Honey Bee Golf Club

Course isn’t in bad shape, but for $60 should be quite a bit better.

Greens really shaggy and have bare patches on them, tee boxes are ok but need a lot more maintenance. Standing water on a few holes even though it hasn’t rained in a few days, bunkers rocky in some and others great.

Pace of play! And players: pace of play finished 18 in about 4 hours so pretty good for a full course, Players… a lot of “hey a ball grab it” had my ball picked up 4 different times. One time it was in the other fairway and the guy just played it without looking at it and other times just off my own fairway and someone shanked across their hole and then took mine in the process. Pretty crazy greedy.

Overall it’s ok but not worth the money. Needs actual maintenance on it. If your a really bad golfer this course is for you.

Course was great! Conditions were great! All of that was overshadowed by the guys that were behind us. Our group was keeping up with the guys in front of us the entire round but the guys behind us hit up on us several times. We tried to be understanding but after the 2nd time it became very annoying. there was nowhere for us to go. The Marshall came by and warned them twice and then on the final hole they did it again and we had about had it at that point in time. It definitely took all the fun out of the entire day especially after paying almost 60 bucks a person.

You’d think a course with this great reputation would let you know they are aerating greens and maybe knock some of the 52 off of your bill, or at least just make you aware. Turning into Stumpy Lake V2..

I feel bad being critical because I really love this course, but even though I broke 80 for the first time ever here on this visit, it really was a struggle to get round.

Where to start... Well for February weather was amazing, sunny, temperatures in the mid 70's the only down side was that it was quite windy which made conditions tricky.

I took advantage of the driving range and putting greens beforehand so I could best enjoy my round and this might have been where I should have known I was in for a tough day. Driving range was very wet underfoot, but it's February so I just used an all weather mat. Putting green was lighting fast, actually took me by surprise just how fast.

Issues with the course...

Tee Boxes. It must be some time since they were last adjusted, between the complete lack of any grass underfoot to the dozens of broken and discarded tees it really just looked awful. It's not just on one or two holes either, there isn't a tee box fit for purpose on the whole 18.

Bunkers. I say bunkers because you cannot call them sand traps, more clay and shale than any actual sand (except maybe for the large greenside bunker on 16). It's amazing how poor the sand traps are for a course that has so much sand nearby.

Pace. I'll split blame for this on golfers with poor etiquette and a club with no marshals or starters. By the time I got to the fifth hole there were five groups behind a threesome that wouldn't have hit water if they fell out of a boat. The problem was they were not allowing smaller, quicker groups to play through and there was nobody around to sort it out. At least other courses in the area will pair smaller groups together to keep pace of play up to where it's acceptable (nothing enjoyable about sitting in your cart for 10 minutes while a foursome hacks out of the woods 60yards away).

Now don't get me wrong, this was not a bad day of golf, I love the challenge of this course (especially the last four holes that make up the Beehive). It was just disappointing to take over four and a half hours to get round.

The staff at Honeybee hasn’t been good for years, no surprise there. It’s been about two years since playing this course and the most notable difference is the greens. Previously, the course had better greens than most, currently I’d rate then unplayable. It had rained, the tee markers hadn’t been moved in several days so every tee box was muddy. They also jacked their rates about two years ago, never was and most certainly isn’t now, a $52 winter rate course, nor $59 in summer.

Nice course. Not overly challenging but very fun. Good mix of clubs used. Played on New Years weekend so it was a bit crowded which impacted pace of play, but that isn't the course's fault.

Hate to beat them up but it seems everytime I have played here the greens are torn up with bare patches.

I am not a grass experts by any means, but the greens need work as it makes putting nearly impossible.

Fun course, wet from rain the days before. Greens had a lot of bad spots.

Beautiful day, played alone on a quiet course. The course was in great shape for the time of the year, with the exception of the greens. part of the blame can be laid on lazy golfers, who do not clean up their marks on them. I was taught, just in case I did not find mine, to clean up 2 and the green will usually look better in the long run. The geese overran many of them as well, especially the 8th hole green and the 13th hole green where it was so bad, I had to scare dozens of them off, then clean their feces off of the green.

Great course, friendly staff. Paired up with a twosome and had a great time. Good pace for an early start.

Not courses fought but extremely wet, due to cart path only an older guy that I paid up front for could not play

Great layout, one of the best in the area. Honestly it’s the only reason to play this course. Pace of play is outrageous. 4 carts backed up on every tee box, no marshal out on the course. Amenities are okay, no bev cart. Course is in decent shape, would expect the greens to be better for the price point. If it was cheaper I would play it more often but there are better courses for the price.