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Bent Creek Golf Course
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About
Since the opening of Bent Creek Golf Course in 1989, the 6,420-yard, par-71 course has provided a challenging golf experience for residents of Northeast Florida and visitors alike.
Crafted by renowned architect Bobby Weed with consulting services by Mark McCumber, Bent Creek's meandering terrain takes golfers through a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, towering pines and alongside creeks and swales. The championship layout boasts Bermuda grass greens, plush fairways and a state-of-the-art lighted practice facility - home of the Bent Creek Golf Academy.
From the back tees, Bent Creek carries a rating of 71.6 and a slope of 136. The challenge starts with the first hole, which measures 538 yards from the gold tees, just 20 yards short of No. 15, the longest hole on the golf course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 6420 yards | 71.6 | 136 |
| Black | 71 | 5999 yards | 69.7 | 128 |
| Silver | 71 | 5307 yards | 66.3 | 123 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 4865 yards | 68.5 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 71.3/134 W: 77.3/141 | 527 | 177 | 380 | 401 | 305 | 501 | 148 | 368 | 466 | 3273 | 347 | 446 | 318 | 390 | 210 | 557 | 137 | 402 | 340 | 3147 | 6420 |
| Black M: 69.4/127 W: 75.0/135 | 500 | 150 | 370 | 375 | 291 | 484 | 134 | 331 | 417 | 3052 | 336 | 434 | 301 | 364 | 178 | 528 | 120 | 359 | 327 | 2947 | 5999 |
| Silver M: 66.2/124 W: 71.2/130 | 431 | 121 | 344 | 290 | 276 | 429 | 116 | 283 | 377 | 2667 | 312 | 363 | 288 | 352 | 168 | 447 | 104 | 311 | 295 | 2640 | 5307 |
| Red M: 64.1/108 W: 68.5/119 | 421 | 113 | 253 | 282 | 254 | 377 | 102 | 278 | 365 | 2445 | 282 | 332 | 241 | 342 | 119 | 437 | 75 | 305 | 287 | 2420 | 4865 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 16 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
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Great course: rude mowers
Great course; please tell mowers to shut off mowers and move out the way when I’m about to hit the golf ball!!
Course is in great shape
This is a challenging course with some holes you can take advantage of. Greens are greatly improved after the repairs. Great value for the cost.
Thank you for your positive comments!
Glad you enjoyed yourself and hope to see you back soon.
Bent Creek
Nice conditions ... many of the holes were challenging having to hit over a long section of rough to reach fairway or greeen
We are glad you had a fun time and can't wait to see you next time!
Thank you for your business!
No Crowd
Course was in decent shape with very playable greens. Better grass on greens than Eagle Harbor and Eagle Landing.
Well done to course maintenance.
Thank you for the kind words! Our maintenance team works very hard and we appreciate your business.
Fairways to green
Excellent fairways and greens. The golf course is outstanding.
Awesome! Glad you had a great time. Come back and visit us anytime you want.
Still under repair.
Great challenging course. Greens are still under repair. Tee boxes need more grass, especially the par 3 tee boxes. Ranger needs to enforce pace of play! Some guy was jumping around from hole to hole hitting more than one ball and holding people up.
Thank you for your review. We value your feedback and are sorry you had a poor experience. Our greens have recently been renovated and they are now in great shape. We'd love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
I play at Bent Creek maybe 2 times a year when I'm visiting relatives in Jacksonville. I've never had a bad experience there. The staff is friendly as well as the people I've been teamed up with. Some greens were a little beat up but for the most part playable. I like because it's close to where I'm staying and fairly easy to get a tee time.
Thanks for your review. We are so glad our staff meets your expectations! We value your feedback and hope to see you back soon.
Course will be okay in a few weeks. Not now however
Greens were resodded recently. The grass is really high on the greens. Slowest I’ve ever played (think fairway length) fairways were in good condition. Couple of tee boxes could use work (over grown grass on tee boxes where you’d use an iron. Similar to hitting from the rough)
Greens are growing in nicely however, they may be nice in a month or so. Wouldn’t golf here until then
Thank you for your review. We are sorry about you had a poor experience. We recently renovated our greens and they are in great shape. We’d love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
Nice day
Course was in decent shape except the greens were being worked on and took a few two putts. Field distances weren't up so unless you have the course book or digital watch (which we did, could be a bit tricky). Fairways were decent and tee boxes were fine. I like the variety of holes on this course.
Thank you for your review. We value your feedback and hope to see you again.
Bent Creek going downhill
Greens are bad. Worst I have ever seen them. Significant work needs to be done to get this course back into the shape I remember it to be. Used to be one of the best courses in Jacksonville. Not any more.
Thank you for your review. We are sorry about your experience. We recently renovated our greens and they are now in great shape. We'd love to have you back and show you the true bent creek.
Stay away
The greens are poor. Even the ones not under repair should be.
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry you had a poor experience with us. We recently renovated our greens and they are now in great shape. We would love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
Great layout
I've played this course a few times and it has a nice challenging layout. Due to some work and re sodding of the green, it wasn't in the best shape for this particular round. The pace of play was slower partially because of what I think was a tournament going on. Overall a nice course.
Thank you for your review. We value your feedback and apologize for the inconvenience, we are working hard to improve the customer experience. We hope to see you again soon!
Ugh
Front 9 was closed. Played the back 9 twice. If we would have known we would have not played. Usually this course in in good condition. They are losing the greens and the fairways are very dry. Tee boxes are in bad shape. This course is highly over played and in need of attention. I know they are working on it. Just give them until fall
Thank you for your review. We're sorry you had a poor experience with us. We recently renovated our greens and they are now in great shape. We'd love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
Thank you for your review. We value your feedback and are sorry you had a poor experience. Our greens have been renovated recently and are now in great shape. We hope to have you back again to show the true bent creek.
Garbage
Front nine of course was closed, no advertisement at all until I got to the course. Greens were in worse shape I have ever seen. Definitely not worth the money
Thank you for your review. We are sorry you had a poor experience- we have recently renovated our greens and they are in great shape. We would love to have you back again to show you the true bent creek.
Greens were in really bad shape again
Last time I played here a few years ago the greens were in rough shape (aerated and sanded in) and once again they were in really rough shape. The rest of the course was in decent shape. Some tee boxes were needing work and the fairways had a few dead spots. I've enjoyed this course over the years and it seems like they've had issues with the greens over the last few years. Was told they had disease cpl yrs back and had torn up the chipping area to repair greens on course. Practice areas are usually in good shape. For the area, it's a decent course for the price.
Thanks for your review. Thank you for playing our course over the years. We have recently renovated our greens and they are in great shape. We'd love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
Did not have any idea we would be only playing the back nine twice until we got to the course.
Did not have any idea we would only be playing the back nine twice. Greens not in good shape.
Thank you for your review. We apologize you had a poor experience with us. Our greens have been recently renovated and they are now in great shape. We would love to host you again and show you the true bent creek.
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Thank you for your feedback and we apologies for the mowers. We will make sure to touch base with out team to make sure we improve in the future.
Thank you again