Long Bay Club

Long Bay was once a sought-after tee time for a course designed by one of the greats and maintained in pristine condition. This is no longer the case. This course will always be a great track based solely on the design. But the course conditions have fallen significantly. The greens that were just revamped in 2023 are already gone. Large portions are nothing more than dirt. The remaining portions are extremely slow, leaving the large undulations null and far from the intended design. The detail is no longer there with the maintenance. The large waste bunkers that are a big part of the design are no longer sand but a mixture of crushed coquina rock and dirt. There is no way I would play a shot off of that surface, unless you truly hate your golf clubs. I'm assuming this change was made to reduce the amount of maintenance on these waste "bunkers". This course was once a solid track, but sadly it has fallen from that level.

Played the front nine for my first visit to Long Bay. Course is in excellent shape. I am looking forward to playing 18 in the near future’

We played this course in May (2024) and now again in June (2024). The layout is good, and the course is challenging to play. On both visits, the course was overbooked. Pace of play was terrible and both rounds were over 5 1/2 hours. On our most recent visit, there was a SC Senior tournament taking place in the A.M. and the course was jammed from start to finish. Stop booking golfers if the course is full! This seems to be an ongoing issue and will likely force us find a replacement course during our upcoming golf Get-Aways.

Greens are better but still rough at spots. Lastly, the Bag/Starter staff are not always super friendly. It's hit or miss.

This course needs to pick up their game and until they do, we have other options to play.

First time playing this golf course. The design is simply perfect. A lot of sand trap and water. Quit challenging.

In the other hand, this golf course need a little bite more LOVE. The fairways are a bit damage. It would be a perfect golf course with new grass and change the sand surface that appears on many holes.

Otherwise I love played that course.

The course was in good shape, the greens are not perfect but rolled a lot. I would play again but got in to give it a month or so to let the greens fully come in.

Course was okay. Older course. Greens coming in after putting in new greens but have lots of black areas in them.

Areas with lots of crab grass and such.

Not top of list to come back to for sure.

Best course conditions I played in the past 3 weeks of the 15 courses in the area. Particularly the greens

Dining room was under construction a minor issue

Many years since playing here. Enjoyed the layout but greens weren’t in good condition. Overseed in fairways was in great condition. Would like to play it when rough turns green. Price was ok for MB. Many homes border holes, doesn’t bother me but some may find it intimidating.

I’ve wanted to play this course for years and finally did today. I wish I hadn’t. The round was painfully slow; well over 5 hours. We waited every shot. I really wish the club staff had pushed play along. Saw a number of staff at the clubhouse, and no one on the course policing. This course could us some policing.

I think when you get into the $70+ range for golf the little details matter. Usually golf etiquette is followed. Apparently this course is okay with not raking bunkers. We played at 130pm and all the bunkers look liked a stampede had just happened. When I was in the bunker I raked as much as possible, but no one else seems to. I wish I had t spent my money here.

Great Jack Nicklaus course layout. Just love to play there. However, greens were in really bad shape and pace of play was very slow with a five hour round. Disappointing.