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3.5
345 Reviews (345)
5 Stars
50
4 Stars
130
3 Stars
85
2 Stars
47
1 Stars
33
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.6
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.4
71.6%
Recommend this course
232 out of 345 reviews
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4.1
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.7%
Recommend this course
13 out of 15 reviews
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3.6
45 Reviews (45)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
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3 Stars
5
2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.3
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
73.3%
Recommend this course
33 out of 45 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff consistently welcome golfers and make every round feel worthwhile at a strong value. The layout offers genuine variety, with a more challenging back nine that keeps the experience engaging.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 7360 yards
Slope 126
Rating 75.8

Formerly known as Renaissance Park Golf Course.

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Harry L. Jones Sr. Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.
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3.5
345 Reviews (345)

What Golfers Are Saying

This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 6
Near the Airport 6

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Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not worth the money

This should be a $25 round of golf at the best case we used to play here years ago and it has gone seriously down hill the greens well if you want to call them greens are absolutely terrible more dirt than grass and the grass that’s ion them is like shag carpet. Golf carts have to be 20 years old as well . Just not worth anymore than a weekend rate of $20 to $25

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

What happened!

Greens were horrible. Not sure what happened but the place was in good shape. Unless you can get rants under $30 find somewhere else. Should be embarrassed to charge $40 for the condition of the course right now!

Still not starter or any pairing of singles, can play course quickly

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great layout, but in poor shape

I was a bit stunned by how poor of condition the course is in right now. The greens were very shaggy and in some cases almost non-existent -- just brown hardpan with spots of fuzzy grass. It was really strange.

I hope this is temporary, because this is an awesome layout.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible greens

The greens were almost where you could not putt. Front nine was better than the back but there was so much poa Anna it was ridiculous

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Played day after heavy rain so greens were a little soft. overall good experience. some fairways wide open, others a little bit more challenging.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Good but needs work

Me and my buddy went out, good course which gets you to have better course management. Green in my opinion we’re some of the worst I’ve played recently. They played SUPER SUPER slow. Other than that, fairways were great, and tees were good.

Would play again if just wanted to play a cheaper round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mow the greens!

Love this place! Usually play 10 or so times a year, but greens haven’t been mowed in what seems like 2 months. Impossible to putt on, no break, ball hops around like a jumping bean, extremely frustrating. There is no difference in the green, first cut or fringe. All one length.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Looking Good

Course is currently in great shape.

What to expect:

$30 with cart; tough to beat the price.

go low on the front, manage the back 9

slow greens

pace of play can be slow at times, there are singles that play, with no starters can't always play at the pace you would like.

easy to get t time (use their website for cheaper prices than golf now "hot deals"

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/29/2020

Thanks for trying out Harry L. Jones Golf Course! We are glad to hear you had a good time. Pace-of-play is something that we are constantly monitoring as we want to make sure everyone is having the best experience possible.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Horrible

Course is in worst shape I’ve seen in all of the courses around Charlotte. Tee boxes have been moved to areas where they shouldn’t be. Cart paths are dangerous and hazardous. Not sure what they are doing there but it’s so bad they should close it down

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/29/2020

We are sorry to hear that we did not meet expectations. Creating a great environment is something we strive for and we will strongly take this into consideration. More improvements to the course are coming and the quality of Harry L. Jones is very important to us.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Not Great

Course was in poor condition. Greens were like fairways, and course navigation was challenging. Both carts in our group would were in very poor shape and we were concerned we would be stranded, the transmissions on both would rev to high RPMs going up hills and the cart I had (#22) would hesitate to move for about 10 seconds after applying the gas. This was caused an issue keeping up with the proper pace of play. There was one employee working the course. I won't be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/29/2020

Thank you for your review and we are very sorry that your experience was not ideal. We will continue to make improvements to the course conditions, as well as looking into new golf carts to add to the fleet while others are being repaired.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent Course and good maintenance

Greens are in perfect conditions, but little slow. Maybe because of the heavy rain of last days. Fairways in perfect condition.

Nice pace, I like this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Good Course when the conditions are better

The course is a good course, however the greens could use a great deal of attention. They were not in good shape at all. The cart paths are sorely in need of repair.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
1.0
Previously Played

Spend the Extra $10

From start to finish you will regret not spending the extra $10 bucks to play on one of Charlottes nicer courses to offer. From check in with the not so friendly and welcoming staff member, to the course itself which is full of hazards (not bunkers and water), to the mediocre food, and to top it off with the feeling of being ripped off at the end I would 100% not recommend anyone to waste their money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/27/2020

Hey! We're sorry about the poor experience at are our golf course. We are always looking to improve the course and have some exciting plans that we would love to share with you. If you could shoot us an email at dratcliffe@ratcliffegolfservices.com with your contact information, we'd be happy to discuss our future plans and your time at the course.

Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst greens

I understand it’s winter but these greens are absolute trash it’s like they forgot they exist.

That said, the layout is fun 6,100 yards from whites with some short par 5’s make it fun. One par three is 50 yards up and can be fun to play once. But those greens.....

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

18 hole bargain but challenging

This is a city public course that will challenge you and dare you at the same time. Greens are not true but some TLC and they will be better by spring and summer. This is one of my favorite play/practice courses in Charlotte. For the money....its not bad for a fun round of golf.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Getting worse

I played this course a few years ago and it was so-so. Moved back to town recently and played early summer. It’s gotten way worse. Decided to give it another try recently. Dear God this place is bad. The range tee boxes were under water. It was cart path only but my (outdated ragged out has powered) cart almost drowned on the first hole the path was so under water. Speaking of the cart paths, this should be an off road testing ground. The fairways and roughs have zero transition. At least you feel like you are hitting fairways in every drive I guess. The greens... just take a look.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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