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3.6
588 Reviews (588)
5 Stars
112
4 Stars
256
3 Stars
118
2 Stars
48
1 Stars
54
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.3
72.7%
Recommend this course
434 out of 588 reviews
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4.1
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.5%
Recommend this course
7 out of 8 reviews
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4.0
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
79.2%
Recommend this course
19 out of 24 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout earns strong praise for its natural terrain, roaming wildlife, and breathtaking scenic backdrops that reward golfers at every turn. Friendly staff and consistently solid conditions make Crystal Springs a compelling choice for intermediate and experienced golfers seeking a genuine challenge.

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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6550 yards
Slope 131
Rating 72.3
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Course Details

Year Built 1924
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $16 - $23
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.6
588 Reviews (588)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
19th Hole Scenic Views 11
Patio Dining 10
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 45
Bunkers 20
Narrow Fairways 18
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 52
Locals 27
Advanced Golfers 25
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 38
Near the Airport 26
Worth the Drive 21

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Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Over book the tee times. 6hrs. For a Rond golf not good.

My wife and I are members of NCGA and it states we get a discount by being members and when I ask they said no its after 3:00pm when I play before in the morning they gave it to me $5.00 off and what they don't know what there doing at the golf course should work with them all.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great golf course

course is very challenging to play,greens are well maintain but very fast . You need to be accurate because most fairway's are narrows.You need to be familiar with the course in order to have a fair and descent score. Over all it is very challenging and its fun to play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Amazing views

A very Challenging course, narrow fairways lots of trees.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Scenic Course with super fast greens because of the typical breaks toward the reservoir!!!

You will have a great round if you putt well, and position the drives in the correct spot.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course has wonderfull views.

The course was maintained good enough. Value for the money is my biggest issue.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is a great value pending the tee time.

I enjoyed playing from the blues as the course has it's challenges and very well if not excellent maintained. Highly recommended and played 18 holes in 4 1/2 hours for a Friday 10:07am tee off. Enjoy the ride.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice views

Good course with some tough side hill, downhill, and uphill shots. Will play it again. Had an issue with the golf cart needing to be recharged. Enjoyed the course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course is well maintained and challenging

Course offers nice distances with varying elevation levels that present some challenging lies. Bunkers leading up to greens also offer some difficult approach shots. Nice views of the mountains and reservoir, and your bound to cross paths with some deer on the course. Well worth the round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Beautiful

It was a beautiful Spring day at Crystal Springs. The course is in good condition; the only negative was that the tee boxes must have been punched recently as there were numerous holes and you had to find a solid spot for your tee. The layout is very challenging as the course is built on hills so there are few even lies unless you are smack dab in the middle of the fairway. Greens are large and very challenging. They played very fast that day. Had a group in front of us that was very slow (out as they were only a 2some) which made the round take over 4 hours; otherwise I believe we could have played it in 3 and a half. Love the course. Need to putt well to score well. Focus on getting first putt close enough for a tap in as all of the comebackers are pretty slick. Some previous reviews I had read prior to playing stated that the maintenance was sub-par; I saw none of this reflected in the course. Staff was very nice too but they can use some extra help in the restauraut. The snack shack between the 9th green and 10th tee had a very nice lady working in it. A nice chat before teeing off on 10. Play this course if you can get the golfnow rate. Great value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Great Location on the Peninsula

I have driven by this course hundreds of times and it always looked interesting off 280. We finally played it and it was a pretty good experience. We got behind a tournament and took almost 5 hours to play. The course is in good shape, a little hilly with a lot of slope toward the reservoir and the greens are fast.
I'm glad I played it, but it's a little out of our area and probably will not go out of my way to go back.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

If you want a 6+ hour round on Sunday, this is your place

If someone re-did this course it would be great. But the conditions were terrible. The tee boxes weren't even flat. I'm never going here again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great, fun and beautiful course

Great course with challenging hills and target golf. The views are awesome and the course is well-maintained. If you are long off the tee you will do well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Greens and fairways needs more care and attention

Greens and Fairways needs more care and attention. Too many divots at tee box.

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

After playing crystal many times i stopped due to condition of greens.

Well they have fixed the greens and is now back on my playlist.

Nice job!! Thank you for bringing this great track back to life!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great Track, Tough Test. A must play.

Outstanding layout in a beautiful setting. A tough but fair challenge. A must play and a great value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

weekend pace of play is horrible!

This course should really be more aware of there pace of play. Five hour rounds and more are very common here. I know they could speed up play but they never do. Cmon guys get the marshalls out there and speed this place up.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser

poor pace of play and information

I called ahead to see if I could try to squeeze in a round and was told that the course was "wide open" after 2:00,so I made a tee time for 2:00 on Golf Now
when we got there there were 4 groups standing around on the first tee. They neglected to tell us that they were backed up and running way behind.
We were only able to complete 11 holes before it got too dark which wasn't worth the money.
This course was in reasonable shape for winter but is really over priced, generally, and especially when you only get to play 11 holes.
The staff took basicaly shrugged their shoulders, instead of taking responsibility for not accurately reporting the situation at the time I called

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser

What a Shame!

I have a played Crystal several times now and I always leave saying never again! This time a think I really mean it. It really is a shame because this course could be great! Unfortunately they just do a poor job of maintaining it. I would say one of the most poorly maintained courses I have ever played.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Scenic

This course has really scenic views down to the resouvour off 280. It has much more elevation change between holes than many other courses I've play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Fun place to play with a great view.

Very enjoyable course to play, have played there before and would definitely go back. They were either sanding or fertilizing the greens and that is why course condition was not rated higher.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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