The Challenge GC
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4.5
468 Reviews (468)
5 Stars
188
4 Stars
206
3 Stars
39
2 Stars
16
1 Stars
19
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
92.9%
Recommend this course
420 out of 468 reviews
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4.7
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.7
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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19 out of 19 reviews
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4.7
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
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0
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.6
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
30 out of 30 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout consistently earns high praise for its challenging yet fair design, with well-maintained fairways, firm greens, and quality tee boxes. Friendly and helpful staff combined with strong value make this a course worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6828 yards
Slope 139
Rating 73.7

Challenge Golf Club sprawls across a scenic stretch of rolling farmland that sits alongside the Haw River. The lush hills are accented with mature hardwood forests, providing a scenic setting for a round of golf. The hilly terrain on this golf course will test not only your shot-making abilities but also your accuracy. Lakes provide even more natural hazards. Golfers can expect a few perilous carries over water. To add to the layout's difficulty, there are numerous bunkers strategically placed along the greens. The golf course is arguably one of the area's most formidable tests. Although thoughtful strategy and creative shot making will be generously rewarded, it’s not an overly punishing layout. Challenge Golf Club's final hole is a memorable par 5 that's definitely tough, but if you play it smart it could also be a great birdie opportunity.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda
Greens Bentgrass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Dress code Shorts must be Bermuda length. All trousers and shorts must have a hem. Collared sleeves shirts required. No denim accepted.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness

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Reviews

4.5
468 Reviews (468)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Brunch 6
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 21
Water Hazards 21
Elevation Changes 18
This course/club is great for:
Locals 22
Advanced Golfers 19
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 11
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 16
Worth the Drive 16

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Reviews 8
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice hilly course, greens were good.

I like the course a lot.
That being said, 2 negatives are:
The rough is cut a bit too high causing slower play and undue difficulty. The course can stand on it's own with moderate rough that the average player could advance his ball out of a little better.

Also, Someone decided that it was more important to build a few houses rather than have a practice range, so they closed the range and built some houses in that area.
No hitting balls before the round (unless you count hitting off a mat and into a net)

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Overall nice course

BUT no driving range- would have been nice to know that at time of booking

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I like the facilities, no driving range, great course for iron play.

It is important that your tee shot find the fairway on this course. Requires great shot making, plays a little tight. if you do miss the fairway, put another ball in play, you will not find your ball.

But the course is fair, in very good condition, the greens are the best they have been in the past two years. Never any hassle to play this course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course is aptly named!!!!

Only real dislike was a 212 yard par 3 (17th). If you see this hole, you will know what I mean. For a hole of that length, should be a little less trouble if you miss.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great golf course

must play great layout bring your a game to this course you will need it

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great greens!

This course challenges you plenty from the blue or the gold tees. Hit is straight, chance of finding balls that are sprayed are small. Lots of blind shots, but on short holes, so it makes it fun!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is well maintained and has good sandwiches for lunch

I love this course, the conditions were good, well maintained. Number 18 is always a challenge! The course played slow due to pretty weather and a number of players on the course. There are no bathrooms on the course, just port a potties, which had roaches crawling around on the seat! Not ideal situation for ladies. Other than that, it is a great course to play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

The course was fair, but challanging. A couple of good risk reward holes and some great elevation changes.

I found the course to be very playable, and in excellent condition. The course is mostly secluded except for a green and a tee box where you can see I-85. All-in-all, a very enjoyable day.

I would like to see a rating for course condintion between maintained and pristine. Maintained seems to indicate doing the bare minimum of maintenance and this couse was better than that, though not pristine.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely 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

Course looked good but missing some things

The course was in overall good condition and played well. There were a few holes, seeing as how I was playing the course for the first time, were I would like to either see a layout on the score card or on the hole sign. There were a couple of holes that needed some maintenance but overall good for the money.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great Sunday value

The course was in great condition
Considering the number of players on the course.
The greens were also in good condition. The ball was rolling true.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Spectacular for $22

This course never fails to satisfy. The greens rolled perfect, and no matter which tees you hit from, it hold true to its name... The Challenge. Hole 9 fairway is under repair, and was the only fairway the was iffy. Always a pleasure to swing here!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great moderately priced course.

First time playing this course and we only played 9 holes, but we were impressed. The course is challenging, but not unforgiving so long as you don't make a bad mistake. Mostly ample fairways that will may you pay if you miss badly by having to deal with steep terrain, water or woods. Though the course was obviously full, only the party ahead and behind were evident due to the layout of the course, so you have the feeling of not being on a busy course. Good price and highly recommended.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

overall solid course, nice greens, bad bunkers

Had a great rate via Golfnow. Friday afternoon and course was not busy so pace of play was no issue. Course was in nice shape except for 9th fairway (bumpy, sporadic growth) and various bunkers. Some were water-filled and other were just plain in rough shape. Others were not raked by rude golfers which is no fault of the course. Greens rolled nicely.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Coming in great

This course is in the best shape in years. Always loved it, now it looks great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Very nice course

Was a great value and for the GolfNow deal of $18, was well worth the price. I would return again, as the course has a nice layout and is truly 'challenging'.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Greens aerated weeks ago, played good but in another week will be awesome. 4-15-

Course in excellent shape other than greens aerated a few weeks ago but did not affect play.... Could not beat the price and time of day i played. Would recommend this golf course and GolfNow to everyone. In fact i did that day...

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good Layout with nice Risk/Reward Opportunity

Played 18 here yesterday and had a great time. We were able to play rather quickly and enjoyed the course layout and style. The greens were freshly aerated and sanded, which made putting difficult to say the least and led to quite a few "odd" rolls of the ball. Outside of that, the course was quite a lot of fun to play and offered a good opportunity on several holes to take advantage of some risk shots without too much penalty.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Great layout, aerated greens.

This is a fantastic layout. The day we played, the greens had been aerated 2 weeks prior and the course was wet due to overnight rain. So, the conditions were less than ideal but probably not indicative of the course under normal conditions. We are looking forward to returning on a dry, summer day!

Great deals in the snack bar - a six pack for $11.25.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser

the course has a good layout,but needed attention

i've played this course several times,but this visit was just ok. The course seemed neglected with attention needed to the fairways and tee boxes. The course also was aerating the greens which didn't help its cause and that was not mentioned on the site.I will probably play there again, but hope next time it's in better shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

A nice look, good greens

So it's mid March and the only "green" on the course are the greens (and they are a bit grayish brown), but you can still see this course would be a visual delight when the grass starts to go and green up. Color aside, the greens actually rolled very well and quite fast. There are some real undulations so try to keep the ball below the hole. Inventive design on the whole, a couple feel a bit "tricked up" (7 & 10) but it's fun to play. Yardage markers on the sprinklers seem quite true. One drawback, it has no practice range to warm up - though they do have mats and net about 10 feet away from those mats you can hit into but it's no practice facility and you can't tell which way your ball is going. Great price on Golf Now during a trip to Greensboro. would play there again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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