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The Players Club at Foxfire Golf Club
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7077 yards | 74.0 | 147 |
| Blue | 72 | 6705 yards | 72.2 | 141 |
| White | 72 | 6209 yards | 69.7 | 133 |
| Green | 72 | 5752 yards | 69.9 | 123 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5255 yards | 69.9 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.0/147 | 418 | 181 | 362 | 386 | 537 | 367 | 177 | 541 | 470 | 3439 | 447 | 191 | 417 | 414 | 565 | 526 | 434 | 197 | 447 | 3638 | 7077 |
| Blue M: 72.2/141 | 399 | 173 | 331 | 368 | 501 | 329 | 163 | 518 | 456 | 3238 | 431 | 165 | 390 | 396 | 547 | 517 | 426 | 171 | 424 | 3467 | 6705 |
| White M: 69.7/133 | 373 | 160 | 315 | 342 | 472 | 314 | 138 | 499 | 430 | 3043 | 381 | 141 | 343 | 361 | 521 | 496 | 372 | 152 | 399 | 3166 | 6209 |
| Green M: 69.0/123 W: 70.2/125 | 350 | 155 | 290 | 300 | 450 | 275 | 124 | 450 | 390 | 2784 | 337 | 121 | 321 | 341 | 485 | 476 | 362 | 147 | 378 | 2968 | 5752 |
| Red W: 69.9/122 | 345 | 153 | 285 | 290 | 402 | 219 | 106 | 408 | 385 | 2593 | 287 | 104 | 281 | 272 | 480 | 421 | 362 | 143 | 312 | 2662 | 5255 |
| Handicap | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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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.
Fall from grace
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Players Course HARD
Worth playing. White tees are the regular tees and is what I recommend playing unless you hit 290 drives.
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.
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.
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
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!
Great layout?
Traps are terrible. Weeds and grass growing in the traps. Running out of money. Needs upgraded .
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
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
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.
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.
