Bear's Best Atlanta

Came across deer on one hole. Conditions were excellent but traps require" more sand. Hard pack and to many stones.

Greens are well maintained. T box a little worn and cut tight.

Tee boxes were a mess. The greens were lumpy and super slow. Not as good as it was 6 months ago when I last played.

Took my son to Bears Best for his birthday. Pace of play was worst ever. Waited 10+ mins to tee off at every hole.

Paid $60 for a hat. Outrageous.

Staff was friendly.

Clubhouse is old and needs a renovation badly.

Course is in terrible shape. Tee boxes are destroyed. Fairways and greens were not much better. Management doesn’t seem to care about this course. A shame that I paid $500 for a foursome. Hot garbage. Would never go back and never recommend this place to anyone.

Worst Golf Course Staff Customer Experience Ever - Complete lack of communication before arrival, dismissive attitude from the pro shop and golf pro, and the unwillingness to take responsibility until I repeatedly pushed the issue.

I understand that golf courses have policies, including rider policies, and I have no issue with a course enforcing reasonable rules. The problem here was the complete lack of clear communication before we arrived, followed by even worse customer service once we got there.

I booked a tee time through GolfNow for three players and brought my 12-year-old daughter as a rider. When we arrived, the pro shop told us they have a no-rider policy. The staff claimed the policy was listed on their website, during the GolfNow booking process, and in the confirmation email. I reviewed the information I received, and the only confirmation email I had was from GolfNow, which did not disclose the no-rider policy. I also did not receive a separate confirmation email from Bear’s Best advising me of this policy, even though the pro shop was adamant that I had. Not to my surprise, their website doesn’t even disclose this policy either.

We drove nearly four hours round trip, arrived early, and were excited to play the course. Instead, we were told we could not play, even though I offered to pay for an additional cart or find another reasonable solution. The staff member was dismissive, unhelpful, and acted like the issue was my fault for not reading information that was NEVER provided to me. It ruined an entire Saturday for all three players.

Again, the issue is not simply that they have a no-rider policy. The issue is that a policy important enough to prevent someone from playing should be clearly disclosed before booking and before someone drives to the course. Posting it inside the pro shop after customers arrive is not enough.

I followed up by email with the club, and while Head Pro James Morra was responsive, he continued to insist the policy had been properly disclosed. He offered a discounted future round, but I did not feel that was sufficient given the poor communication, wasted day, and attitude of the pro shop staff.

It took 6 emails AND me re-booking a tee time through GolfNow for the pro James Morra to actually look into the root cause of GolfNow’s system not emailing the “clubs” confirmation email, even though the GolfNow confirmation was sent to me. Finally, he admitted there was a problem with GolfNow’s communication of the clubs no rider policy, and was unwilling to do more than a lousy discount on our next round. No way I’m driving up there again, even for a discounted round!

The layout was cool and the greens were in good shape, but the tee boxes were dirt and there were a ton of patchy spots. It would have been fine if it had cost half as much. My main gripe is they only had a tiny section of the range open for non-members. It was full, so we had to rush our warm up, despite a completely empty member's area 20 feet away that the staff told us was off limits. Not what I was expecting for a course with that reputation and fee

All the greens were in varying stages of aeration making it difficult to play breaks, judge speed for putting and chipping. Sand trap conditions varied from thin sand with hard base , to soft thick volcanic colored sand. Not worth the price in this courses current condition. Tee boxes were also in rough condition. .

After being on the course for 4 hours and still 4 holes to play we all called it a day. The saddest part is the marshal told at the cart drop off that there is nothing he can do! I have never left in the middle of a round but we had a 45 minute gab between us and the group behind us at they caught up by the 9th hole. I can't believe I paid $130 for this crap. The dumbest thing is the stupid GPS systems telling us we are behind schedule as we wait hole after hole after hole on the groups in front of us.

Course was immaculate but a bit over our head from a difficulty perspective. Glad we got to play but will save money and play an easier course next time.

I want to start this with saying that it was a beautiful Saturday so I expected the course to be slammed, which it was. The staff couldn’t have been any nicer. I have zero complaints in that department. The course has always been over played in my opinion which causes it to seem rough sometimes around the greens. I just do not think this course is anywhere near $120 course. We rolled through the front nine at a decent pace but came to a screeching halt on the back mince and had several holes where there were numerous groups waiting on a tee box to play a hole. We ended up skipping three holes and it still took us 4 hours. I think for the money, you should probably go explore other options.