The Players Club at Foxfire Golf Club

I've been playing at Players Club and Foxfire for several years now, and it had really been hit hard by lack of rain. They told me a month ago that the water had been out so the fairways were not at their best. I played it just this weekend, and the fairways in just 2 weeks, have really come back! The layout on the back 9 of Players Club is one of the most challenging courses I play, and truly was beautiful when you are in the upper 60s with sun. The greens have been really great all year, and the same can be said for this past weekend. I am still waiting on the bunkers to be upgraded, but it seems they are really bringing back the fairways for Fall.

Overall: great time, tough to play, and hope to play again in a week or so.

This used to be a fantastic layout, but now it’s just a tired, worn-out shell of what it used to be. I’m guessing they are going to sell this course also for a housing development, too bad.

I grew up and Columbus and always wanted to play this course. I had played Foxfire a couple times, the last around 10 years ago, and remember looking at the Players Club, seeing how nice it was, and hoping to get on it. I now live out of state and took a trip back home to play 54 holes in 2 days to show them Columbus public golf, thinking the Players Club would be perfect to show off my city. Needless to say, what a mess. The layout is there, but it needs a TON of TLC. I agree with other reviews stating it’s basically abandoned. Bunkers are not kept, fairways dead (we agreed to play LCP), etc. So sad to see. Spend $40 elsewhere until this course can be returned to its glory. (Of note, we played Turnberry the next day for about the same price and it was in the best shape I had ever seen it in).

The course was beautiful the first several years it was open, I had not played there in quite a few years and was very disappointed in the run down condition I found today. The fairways were nearly void of grass and the bunkers had no sand and due to recent rains were just mud. The greens has a fungus in some areas and showed no care by the course crew or players. The course needs lots of care, I would not recommend this course.

Time to write off this course for good. Tee time was at 8:14a; five groups were already backed up on the first tee, we didn’t tee off until 8:50a. After an almost 3hr front 9 my group decided to save our days and leave. Conditions are poor, a ton of dead spots on the fairways, however the greens are decent.

Too bad, this place was great a few years ago.

Absolutely the worst course conditions that we’ve played in many years. Was more dirt than grass on most fairways. Save your money and go elsewhere.

This course has been noted as one of the better courses in Columbus for quite some time. Sad to say, that is impossible based on yesterday’s round. Fairways were almost nonexistent due to disease, lack of water, or consistent seeding year over year. Greens weren’t even in good shape.

Almost a six hour round. No Marshall to maintain pace of play. Course over booked. Not a good operation either.

Simply no redeeming qualities on the day. The layout had potential and you could tell that the course may have been great back in the day, but yesterday I spend $40 and six hours that I really wish I had back.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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