Carolina Lakes Golf Club

Course is in great condition and very challenging if the people would fix their divots,the greens would be perfect

A great little track with some punishing holes and some pretty benign. Will do it again.

Play full back...very difficult but fun to play!

This means great layout.

But still they are using Gas Cart

Their green fee is high so they should change to electronic cart.

Love playing at Carolina Lakes. Never disappoints, always in great shape. Conserving some tee boxes made some holes difficult. Some played one tee further,

Carolina Lakes is a great layout tucked inside Sun City. If you pick the tees that reflect your skill you will enjoy the experience. If you try to play over your head you will be frustrated. I am an18 handicap. I am 67 yrs old. I used to play the white tees. I have, for the last several rounds, moved up to the yellow tees. The difference is that with a good tee shot I can now hit most of the greens in regulation. From the white tees, maybe the par 3’s. The course is in excellent condition.

First time playing here. Really enjoyed it!! With the exception of a few greens and fairways course is in great condition.

It’s a fun layout with challenging holes but never unfair. wide fairways and large greens make it a fun place to play. Will definitely be back!

Good layout, poor conditions, greens slow, fairways not watered and weeds everywhere. General upkeep is poor. Bunkers un-raked and liners coming through to the top. Not sure what is going on here!! Won't be back for at least 2 years to see if conditions improve....

$50.00 for what course is okay condition pace of play was okay however the range was closed so we couldn’t hit any golf balls before our round, not included they may want to update there staff to match the forever changing demographics of golf! Perhaps that’s why the rating is so low! Save your money and play Edgewater, for half the money and better conditions and better staff

Overall it was an nice course to play. I won’t pay another $50+ to play here again. I will have to find a deal to play there again. Also my brakes went out on my golf cart. I only had a few holes left so i just managed. Only would recommend to a friend just because of how close it is to my home.

The course looked beautiful online that's why I drove an hour to come play it. For over 50 dollars I expected much more. The lay out is good, but the greens were horrid. Way too slow. The bunkers aren't racked so your ball either plugs because there's way too much sand in them. Or it finds its way in a foot print. Probably wouldn't come back for sometime.

If they made the bunkers playable, the course would rate 5 stars but some of the traps were in such disarray, I wouldn't even bother raking them!

This is definitely in the top tier of Charlotte public courses. Conditions were near perfect with greens rolling very well. The layout is interesting with lots of elevation changes, but you will likely not have any flat shots. At $59, it's a little pricey, but the GPS carts are a nice added feature to help you navigate the course. Highly recommend, especially if you can get a hot deal or twilight round in.

OVERALL: 7.8/10

Go play here. Period. Best course I have played in Charlotte Area. Do not play here if you have a 25+ handicap. Not for you with the difficulty of the course!

Greens in great shape!

The driving range is average or below.

This was my first visit to Carolina Lakes, and I will most definitely be back. The cold Spring and resulting winter kill have affected just about every course in the Charlotte area this year, but Carolina Lakes was in phenomenal shape. Greens were excellent, as were the fairways. An occasional tee box had some thin spots, but those were few and far between. Each of the numerous bunkers on the course were well maintained and had plenty of soft white sand in them. Every sprinkler head had yardages on them and there were markers in the fairways and on cart paths. The cart paths are also well maintained.

The layout of the course is outstanding as well. The course is inside of the Sun City retirement community, and winds it way through it. There is a mix of short and long holes, straight holes and doglegs. You will hit clubs other than driver off of several tees and that helps to provide great variety to the course. The four par 3's all demand carries over water or natural areas. There is a good bit of elevation change, particularly on the back nine. Perhaps the signature hole is #9, a dogleg right par 4 that features 7 bunkers that the tee shot must be threaded through. This is not a course that you can walk, as there are a few lengthy rides between holes.

The fleet of carts is new and full of features, including the best GPS system I've ever seen in a cart. The GPS touch screen gives you a flyover of each hole, in addition to the distances to the front, back, and that day's hole location.

I did not go into the clubhouse, but those amenities seem top class as well. Staff was pleasant and helpful. Pace of play was great. Our twosome got around in less than 3.5 hours on the Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend.

As I mentioned above, Carolina Lakes is in about the best shape of any course in the Charlotte area currently. The conditions and layout make this one a must play for anyone.

The course is nice. The staff, not so much and they don't care. Had issues with the head pro and rangers. The assistant pro is the only one that really knows customer service. Go play Springfield. It's really nice too and the staff is friendly. Sun City has to know they have issues with this staff by now.