Carlton Oaks Lodge & Country Club

Conditions were so horrible You couldn’t tell the difference from the doing and fairway. Patches of crab all over the fairway. Bunkers were as hard as packed dirt

Played here multiple times, I love the course layout, lots of potential, but the conditions are the worst that I have ever seen them. Tee boxes and greens fine, but fairways are terrible. I couldn’t tell where the fairways were on some holes. Probably won’t be back for awhile, until it gets maintained, and that’s even if they decide to maintain it.

It is a travesty what has happened to once was a great course. PT courses are exceptional and very hard. This thing is a joke. They are only watering the greens and around the green. The rest of it is literally an area you would run your dog out if you didn’t care about your yard. Not to mention it to 5 1/2 hours even after calling the pro shop asking for help to move things along. I have not played in a year and will not be back. Might as well close it and build condos….

This being a Pete Dye layout. Has a lot of potential but lack of grass on the fairways and overall condition is not good.. The greens are the only thing keeping the scores together.

Staff is doing a great job for what they have.

I haven’t played here in a while, it seems to be worse. The first hole has about 6 different grasses or weeds in the fairway. To many other better courses around to play here for me, I won’t be back.

What a shame! This course must have been amazing when it opened. But it has been so neglected it is in the worst shape. Avoid this place. Not worth $1/round.

I played here on Feb 21, 2022. It was a great round. Despite it being President's Day, we were able to get out 10-15 minutes early and didn't have too many hold ups. Course is in good shape. Bit of advice, play from the tees that correspond you. It is already a hard course. Don't make it any harder on yourself :)

The courses in general and the courses fairways or lack of, were absolutely trash. The greens and around the greens very nice condition. This is not a 60+ dollar round of golf. Disappointed won’t be playing in Carlton Oaks for quite some time or ever again if they don’t improve. 2 others in my party feel the same way.

Wish this place would invest in making this Dye course the gem it should be. Pretty atrocious fairways at this point, and it cannot be simply attributed to dormant grass or high water costs.

Carlton Oaks was in it's usual condition. Not much grass in the fairways, horrible bunkers and good greens. We expected that before we came to play. We don't complain about the conditions, because the layout is excellent. The difficulty is magnified by the wind in the afternoon. These things we enjoy. What we didn't enjoy was the starter sending out a single, on a Saturday, in between foursomes, that was probably an employee who was off duty or a "friend" of someone. This single took his sweet time, hitting multiple balls without a concern for anyone behind themselves. Send your pal out on a weekday, not on a very busy weekend. Thank you.

Course layout was challenging and would be an amazing track if it weren’t for how poorly it’s been kept. It’s shameful and highkey disrespectful that this is the current state a Pete Dye design.

Greens… good… roll nicely with well placed undulation.

Fairways… horrible… mostly barren, no reward for good shots whatsoever.

Bunkers… might as well not even play them, no strategic gain whatsoever

Overall Design… could be a great track if it were just kept in better shape.

I don’t normally write reviews because courses should speak for themselves and I don’t really complain too much since golf has been a privilege to enjoy, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDNT WARN FELLOW GOLFERS….. Carlton Oaks is not currently worth its weekend rate. I don’t understand how better courses have been closed down permanently and this one has been allowed to continue on.

This was my first time playing Carlton Oaks Golf Club and I have wanted to play this course for awhile. I played with friends who have played the track before and was warned that the layout is challenging. Well this Pete Dye designed course did not disappoint in the challenge aspect with rolling fairways with narrow approaches to hidden greens surrounded by daunting bunkers. Bunkers are aplenty on this course so hit em straight and true. The hazards are very well placed and brilliant in design and beauty. So you might think from the review so far that all is well and good at Carlton Oaks but there is horror ahead and that horror lies in the fairways mainly. The fairways resembled barren desert and I half expect a caravan of nomads to cross our path. To say that there is a lack of grass is an understatement since you were lucky to find a small patch of the green stuff to hit off of, foot wedges were a must just to not hit off of hard compacted clay soil. The fairways were a true disappointment to a brilliantly designed course that challenged all of us in the two groups we had. I would play here again if I could see with my own eyes that this dying course was brought back to the staggering beauty that it must have been in its heyday. The staff was excellent from the guy working the Pro Shop counter to the Starter and the Marshall. Pace of play was perfect as this is no course for an absolute beginner unless best ball is being played with a.more skilled player. All the groups maintained perfect distance so we never felt rushed or even waited for a tee box until the very last hole. I yearn for this course to be brought back to greatness which would then justify the stout tee fee. Please someone rekindle this course.

I’ve been playing Carlton Oaks for many years and I keep hoping the conditions would improve. But every time I go back, the conditions are actually worse. There’s never a clean fairway.. So many leaves and dirt patches everywhere. And so much mud everywhere. My suggestion is to get rid of all of the unnecessary shrubbery and make it more of a dessert style golf course. I honestly can’t think of one hole that was esthetically pleasing. It’s too bad, cause the layout is nice and challenging. But the course in general just looks and plays like horrible.