Bear's Best Atlanta

Good course. Nice layout. I played the day after it rained and it was very wet still. The greens are very slow but I guess that to be expected this time of year.

One of the best public course in Georgia. Love to play again

The course was in great shape. Even though they were doing some repair on a few bunkers the course was excellent. The fairways were excellent and very green. Great look in contrast with the brown rough. The course played long and short depending on the hole due to heavy winds. Great experience.

I know that the people golfing on the course are to blame but they ruined an amazing course with unrepaired ball marks on the greens. I found myself repairing 5 or 6 every hole since it was just 2 of us golfing and no one else was there.

I hate when people do not have the courtesy to fix a ball mark. The clubhouse should give out ball mark repair tools or put them on carts.

Loved the course and facility is very nice but people that golf there need to help out also. Ill probably go back in a month to see if it's gotten better.

Jacks place is one of the best courses you can play, holes from all parts of famous golf courses and I have to mention beautiful homes throughout the course. This time of year with consecutive rain, greens where hairy, but still rolled better than most. Although I graded the course 5 star, some of the Nicholas tees need some work. I was also very disappointed no Marshal on duty, watch a group ahead us hit 90 degree shots all day, backed the course up from start to finish! I felt a little embarrassed for my playing partner whom paid full asking price verses my Hot Deal rate. All in all what a great course, a great time playing and one of my favorites too play.

Bear's Best Atlanta is one of my favorites. You could play it everyday and not get tired of it! Nicklaus was very generous with the width of fairways, it is a second shot golf course. #6 is the 12th from Midfield in Ohio, really strong par 3! 18 is the 18th from Castle Pines in Colorado. If you're playing a match and need to birdie 18, you should have birdied 17! Not a weak hole on the entire course, go play every chance you get! AAA+++

Bears was really impressive. It takes holes from across the world designed by Jack NIckalus and puts them in one challenging round. Great mix of tough, easy, quirky and standard holes. Pick your spots to be aggressive. I posted a few really big numbers and also made a few birdies.

Course was in good shape. Nice overseeded fairways allows for great lies for winter time. Greens are very nice but little slow due to softness from recent rain. Bunkers & range could use a little work.. Love the par 3's and the par 5's on this course! Would highly recommend playing this course if you have never played before or when you are in the area.

Good conditions for winter play. Fairways a little thin but had lots of rain.

We played the Blue/White tees and had a blast. First time we have played Bear's Best and we can't wait to go back. Greens were in great shape, rolling true, fairways as I stated were overseeded and the ball set up nicely. Great layout - the only suggestion is more signage on the course.....we went from 16 back to 14 and did not realinze the mistake until we reached the green....but other than that we had a great day of golf on Decemeber 4TH - so no complaints from this group.

Green over-seeded fairways in contrast with a dormant Bermuda look very nice. Looked much like a desert courses in Vegas.
12:00 Tee time for Golf Now special $50. However, with fees and tax is around $55. Still a good deal for a Bear's course.
The over-seeded fairways were little thin and tight. Definitely not like Palm Springs winter carpet fairways. It could have been better.
Tee boxes were in good shape. Bunkers were wet and tricky from overnight rain. Good mixture of over the water par 3s. Very difficult long uphill Par 4s & par 5s.

If you want a green fairways in winter, this is one of the few courses in the area other than private. One other course I liked was Woodmont CC.

Overall good experience. The course design and conditions were above average.

The course itself was ok. The battery on our golf cart died on the 13th hole. I called the pro shop 10+ times to request a replacement. No one answered. We ended up pushing our cart back to the clubhouse. You couldn't pay me to play there again!

Great course, but extremely slow play and molasses green made it a bad experience!!!!

If you get a chance to play here, you should. Was fortunate to be in Atlanta for vacation and told the people I was playing with I will pick a course through GolfNow. When I mentioned Bears Best was an option they told me to jump on it. It was a good move. You're immediately greeted with a panoramic view of lush greens and gorgeous homes on the horizon. The marshals and starters tend to your every need and give a nice orientation as to what to expect. You're then escorted to the first hole which immediately sets the tone for the rest of the course. Each hole is a replica of some of Jack Nicklaus' best courses around the globe. The views are breathtaking and some of the homes that surround the course are big enough to be B&B's. Well maintained courses and greens envelope you and wildlife is all around - deer galore that you almost have to shoo away before teeing off. This course was a real treat and for the amazing price of $63 for our round (on a Saturday - thank you GolfNow!!!) it was a no brainer. And a great pro shop to boot. Play this if you can.

the grass on the tee box and the fairways is too long, It is unusual because the most of time I played on the BB, the course was pristine.

Bear's Best seems like it should be better than it turns out to be. It is a $60 course but nowhere near worth >$100. I have played twice in the afternoon, both times for around $60.

The layout is pretty nice but the holes are somewhat choppy, probably due to the fact that the holes are a compilation.

The latest time I played, the fairways and tees were over-seeded with rye and it was shaggy. Just like aeration, should not be full price.

The tee times are 8 minutes apart and the round tends to be 4.5 hours best case.

Worth a play if the price is right and the course is not crowded, but that will be hard to get.

This was my final time playing this course due to terrible conditions and repeated slow play. No marshals on the course to speed up play, the staff packs the course with tee times with no joining up of singles with 2-somes or 3-somes, and the overseeding of rye grass was ridiculous on the tee boxes and fairways, Many times the fairway grass was taller than the rough. And the greens were in terrible condition - I know this is tough for the course to maintain, but the number of ball marks on the green was terrible. Course design is above average, but playing experience and customer service in the clubhouse was poor.

Was not aware that the course was over seeded with rye and a swampy mess in the fairways! I'm sure the course will be fine in a few weeks but I should have been told of the awful conditions and to pay $80 ! Not a good deal.

Greens were just punched and fairways were over seeded. Around mid October course should be great condotion.

Excelent and beautiful golf course. No much courtesy from starter.