Golden Bear Golf Club at Indigo Run

Nice course layout and what you would expect from a Nicklaus design. The staff was very polite and friendly. Since we were only a two-some, they let us go I. Front of a four-some to allow food spacing.

The course has just come through aeration, so the greens were a little slow and bouncy. Otherwise than that, I would like to place the course again once it comes back in to shape.

Definitely a great value and course!

Course overall was ok. The layout is poor. Should have used some of the lakes and water ways better into the holes. Took over 5 hours to play and no one was out to push play.

The starter and maintenance crew were nice. Clubhouse and staff at bagdrop were rude.

When the Pro shop doesn't even greet you when checking in, you get the feeling that you should have gone elsewhere. We made the best of our round, but feel when a course has aerated the greens, guests should be made aware of this ahead of time. Some courses even give a discounted rate! The course itself is beautiful and well laid out, but conditions left much to be desired.

We threw the course a curveball when we showed up with our own foursome after reserving tee times for 3 people. That sent the clerk into a tizzy and he made it known how difficult it was going to be because they had already added a single to our group. We had a 9:36 start. The only thing he had to do was move us to 9:44 AM and include the single with whom ever was in the 944 group that was now going to tee off eight minutes earlier. There were no others scheduled after us as it was a hot day and the course was recently aerated (two days earlier). I asked whether or not the greens were going to be OK and was told that there was going to be sand on them. That was true but we still found them to be reasonably smooth on those slow.. The starter had told us that it should not be any kind of a problem but the clerk who had to now I just are method of payment was still peevish and grumpy. if he had been decent about it, instead of making us feel as though we should exclude a family member, he would have received a tip for having to make adjustments. Instead, we left without purchasing anything in the pro shop. Later, though; my grandsons did find a golf ball sale that they could not pass up. When we finished there was no one to unload the cart. So, for an undiscounted rate, we were put off a little by the staffs unfriendliness. On the other hand the course was very interesting and challenged our skill level .

Overall experience was very good.
Rental club prices a bit higher than some surrounding courses.
Suggestion: please provide courtesy towels to help keep
Rental clubs clean during play.

Golden Bear was in great shape, as usual. Always in better condition than a lot of other courses on Hilton Head Island. There was even a Marshall that drove around and helped keep up the pace of play; something that is rarely seen. The staff was friendly and helpful, from the Marshall, Cart Girl, Bartender, Office staff. The greens were excellent. Fairways perfect. Really good design, too.

Great course. We enjoyed it. Lot's of water, woods and heat. It was hot when we played.

We were excited to replay this course after seeing it in great shape this winter, but we were severely disappointed. From tee to green, it was in poor shape with scruffy tee boxes, patchy fairways that were poorly mowed with clumps of grass and unevenly mowed areas and greens that were aerated but also in awful shape before they were punched. The staff ranged from indifferent to rude. There was a “starter” who was ally only there to check people off, but he had groups running 12-15 minutes late at 8:30 a.m. then, on the fifth hole, a ranger drove up to us and told us we were running 10 minutes behind our scheduled tee time. We explained that we were sent off late, and the group behind us had not waited on us the entire day. He gruffly said we had to pick it up or he’d have us skip holes (again, we were a foursome that was playing at a good pace and not at all slow). He then pointed out we’d naturally be slow because we had a junior golfer. It happens that the junior golfer is a mid-handicap player who has won 10-12 year old tournaments, so he is not an issue. We had really liked the course in the winter, so it has promise, but between the conditions, staff and price ($125) that is out of line with other courses of its type, we would be hard-pressed the return.

Started late so it was hot but not crowded. Will be back.

Nice layout, ok condition, slow, slow, slow play. Quit after 14 holes due to slow play. Also started 25 minutes after tee time due to slow play right from the first tee. Response from “ranger” sometimes it just plays slow!

We were excited to return to the course after having a great experience here in December, but we were wildly disappointed. The condition of the course is very bad, at least right now. From tee to green, there are issues all over the place. Tea boxes are very patchy and do not seem to be growing properly. Fairways are exactly the same if not Morse. The mowing on the fairways was poor where you could see large clumps of mowed grass, areas that were bare and other areas where the mower had cut with an in level blade. The greens were not immune to problems and had been burnt out, had patchy areas and rolled very inconsistently.

The staff at the pro shop and start were unfriendly at best. We tees off 15 minutes late, and then on the sixth hole, an overbearing ranger came to tell us we were behind (had not had a group wait on yet). We explained that we were sent off the tee quite late when he said we were 10 minutes off pace from our SCHEDULED tee time, but he said it was our fault and then said we had to play fast particularly because we had a junior with us. Was really out off by this generalization because the junior is a 17 hdcp as an 11 year old and is definitely not slow. The ranger then stalked us twice more on the front nine despite there not being a group in sight behind us.

The price is higher than many courses on the island and not worth it in its current shape. Would absolutely not recommend.

I played this course 2yrs ago and was very disappointed in the up keep of the greens and tee boxes. Let me say I’m very impressed with this course. The greens are in great shape. The fairways tight. The tee boxes are growing in. My only concern would be the snack bar. The guy at the counter was awesome. Very friendly. I will tell you that our tee time was 744am. So getting a breakfast sandwich was out of the question. We made the turn in 2hrs. Being on vacation (it was 12 o’clock somewhere), just not here. No hotdogs, no one at the bar. Had to use cooler in pro shop. Our lunch was crackers. I’m sure if you play later in the day it will be attended to. But highly recommend playing.