Carolina Lakes Golf Club

I last played this course in early summer before the fairways were growing. They were firm and fast on the mostly dormant bermuda, but the greens were in good shape. I know that bent grass is hard to maintain in the summer, but I played Sunday and they were absolutely awful.

This course is currently not worth the $60-$79.00 rates they are charging. Most of the greens were covered in dead spots, probably ranging from 25-40% of the total surface. Others even had crabgrass starting to grow on them. Aeration is planned this week, but these greens almost seem lost. I don't see myself returning until the conditions are improved. When I pay a somewhat premium price to play a public course and show up and find dead greens, that's a real bummer. I wish I'd have read the recent reviews on here before playing. Every time I've played here in the past, the course has been in good shape and very well kept. I have no idea what's going on right now. Crabgrass and dead spots? I'd pay $30 for 18, that's the shape the course is in right now.

My wife and I played our first and last round until the greens are replaced. It is a shame the greens are in their current condition because the layout is not bad. The greens have so much poa and disease that you can not putt them. In addition, there are so many ball marks on them that they a scarred beyond belief. They also schedule tee times so close to each other that it is like a heard of cattle out there. I would save your money and play elsewhere.

Love the layout, course was nice, greens were in rough shape for the money.

Decent course. Greens are slow and need some work.

Beautiful course. Love the layout. Greens aren’t in good condition though. Everything else was great.

The disappointment of wasting my time going to play this course is still annoying me. My gf was leaving for Sweden this week so I wanted to take her to play a nice course before she left. This was ranked #2 on a top 10 courses in Charlotte someone sent me so I booked it. 1hr there & back and the worst “good” course I’ve ever played. Should’ve known on arrival when seeing a line of people waiting for cart returns. Then the range being closed. Then when paying and the rude staff I wish I’d walked away and gone elsewhere. It would only get worse While on putting green waiting for a cart I’m hearing the starter calling out tee times with other golfers in 5 min increments. Never in any of the countries or states that I’ve played golf have I ever heard of 5 min increments between tee times and on the weekend too!! We finally get a cart and head to the 1st tee and there are still 3 groups in front who hadn’t even Started yet. Course looked lovely so we carried on. On the first green I knew I was now done with the afternoon. The green was a shambles. Pitch marks everywhere. Slow. Bumpy. Obviously some sort of disease. I hoped it would be just this one. Unfortunately it was not. They were all terrible. I say all but we only made it to the 12th. Should’ve started at 4:40 and by 8:40 we were only on 12. To top it off on the 8th the starter drove by us and asked us to keep up with speed of play which was mind boggling considering we waited on every tee and was one of last 4-balls to go out. I wouldn’t blame any of the golfers as it was 100% due to their tee times. I wanted to speak to someone afterwards and ask for a refund, but nobody was there when we returned cart. I emailed the professional to ask for a call with him on Monday. It’s been a week and I’ve heard nothing. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME PLAYING HERE RIGHT NOW!! As for #2 course public can play in Charlotte, not a chance! I’ve played 4 courses since I moved here and they’re all much better. It should be a great course to play as the layout is excellent, challenging & setup well. Obviously needs new management & grounds staff

I’m sure the course is beautiful but I never made it out cause the 2 old geezers at the desk were beyond rude. I booked a time and brought my wife and 2 young children to play at 1145am and they told me I was booked to play with a three some so my son couldn’t play and my wife couldn’t even drive the cart on the course. I said move my time and I’ll wait and he responded that this the busiest part of the day and he couldn’t move me I should have called to ask how busy they were he said. They should be ashamed of themselves for over booking during a pandemic. There is no social distancing and they both the men behind the counter were not wearing masks. And to top it off I drove an hour to play here.

Usually a favorite of mine great layout but the greens are shot and way overpriced for conditions it’s a shame They used to have very nice greens.

Really tough sledding on bad greens. The rate must’ve been lowered because they realize the issue. Normally a very fun track in good condition.

Covered in crab grass and unfixed divots everywhere. Worst I’ve seen it this year.

I've played this course 5-6 times over the years and it's steadily gone downhill. Most recently was truly the worst golf experience i've had in 15 years of playing the game. Tee times stacked 5 minutes apart left us showing up and waiting for 30 minutes past our original tee time. There is zero organization regarding who gets a cart so good luck tracking down the "supervisor" who walks around silently instead of trying to coordinate the groups. Complete cluster. Greens were 3/10 and for $68 dollars that's unacceptable . Save your $68 and play literally any other course within 30 miles of this one- there are dozens of better options in the CLT/SC area

Let me start by saying that I have played this course many time over “quarantine”. For the most part I have enjoyed my experience here.

I’m not sure if this is a one off instance but 2 friends and I had a tee time for Sunday night at 5:00p. According to the starter they booked tee times every 5 minutes for the evening and didn’t have any carts when we arrived and up to 5 minutes after our tee time. We literally played 9 holes in 3 hours because of the pace and overcrowding, yet we were charged the full 18 rate. I called the pro shop who had closed and a cart attendant came out to try to improve the pace, but there were way too many people on the course.

This was honestly a VERY poor experience for us and I felt robbed out of the other 9 holes of money. I haven’t had an experience like this before here but it is difficult to look past this.

Greens are pretty poor and slow, divots are craters. Tee boxes are getting rough. Fairways are really good.

Course was in good conditional overall. Greens were a bit shaggy and slow. Need to get a beverage cart out on the course especially when it is 95 degrees.

I like the course and have played many times, but $75 for a course with greens in the current condition will keep me away for some time.

There are many other courses In the vicinity in much better shape and much cheaper.

Until course conditions improve, most notably the greens, it’s not worth more than $50.

Hopefully they will get the course back in shape soon, because I like the layout.

nice course, first time playing it, me and my coworkers had a good time. but it seemed that no one fixes there ball marks on the greens, they all had hundreds of unrepaired marks, not what I would expect from a semi-private track...

First time playing this course and it was a fun round of golf. Course was in good shape and pins were in fairly challenging positions. The range and restaurants were closed due to COVID-19 but they did have a grill outside and the beverage cart made its rounds on the course. Friendly staff and will definitely be playing here again.