Black Bear Golf Club

Weeds all in the greens and cannot make one putt 🤪 Not worth one penny 🙏 Play somewhat else!!!

Had a tee time for 4 golfers, 1 couldn’t show up. At the pro shop we notified the staff that only 3 were playing they were fine with it.

Three days later i get a charge from golfNow for a no-show, called golf now and got told to call the course, called the course and got told to read the terms of golf now and that they don’t advise the pro shop staff to share this information so golfers don’t “make” a scene at the pro shop.

Very clever

Black Bear is already a Dye-abolical course. It didn't need any help. But the pins on some holes were in frankly illegal positions. Balls placed on the ground next to the hole rolled 8-10 feet away. The greens-keeper needs to be admonished.

Greens were true and (too) fast. Due to the severe slopes, slower greens would have been in order. Fairways were good. Some of the bunkers (#12, anyone?) were quite ratty.

The course has a great layout. The greens could use some work. For the price it’s not bad. Good time.

If you’ve ever played Black Bear in the last two/three years then you should know what to expect. The greens were good for the most part, as well as the fairways and tee boxes. The conditions were good, not great but definitely worth a round. I’d definitely play it again real soon and the layout is always enjoyable. The elevation changes this course provides, the openness, and the consistent good conditions will always bring me back. If you’re playing this course for the first time, my advice to you is to BRING YOUR SHORT GAME! You’ll definitely need to be on point on this course with their small and elevated greens. Your short game can make or break you on this course.

Caught in moments where we had to wait 15-20 min for our approach shots because it took a long time for the group ahead to get off the greens, groups ahead of them were also waiting to tee off.

Ton of hills, tee shots are key and hopefully luck is on your side to find a flat surface.

Also, if you book a 4 some and someone doesn’t show, you will still be charged the full greens fee. Don’t get screwed like I did.

Pace of play very good, greens and fairways excellent

There is too much walking involved on this course. I might as well left the cart at the clubhouse

A Pete Dye course highly shaped and contoured to often small greens - super layout that never gets near the houses, even for those if us tending towards the wild! Course has seen better days - lot's of thick grass clumps in the fairways and even some if it creeping into greens. Greens were slow but ran true. Good value though for what we paid for the round.

Clubhouse staff were great - we felt really welcome.