Bent Tree Golf Club

A couple of introductory comments: (1) This was one of my favorite courses in Central Ohio for 20+ years, so I might be biased; (2) I had read all of the negative reviews about the conditions since the change of ownership, so this was my first time out there this year, and I was not expecting much going in... Those things having been said, I would say this: It's still a great course with a great layout, a friendly staff, and nice off-course amenities. The course is not in great shape (numerous spots where fairways were obviously burned out, tees not mowed, etc), but it's much better than I expected, and it is clear that they are trying to get it back into shape. The tees and greens had been aerated and sanded, and there were numerous people out working all over the course. Still hoping for a comeback for what was once a great course!

Good course, Pace of play was excellent right after an outing. course was east to navigate, had to play some target golf hit to area. will play again

I get it's late in the year but for how good of a layout this is, the course is in AWFUL shape. Looks like tractors have been running over most of it constantly. The saving grace is how good of condition the greens are in. Really appreciate the care here. Fairways and sand traps are pitiful.

Still, enjoyed the time but DO NOT pay full price for this.

I hope they are closing this course. Maybe they sold it. The grass is all gone. They should just close the building, get rid of all staff, and let people go walk and play for free if they want to. Ever since they sold to Kemper sports, four of the six courses look like dead fields. Worse courses I’ve ever seen. I’m a member. Wish I’d known then they would let these courses become cow pastures. I’d like to know what their plans are for the course. Really bad place.

It smells when you walk into the building. Sulfur and the amenities are lacking. Out of many beverages as well at the turn. Staff is nice. Pace of place was slow and had to wait on every hole. All the greens are horrible and the tee boxes were definitely in need of work. Only hole that was decent was the 18 th.

Save your money. Tee boxes were awful. Greens were the only thing maintained. For $60 I figured they would water a little more than the greens to fight the drought.

This course had the worst tee boxes I have ever seen. No yardage markers and terrible fairways.

The tees were in very poor shape along with the fairways all the grass was dead and mostly sand in the tee boxes. None of the sand traps were in playing condition the only thing that was good was the greens in pretty good shape except no one repairs there ball marks.

It’s a shame they have let this course fall so far from its past glory. Ben tree has always been a good spot to have a nice round but they just are paying to keep it up. You have to water and keep your tee boxes and bunkers in a presentable condition, they are doing none of the things. The Greens were ok.

If this course was a book, it would be the tortoise and the hare. But a version of the book where the hare doesn’t really exist at all and it’s just the tortoise slowly moving along without letting A SOUL play through. There needs to be a marshal riding around telling people to hurry up. Staff is excellent, golfers need to learn common courtesy

For what is a moderately expensive course for the area it was in terrible shape. The only green grass you can find is about 5 feet from the sprinkler heads. Tee boxes were horribly torn up on every hole, would have to go outside designated areas to find any grass. I have also NEVER been anywhere that the starter is using a bluetooth speaker by the first tee to listen to music, just wtf is that about???

I was very excited to play this course. Until the first tee box. The course is in terrible condition. It is like someone drove a car through every hole. The rough has not been cut in weeks. For the cost of playing here I would rather go ANYWHERE else. Save your time and money and play somewhere else.

Love Bent Tree. Love the layout, the course has everything you could want in a public course. There has been little rain recently so the ponds are low and many fairways and tee blocks are pretty rough. The greens look great, but are slower than you'd think. The rates have been ridiculous since Kemper bought the new era courses. I paid 49 on golf now and their own web site shows the same rate now. The guys from the group behind us were irritated because they were charged 69 for some reason. They spoke to several groups and found another guy who was charged over 60 for 9 holes. Kemper has cut course staffs and focuses on maximizing profits over providing the best golf environment. They have removed bunkers and maintain them more poorly than before. I was hopeful when Kemper came to Columbus, but have been sorely disappointed.

I used to play Bent Tree a good bit several years ago and I always enjoyed and appreciated the layout and the shape of the course. I thought I’d play it again yesterday and I was shocked by what poor shape the course, the range, and the club house were in. It was worse than a really bad muni course. It’s such a shame given how cool some of the hole layouts are and how nice it used to be.

I used to drive by this course all the time and vowed to play it one day as it looked absolutely pristine. Well, yesterday was the first time and was disappointed in what I experienced. The staff did say that their irrigation system was broken but was just recently fixed. However, the course was in bad shape as if it wasn’t taken care of for months. Was like playing on a dog track. There were patches of decent grass while the rest was dirt or dead grass. To charge $55 for a round here is ridiculous. I wouldn’t pay $30. Hopefully, they turn this around and make it as it used to look some time back.

I’m sure like many courses, the lack of rain at Bent Tree hurt the course. Fairways were not in good condition but it was playable. The greens were okay so I wasn’t too disappointed especially since I always liked the layout.

Tee boxes and fairways are in awful shape in many areas.

I’ve played here many times for convenience and price is decent but course is not in great shape. Many areas that seem burned out, tee boxes not in good shape, putting greens don’t seem to be in great shape either, lots of unrepaired ball marks etc.. Restroom not clean either, overall disappointing experience, average at best. Snack bar out of most food items too other than potato chips.