Talega Golf Club

Look, the conditions were good, green were fine fairways ok but a really unfair golf course in my opinion. A lot of blind shots especially on the back. If you are new to the course and don’t have GPS you will have problems. I would suggest they need better GPS in their carts. I walk 90% of the time and the back is not walkable. Glad the starter suggested it.

I recommend playing this course with someone else who played here before.

Great pace of play with a tough golf course. Expect to lose a lot of golf balls. Due to the dry fairways I would be reluctant to pay top rate. Greens are in great shape and tricked up. We had fun, but expect big numbers. Lots of potential blow up holes.

Paid $150 today (Thursday) to play. Definitely wasn’t worth it with the conditions of the course. Greens were maintained but the rest of the course was rough. Beat up tee boxes and some pretty dry fairways. I like the course layout, it’s pretty challenging. The pace of play was great (finished in under 4 1/2). Staff was friendly but not a cart girl in sight. If you want to hit the range before your round, be advised that you have to drive down the street (about 5 minutes) to use the range. Would play again if I’m not paying that atrocious rate.

Played Talega mid December. Course was a bit dried out across the board. Early morning dew helped on the first few holes, but after that quite a bit of extra yardage on drives. A few other reviews have critiqued the upkeep, I'm willing to give them a little grace with it being the driest time of year, but the course could probably use a little extra $$ towards conditioning.

Course layout is pretty good, with a mix of challenging holes. Front 9 is noticeably shorter and easier, whereas the back is longer and more difficult.

Areas of weakness:

- They could really upgrade the computers in the carts. They're black & white screens. They have to be as old as the course iteself.

- No beverage cart on course is a bit strange for a course at this price point. It wouldn't take much for them to put that in.

- No on-site driving range; you have to get in your car and drive 5 min to get to their practice facility...this is a pretty big miss on design.

Greens in good shape, fairways tend to be very thin, sand traps inconsistent, some good some lacking sand.

Sadly fairways and tee boxes have many bare spots making it a little muddy from a recent rain. Fortunately the challenges of many of the holes makes it a fun course to play.

We booked the 6:36 am tee time and finished in 3 in a half hours. Saw no one behind us the whole day. First tee time makes you feel like it’s your private course. Greens were fast and challenging. Fairways were great.

Fun but long day. We were actually a group of 5 & were pushing the twosome in front of us who were pushing the foursome in front of them. At one point we were looking at a 5 1/2 hour round & asked the “Marshall” to speed up the pace & eventually it picked up . Ultimately finished in just over 5 hours. Too much area blocked off for replanting-probably should do it in smaller chunks vs all at once which is what it seemed. No beverage carts which is ridiculous on a hot Fri afternoon. Staff is young, friendly & sympathetic to some of our complaints. All that aside it’s a fun course & good layout that plays fairly easy so we’ll be back although early to mid week not on a weekend.

This place has been in disrepair for years now. It just seems to get worse and worse. Inconsistent greens, fairways are bare in some areas and complete mush in others. A lot of areas are roped off. Tee boxes are somehow overgrown and torn up at the same time. Every time I come here I swear I will never come back, but this time I think it will stick

We have played Talega many times. The front 9 starts slow but steady. But then holes 5-7-8 are Par 3s and Hole 6 is the toughest on the course. This ALWAYS slows the course immensely. The Manager should “know this” and enforce their true “9-minute” tee off separations. You should not tee off on Hole 1 until the group in front of you has cleared the green.