The Omni Grove Park Inn

This is a review of the golf course. Every time you step up to a tee box you tell yourself, "man, this is amazing to look at." Truthfully it is. The course is in great shape but if it rains it does not drain well. This place has three faults though.

1. It does not have a driving range. When I go pay top dollar for a nice course or resort I expect to warm up and hit a few. Instead they just have one swing cage where you hit in to a net? No personally don't like unloading my stuff then going to the first tee with out a few swings.

2. The greens are brutal. The problem is members and guests don't fix their divots or ball marks. Most of the greens look like they are fighting chicken pox and your putts will look like a ball on a bumper car ramp. I wish the grounds crew would take the time to fix the greens at night.

3. Remember that it is a tourist stop and guests of hotel play. Sometimes you'll get stuck behind guys who just want to play because they are on vacation. I was disappointed that there was no ranger to monitor them, tell them to fix divots, allow others to play through, or tell them to keep moving.

If you can find a good rate on Golf Now go for it, but I wouldn't pay the fee they ask for at the course. Scenery is great, but you'll be really upset when it's time to putt and score.

Very nice course. Pace of play was slow. We did not see the marshall making it better. Greens could have been better. I repaired a dozen or so ball marks that the groups in fron of us left for our putting pleasure.

When you are charged private club money for a public course, one might expect extraordinary conditions.

While the course is far from a 'cow pasture', there are enough 'problem areas' on the fairways and areas around the greens that you might expect, if not average greens fees, something less than private club rates.

The best part of this course, for obvious reasons; the Donald Ross designed greens. Undulating, and FAST. If you can get past the price, the course is a good track. To score well, you'd better play your approaches, chips, and putts well pretty close to perfect.

In the end, worth playing and an interesting trip along the footsteps of the greats (Bobbie Jones, Ben Hogan, etc. played here), but not quite worth the money to play regularly if you expect conditions to match the price.

For the 19th hole, the resort building gives SPECTACULAR views, but you'll pay handsomely for the privilege.

Grove Park proved far more enjoyable than expected. The course is affiliated with the resort in a beautiful old neighborhood in Asheville. The vistas were gorgeous. Even though we were not staying at the resort, the golf staff welcomed us and were great.

Should have played another day, but it was our last day on vacation. Really to hot! Had to stop play twice because of storms.
The course plays short in the thin air. The vistas are outstanding!
A lot of history here. Make sure you visit the hotel.

The course was in very good shape and the rate of $75 for 18 holes was great. Perfect example of a Donald Ross layout.

Friendly staff and perfect weather helped make it a very enjoyable day.

At this time of year course is in good shape as compared to other courses.
As a resort course, there was no ranger. Two in front of us, young couple, male was giving female lessons. She was hitting several balls. They quit after nine, and we then encountered what could be a father and a young girl riding on the back of the cart, who also was practicing golf.
We paid 150 00 for 2, nothing special, lack of ranging golfers, would not go back or recommend it.

Very generous forward tees update this Donald Ross classic to super lady-friendliness. Several couples populated the course on our Sunday round. Even from the back tees the course is short, but the mountain terrain creates surprising bounces and zero flat lies. Quirky, undulating greens defend par. Front flags are close to false fronts that send seemingly adequate shots rolling twenty yards back down the fairway. Shots above the pin set up merciless three-putts. The greens were ball-marked, but quick. Tee boxes and fairways were in good shape. The clubhouse was 1950's in need of an update. Somewhat overpriced, but it's resort golf---handy to downtown and receptive to tourists.

What a perfect day. The staff greeting us could not have been more welcoming - truly the Southern hospitality we have come to love. Thanks Marcus !
Albeit short, even from the tips, the course plays much longer. All approaches are uphill. Play to center of greens or you may be victimized by D. Ross falloffs on side/fronts of greens.
Bent grass fairways and greens: a really nice surprise for us northerners that 'don't get' Bermuda grass.
Greens and fairways were perfect. Many downhill tee shots - some severely affected by crosswinds.
OK, now the views. The views of the mountains, hillsides and the Omni hotel loom large.
Well-stocked clubhouse if you are into merchandising. Nice variety. My Garmin GPS was acting up, I assume because of the valleys and hillsides. However, the course yardages are very well marked. A rangefinder nit really needed.
Since it is a resort course, and we did not start at the crack of dawn, pace was pedestrian, as expected. But absolutely did not take away from a wonderful day !
Many opportunities in collection areas near greens to be creating. I often chose the chuck or the skull. These were not good shots but it is a habit.
Greens were very accepting but oddly VERY FAST AND TRUE.

With mid-tight fairways and lots of elevation changes the course is challenging. Getting on in GIR isn't to bad as its a short course, but then your challenged with undulating greens which were nice and fast.

Very nice. Would love to come back Turned out to be a great day to play golf and the course made it perfect fit

With a Golf Now Hot Deal of only $25.00 this was a steal! I've always loved this course, but normal rates are too over priced. Thank you Golf Now!
After a little bit of a frost delay, I was paired up with one of the first groups of the day. The fairways were in great shape, a few wet spots from recent rains and snow. I always had an excellent lie in the fairway, no visible bare spots.
The greens weren't as fast as I remember, probably because of previous weather and they looked like they hadn't been cut in a few days.
From the member tees, a couple of reachable par 5s with good Tee balls. Most holes only require 3W or hybrids off the tee. Good elevation changes.
With weather in the mid 60's after so many miserably cold days, I couldn't have asked for a better day. The starter, Fred, was a very friendly sort of fellow with a good sense of humor.

Weatner was cold n rainy but for $20 ongolfnow it was hard to pass up. Course was in good condition considering the time of year. If anyone pays regular price that they ask has money to burn cause its worth $25 at the most. Im thankful for golfnow or id never get to play the course cause its over rated to the max

The weather report was wrong and it stayed much colder than expected. Course was in good shape. Greens were real slow but putted true. Price was excellent.

We played in wind of 15-25 mph which added about 400+ yards to the course. Front nine plays a lot tougher than the back nine. Tees, fairways & greens were all in good shape, especially for January. Reg.green fees are very pricey, but low rates are sometimes out there. Greens have plenty of undulation, and are good sized--you can have 100 ft.putts on many holes. Most break away from the clubhouse, & plan on double the break you think you see. A real test for shot making, but fairly generous targets. Lots of elevation tests & beautiful views.

Nice Course but not in the best of shape for a resort type course. Tee boxes were a little beat up, greens were good but looked like maintenance has been a challenge

The course is always in good shape. The greens are smooth and quick downhill. Views from the course are spectacular. The hotel is awesome.

Russ was a great bag man. We appreciate his help and willing to make sure we know the course layout. Russ was very friendly to us . We need people like Russ at every course. Thanks for providing excellent customer service. We really enjoyed our time there and we would recommend this to our friends.

Really enjoyed the course. We scored a hot time for $30, plus had a BOGO. Honestly, I'm not sure I would drive the 45 minutes to play this course otherwise. Don't get me wrong, the staff was great, super friendly and helpful with some local knowledge. The course was well kept (Tee Boxes 9/10; Fairways 9/10; Greens 9/10). It plays relatively short from the Blue Tees, hit one fairway wood the entire day. It is just over priced for regular tee times. There are multiple courses in the area that are worth playing and you will pay a lot less for just as good, if not better course/scenery etc. My son and I played it in under 4 hours, would've played probably in 3-3.5 if not for foursome that wouldn't move on the front. Water on one or two holes, bunkers on each hole, undulating greens that were much larger then I expected. You can play Asheville Municipal for about $75 less and it's designed by Donald Ross as well.

I feel slightly bad for this review, but regular price on GN is anywhere from $100-$125 and imo this course isn't worth paying that much to play.

the bag man and pro shop were great -some idiot bus driver was screaming orders to guest-me...killed the whole experience...this behavior is not unusual at grove park over the last 3-4 yrs-treating locals with no respect and making them feel very unwelcome-we have stopped taking out of town guest there for drinks and meals...we drop them on curb and let them see lobby and go somewhere locals are appreciated...great course wonderful bag man and club house staff