Poplar Creek Golf Course

Poplar creek is a great course if you haven't played in a while or what ever skill level your playing. Good condition fairways and greens, friendly staff. Not too long great for walking! APastor

Nice flat course, very forgiving. Not much hazard. Afternoon play ended with beautiful sunset. A bit windy today though.

it's a typical flat fairways type municipal GC, nice maintained fairways and not too crowded on weekdays.

overall good course to play and convenient location

Decided to take my wife here for her first time ever golfing. We were both so excited to introduce her to the game. Long story short, the teaching pro here ruined our experience and the only reason for the extra star was that the rest of the staff were very understanding and apologized on behalf of this person.

On to what happened...

10 minutes into what started off as a great day on the range, the golf pro drives right up to us (with his mask only half on by the way) and tells us that I'm not allowed to give her tips... Instead that I should go to the next stall and just hit balls. He even had the gall to say that I was "disrespecting golf teaching professionals" referring to himself.

It didn't help that (1) we saw other groups doing the SAME thing down on the other side of the range during our time there and (2) this was said to a person of color. Not saying this is a racial incident, but it's certainly not a good look when you're talking to the only people of color on the range and holding what seems like a double standard.

When we do end up getting her lessons, it will absolutely not be here with this golf pro.

This course was in great shape for if you take in the amount of players that filled the course the day I played. The greens were in great shape although some tee boxes were not correctly marked for yardage. The layout is great for hitting a mix of shots as there are challenging holes of different lengths worth different hazards. The marshals definitely were on top of the pace of play and constantly reminded those who were moving slower. Hole 17 and 18 is near a gun range so if gun fire bothers you steer clear. This a great course to test your skills it’s also right off the freeway and is easily accessible. Will be returning soon!

Poplar is a really great value golf course. Course is well maintained for a public course and priced very cheap for what you get.

Pros:

Open layout so you never lose balls

Good putting area/driving range

Well maintained

Cons:

Pace of play is exceptionally slow. They put groups of 4-5 out every 7 mins which backs up the course substantially. Can take 5 hrs to play

Tons of geese/geese crap all over the course