Carlton Oaks Lodge & Country Club

White flag on every green. No clear yard markers. 80 for the round but no gps in cart.

Friendly staff but in my opinion for the price it’s not worth it.

The course area and scenery are nice. There are plenty of challenges to navigate (bunkers, water, and terrain), but the biggest challenge is the condition of the course itself. If you're in the fairway, no problem, but the second your ball leave the fairway, things get dicey. The rough is ROUGH. Tall grass, massive clover patches, and dirt/mud areas present a whole new challenge. Many drives that should have been very findable resulted in having to drop a new ball because the course just swallowed it up. Most of the greens are in average to decent shape. A few were a little patchy with some dead spots, but they play VERY slow!!

This course feels like it used to be great and beautiful to play on 20 years ago yet as fallen to the way side. Nothing but unkept up fairways with big dirt mounds and goffer holes everywhere. Greens are nice but thats about it. Tee time was 2:36pm but due to not having carts available we stood waiting for about 25 minutes until one was returned which was insane. I am glad I picked the later tee time and only spent $46 dollars, I would of been more upset if I paid full price of $80 since we didn't even get to finish the round do to loss of daylight.

This course is in terrible shape. With the sole exception of the greens, everything else looks like a rough cow pasture. This course has a nice design and layout, but almost no maintenance at all. They should be charging no more than $30 including a cart. You will be really disappointed if you are paying full price to play here... This could be a nice course if someone would put money into it.

Really sad to see such a great lay out gone down hill. Worst conditions I’ve ever played and been golfing for 45 years. Looks to me they are giving up on this place. No grass in fairways, greens where not mowed in days and haven’t moved a cup in over a month. Really disappointing!!!

This course is in awful condition. I've played many courses within 20 miles of Carlton Oaks and they are all better cared for. I will never play here again.

This course is covered with hundreds of mature trees sparkling Blue Lakes Creeks the layout offers a diverse mix of holes that possess a unique character they all offer different challenges in the form of either a water hazard or strategically placed sand traps along the fairways this is a must play course

Carlton Oaks was at one time an excellent, must play course designed by a true legend. Over the years it has continued to go down hill. While they have newer carts (no gps) it doesn’t make the bumpy ride over ruts, mud puddles, or cracked and uneven paths any more comfortable.

Although with a cold beer in hand while waiting ten minutes or more to tee off on every hole, the carts do make for a soft place to sit.

More interesting was the Marshalls that were rolling two deep, one on the front and one on the back, did nothing to speed up play. Taking over 4 hours to get through twelve holes exceeded my patience so I wrote off the greens fees as a learning experience.

To be fair, with tight budgets and cost of water continuing to rise, they spend what money they do have in the right places.

The tee boxes are above average condition and their greens, collars and approaches are maintained very well. Surprisingly the greens aren’t riddled with pitch marks, which could be the result of the caliber of players who do not know what they are missing with other courses, or the difficulty of the course (note: you will be playing perfectly executed tee shots from subpar fairways or worse yet an abundance of ground under repair), but I’d like to give the credit to the grounds crew. Also, the greens are so slow that you may need a couple of rounds of putting to get used to more realistic speeds at higher end courses before you find your putter again.

My advice: wait until the reviews improve before you play because even at twilight it is not worth the cost.

I took a friend visiting from out of town to plan Carlton Oaks. The course was in very poor condition, I was a little embarrassed to say the least.

I'm sure the flood had something to do with the course conditions but only along the river bed.. the rest of the course was in terrible condition.