Bear's Best Atlanta

Bears Best is consistently one of the more expensive rounds out there but it doesnt come close to justifying the cost. No grass on many tee boxes, beat up greens, no sand in the bunkers, Maintenance folks running out to work on the greens mid-swing, and hardly any grass on the course. It could be that we caught them at a bad time but if this is the normal condition, then I would be shocked if they are still in business in 3 years.

Going through a bunch of renovations. It looks like they are putting a lot of money into this course. All new sand traps., New grass.
I just wish players would respect the tee box and greens more. Please fix divots and pull out your tees. Might be a good idea to have a sand refill directly on tee box and a box to throw broken tees into.
What about extra divot tools right at the green. Magnetize them to the flag?

Could use a little bit of netting between range and #18 fairway.

One day courses carts will have bottles of prosecco, and uncrustiable PB&j sandwiches for vegetarian options.

This is one of the favorite local courses. Managed very well. They seem to care about your experience here.

I've played this course in the past and it was really nice. It's fallen into disrepair. My round was met with much construction and the grounds crew was driving in the way and operating machinery on many holes. We waited for them. It appears the work on the bunkers and traps will have a very nice result.

The club house had an unfortunate water main break over the Holidays so the club house was closed along with much of the inside except a small pro shop.

Overall, I think the club and grounds will be much improved at my next visit. But I would choose another course in the short term.

Staff was working hard to make the round enjoyable.

I think they could have discounted the round while under this much construction.

Course was soggy due to all the rain. Greens were in good shape as the Bermuda showing signs of greening. Over all a good round for this time of year.

This course was a huge let down. I was so excited to get there. When we got there it was like any other golf course except the renovations. Seems pretty normal at this time of season. The staff was great. The driving range was full of sand and the spots were super close together and there were not many spots to begin with even with the huge driving range they have. The practice chipping and putting was great however. The start was terrible we had to wait on two groups and that caused a two group pile up behind us. Then the group behind us started hitting in on us. The course was cart path only so of course it took longer but these guys didn’t care apparently there was a fire to put out. The fairways were half flooded so you were just hitting out of mud all day. The layout is great and interesting and super fun but I just dont understand how they can book so many people so close together. They need to spread the times out and not sacrifice quality for quantity. All in all I will not be going back to this course. For $100 the facilities and pace are just not worth it. You can drive an hour to cobblestone or west pines and have a way better experience for half the price. There are a lot better courses out there.

Have played Bear's Best for years. This is the first time that we experienced very wet fairways on every hole. I never realized that this course has such poor drainage issues. The course should have been closed due to the conditions.

Bear's Best has always been one of my favorite courses north of Atlanta. Unfortunately, my recent visit makes me hesitant to return. The bar, grill, and restrooms were all closed due to water damage from the recent frigid temperatures. Although inconvenient, I completely understand the situation. Speaking of golf, tee times were running 10-15 minutes behind with 3 groups on #1 tee at our scheduled time. Fairways and tee boxes were not overseed with rye as I have seen in past years. Pace of play was horrible (4:50 for 18 holes). Ranger was not interested in asking groups to maintain pace.

I played this course for the first time and I was impressed. There was a bunch of rain this week and the course seemed to take it well. I definitely plan on playing again.

Course is in great shape to be in the middle of winter. Although it was cart path only it wasn’t extremely wet. One slow group slowed everyone down but still a good time!

First, we had a frost delay and the staff handled it very well. They gave me a courtesy call to let me know we would be teeing off about an hour late which is very much appreciated.
Other than that this course always leaves me underwhelmed.
Bunkers were unplayable (constant feature over the years)
Attention to detail that One would expect from this course at the $100 plus green fees was minimal. This course could be great, they just seem not to care if it is.
Probably won’t be back for some time.

Course was in really good shape with greens really nice and quick. We picked a sunny day that was cool with slight wind so a near perfect day on a nicely maintained course.