Olde Liberty Golf & Country Club

Yesterday I booked around thru golfnow which included a cart and was told that I could not get a single car. The course had plenty of golf carts available but a single cart cost additional. This is very inconsiderate especially since there were a vast number of carts available. Next time I consider a course to play this one will not be on my list. Very unprofessional staff at the golf shop.

Staff has personality of a wet napkin, and the course is in terrible condition. I don’t feel like they care about the course at all.

Sorry but I would bypass this course, fairway are like playing in a yard, tee's Too. Greens are the best feature though.

One person working on a Sunday......waited 10mins at the turn for 2 drinks. Not enough carts to get one if your early to your round and range balls were not good. Beware of the fire ant hills everywhere!

The course could be really good, layout is really nice.

Course is best shape it's ever been. I have been playing here since 2007. Greens never been better. "Most" fairways now have decent grass, one exception is 11, but they are strawing off the right hand side to make it a casual hazard. The new cart fleet is a big plus. Great layout with plenty of challenges... Tougher than most! :)

Course has a superb layout. Very interesting holes. Greens in good shaped. Putts rolled well. And the greens are very interesting! Big with different levels of undulation. Some fairways are challenged; parts of the rough are not in good enough shape yet. This golf course has potential to be great.

This used to be a nice course. The cups were about a week old and greens bumped left, right whatever way. The grass was mostly weeds and looks like they only cut once a week. What the heck FRED SMITH quit being a cheapskate and put some of those $$$ into the course. Also gets some carts so we don’t have to wait to play.

My first time here and the round was enjoyable. Unfortunately the range was closed. Took me a couple of holes to reacquaint the swing again. The staff was helpful in describing the turn and in pointing out several hazards. I will definitely come back again.

Hidden gem in Franklin County just north of Wake Forest. Great value. Rough is a little deep off the fairway so hit'em straight! :)

First off, there was no starter, the course was packed and people just went out as they wanted no one stuck to their tee times. Of course the majority of the culprits were 60 year old + men who thought they owned the place as they hit from the ladies tees, lets just say it was a slow day.

Anyways the course has a great layout could have been an awesome course but its in such horrible shape. There is no healthy grass anywhere on that course its more of a JV practice football field. Apparently there was a huge drought right when the course was built and it never bounced back.

The club house is literally just a doublewide trailer, do yourself a favor and pay $10 more to play anywhere else.

The layout on this course is very challenge to me, but I enjoyed to play in this course and I will play again.

The Bermuda greens were a decent quality. The rest of the course is in rough shape. A great layout, and could be a really cool course. In need of better maintenance.

I’ve played this course a few times and today was great. Pace of play was quick, course was in really good shape for the most part, greens were great. For the money you can’t go wrong. Love the new carts as well!

Most grass I've seen in the fairways in over a year.....

yes, the sand traps still are played as GUR, greens had been top dressed but were good. This is a great layout...some good, strong par 4's. New golf carts so you don't have to worry about getting stranded way out from the club house (trailer). Give it a try and keep an open mind!

I played this course for the first time on a Friday at .7:30am I’m the morning. As a lady golfer, new to NC, I was hoping to have a relaxing round of 18 holes through this beautiful riparian course.

When I arrived , the computer was down so I checked in but no one could say if I had been paired with anyone for my round. There was no starter sheet. There was another gentleman there who stated that he played the course often, had the same start time, but insisted on going off alone. I let him get ahead and went off after him— keeping him in sight for the entire round. The course had some delightful forced carries and interesting approaches. The out of bounds were really wild but it was easy to stay away from them. However once in awhile I found myself in high grass that should have been marked as out of bounds.

The first hole from the yellow and white tees was refreshing and I made it in 4 . However, there had been rain the night before— and the course did not drain. On the next hole I lost my ball in some deep water in a sand trap! I thought of wading into the water to hunt for my ball— but I could not reach the depths with my longest club.

Hole #12 was horrible. There had been some major erosion on the hill to the left of the green. Even though the signs for “No CARTs beyond this point” we’re out- they were not sufficient. The wheels of my cart was caught on the eroding downslope and my wheels spun for a second or 2 without gripping . I thought my cart was going to turnover!

After that I noticed the signs of erosion at every transition. There are wooden bridges between holes. The planks of the bridges had been chewed up with wear and every one of them needs to be replaced. You can see through the planks to the ground beneath.

The last hole #18 was very pleasant. This hole requires a carry over a depression of trees onto an upsloping fairway. A 200 yard hit put me in great shape to make par. This was the only fairway that was drained well enough for me to use my fairway wood. The next shot of 180 yards put me within winking distance of the green ( and my “partner”) . I wondered why the grounds crew did not work as hard on holes 2-17 as they seem to have done on holes 1 and 18.

Post game, there was no food. I had my bag of nuts and bottle of water . I caught up with the gentlemen who played before and after me. Both admitted that they play Old Liberty often but that they believed that the course was not well kept. They played because it wasn’t crowded. We joked about loosing a ball or two due to drainage— and that’s when they told me about the snakes. On other courses the management places signs to warn about critters that could challenge a golfer. This is the least that Olde Liberty could do.

I played the other three courses in this four-course group, leaving this one for last, which may not have been the most fair order for Olde Liberty. The other three - Eagle Ridge , Riverwood and Hedingham - are in better shape and are also very good tracks. Eagle Ridge is probably the best.

Olde Liberty has some great challenges, interesting doglegs, and picturesque Par 3s. It even has a few very pretty views. However, many of the holes have some large areas with bald spots and shabby patches. The greens were OK. It had rained a few times in the past week, and most cart paths had been washed over with dirt. In 18 holes I never saw any maintenance people, no cart refreshments or even a starter/ranger. The “clubhouse” is a converted double-wide. I asked for some ice from the person who checked me in, and he said they only give you a cart cooler (the kind that attaches to the cart) if you buy beer. There was a big pile of those coolers behind the grille counter.

Anyway, it’s a nice course with interesting holes and really deserves some more attention. I would play it again.

The greens are always in excellent condition. The fairways are mostly okay but there are several red clay areas that can cause a runaway on your shot. Bring your best game because some holes are quite challenging and tight. Overall, I recommend this course and have added it to my list of courses to revisits.