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The 797 Elks Golf Club, formerly known as Quail Lakes Golf Course, has changed more than its name since first opening in 1961. When the course was up for sale in the 1980s, the trustees of the adjacent Elks 797 Lodge purchased the property in order to keep a public golf course for the community. The front nine was created well before the back nine was completed. Although the two nines provide a vastly different look and feel, they provide plenty of variety that manages to meld seamlessly into a great round. The ever-changing landscape adds to the course's diversity. Mature trees and tall grasses line the fairways, making accuracy essential, and you'll also find strategically placed bunkers lurking along the greensides. There are definitely some challenges in store but with careful course management, you'll be rewarded with some birdie opportunities.
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Conditions2.8
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Value3.9
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Layout3.7
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Friendliness3.9
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Pace3.6
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Amenities2.9
Golfer Reviews
Decent course with a nice clubhouse
The course was in decent shape, although some fairways had bare spots and were a little dried out. Greens were better than last year but several still had scars that inhibited putting over them. Overall, we had a nice round and the price is reasonable.
Just go elsewhere
Course is in pretty bad condition
Greens awful
Lady that checked us in was beyond not pleasant
Pace of play is horrible
Only good thing is this course is cheap to play
Getting rough
It's towards the end of the season and the course is definitely showing.
This course is like most people's game...average.
Based on the other reviews, I knew what I was getting. A course that has seen better days and is struggling to recover. The fairways had a lot of crabgrass. The rough was non existent (which was fine, since my driving was terrible). The greens were in rough shape...it looked like root rot. Two of them were closed. There are a couple of holes where the tee box is in the danger zone of inaccurate shots from the group behind. But it didn't matter. I wanted to take my terrible golf game to a real course instead of a range (where you can only hit off mats) and see where I was at. Like the Elks 797, my game has some crab grass, root rot and layout issues, so we were a perfect match. If you live near Wilmington and want a no pressure round of golf on a course fit for duffers, this could be your course.
