Arrowhead Pointe At Lake Richard B. Russell

This is and always will be my favorite course in the area for the value. Awesome layout and some of the most scenic lake views you can get. Huge fan of this track

Greens had been punched and sanded so the putting conditions were not optimal. The fairways and rough were in good condition. I prefer colored flags over the pin placement chart. I would suggest getting chili without beans or letting it be know that the chili has beans and having the number for the snack shop on the carts.

The course was in great shape with the exception of the greens. ( recently punched and sanded ) Other than that I can’t wait to return for another great day of golf!

This course is off the beaten path but well worth the drive. It has several hole with a lake Russell views that are quite outstanding.

My wife and I golf in Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head, Charleston, etc. and my wife made the remark that this course is as nice as any course that we have played. It is in great condition and you can tell that the maintenance crew does a terrific job with this course. We got to the 3rd hole and it started pouring rain. We paid for 18 holes but we only played nine holes because we had other obligations. We hope to play this course again in the near future.

wonderful layout and visually stunning. The staff is super friendly and the food is great ! The condition of the course and greens is the best i’ve seen in Georgia . A must play course

The coarse is in great shape, however the grill is always understaffed, we had 8 golfers and it took way to loge to get a simple lunch. Also trash can outside the entrance was overstuffed. I realize it’s hard to find help, but cmon we can empty the trash. The coarse itself is great and the limited staff try, but they need to get some leadership..

We love playing Arrowhead Pointe when we visit family in that area. Course is almost always in good shape. Staff is friendly.

They need to have marshalls out on holidays and weekends.

This was well worth the drive. The course conditions were great and yes what all golfers want to know the greens were very receptive and speedy. The scenic views were amazing I will be back

Been playing Arrowhead for 15 years or so. There was a time that us “regulars” were concerned they’d close the place due to a lack of players. Too few people visiting the course, we thought. Well, no more! It seems a combination of advertising (the course is named in Golf Now TV ads) and the pandemic have brought more and more people to the course. So that’s good...to a point. Arrowhead’s tee times are all 9 minutes apart. Royal and Ancient recommends it take 13.3 minutes for a competent foursome to play a par four hole. Multiply that by 18 and you’ll come up with the four hours. Pretty standard time for a round. I play in a league at a nearby course and our three and foursomes get around in 3:30 to 3:45 every week. Anyway, do the math. What happens to the additional four or so minutes per hole reasonably required to to actually play the course? As golfers know, it gets folded into your wait time per hole. It gets really, really (yes, really!) sloooow out there and...wait for it... there aren’t any rangers to move people along. Even if there were, it would be disingenuous to send groups out at nine minute intervals, then send a ranger out to harangue them when they need to take their reasonable 12 or 13 minutes per hole. Factor that in along with the newfound popularity of the course. and it gets slow out there, even during the week. Forget the weekends unless you’re interested in making new friends visiting with groups in front of and behind you as you wait. Which is wall way too bad. It’s such a challenging, beautiful layout. They’ve also had some lapses in service over the past several months. It’s my understanding those were management issues that are being addressed. The current remaining staff are friendly, courteous, and helpful. They just need some help.. They’re also experiencing a Poa Annua problem in the greens. Many/most greens are pretty bumpy with it. it will burn out as late spring and summer temperatures rise. If you plan on going, make it middle of the week at off times. I’m hoping they make a few changes and get their service and. course conditioners back where they used to be.

I've played this course a number of times, and I love the layout and the seclusion. It's great golf course in a beautiful setting with nary a house or condo in sight.

However, the last time I played there on 5/16/21, there was obviously a problem with staffing. When we arrived to check in, there was only one person working in the clubhouse, and she was having to run back and forth between the grill/snack bar and the cash register to check in golfers. She was pleasant enough but obviously overworked.

It was a beautiful May Sunday afternoon, and the course was obviously busy, but there were still plenty of spaces in the parking lot. We had a tee time at 3:03, and our group regularly plays 18 holes in 4 hours (and we're high handicappers), but because the course was crowded and there were no marshals, we only made it through 15 holes by 7 p.m. At that point, a state park ranger rode up and informed us that all carts had to be returned by 7:30 p.m. Since we were still waiting on the 16 tee and there were two groups on that hole ahead of us, we decided to head on in.

It was disappointing to say the least that we paid for 18 and only got 15. It wasn't the fault of the group in front of us - it was obvious that the course had high demand that day and they just didn't have the staff to help move slower groups along.

I'll go again, but probably not on a weekend.

The four holes that run along the lake are scenic.o