Carolina Lakes Golf Club

If you have not heard, they lost their greens but seems they are doing everything to bring them back (sand, punched them, putting some water on them). We moved our ball on most greens and could find a path to putt. That being said, everything else about the day was great. Love the layout and starter was helpful and great. Lots of great holes - but not for walkers.

Course is charging one the highest green fees in the area knowing their greens are not in playable condition. I have been playing for over 35 years and the greens are the worst I can recall playing on. I am new to the area, so looking to find the best courses. This one is now on the “do not play list” until they get it figured out.

Insanely overpriced round with unplayable greens. How there was not a discount with course conditions is beyond me. Pace of play was horrible. We waited every single shot and the round took over 5hrs. Food at the turn is a joke with being forced to wait 20min for a cheeseburger only to have no cheese and wait another 15 min on playing partners food because they were chatting with ‘so called members’. I will never be playing here again and would not recommend to anyone.

The greens are in terrible condition. Worse than after they have been punched. They have been in this condition for over a month and you would think they would discount the rates but they don’t. The starters and other staff apologized for the course conditions but the course continues to charge premium rates far above the current value. My group will not return to this course anytime soon and maybe never.

Love the layout and practice facilities. Tee boxes and fairways were 8/10. However, the greens are considerably damaged and need immediate work. Based on the current green conditions, the value is not there.

The fairways and rough were in good shape but every green out there was "lost". Some greens were almost unplayable due to the amount of sand and lack of grass. They aeriated the greens 3 weeks or so ago but the grass isn't growing back. The beverage cart saw us on the first hole at 11:45am and said she was "done for the day". The snack stand was also closed up when we made the turn 2 hours later, so we had to go inside for beverages and it took forever.

Hello,

My review is balanced and honestly; however, extremely disappointed this past Friday.

Had a 12:30 tee time and was a perfect day out. Was truly looking forward to a relaxing great day after taking off to golf with my friend.

The fairways were is great shape and went off at tee box with out delay. After playing the first nine holes I was beyond frustrated. The greens were in awful shape! I understand if they were just recently punched, but to charge $70.50 a round and couldn’t even putt the ball is gauging and disappointing. We also experience an extremely slow pace of play. The two couples in front of us had no course etiquette at all. I’m not a pro myself; however, hitting the ball 50 yards each time x’s a foursome is beyond someone’s patients. There was no Marshall out there keeping pace and a day that I was really looking forward to, became more of a let down. I am not one to look and complain about the little things, but golf is a pleasure for me when I am able to get off from work and play, and to be charged full rate with a course that is not is good condition is not acceptable. Wouldn’t have cared as much if I was told upfront and rate was discounted, but was never given the opportunity to make that decision until I was on the first hole.

Thank you,

John

Great layout but the greens have serious issues. Also they put people off front and back so people on 10 waiting to tee off that were not in front of you on 1st 9.

Usually difficult to find tee time as course overall in past has been great. 180 change. Greens were overwhelmingly awful. Tee boxes poor shape. Fairways moderate. Way overpriced for what you get. Clubhouse tavern closed (locked) even though could see staff in the restaurant/bar. No drink cart. Was surprised at the poor conditions, poor amenities available so poor value. May try again next year but this one out of rotation for me for now.

Over 50% of these greens were gone to disease. No mention of this when checking in and very disappointing.

Also, due to rain they didn't have a lot of people working but no food at the turn is pretty terrible. Won't be coming back here for the amount they charged.

Pro’s: Layout is great and challenging. Some nice water and bunker holes.

Con’s: Practice area is iffy. Greens are just bad. Patchy, sandy areas with broader leaf grass areas.

Course definitely has promise, but needs some work.

I have played this course before and it has been fun and challenging. Greens usually are in fantastic shape.....not so right now. The greens were rutted out with many bare spots on them. I have not experienced such poor conditions on these greens ever. Sadly, the staff did not inform us nor did they offer a discount. I would say not a good value for your money at this time. Hopefully with some care and time they will be back to their expected level by next Spring.

Played on Sunday of Labor Day. and our foursome finished in slightly over 4 hours. Great layout and a lot of fun - only downside was that some of the greens were recovering form fungus and aeration. Definitely will play this track again.

Hard to charge 80 bucks when the greens are trash...

The fairways were in great shape. The greens were horrible. Each green had a ton of sand on them.

Layout great. Greens bad. Discount should be offered until they improve.

This course is close to my home but I had not played it in several months. In the past, the course conditions have been great but today was a huge disappointment. Tee boxes were fine, fairways were fine, bunkers were fine but the greens were an abomination!! Bumps, bare spots, sand all over the greens, speed inconsistent, really awful and the worst greens I've played in a very long time. . I play most Saturdays throughout the Charlotte region and pay anywhere from $50-$70. for a great golfing experience. I will not be playing here until they do something about their greens. They always seem to have a full tee sheet and I can't believe folks continue to play here. Management must be pretty complacent and happy to collect the overpriced greens fees. I'll not be coming back here anytime soon

Everyone was great and very candid about course conditions so conditions but still...pretty tough to be at the same price for green conditions even before aeration...also the whole starting front and back extended overall play time by nearly an hour!!! Again staff was amazing