Bear's Best Atlanta

Have played out here probably 10 times. Great design lots of tee boxes for every type of golfer. Course was in solid shape. It gets a lot of play and is in good shape for the amount it gets. The pace of play was about 4.5 hours they stack them every 5 minutes. We had to wait a minute or two on every hole the first 9. Food and snacks are great.

COURSE WAS FUN TO PLAY WIDE FAIRWAYS GREENS WERE GREAT BACK 9 BUNKERS HAD LITTLE OR NO SAND AND NOT RAKED WHICH TOOK A GREAT COURSE DOWN TO GOOD OVERALL

Greens are healthy, but are slow and chewed up from ball marks and spike marks that are not repaired.

Every bunker on the course is in terrible shape. They have completely let them go. Hard, packed sand in every one.

Water coolers were empty on a hot afternoon. Called early in the round to ask that they be refilled, but the problem was not addressed.

I really like this course (great layout), but the issues above made it a bad experience. I would not recommend this course in it's current condition and management.

I played couple times a year.
Whenever playing always out of battery .everytime

Great layout. HOT day. Very crowded due to reduced rates. 5 hour round. ugh. NO WATER IN COOLERS! Also, bunkers need sand. Greens long but understandable due to play and heat....not to mention glfers who don't repair ball marks!

The course was in great shape! There were far too many people resulting in a long day! I would estimate a 25-30 minute delay in our start time and the same carried over to the round.

I know it was a beautiful day on Saturday July 12, but our round was miserably long. To start, when we arrived we learned the course was running a little late with tee times - they'd overbooked the course and were out of golf carts. Additionally, we learned that the tee times were spaced 5 minutes apart, instead of the customary & - 12 minutes.

We finally were on the first tee 40 minutes after our tee time and only finished 15 holes out of sheer frustration for the pace. We hit our first tee shot at 3:50, and decided to walk off the course after seeing the wait at the 16th hole shortly after 8:10.

I played this course many times in the past 10 years and will not be returning back if they continually put as many groups on the course as possible, without regard for pace.

Over the years this course has really gone down, they seem to be more interested in getting as many players on the course rather than making sure it is an enjoyable round. We actually got our money back and left.

Excellent facilities, very friendly & attentive staff, the course was in great condition, the greens fees are high enough to keep the hackers off and maintain a pace of play around 3.5 to 4 hrs, probably one of the best public golfing experiences in metro Atlanta.

Great layout. A couple of the holes had some grass issues in the fairways. A lot of ball marks on the greens that golfers didn't fix. Overall, good course that I would play again when the golfnow price dips below the $50 mark.

This was my first time playing the course. I will definitely go back and play again. It was super hot at the course but the condition of the course and fun layout made it well worth any inconvenience from the heat. I loved the fun and beautiful course layout.

The people and facility were fabulous. We got paired up with a member who was helpful and fin to be with. The course was in great shape.
A great day.

Overall, this is a very good course. It's one of my favorites. However, there is one aspect that needs attention. The last few times I've played there I have been disappointed with the condition of the sand traps. The sand is often hard packed and in many cases it's wet (and not from rain...it seems sprinklers are set where they spray into the bunkers). Maybe it's time to add some new sand.

This is the greatest course in north Atlanta area.

This is one of my favorite layouts in Georgia. Great challenge the once the weather starts to get warm the greens slow down tremendously. To the point they are not enjoyable to putt on. See you when the temps cool off like October.

I read all the other reviews for Bear's Best. I don't see how it can possibly get such poor ratings. It's one of the best courses I've played. My only grip about the course conditions were the greens. They were long and very slow. Slowest I've played in a long time. My other grip was the pace of play. There was a tournament in front of us and even with best ball the pace of play was horrible. Many of them seemed like they'd never played golf. All in all though an immaculate course with a great layout.

We played this course for the first time. Great experience. Not crowded. Staff friendly and helpful. Beautiful course in very good condtion. It's a definite winner.

Fun course. Yes it can be on the higher side for price but it is always in great condition even in winter months when other area corses are dry and thin grass. Plays fast and is forgiving enough for higher handicaps.

The greens were obviously not cut - or they are cutting them so high that they are ridiculously slow! It was completely unenjoyable to putt. I have putted on faster sanded greens! We paid $20 for this round so for that price is was OK, but for more than that I would have felt badly cheated.

Played 18 under 3.5hrs. Great day on the course. Bunkers came into play on several holes. Knowledge of the course would have helped. Driver got me in trouble on a couple of holes from the white tees. I would play blue on these holes or go to a shorter club next round. Nice to have good fairway grass.