Bear Creek GC
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3.4
1205 Reviews (1205)
5 Stars
365
4 Stars
489
3 Stars
200
2 Stars
83
1 Stars
68
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.6
Layout
3.5
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.1
66.3%
Recommend this course
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3.1
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
5
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4
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7
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
3.1
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.0
60.0%
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21 out of 35 reviews
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3.2
105 Reviews (105)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
35
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.1
Value
3.4
Layout
3.2
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.9
61.9%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6553 yards
Slope 131
Rating 72.7

Monroe's Bear Creek Golf Club is situated in the heart of Walton County. It's less than an hour from Atlanta, making it a conveniently close getaway from the hustle and bustle of the city. The course originally opened in 1990 but in 2008 it changed ownership and underwent a major renovation that elevated its conditions to rival that of any of the area's best golf courses. The bunkers were rebuilt and re-sanded and the fairways were re-conditioned. Bear Creek G.C. has always been known for its excellent greens, which have a reputation for being some of the state's finest putting surfaces. The layout measures 6,585 yards from the back tees, which may seem short but there are some ups and downs throughout that will make it feel much longer.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Greens Champions Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Phillip Ballard (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included
Pull-carts Finn scooters available
Caddies No
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Irons only
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

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3.4
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Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Solid Course, Some Holes in Flux

Have played here many times and like the layout overall, about medium difficulty with very good & fast greens being the highlight of conditions here. Very friendly service, do run into some fairly slow play at times here and actually ended up skipping the final 2 holes because the back-up of players was so heavy. Par 4 13th hole is under major resurfacing and reconstruction, temporary tees are way forward in the 190-210 yards range and a very tight, difficult shot for what is basically a long par 3 now. Hole 16 is also a tiny par 3 with driving range mats for the tee areas, so realistically there are only 16 true holes at the course currently. Rest of the course is fairly fun, staff is friendly, and overall playing conditions somewhat above average. A lot of cleared tree areas on the course to set up for future improvements have it somewhat unattractive in spots, but doesn't bother me much. Know they are working to improve the conditions in various areas over time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

My absolute favorite

This is an excellent golf course it’s plays in many different ways but always very very nice. Greens are always pretty fast and roll very true especially in the summer. I’ve been coming here for a long time now starting my golf journey. Not only does the staff here feel like family but even ever member and player here are super friendly and help me in many ways. I’ve came a long way to be where I am today. You might here these bad reviews all over about here but really I tell you this place is amazing everything is good the people, the place, and the environment. It’s a must.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/03/2024

Thank you for your kind words and for recognizing the effort our team puts into making the golf course enjoyable and welcoming. We're thrilled to hear about your positive experiences and appreciate you sharing them.

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great For Money

Course in good condition, a couple of hole need work due to rain.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/03/2024

Hello, docbrown. Thank you for visiting us at Bear Creek Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course - Great staff

A beautiful layout conveniently located. A good value. Friendly staff. Recommend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/03/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The owners wife was terribly rude and disrespectful.

There weren’t enough carts for the players. People with later tee times were grabbing carts ahead of people with current tee times. There were no staff around to manage the chaos. I asked the gentleman who was bringing out the carts about the process and out comes the owner’s wife yelling at me. She told me if I didn’t like the process then just don’t come back. She’s standing there yelling at me in front of the rest of customers, putting her finger in my face. So terribly rude. Confirmation of her behavior being the norm came from the other staff members who said she is loud and rude to others. I love the course but stay away from the owners wife.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Staff was great they let us go off earlier because the rain was coming in and they were not that busy. They are working on many improvements. Green were nice. Bunkers good too.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/26/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Terrible course

Terrible course . Told them my fourth was not coming and they said that was fine and I wouldn’t be charged and then I was charged anyways . Will not be going there again. Overall terrible experience .

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 03/26/2024

Hello, jramsey99. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.

We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.

We would like to make things right. Please reach out to our management team at the pro shop.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

A fantastic course!

A scenic and challenging layout. Winter play was very good with excellent greens, and can't wait for the fairways to green-up later this spring. The staff are helpful and very friendly and so are the fees.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/19/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A lot going on

Greens were fast, fairways grass was matted down. Looks like they took alot of trees out. Maybe it will be better when it warms up.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 03/01/2024

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, Tony9908320. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Bear Creek Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor condition, needs a LOT of work.

I'll preface this by saying we've had a very cold and wet winter with lots of flooding rain. However, the layout here has always been very questionable with holes "forced" into area not conducive to reasonable golf. Tees are dirt, no grass, lots and lots of tree cutting and chipping has left wood chips all over the sides of fairways. Several hole have tilted fairways and the cart paths are torn up and very bumpy. Several wet areas, practically swamp. Greens are fair.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/01/2024

Hello, oldsage. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. We will pass your feedback along to our team. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fun round of golf

This was my first time playing Bear Creek and I was thoroughly impressed with the conditions for winter. There is a lot of improvements being made to ensure a pleasurable experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/27/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Bear Creek

Course in good condition. Going through some renovations on a couple of holes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/27/2024

Hello, jjajjo. Thank you for visiting us at Bear Creek Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bear Creek

It has been years since we have played here and we were not aware of the improvements they are working on. We had a good day and really enjoyed the course. We will definitely be back soon.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friday round.

Enjoyable day out with the crew playing 18. Course condition is about what you would expect this time of year. Sure could use about a week of no rain and warm temps.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/23/2024

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear Creek Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointing Course Conditions

Played this course dozens of times over many years and enjoyed it very much overall, but course conditions have gradually worsened and now just not much fun to play anymore. Greens are smooth and very fast, but tees are mostly bare of grass and have to search for a spot that is not dirt, very poor. Fairways are only slightly better and 2 of them almost unplayable (#12 and 17), with large sections of mud and sand in areas where tee shots would land and ball must be moved, if retrievable, fairly far away to play. Many, many areas of cart path have broken spots, high ridges, etc that make them rough to drive over as well.

Staff extremely friendly at course and location very convenient and serene for playing, and they have almost completely resodded a couple of tee boxes so they should be playable in the near future, but hitting off of dirt tee boxes and almost dirt fairways definitely affects ability to make good ball contact and enjoy playing. With 2 fairways semi unplayable plus Hole #16 changed to a 90-yard Par 3 hitting from a driving range artificial grass mat tee and not fun at all, this is basically now a 15-hole course with the nice greens the only positive feature in terms of course conditions. Hope they improve the course in the coming months, but believe this may be my last time playing this one for quite awhile.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/14/2024

Hi, jimbo54. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. We will pass along your feedback to the team. Thank you for visiting Bear Creek Golf Club. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

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