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4.2
957 Reviews (957)
5 Stars
432
4 Stars
325
3 Stars
110
2 Stars
50
1 Stars
40
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
79.1%
Recommend this course
784 out of 957 reviews
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3.8
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
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2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.3
69.7%
Recommend this course
23 out of 33 reviews
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4.1
66 Reviews (66)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
6
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.3
77.3%
Recommend this course
51 out of 66 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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4.2
957 Reviews (957)

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 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Golt time

The Bears Best course was very nice, the # 11 hole was the killer for me but It was nice. The course layout was good and I will be playing there again when I get a deal through golf now.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 05/01/2019

Fantastic! We're thrilled that you enjoyed our course and the challenge of our layout. We can't wait to have you back again soon at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Spring is here - Masters Week

Great track, good range and knew right. away. we were in for a treat. on the green's, firm and fast. Great track.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/09/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course and that our greens met your expectations. We hope to have you back again soon for your next round with us!

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout.

Had the chance to play with two members who were great. Wet Winter definitely has caused some conditions issues but it’s a great track. Greens were nice and fast. Would absolutely play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/03/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed your round with our members. We're pleased that our course conditions met your expectations and we look forward to having you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best Public Course in the Metro Atlanta Area

Bear’s Best is by far the best public course to play in the Metro Atlanta area. I appreciate the history behind each designed hole that was picked from Jack Nicklaus of his top designed courses around the world. The greens, fairways, bunkers, etc are kept in excellent shape. If you get the opportunity to play here do not pass it up!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/26/2019

Fantastic! We're thrilled that you enjoyed our course and the challenge of our layout. We're honored that you consider us the best public course in the Metro Atlanta area. We're also glad that our course conditions met your expectations. We can't wait to have you back again soon for your next round at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent Course with Excellent Value

I always come back to this course because it brings me the challenges. I am not particularly a big fan of fading tee shots, but when it comes to golf design, Nicolas tops many others. With good value through GolfNow, this was no brainer

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/26/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed the challenge that our layout presented. We're also glad that you found us to be a good value. We appreciate your review and we hope to have you back again soon for your next round with us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great coures

Great course with am amazing hot deal! will be looking out for this one again.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 03/22/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course and we appreciate your review. We hope to have you back again soon for your next round with us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Interesting customer service

Played 18 in the morning and we decided to go around again. While we grabbed a hot dog (excellent) a staffer suggested we exchange our morning carts for fresh ones. And he offered to move our clubs and belongings across for us. Turns out he left behind a quarter-zip that had been in our basket. We discovered it missing when the temperature cooled during the second 18 and called the pro shop to alert them. They couldn't find it. After our second 18 the pro shop was closed and two high-schoolers in the cart barn were accommodating but clueless. Phoned the next morning and friendly guy remembered us and the loss but said nothing had been found. Told me lots of players lose items. I corrected him that a player didn't lose this one, a BB staffer did. He said there was nothing he could do so I told him I'd let others know of this frustrating experience. He asked me to wait to hear from the GM. I did and had quite an energetic discussion. Long story just a bit longer, got a call back the next day and they found the item, Fed-Exed it to me along with a 4-pack of golf balls. Nice gesture, but it shouldn't have required quite the amount of determination and outright arguing on my part to get a fair resolution. I suppose all's well that ends well.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/11/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed your rounds with us but we apologize for the struggle in finding and getting your quarter-zip back to you. We appreciate your patience with the process and your feedback. We hope to have you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 264
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 25 Contributor
Georgia Advisor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Wet conditions but fun course

I have played Bear's Best several times and each time I play I really like the course. I love the variety of holes and the fact the holes are replicas of some of Jack Nicklaus' best holes from the many courses he has designed.

It was windy and cold and cart paths only today due to the crazy amount of rain the area has had for the prior month. Everything was still wet and soggy and all the ponds were up higher than usual.

Due to the cold, there were not many golfers out. I was a single. After the sixth hole I ran into a foursome in front of me where were extremely slow (they were playing a two man scramble between the two groups of two. They took forever over each shot and each putt. I thought for sure they would ask if I wanted to play through since I was right on their tail for several holes. Never once did they say a word or askd if I would like to play through.

I really like the course layout and the variety of holes. There is quite a bit of elevation changes, as well as water and LOTS of bunkers.

Go play the course. You will really lithe variety and the uniqueness of the holes.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/08/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and the challenge it presented. We look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Playing the Best

Rain, rain the course was wet and I hit down on the ball didn't have my best round cold and breezy but overall it was a good day. I really like the course whenever I get a chance to play I Wil definitely play

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/08/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course despite all the rain we've had. We appreciate your review and we hope to have you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too early

Right now, this course, and probably most, is not worth wasting your time or money. It is just too early in the season. I will not return until late April or early May - it will take that long for the fairways and greens to heal from a very wet season.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/28/2019

Thank you for your review! We apologize that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations. The weather has been a little rough this year, but our conditions are still some of the best in town. Thanks again and we look forward to having you back again soon in late spring/early summer!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Thank You for a great day!

We had a group of eight

with some very inexperienced golfers.. We are from Ohio and Canada and was down here for work and lucky enough to of gotten the chance to play. The course was beautiful with a great layout. I can’t say enough nice things about the guys in the pro shop! Just so helpful and patient explaining things. We throughly enjoyed our day and hope we get the chance to play again someday!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/26/2019

Excellent! We're thrilled that you and your group enjoyed your round with us and we can't wait to have you back again soon at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Wonderful! Come back soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome layout

Great weather day provided a fun golf afternoon. The course was full of golfers but moved at a good pace. Course layout was awesome and in spite of extremely rainy Winter in pretty good shape for early February in Georgia. I would like to play it again in Spring or Fall when fairways are not dormant and bent grass greens can be cut and rolled.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course and the challenge it presented. We're also glad that you were able to play at a good pace. We appreciate you review and we look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

staff friendly

Course was in good shape despite heavy rain earlier week. Pro shop Marty Topper was very friendly.

I'll definitely play again

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/04/2019

Outstanding! We're thrilled that our course conditions met your expectations and we're glad that Marty left a great impression on you. We can't wait to have you back again soon for your next round at Bear's Best Atlanta!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice round, great day

First off, after some miscommunication, Marty was accommodating to that fact and revised our tee time for the error. Thanks for taking care of us buddy, see you soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/24/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that we were able to get everything squared away for your tee time and that Marty was helpful. We look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow pace but fun. Cart path only and wetness killed the old men in front of us but greens were fast and challenging.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/22/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and the challenge it presented. We appreciate your feedback and we look forward to having you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lazy

This was a special pre-Christmas fire start event. The event was understaffed. Marshall's did not take care of pace of play. We were not told in advance that no food or drink would be available after tee off. Truly ill-mannered. We had to skip holes and go around others in order to get out of there in 5 hours!

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 12/27/2018

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your time with us. We strive to provide a great experience for all of our guests. We would love the chance to speak to you more about your time with us. Please reach out to our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at Ian.Grimwade@clubcorp.com. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you!

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Bear's Best Suwanee

Staff very friendly and helpful. Good facilities. Cart path only when played so a slower pace - may be wrong but would guess fairways hold water longer causing more cart path only situations. Good course and will consider playing again; however, a bit pricey.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 12/21/2018

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and that our staff left a great impression on you. We apologize that the pace was a little slow and we appreciate your feedback. We look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/21/2018

Outstanding! Come back soon!

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

This is the first time I have played the course in for or five years and was very disappointed with the direction the course has gone.

It started off with having to now pay $10 for range balls, next I totally understand it was a holiday weekend and the course was going to be crowded but did expect to have a course regular hit into our group four times (our group was staying in pace the the groups in front), next the course was in bad condition as I had played the Georgia Club two days prior and that course was less expensive and in great condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 11/27/2018

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you didn't enjoy your experience with us. We strive to provide all of our guests with a great experience and we'd love to learn more about your time with us. Please reach out to our General Manager, Ian Grimwade, at Ian.Grimwade@clubcorp.com. Thank you again and we look forward to speaking with you!

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