White Oaks Country Club

I will start with the positives: the course is overall quite nice. Greens were in good condition and the fairways / tee boxes were solid. I will not knock the course for the leaves as that's just part of fall on a very tree-dense course. Unfortunately, that's where the positives end.

This was my first time here, and things did not start off well as the course did not have a starter. One of the only courses I've ever played without a starter. My tee time was for 11:54, and I was not told with who or when I should be teeing off. I ended up having to wait until 12:10 to tee off and I played with guys who had a totally different tee time. Great organization!!

And then comes pace of play. I mean my goodness. I think due to the disorganized starts, every group was off from a timing perspective and it made the round so slow. The front 9 took almost 3 hours, and I ultimately just left after 9 holes because of how slow it was. Round was cheap, so I couldn't justify staying since it was so frustrating.

One final frustration: hole 9 is ridiculous. The map (both paper and digital map on the golf carts) show the green being up the left hand side of the water. Turns out, that green actually does not have a flag on it and the real green (which is not even pictured on the map) is directly behind the water. So I shot a perfect 2nd shot onto a green that didn't have a flag. I mean what in the world are they doing?

Long story short: course itself is solid, but everything else was poor in terms of communication and organization. I will not be returning even if the prices are low.

Leaf issue was glaring and from 11 am till 3:30 NOT one person was working on the leaf situation

WHY? do you think the leaves will just go away magically?

Course has much improved since earl Aug.

Why is it that you can NOT continue to maintain ALL year?

You charge enough and your sister course Centerton maintains a decent track

I'm exaggerating a bit, but since Halloween is approaching here is the good, the bad and the spooky......Good......The Greens were firm, fast and in very good shape. And they held with your approach shot. The layout, especially the back nine, is really good with very cool deep bunkering (topped w heather) to cause line of sight issues and blind tee shots. I also ran into my friend Rob there.....Bad......The aforementioned bunkers have no sand and 90% of them have water in them. They blend of sand trap and water hazard is quite interesting. There were many signs stating you are entitled to a free drop because it's considered casual water (Thank You!) Because of hundreds of White Oaks and thousands of acorns the rough is brutal and mainly hardpan dirt...I also ran into my friend Rob there.......Spooky......The entrance is like entering the bat cave with very scary overhanging trees. There are no signs that this is White Oaks or let alone a golf course. I thought I was entering a haunted plantation from yesteryear.... I'm pretty sure the guy who checked me in checked me in at Centerton 2 weeks prior. Either this is a sign of labor issues, or it was a ghost....I also ran into my friend Rob there.....Bill C.

I don’t have enough time to write how bad everything and everyone is.

The golf course green is not so good.

The course is not safe to play.

The fairway was not good either.

I really don’t write reviews especially bad ones. I played here with my friend and two randoms. Was a struggle to get through this round, took 5 hours to play 12 holes. Course conditions were poor, sand bunkers had rocks in them and tee boxes were mostly dirt. I still had fun surprisingly enough, the random guys were cool and it was nice to get out of the house but I really wouldn’t come back. I wouldn’t recommend anyone else play here either.

Just a few years ago White Oaks was not worth the drive. They had patchy greens and bare fairways. Since they got a new superintendent, the course is in great shape. The greens were perfect. Rolling true with no patches. There is plenty of grass in the fairway to hit from. I know in a few more years this place will be even better. I was very impressed with the turn around White Oaks made. We will be back!

White Oaks has been a course I have enjoyed playing this spring and summer. Today, half of the course was being aerated and we played the back 9 twice. The fairways were not cut and the sand traps were in horrible shape.

Tee boxes were about the only positive.

Fairways are poor

Sand traps are poor

Pace of play was slow.

They closed the back 9 and I do not recall anything advertised. I know nobody informed us when we checked in. It wasn't until we were headed to the 10th tee that a Maintenance employee informed us.

Last time for me.