Bent Creek Golf Course

Having played BC for the last 20 years and also having a great understanding of the difficulties of running a public course, I am happy to report that BC is in great shape for a municipal course here in Jacksonville. The greens were well grassed, smooth, and rolled at a medium speed. The fairways were a little skinny on grass and the tee boxes were fair with the typical challenges on flatness and amount of good grass. Traps were in good shape with plenty of sand. I did have a concern about the lack of merchandise in the Pro Shop, but maybe they were prepping for spring. I would recommend playing BC if you enjoy a challenge.

I played this course two times in the last 3 months. Both times the course and greens were in great condition. The staff were friendly and willing to answer any questions about the course and ammenities. I will definitely be back.

Well first off it was a cold day , played at 12 noon we were the only ones on the course until hole 13, never seen a sole until then , then seen more out there . my wife was just a rider/ score keeper, i shot good in cold course was great, greens smooth, I shot a 94, just couldn’t putt it in, 2 and 3 putt most. but a fun day once the sun come out, parked in sun all day , got coffee half way, course well maintained in winter months.

I played Bent Creek 5 or 6 times in 2024 after the restructured greens, and it took 4 hrs 50 mins to 5.5 hours for every round. I really like the course and would play a lot more but the pace of play is always horrible. It appears they have more first-time golfers than other courses causing a lot of the slow play without course managers riding around to help keep pace of play moving along. I would recommend getting an average time of course play for the average15-20 handicappers and post those time signs along some of the holes. For instance, coming off the 6th green, you could put, Your group should be 1 hour and 40 minutes or less into the round if using a 4 hour and 20 minute round. Also signs galore of “Letting faster players play through”. Thank you.

Course was in ok shape. Greens were fair. Bunkers need attention.

Great layout, conditions and staff! Will definitely add it to the monthly rotation

Golf course is in beautiful condition!

Layout is fun and challenging.

Pace of play was some what slow... Not the courses fault.

I play this course once a week and I'm still excited because of the challenge of the lay out.

Great price, course in great condition, fast greens, friendly & helpful proshop/bar/starter staff. Adding to our monthly rotation!

The tee boxes didn't match the sign yards at all they were longer so it felt different to try and select correct tee box for me, two others moved to tee box next to red, I think that's green but could be wrong , one had GPS golf finder so he kept saying yards are longer

Pace was a little slow. But I took the time to sand divots that other people just left. You can tell the grounds team there have been working their tails off! Course is ready for play!

Been a while since I played Bent Creek but it's good shape right now. Still a bit of sand on the greens but really not affecting the putts. In a week or two it should be perfect.

Greens had fresh sand on them but didn't effect game , was a great day

Course is good shape even after top dressing the greens. Give it a couple of weeks and those greens will be really nice and fast. The rest of the course is in pretty fair shape with the exception of a few tee boxes. Give Bent Creek a try you won’t be disappointed.