Great Bear Golf Club

Fast greens, tee boxes needed some love, great layout, challenging but fair holes, 4.5 hour round, reasonable green fees. Would definitely play again. Only n

Nicklaus design in the area.

Always enjoyable playing this track . Pace of play always steady, course always in good shape and the staff is very accommodating. Could have helped to see the cart girls a few more times during the round especially w/o water in the course. A suggestion get rid of the noodles in the cup.... no longer necessary. Great spit and time.

I was supposed to have a tee time for 9-5 at 910am but Great Bear said I didn't have one but got us out anyway but i noticed it was switched to 9-8. Please refund my money.

The design was what I thought from what little I know about Nicklaus design methods. I had to play a variety of shots, but my swing was 'on' so it didn't bother me. As the introduction said, it's not designed for the scratch golfer, but for the more normal Joe out there. So you got a good round with a taste of design without coming away feeling beat up.

The fairways were outstanding. Wonderful to hit off. Tee boxes good, not great nor bad. Greens were in good shape but very very slow. There was heavy rains late in the previous day and that slowed down the entire course and made the greens roll like stuck in mud. The traps were often full of water. That was something I thought odd. A top course the friday before labor day weekend in touristy Poconos and they aren't pumping the water out. I've been on lesser courses who do that the day after a heavy rain.

The folks I met were all friendly. I found the layout very odd, let me explain. Hole number 1 is past part of a hole and over a road. The 8th hole ends at the club house, then you go back over a road to play 3 holes, then back on this side to finish and a few holes there are not near each other. The range is a distance away but not toooo far. It took away from the experience. I like the traditional hole organization and being a modern built design I didn't understand why.

But it's one worth playing. i'd like to try it again when it's not so wet and see how it plays.

I sure would. not want to carry my bag on this beauty.

Even from the forward tees very challenging! The best Pocono course we played in 40 years. Like the Shawnee “a hidden gem!”

The down side to this course is that you often exit the fairway a long distance from the green and the cart path is up a steep hill and you might have to walk back to your ball

Very nice design. The course was in excellent condition, very good pace of play and friendly staff.

We got this course for a great 'hot deal' on GolfNow for a Monday round. If you can do that, it almost feels like stealing! The condition of the course was fabulous. Greens were relatively quick and very true. Tee boxes level and manicured. The course is challenging but playable. Not a lot of level lies in the fairways, so be good with that. A great variety of holes. Long and short par 3s, 4's and 5s. We hit every club. A terrific day. We were quite satisfied

Loved the track. Bit of a challenge. Great terrain.

Prime course conditions.

While this is a beautiful course in fantasy shape, the pace of play is HORRENDOUS! This is a resort style course so there are people out there who have NEVER picked up a golf club before. And no rangers to speed up play.

This was the second time playing there and it was the same slow play.

Where did golf etiquette and courtesy go? Not here.

The course was in re as l good shape, especially the greens. Finished th he round in about 3:30 on a perfect weather day. Course is pretty open, with a variety of different challenges. Recommend highly.

5 star across the board....played in the early morning.