Northwoods Golf Course

When I came in to the front desk I asked the gentlemen working if the range was open. His reply was " no it's under water you can go ahead and tee off". It was not what he said it was how he said it. Then I was on the course and the course maintenance workers totally disregarded the golfers on the course. They were running the lawn mowers and utility carts while I was teeing off and hitting iron shots! Finally to top off my day a guy rode by in a cart and screamed at me to keep the cart on the path. I would have loved to keep the cart on the cart path but the cart paths were so rough that I kept hitting my head on the cover of the golf cart. The course was in decent shape but not in good enough shape to go back. Too many other courses in town that will at least talk to you like you are someone.

Overall nice course to play on. Some of the greens have a few rough patches but over all greens are in good shape. Fairways are nice. Traps are still water logged a little but I will play again

If you are a golf snob and looking for a pristine course, then this definitely isnt the course for you. However if you are an average golfer who likes to try different courses and not spend a ton of cash, then this course is definitely worth a try!

Pros:
-its an interesting layout and the back nine has some great holes
-cant beat the price compared to other courses in the area

Cons:
-its not in the best of shapes, some greens are pretty beat up, but the fairways are at least above average just mainly the greens that need work

Northwoods isn't a bad course. It's pretty easy compared to some other courses in Columbia, the fairways are decent and the layout is cool but the greens need some work. I don't understand why all the courses in Columbia, even the cobblestones, oak hills, and crickentrees don't have good greens. We have the right weather and plenty of rain this year so what's the issue?? New grass maybe? Either way, ill still keep playing northwoods and you should too.

When we got there, we found that the greens were being are rated. Putting on these was horrible. Give me a stroke for every hole!

the greens were being aerated but for $8, who cares. maintenance crew had me skip a hole but I came back around played it before going onto the final hole.

Played 5/19/13 and for spring time in South Carolina this course is not in good shape at all. Fairways have more weeds than grass. 85% of the greens have lost most of the grass. Cart paths are in desparte need of repair. Only paid $22.00 through Golfnow which was a 33% reduction in cost but would have been very upset if I had paid full price to plaqy.

I love the layout. 6800+ from the tips. Plenty of holes to birdie as well as some solid challenges, including a 470 yard par 4. If this course could pretty up the fairways and greens, and fix the cart paths, it would be a $100 a round course.

The course is laid out well, with several blind tee boxes. The fairways were in great shape, but several greens are needing some attention. To me it looked like they tried to fertilize them and burnt several of them. Also the greens where somewhat on the fast side with it having rained the night before. The cart paths are also in need of some attention, they are in fair to bad condition, if you are walking it would be ok but riding a cart with the 90 degree rule in place makes for a bumpy ride. Over all I will return to see how well the course plays later on this summer. I would like to see if the greens are better after the spring rains.

Fun course, decently maintained. Fun greens a little rough though. Great price.

i played this course 2 years ago and it was in really poor shape. Playing Saturday 4/13/13, the course itself was in better shape. Greens on a scale of 1-10 were a 7 so in good shape.
However, riding on the cart path was like bumper cars. they really need to invest some money and level them out over all the tree roots.
several holes were really beautiful with the mature Azealas in bloom. I would recommend but not at their usual high price.

Course layout is fun with both open and challenging tee shots. Greens were hard as with this time of year, but were rolling good. Course conditions were alot better than they were last year, so look forward to playing there again later this spring. Only bad comment were the range balls were losy. They were old and dirty (looked like they came from bottom of a muddy pond.

Really great layout, but just in poor condition. Planned on playing 36, left after 18. It was really cheap though

If you like playing behind fivesomes and very very slow play and zero golf etiquette, then this is the course for you. Every green had divots, previous players don't bother to fix. But, I thought the course was in decent shape despite the other downers mentioned.

Not in very good shape around the edges. Greens were ok. Of all the choices this would be near the bottom