Carlton Oaks Lodge & Country Club

We had breakfast before the round; food was excellent and reasonably priced. The course layout played well and the course was very fair, not too difficult. The greens were okay, not difficult to read.

The only good thing about this course was the greens and golf cart. Other wise it needs a complete up grade, once an excellent example of Pete dye design.

Bunkers are in terrible shape with hardly any sand and water logged. They should improve the bunkers and increase green fees by 3-4 dollars

Never played this course at a good pace unless it’s a tee time before 7am

Played off season so course was in poor shape

Would like to play it in summer with better conditions

Absolute cow patch. I’m ashamed for having booked this round and angry to have wasted a Sunday morning on this track. Golf Now is stealing money offering tee times at this near death facility, headed for renovation. There should be alerts notifying the customer of the poor conditions. The pro shop, starter, and cart girl were friendly and only saving grace for this day. I cannot comprehend how anyone would play Carlton Oaks a second time. Maybe you got swindled like I did today as a first timer but why would you return? It was over 2.5 hours to play the front nine and I walked directly from a three putt par on nine to trunk slam and leave the parking lot in an attempt to salvage the Sunday afternoon.

I've played this course a few times and generally have liked it, but the condition of the course now is nowhere near conducive of the price they're charging.

Teeboxes were generally lush, but not at all flat and often riddled with holes and other imperfections.

Fairways were generally acceptable but again littered with animal holes and other things that caused them to be INCREDIBLY bumpy. It was almost impossible to drive the cart anywhere near full speed because you'd just bounce all over the place.

Anywhere off the fairway....forget about it. It was either bare dirt, again littered with animal holes and other craters, or some kind of "rough" that wasn't really grass but wasn't quite dirt. Particularly on the front nine. Back nine seemed to be a bit better, but not much.

Greens were ok. Long for my liking, but this was easily the best part of the course.

Pretty much the only saving grace of the course was the cart girl was a certified 10/10. But that had nothing to do with the actual course, obviously.

Until I hear it's improved, I'll be avoiding this course. Definitely not up to standard.

Staff are friendly pace of play was slow should have finished all 18 holes with the time frame we had however we only got in 13 due to the pace of play. Greens need a good amount of work very bumpy and don’t roll well.

I have played here a few times. The course was in poor condition like they went bankrupt and restarted. Still some great holes.

Still needing some love. Greens were okay, tee boxes were also okay but the fairways were still rough. Not much grass to them. There’s never really a starter so that can cause some craziness on the course with lots of singles and 2s going out catching up to each other having to pass or pair up mid round. The practice greens are nice, not the same as the course greens but they’re nice

This used to be one of my favorite courses in SD. A Pete Dye masterpiece that has been let go it appears. The fairways were terrible with very little grass and while the greens were a bit fuzzy on the front the back nine greens were fine.

Rough day on the course.. I’m sure the course plays well in the spring but the soil is cooked. Lots and lots of dirt (make sure you hit it straight!) and riding in a golf cart is a very bunpy ride just a heads up. Teed off around 10:45 and didn’t get to hole 14 until 3:30pm. Ended up calling it quits on 14 as we were on pace for a 7-hour round of golf. Course was the most backed up I’ve ever seen. On a positive note huge shoutout to Angeline the cart girl she makes an absolute gem of a transfusion. Will be back for the drinks.