Magnolia Landing Golf & Country Club

The fairways could use a trimming. The ball sits up too high to get any real spin on it. The two temporary greens were really just a hole and flag pin stuck in the fairway.

I really love this course except the Bermuda rough is so long that your ball sets down wherein it's very hard to find and slows play.

I know I'm supposed to play on their beautiful fairways and greens but even the pros stray occasionally. In one case, on hole 7, I just gave up rather than slow everyone down when I my second shot missed the green to the (far ) left. I saw it land and couldn't find it, but I did find some other poor golfer's ball in that area.

Only got to the 6th hole and we were stuck under the restroom canopy during a severe thunderstorm. Scary!

THE COURSE AND PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE GOOD TO EXCELLENT. I HAVE PLAYED HERE MANNY TIMES AND WILL BE BACK.

Seems like greens had recently been aerated, they were a bit bumpy. Two holes still had temporary greens which made the holes short and of course you could not really putt on them.

Overall a very nice course when the greens are in good repair.

I'm an old guy (65 in Dec), not the best golfer in the world (12.1 index), and I don't do five stars often. In fact, if I have, it could only have been a time or two. I definitely don't do five stars for a course that has two temporary greens and another couple greens with obvious recent repair jobs. Add that to some fuzzy tee boxes, and I'm asking myself, "How can you give this facility five stars?" Well, I value interesting and different layouts with a variety of features that make the track different from others, and Magnolia Landings is definitely that!

The staff was friendly and accommodating, and the practice facility, which I didn't get to utilize yesterday, seems to be more than adequate. But the thing that makes this course special to me is the design and the variety of the bird life.

It's a course I hadn't played in years, and with my senior decline, I didn't remember it at all. All I remembered was that I really liked this track, and that memory was on point. Other than being in a gated community, this track is one of my all-time favorites...and as noted above, it wasn't even in tip-top shape yesterday. It's a course that requires some local knowledge and better use of a rangefinder than I managed yesterday because there are some blind tee-shots, interesting angles off the tee, water on all but two holes, and neatly mounded fairways and great bunkering. The greens range from small to large with subtle undulations and rolled well.

I'm not doing this course justice here, but I'll probably expand and do another review with photos after Friday's upcoming round. Despite some rain early in the round, and the other issues I mentioned above, it was a joy to play, even if it beat me up. There aren't too many times that I thoroughly enjoy shooting 93, but this layout is so delightful, and my beloved was along for the ride, that I booked another round for Friday. This time I intend to warm-up and play as I intend to play in Myrtle Beach next week. With a bit more course knowledge, and better club selection as a result, even if I don't putt any better than I did yesterday I imagine I'm going lower than I did yesterday.

When Magnolia gets past the weather struggles it has apparently been suffering, you're not going to find a better course to play in the area. Being an old-timer, I played from the green tees, and granted, I didn't hit the ball great, but even the green tees present challenges. I can only imagine what it plays like from the tips! If you're looking for the standard "just get up there and hit the ball and you'll likely be ok," sort of track, Magnolia Landings isn't it. If you want to really golf your ball, this is the place for you.