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4.1
968 Reviews (968)
5 Stars
435
4 Stars
329
3 Stars
112
2 Stars
51
1 Stars
41
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.6
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
77.4%
Recommend this course
791 out of 968 reviews
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Avg Rating
3.7
43 Reviews (43)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
67.4%
Recommend this course
29 out of 43 reviews
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Avg Rating
4.0
73 Reviews (73)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
75.3%
Recommend this course
55 out of 73 reviews
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Course Highlights
Bear's Best consistently earns praise for its exceptional course layout, well-maintained fairways, tee boxes, and upgraded amenities including modern GPS carts and a generous practice facility. Friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere make it a strong choice for both casual rounds and client entertainment.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6824 yards
Slope 143
Rating 73.3
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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (2002) David Heatwole (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
968 Reviews (968)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 35
Dinner 20
Brunch 18
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 55
Water Hazards 46
Elevation Changes 37
This course/club is great for:
Entertaining Clients 45
Advanced Golfers 43
A Weekend Splurge 39
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 49
Worth the Drive 49
Convenient to the City 11

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Played On
Reviews 98
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor

Good course.

Course is open. But one can find trouble. Fun and fair course. Strongly recommend for anyone

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/23/2022

Hello, James. 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.

Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/04/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/31/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/26/2022

Hi, 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.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Take with a Grain of Salt

Winter golf so a little more slack given but no bev cart and the course doesn't loop to the clubhouse. Great layout with tons of potential and great views while you wait 3-5 minutes every shot just to putt on greens that have been peppered with divots and scuffs. Tried going back in the clubhouse restroom after the round only to see the pro lock up the whole building and grab his sticks and hop on a cart... with plenty of daylight left. Might be back in spring to check for improvements

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/20/2022

Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta.

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 01/18/2022

We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Challenging course

Always enjoyed playing in Bears Best from the bag dropped to the front desk. Ian was very accommodating with our request. It was a lot of fun to experience playing a compilation of 18 holes that Jack Nicklaus designed. If you have not played this course I encourage you to play. The customer service is top notch.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 01/13/2022

Thank you for your review. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Bear's Best Atlanta. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 01/13/2022

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/13/2022

Hello,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

In the toilet

Bear's Best has been a favorite because of the unique holes and design.

It was a mess last September and we don't plan to return until we know someone who has played it recently. Bunkers were washed out, tee boxes in bad shape, bald areas everywhere! To pay a premium for a course in such bad shape helped convince us to drop Bear's Best from our list.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Possibly the best course in Gwinnett

Possibly the best course in Gwinnett, the staff was amazing, the course was in excellent condition and it was as very challenging for an avid golfer. This course has everything one could expect from a public course especially for the price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/17/2022

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sadness

First time I’d been in a few years. Whoever currently owns it seems like they trying to run it in the ground. Friendly staff, but that’s ab it. A shame really, used to be great

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/13/2022

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Bear's Best Atlanta, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/24/2022

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 147
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/27/2021

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/27/2021

Hi, 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 great experience!

Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Avg 3 star course with a 5 star price tag

Been wanting to play bears best with my golf buddy's for a while now but it's expensive and figured we would save it for a special occasion like a birthday or something

Yesterday while trying to book a tee time I notice a hot deal for $40 which is an amazing deal for this course  and it lined up perfectly with our schedule so we booked it

I'll try to make this short

Course was about avg for the local courses in atl and surrounding areas

Pace of play was absolutely the worst I've ever seen it took us 2+ hours to play 4 holes waiting around 20 mins or so on each tee box

Condition of the course was not good

Southland in stone mountain is the cheapest course I play regularly and to be honest southland might be in better shape but for $20 on avg you can't complain

If I spend $100 for the same conditions here at bears best I'd be furrious

There are a few holes that stick out like the par 3 11th was something special other then that super average over all

GPS carts were avg but kept insisting we were off the the cart path when we weren't which was pretty annoying

The Burger at club house was ok

Honestly nothing special about this place and I would never ever recommend playing the course for anything more then a $40 green fee anything over that would be a rip off

Pro store had some really nice merchandise probably the best I've seen at any course and the prices were fair so that's a plus

All staff were very friendly and helpful seems like everyone enjoys working there and it reflects

Other then the horrible pace of play everything was pretty average so I'm a little disappointed only because this is considered one of atlantas best public courses and it didn't deliver

3 star course all things considered

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 12/27/2021

Hi, thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Course

This is a great course for all level of players. Lots of sand traps and some water. Fairways are fine for this time of year. Greens are not as good because people don't fix divots. Staff is great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/27/2021

Hello, 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.

Played On
Reviews 147
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/20/2021

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 147
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Default User Avatar
Commented on 12/17/2021

Hello, 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.

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