Century Pines Golf Club

There is potential for this to be a nice course. The track is interesting and the designer has really made the most out of a limited area. However, if my experience this weekend is anything to go by then this course should be avoided on the weekends. Our tee time was 1.14pm on Saturday and we arrived just in time to see the final groups of 2 back to back tournaments teeing off. The net result, a 5 hour round and a course that had been cut to shreds by, what were clearly, two tournaments worth of absolute hackers. The tight nature of the course definitely didn't help the situation as the entire round we were treated to various yells and curses as the tournament groups shouted abuse at each other across the fairways. In fact just about the only thing they didn't shout was "fore" as on three separate occasions a stray ball came within feet of hitting us without any shouts to give warning. The final insult was the fact that during a 5 hour round where we were waiting on every shot, the cart girl came around to us once! It was on the 6th and we never saw her again despite the fact that we'd left a credit card with her to start a tab. Having said that, maybe I should thank them for that because it meant I saved the money I'd have spent on the 4 or 5 beers I would have bought had she been around more often.

As I've said though, all the issues were with the other patrons and the lack of service. I could probably gripe about the fact that a course booked 2 tournaments on a Saturday morning (who does that?!) but I'll leave that. As a track it looks to have great potential and I'd recommend it for a weekday game when it's quieter but I'll not be back as I only ever play on the weekends.

Really enjoyed Century Pines - the undulating greens were tougher than I expected and the course was well maintained. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone and would go back again.

Friendly staff, course seems to be run properly. ie. tee'd off on time, lots of Marshalls out there

I hadn't played this course for a couple of years and so I was reminded why - the 2 most difficult holes on the course aren't just challenging, they give the impression that the course designer simply ran out of ideas and money how to handle some naturally existing waterways. The fact that one is hitting blind shots into this miasma is just frustrating and basically luck. Surprised to find the fairways in quite poor condition in many places but that may be due to generally damp summer weather.

Course is not very long but is good. May need more sign for each hole.

This is a great course! Great fairways, playable rough and awesome scenery. Very affordable!

I have avoided playing here for years because ove never met anyone who has played it and gave it a glowing review. This is an above average course with narrow landing areas off the tee and possibly the best greens i have played this year (and ive played more than 20 courses this year)
Tip - dont start on the back 9. 10, 11, and 12 are birdie holes and you dont want to play them cold.

Nice course, good overall test. Easy to walk with a mix of short and long holes

FIRST PLAYED HERE 30 YEARS AGO WHEN IT OPERATED AS A "MOM AND POP" COURSE.
SAID THEN THAT IT HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF A REALLY GOOD COURSE AND NOW THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.

Like the layout of this course and I will be golfing their again.

Nice course, well maintained fairways but tee decks and greens are showing wear from lots of use. Staff should remind golfers to repair ballmarks and replace divots. Provides a short but challenging layout. Low scores are possible if you can keep the ball in play. Great value for the price

Good local course for the money. Friendly staff. You should hit the ball straight in order to play the course well.

Enjoyed our round of golf there.
Able to golf quickly for 13 holes, but then caught up to groups ahead and had to wait on every hole from then on.
Friendly marshal out on course, explained reason for slow play to finish.

Greens were in great shape and rolling well, but the course did not bag the grass clippings anywhere and there were clumps of grass all over the fairway and the rough, which was disappointing. It looked as though they were cutting corners on their maintenance budget.

Despite some recent heavy rain the course was in good shape. Really good value. The staff from the clubhouse to the beverage cart girls to the marshals were all friendly. Definitely play here again.

Not a lot of strategy required here, just grip it and rip it. Don't rent a cart if the cart path only rule is in effect. The cart paths are generally well off the fairway and you will find yourself doing much more walking than anticipated... by the end of the round I felt pretty much the same as if I had walked the course. The fairways were covered with freshly cut wet grass that was left too long before cutting.

After the deluge on Friday it was expected to be a very wet. Te greens were fine but fairways were sodden.
Our only complaint was that the Marshall let in a two ball on the 9th which made the back nine unbelievably slow. (A) the twosome were very slow players and (b) the field could not take another group as it was already full. Lastly we never saw the marshall at all on he back nine when we could have used him.
We enjoyed our front nine but the lack of marshalling detracted from our whole experience.
As far as the golf course was concerned it has some interesting holes. There are a number of holes where you feel like you are in a shooting gallery as you have a fairway parallel to the one you are playing. Two holes have a long walk back which takes time if you are walking.

Unaware of what was ahead my son and I teed off at 3:30 pm on #1 right behind the last foursome in a tournament. when we were on the green the marshal directed us to the 10th hole as it was obviously very slow [ok so-far]. after teeing off on the 10th we discovered that we had 5 twosomes in front of us.
It seems to me that only foursomes should be allowed when there is a tournament held
We also skipped one hole on the front nine as we were tired waiting on a different twosome[ other then the 5] , they had two open holes in front of them and took ten minutes looking for a lost ball, with no marshal in sight

Century Pines is always kept in good condition, but this time the greens had all been dressed with sand, but this was not identified either on their own website or that of Golfnow. The course has a good mix of holes with interesting water hazards. The bunkers contained light sand. With an early tee time (0738), I was disappointed to find a backup of three groups on the 10th tee when I got there. Presumably, they were allowing tee offs on both nines that morning, so I ended up playing the front nine twice.

I enjoyed playing this course because of the scenery and the obstacles. The combination of trees, brooks, stream, ponds and sand banks add natural challenges to this course.