Black Horse at Bayonet/Black Horse Golf Course

A great course which challenges you to put your ball in the right spot. Most difficult thing about this course is the greens which have many false fronts and sloping backs/sides. Miss your target or if you're unsure of where to hit the green and good luck as there didn't seem to be many easy up and downs.

Will definitely play this again with a little more on course knowledge on where to hit it.

This is about my 12th time playing and even though the course conditions were good, it was in the poorest shape of all the times I played previously. Our group teed off at 8:20 on a Sunday and finished exactly at 12;20, 4 hours. On hole 6, a short, drivable par 4, the marshal stormed onto the green as we were putting and told us we were too slow because the group on the tee was waiting to drive the green. Our group had words with him and forced us to wait on tee 7 and allow the 4 some to pass. Now, this group was holding us up. Whatever, we got over it after we had a few choice words. The greens were way too dry and were really hard to hold. 3 of us have indexes below 4 and we did not repair a mark on the green all day because none were made,. We will be back though, it is a good course.

Had fun playing but readily need to br more stick on play had to wait 6 mints each hole just to tee of but it was Saturday morning so no complaints. But the guy I pkYiex with rushed me but then again got to play golf love the cries of Monteray shoelinr

Weather was perfect. Greens hard, fast and undulating. Great layout, great views. I'm an east coast golfer, not used to grass types. O yeah, lots of bunkers, most in the wrong places for my game. I will be back.

Pros - good value, great ocean views, greens in good condition, decent pace of play, nice practice facility, friendly staff.

Cons - need a marshal to improve pace of play (some groups extremely slow), lots of damage to course from animals (squirrels).

Overall - the pros outweigh the cons .

I had a good round at Blackhorse. I made the mistake of assuming that the GolfNow rate was the same as the walk up rate. Turns out the GolfNow rate was about 30% less than the counter rate.

So when I went in as a walk up single, they advise I could get the NCGA rate (I’m a member) but did not mention the GolfNow rate. I thought it was odd and paid the full amount. I went to check GolfNow and saw they difference. They happily refunded my fee and let me use the GolfNow rate.

The course appeared to have some maintenance going on, appeared that the fairways were rolled?? They seemed flattened which made for tighter lies. Assume this is part of the normal maintenance cycle. I did not see any fairway punching, but maybe just a few small spots around greens ( greens were fine and not punched)

There was no starter to send me off but it was super slow so no biggie. I played fast and easily completed before sundown for my twilight tee time.

I relay enjoy this course and would recommend it. I also recommend the bar/restaurant the food is excellent.

Thanks Jeff

I don’t believe this golf course could get any worse. The greens are basically mud with some blades of grass coming out, the fairways are not much better. The only positive development is that Troon golf has taken over and I hope to see some changes soon. This course used to be a lot of fun to play but right now I would stay away at least for a year or more.

Blackhawk is the slightly easier of the Bayonet / Blackhawk 18s, but just slightly. The greens are extremely challenging and often hard to read given their placement on hillsides or sloping ground. But that's what make them fun!