain we’ve gotten lately. This used to be considered one of the premier courses in Central Ohio. If they put the maintenance into it I have no doubt it would be back up there as the layout is gorgeous and the staff top notch.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course in serious disrepair

In years past, this was "the course to play" in the area. Sadly, it is in significant decline. The course was wet due to weather, but every aspect of the course was poor. The sand traps were overgrown and haven't been touched in months (large weeds, compacted dirt, etc). Rumor has it the course and its land was recently sold to a real estate developer. That might explain the complete lack of care this course is now getting. Stay away, stay far away.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Had an enjoyable round. Due to rain earlier in the week, course was very wet. Cart path only. Nothing the course could do about it. Weather was cool, mid fifties, so course was not busy. I was practicing for upcoming league, so no complaints. Even though course was very wet, the greens were in their normal condition.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

So much potential

This course has so much potential to be amazing and I remember it being that way a couple years ago. Today though was in awful shape. The bunkers are water logged, cart path is destroyed, rough and fairway weren’t in the best of conditions and carts were leaking. The layout and look of this course is top 5 in Columbus and would have no issues paying $50+ for this course if it was upkept better, but $44 for a amazing layout that isn’t maintained as water was everywhere, from water logged fairways to lakes in the bunkers, just not worth it in my books

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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