Olde Liberty Golf & Country Club

I live near the coast in south eastern North Carolina. Visiting the area I had read great reviews for this course and the other courses associated with this one. This course fit into the time frame so I decided to give it a shot.

This was one of the worse experiences on a golf course I have ever had. You could not get a tee into the ground on the tee boxes because they were so hard, the greens were aerated and had huge round holes in the greens, bare spots in the fairways, and the golf carts were not working properly. You were instructed to pop the seat up and hit the starter one good time to make the cart work properly again.

If I would have paid $40.00 for this round of golf I would have been even more aggravated than I was. I would stay away from this course and I will not be returning!!

Pros: they have a driving range

Cons: -fairways are 50% grass 50% dirt

-tee boxes are impossible to get a tee down

-greens aren’t great

- carts are in horrible condition. Our first cart couldn’t park. The second cart we switched to after the turn would only start after hitting the gas 2 or 3 times

- there’s no snack bar

Overall if you want to spend money on 18 holes of golf, there are many other places that’ll give you a much better experience without having to tear up your clubs trying to hit off dirt and rocks. I honestly don’t know how Fred Smith can have people pay to play here with a good conscience. It should cost 5-10$ to play here. I never complain about the courses I play at but this was ridiculous

Other than the greens being punched, the course itself was in pretty good shape. Yes there were some fuzzy tee boxes and spotty fairways, but, overall - not bad. The layout is fun and mixes things up including some short par 4's you can tempt fate by going for, reachable par 5's, and clearly indicated lay-up zones giving you the option to challenge or play it safe. A few blind shots off the tee keep it interesting and you can use more clubs than you are used to in your bag due to the overall layout and elevation changes.

Now for the bad - OUCH! Beware the cart "paths" as they are more like broken riverbed trails. Some of the fairways also had their share of "surprise - you are 3 feet off the seat" bumps that I didn't spot easily. I may walk this course, (if they allow that) when I return as I think it would be easier on my back and tailbone. Only complaint though on this otherwise fun, friendly course.

I love this course. It has its bumps but the greens are great and consistent. There are challenges all over the course and the par 3s are anything but gimmes especially from the blues. You realize quickly that you get to use a lot of different clubs in your bag due to the layout

Had a 12:40 PM tee-off time...waited 20 mins for 2 carts to become available...2nd cart lost power on 12th hole...fairways have spotty hard clay... poorly managed...staff uninterested in accommodating players

The greens were actually ok for the most part. However the rest of the course was not in very good shape. So many of the fairways were just dirt mounds with very little grass. Had to play lots of shots as grounds under repair because of the lack of grass. The course has a wonderful layout but it has to be in the worst shape of all the Fred Smith courses. The golf carts are in such bad shape. One cart wouldn’t start regularly and the other one had a flat tire after 5 holes. That was after we had to wait for golf carts to become available. If only they would invest a little money, it could be a great course to play.

Inconsistent greens, very rough fairways, hardpan many places in fairways. Nice layout has possibilities but not kept up.

I love the layout of the course. Very open, and very few houses that are close. The greens are above average, tee boxes are fine, fairways are good for early in the season. The cart paths are pretty bad, and could use quite a bit of work. Can’t beat it for the price. Will definitely play it again.

Some NC State loving guy at the clubhouse is a complete bozo. Literally all he talked about to someone else as I was waiting was about some coach named Dave turning things around. Mean, unhelpful and overall ruined my experience out there. Course conditions leave a lot to be desired. The layout is great but otherwise it’s not that great.

Beware the sanded greens. They don’t have a course alert up for it but they treated and sanded all the greens but didn’t even roll them or anything. Whoever cuts these holes does a terrible job. Every few holes you find a “volcano” around the cup. It’s like a putt putt hole! Chunks of sand everywhere. We played at 12:40pm, somewhere around hole 10 (2:15pm) a greens keeper finally rode up from behind us and put the tee markers out, I guess he was a little late to work and no one else could be bothered. There are rocks in the fairways. Like, in the middle of the fairway you could put a gouge into a club, definitely play “roll em in the fairway” at this course. Don’t trust their yardage markers, use a range finder or an app.

Like others have said, challenging course, but poor conditions. Greens were fine, but the rest was bad. Ruts, bare patches, runoffs. Wear a kidney belt to drive in the rough. With better conditions, would be a gem.

Booked a tee time before noon and then got a voicemail the morning of saying there was a glitch with overbooking and that my tee time got canceled. Tried to callback so we could figure out a different time and left a callback number but they never called. Can’t trust it even when you think you booked a tee time and then on top of that, the course didn’t do anything to help resolve the matter, simply a “too bad” situation. Now it’s too late to play anywhere before lunch so thanks a lot.

Parts of fairways have no grass and have lots of small ditches.

Would like to see battery operated cart for the sake of noise reduction.

First, we had a 12:40 tee time but there weren’t enough carts to go around. It’s understandable with the virus causing people to take individual carts, but people who just walked in were allowed to go out even though people with tee times were standing there waiting. We teed off about an hour and 15 minutes late.

Golf carts are very old gas models that run poorly and have no suspension. The course is very bumpy and has a lot of areas where rocks are on the surface. The Cary itself vibrates like crazy and by the time we played about 12 holes I had enough, with a sore back. It was horrible. As we were playing we even passed 3 other carts that were abandoned after breaking down on the course. No wonder they didn’t have enough to go around.

I will not play here again.