Bear's Best Atlanta

This was my first time playing here and I had an image in my mind that this course was super nice. It was ok but not great. The greens were a little Sandy and slow and the Fairways were VERY soggy, lots of plugged balls. It was a good deal since I was able to cash in a golfnow.com rewards but considering that this course is an hour drive and there are several other courses that are much closer and just as nice for less I don't see myself playing this course again any time soon.

The greens were a little beat up from excessive play and the summer heat which is to be expected this time of the year. Given the caliber of this golf club and the $$$ they demand range balls should be set up for players. Bagged range balls is expected at a low cost municipal course.

Course in great condition. Staff friendly and helpful. Great layout...challenging, but doesn't wear you out. Will definitely play again.

Beautiful course. Highly recommended. Challenging yet forgiving. Conditions are prime right now

Love this course from the service of the employees and the cleanliness of the course and facilities. This is a must play and appreciate.

I played here for the first time with my Parents on a Monday. The course was in great shape. The staff was friendly and helpful. There were 5 choices for the tees and we each played from a different one. "Tee it forward" indeed. My only complaint is the signs for the upcoming holes were not very visible, so you may end up playing 19 holes like we did. Would definitely recommend to anyone.

I played just last Sunday. Got a special for 49.00
Fairways were nice greens ok.
Sand traps no sand.
Played amonth ago same thing
Sand is pretty cheap?
They have lowered the price to get more golfers out.
BUT THE STAFF
They seemed like they did not care about the golfers
Very rude and un accommodating

For $51 this was a great value for a Jack course on a weekend. The pace of play was very slow but other than that it was a great experience.

I would recommend this course to golfers of all levels.

Had a awesome good time playing golf with friends on the very challenging golf course at Bears Best. A definite must play golf course !

Everything was excellent except for the late day lumpiness and slow speed of the greens. Even that wasn't that bad. It also suffers - as do all courses these days - from inconsiderate players who don't fix their divots.

Played in the spring scramble and again this summer scramble event. Course puts on an excellent event and too bad there were not more teams. For the price, quality of the course and facilities, it is hard to beat it. Course in excellent condition but I would have a hard time playing it at full rack rate. For those that can afford it, you do get an excellent experience.

This was my first time playing Bear's Best and I really enjoyed it. Course was in great condition and I loved feeling like I was playing on those famous holes. I will be back to play again!

The pace of play at the course is horrible every time I play there. There are no marshals on the course to encourage slow groups to pick up the pace or to allow faster (smaller) groups to play through. 5 hours to finish on a Thursday afternoon is just insane!

This course gets a ton of play and the greens are usually kept SLOW and are always beat up. The earlier you play in the day the better off you are. If you tee off late in the day, good luck making anything outside 5 feet.

I love the course design and layout. It was a much nicer and enjoyable course to play when it first opened. Now you can expect 5+ hour rounds and extremely bumpy/slow greens.

I have not played Bear's Best in a couple of years primarily because of the cost. I saw lower green fees advertised on GolfNow and jumped on the offer. While I still had a great experience, and Bear's Best is a really fun layout, the course is not in the same kind of shape it was the last time I played. This probably explains the lower green fees.

My title says it all. Pace of play was terrible 5 plus hours as a foursome we waited on virtually every shot. Greens slowest speed I can recall ever putting on in Atlanta. Maybe they will speed them up in the Fall. Disappointing compared to other rounds at Bears Best when greens are good speed and condition.

The course was a fun layout! However, the greens were the slowest I have ever putted a golf ball on in my life. The speed of the greens really ruined what could have been a great course.

The course is a nice, straight-forward layout with generous landing areas and fairway bunkers that didn't come into play for any in our group hitting from the 2nd set of tees. We all 4 shot In the 80s in spite of the fact that the greens were the slowest any of us had EVER played. Jack would have not been impressed. The 2 par 3s over water were the favorite holes. Not anywhere near worth $99 because of the greens. Sand traps could use some work also. Sorry Jack, Love your course in Vegas.

Pace of play was great. Greens however were in fairly rough shape. many many ballmarks unattended to. I must have fixed 3 on every green.
Greens were very slow. Not their normal pace. Fairways nice, tee boxes nice.

We had to wait on every hole, every shot. The rangers came around, but did nothing to speed up the pace of play. Some of the staff told us play is always slow.

The tee boxes are in terrible condition, and the greens pitted with ball marks - many of the ball marks weren't even repaired. However, the fairways were in very good condition. Overall, it's not worth the money.

Bear's Best is a great layout and normally in great condition. However, we have played this course each week for the past month or two.

The greens are very, very slow with ball marks all over them.
You can repair four marks and still have many left . And the speed of the greens are worse than a poor municipal course. A 10 ft. putt is more like a 20 footer..

The greenside bunkers are more like poor waste bunkers which have not been turned over in a year and hardly ever raked.. The bunkers are more like hard pan with no sand under the ball. This is poor for a course that is normally so much better..

I hope the course superintendent gets things straightened out because normally this course is the best semi=private course anywhere in Atlanta or in the Southeast..