Heritage Golf Links - Tradition Nine

When I got there, tee pushed back due to frost. I waited for 2 hrs and waiting for my tee time. My original tee time was 8:10am, third group on the list. But there was an asian group of 9:40am original tee time. They just come off from the car and one of them gave a burger to an old man starter and asked him to let them go first. He actually let them go before all of us waited 2 hrs. And he was very rude and impolite and bad temper. He is a worst starter I've ever experienced in my 30 yrs of golf rounds. I will bring a burger next time so that I don't have to wait. Luckily I was grouped with good players. Thanks for that.

They tee people off every 5 minutes. We had three groups piled up waiting at a tee box for the first 6 holes. Took 5 hours to play 14 holes. I’d avoid Heritage on the weekends

Tee time was delayed due to frost. No accommodations or notice was given. Waited 3 hours for the course to open and then was placed in the back of the line to golfers who’s tee times were later on. It took 4:40 minutes to finish, and the staffers were rude and unapologetic about the situation. I could not recommend this course to anyone. Worst experience yet.

Today was fine day. So I guess we can play. Why close?

Absolute joke, took an 1:52 to get to three fairway and we dipped out. Kid in the pro shop is a dweeb. You’re Fired!

Loved playing here. Very beautiful sloping holes and undulating greens that provided a good challenge. Will be back

Very good course layout. Lots of challenging undulating greens.

I've played Heritage a dozen or so times over the last 5 years. It is an excellent layout, making excellent use of elevation changes and defending itself with large, undulating greens. It is more than enough golf course from the tips, with two par threes over 235 yards, and a closing hole with the longest forced carry off the tee that I am aware of in the Atlanta area. The course gets a lot of play thanks to reasonable pricing and its central location, so it doesn't sit in the upper tier of courses with regards to conditioning, but it is eminently playable.

That's the good news. The bad news is that the staff seems to be struggling to control flow of play with the increased volumes that are occurring as a result of COVID. For the second time in a row I arrived at the course having booked a time through Golf Now several days in advance, only to be told that they did not have me scheduled at the time I had reserved. To their credit, they did not turn me away, but sent me to the starter to be slotted in. Upon seeing the starter, it was clear he was struggling to manage getting all the golfers off. It turns out he had my name at the expected time (contrary to what I was told when I checked in), but there were four other players claiming the same time, which is of course one too many. The starter called the Pro Shop for help sorting it out, but they were not helpful. They were simply simply saying there were only four people checked in, which was contradicted by the five people surrounding the starter. In the end, the four most assertive of us got off at the appointed time and one fellow was left out (I do believe he was slotted in shortly after). the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't want to have to fight my way on to a course when I've reserved a tee time - especially on a crowded course in the autumn season when daylight is limited. It was a good thing I got off when I did, because pace of play was very slow - right at about five hours, so we finished just as the sun was going down. I hope they figure things out soon, but I'd be hesitant to recommend the course until after Covid has passed and volumes are normalized.