Black Bear Golf Club

1. Course layout - good design and offers a good challenge. 2. Greens - rolled nice and fast, just be aware they are are very small -- the smallest I've ever seen on a regulation course. Not a problem per se, just part of the design. Needless to say, I used my gap/flop wedges a fair amount, given that it is challenging to hit greens of that size. 3. Fairways - not in good shape. Grass is generally thin and dry so you really have to get down to the ball on every shot. 4. Sand traps - not in good shape, edges are often eroded. 5. Staff - very friendly and helpful. We waited a lot for the foursome in front of us for 4 holes, and the ranger got right on it. He recommended we skip a hole (we were only a twosome) and arranged for us to come back at the end of the round and play the hole we skipped. Super helpful gentleman. Net/net, we played in 4:10 which is pretty good. Pro shop staff friendly and helpful. 6. Value - good value, $55/round is pretty reasonable in this area. They also offer a $25 2nd round/same day option, which I took advantage of.

I’ll say this first, great layout, fun homes and the greens are different in terms of size and shape. Some of the greens are actually ridiculous from a shape perspective.

When I got there the staff was very nice and friendly. The guy raved about the shape the course was in. Huh? Greens were in bad shape, bumpy, not a lot of grass, weeds and damaged in some places. The traps were equally bad and clearly had not been given any attention in some time. Concrete in some places and nice soft sand in other areas.

Would still play again.

Smallest and narrowest greens I ever played on. Also, too many blind shots. Bunkers were in horrible condition. Extremely unfriendly staff.

A lot of earth moved to create this layout.. lots of undulation and lots of blind shots because of it. Very small and narrow and odd shaped greens, most of which had large drop offs right off the green. Most of the time you couldn't tell where the edges of the greens were either other than the fall offs. Pretty fair off the tee though.

Huge bunkers with large walls but sand walls were not maintained (weeds, not raked, canals from water). They would be better off putting in wood boards for side walls. The bottoms of a few were raked at least, but most of them were completely washed out and unplayable. Burned greens, dead spots, thin and sandy areas all over. just not that good of shape.

Cart girl, waitresses in the bar, and starter were all great.

Course was in great shape and the pace was perfect just like the weather. On thing was the greens, the holes where in the same place for a while as there where allot of impressions from allot of walking near the hole.

It was a great course, with one exception - the bunkers. They are overdone and are overly penal. A large problem is the hidden nature of many of them. Due to the land countours, you can't see them ahead until you're in them. If a map were to be supplied, showing the layout, as most courses do, a much more pleasurable experience could be had.

Nice Dye design and layout. Greens were challenging but fun. Fairway were in good shape. Would definitely play again.

Friendly Staff. Greens were a little bumpy. Had a good time

Many elevated greens make for a challenging round. Overall the course is in good shape - worth a play.