Bear's Best Atlanta
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6824 yards | 73.3 | 143 |
| Nicklaus | 72 | 6513 yards | 71.9 | 140 |
| Blue | 72 | 6138 yards | 70.1 | 137 |
| White | 72 | 5624 yards | 68.0 | 126 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5624 yards | 73.7 | 135 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4725 yards | 68.7 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.3/143 | 429 | 369 | 148 | 355 | 414 | 154 | 579 | 409 | 554 | 3411 | 339 | 180 | 521 | 417 | 559 | 348 | 167 | 415 | 467 | 3413 | 6824 |
| Nicklaus M: 71.9/140 | 405 | 337 | 145 | 353 | 399 | 151 | 519 | 379 | 529 | 3217 | 331 | 177 | 518 | 413 | 556 | 342 | 163 | 375 | 421 | 3296 | 6513 |
| Blue M: 70.1/137 | 390 | 314 | 134 | 316 | 360 | 147 | 489 | 370 | 509 | 3029 | 323 | 163 | 475 | 381 | 532 | 316 | 151 | 355 | 413 | 3109 | 6138 |
| Blue/White M: 69.3/130 | 387 | 314 | 134 | 316 | 338 | 147 | 481 | 370 | 474 | 2961 | 323 | 163 | 414 | 352 | 506 | 316 | 151 | 301 | 356 | 2882 | 5843 |
| White M: 68.0/126 W: 73.7/135 | 387 | 296 | 110 | 292 | 338 | 121 | 481 | 306 | 474 | 2805 | 315 | 155 | 414 | 352 | 506 | 279 | 141 | 301 | 356 | 2819 | 5624 |
| Forward M: 66.2/124 W: 71.7/130 | 387 | 296 | 110 | 292 | 270 | 121 | 428 | 306 | 427 | 2637 | 315 | 155 | 414 | 308 | 432 | 279 | 141 | 301 | 305 | 2650 | 5287 |
| Red W: 68.7/121 | 342 | 172 | 78 | 182 | 270 | 99 | 428 | 254 | 427 | 2252 | 282 | 80 | 386 | 308 | 432 | 275 | 128 | 277 | 305 | 2473 | 4725 |
| Handicap | 3 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Signature hole 6 Photo submitted by gtd068a on 05/07/2021
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Photo submitted by baldeagle218 on 04/22/2020
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Photo submitted by u782974053 on 06/28/2019
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Photo submitted by u000003723331 on 09/02/2018
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Hole #6 Par 3. Its beautiful and breath taking, but its not an easy one and can give ya some pain! Photo submitted by KBoyd9 on 03/28/2016
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Photo submitted by Visa6705750 on 02/18/2015
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Photo submitted by Visa6705750 on 02/18/2015
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Photo submitted by jvillani34 on 10/08/2013
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Bear's Best #5- Great par 3! Photo submitted by holeinone17 on 04/22/2013
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Photo submitted by ayrioc on 02/18/2013
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Photo submitted by Nick7460614 on 02/06/2013
Well Maintained and Challenging Course
All 18 holes on this course are designed to mimic courses from all across the world. This provides a unique and challenging golf experience. Approach shots are key for good play due to tight putting greens and lots of bunkers surrounding the surface. Some holes played fast and others were slow adding the exciting challenge. Golf carts are GPS enabled helping club selection. Some functionality was still missing as some holes were cart path only, but no warning or reminder was provided, but once on fairway cart was slowed down with warning to return to cart path. This impacted play due to cart speed being reduced. That was the only negative experience. Will definitely play here again for right price.
Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bear's Best Atlanta.
Course was in great shape, except the bunkers. Some had very little sand in them, making it extremely difficult to get out. Greens were great, rolled pure.
Outstanding! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta.
Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Atlanta. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Need to invest in course
Course use to be at a higher level of quality but overtime has shown its wear and tear. current owner of the course appears to be cash cowing the course at the expense of maintenance/reinvestment.. For example, traps vary in level of quality with no or very little sand to sufficient sand. Traps are not maintained on a regular basis (raked, etc.). Bent grass greens are average to below average at best during summer given the heat and volume of playing with golfers doing little or no ball repair etc,. which makes the greens difficult to putt. If price point is $65 to $75 per round it is worth playing. At $90/$100 and greater, there are better better course to play that are in significantly better overall condition.
Thank you for your review! We apologize that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations. We appreciate your feedback and would love to chat with you more about your experience. Please contact our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at ian.grimwade@clubcorp.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you.
Really not worth it
I really expected more. The course plays fair and the tee boxes were great. Greens were terrible. Inconsistent speeds and shaggy.
I won't play here again. Not for $95
Thank you for your review! We apologize that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations. We appreciate your feedback and would love to chat with you more about your experience. Please contact our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at ian.grimwade@clubcorp.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you.
Wonderful! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Good value for ~$50
Course is in good shape but pace of play is a bit slow. However, it’s a holiday weekend so that’s to be expected a bit.
Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bear's Best Atlanta.
Thanks for your review! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bear's Best Atlanta.
What Happened?
Bear’s Best is a shadow of it’s former self. Fairways are full of weeds, greens are terrible, and the starter got us off to a bad start. We were playing the first hole, on the green, when he came and informed us he accidentally sent us out too early. I used to love the course, but today was not what I’m accustomed to.
Thank you for your review! We apologize that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations and that our staff didn't leave a great impression on you. We appreciate your feedback and would love to chat with you more about your experience. Please contact our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at ian.grimwade@clubcorp.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you.
Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Atlanta. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Great layout, conditions OK
Extremely friendly staff and folks I paired up were members and really nice. Course layout was as expected, a lot of bunkers, free flowing, not too much water, difficult yet manageable. Tee boxes in good condition. Fairways could use more lush grass, hard to hit off fairways other than a few holes where the ball sat up and nice. Greens had been recently aerated which was disappointing but not as disappointing as my tee shots. Good value at $40.
Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Atlanta. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Atlanta. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
It was just ok
It was ummm ok. Friendly staff and the layout was nice. Greens were recently punched the guys played with didn't tell me that I would've said no maybe. But the pace of play OMG four laughing ladies in front of us on the front nine and the two behind us had a guy on a cart I'm guessing a Manager told us let them play through so now we're on them! Now wow factor for the price I paid.
Awesome! We appreciate your feedback and apologize that you didn't know about our recent aerification. We have been notifying all recent bookings that we are currently in an aerification recovery period and offering a discount to offset the course conditions. Please let us know the best way to contact you directly so we can learn more about your experience and how we can improve. Thanks again and we hope you'll give us another try in the future.
I was expecting more from this course.
I was figured this would be a top notch course to match the ridiculously high prices...however it is very average and surprisingly not very well kept. This course should priced at no more than $30-$35. Play St. Marlo instead. Way better value.
We appreciate your feedback and will pass along your comments to our Club staff. We value every Member visit and apologize for not living up to expectations. We have been notifying all recent bookings that we are currently in an aerification recovery period and offering a discount to offset the course conditions. Please let us know the best way to contact you directly so we can learn more about your experience and how we can improve.
Fantastic! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Disappointing
The course was in bad shape. The fairways had.verylittle grass. It was like hitting off hard dirt so hitting a wedge was the fairway was not easy.
Thank you for your review! We apologize that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations. We have been notifying all recent bookings that we are currently in an aerification recovery period and offering a discount to offset the course conditions. We also had about 2.25" of rain on Saturday, so that may have contributed as well. We appreciate your feedback and would love to chat with you more about your experience. Please contact our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at ian.grimwade@clubcorp.com at your earliest convenience. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you.
Excellent! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
Wonderful! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!