BridgeMill Athletic Club

For a course that is $70 during the week, laughably overpriced. Sandy, bumpy greens with unfixed divots. Fairways and tee boxes are quality, except the one par 5 in which the tee boxes were moved to 200 yards away. Zero mention of that at the club house. Sad because you can see how this course could be worth the price, but doesn’t look like it has been for a while now. Ornery staff working at a subpar country club.

I would like to start this review by saying that I wanted to like this place so much. The folks in the clubhouse were nice, the starter was nice, the range was nice, the course was in good shape other than the 16th, the signature hole. I gave 3 stars because of these facts.

This 16th hole is pictured on Golf Now, on their website and even on the brochure that sells memberships. It is beautiful in the picture with its church pew strips in the middle of two sand traps on an island green. These church pews do not exist. Now there are 3 traps with hard sand and two pipes sticking out of them from what I imagine was the irrigation for the pews. The water surrounding the hole was very low. The whole image that is supposed to be beautiful looks more like an abandoned amusement park ride.

The real kicker for me and the reason I unfortunately will not go back there is because a grounds keeper on the par 5 13th ran over my ball with a giant lawn mower. I had hit my 2nd shot onto the fairway and it trickled down the depression on the left side of the fairway in front of the green. I watch him not pay attention to us at all before our shots and then watched him roll over the area my ball was in as we drove up to it. He never stopped mowing as I looked for my ball. I then found it sliced in half. I waved him down, showed him the ball and said, "you ran over my ball." He shrugged and said, "I didn't do that." Then he revved up the mower and drove away.

All I wanted was recognition and maybe an apology and even a laugh about it. After his response I was furious.

This place loos like it was once great, but now it seems kinda sad to me. I hope they can do better in the future. We need more good, affordable golf courses and nice people.

Overall the course was in great shape, especially for how hot / dry it's been in Atlanta for the last 2 weeks. Also, the course was packed, but the pace was really good, and we had a really good round. Greens were a lot faster than a lot of the other courses that I play, but it added a degree of difficulty that I'm not used to, so it kept me focused.

The course has a fantastic layout and tough greens. Get into a bunker and you’ll wish you hadn’t. They are clay pits, very hard no fluff and impossible to hit out of

Greens were punched and bumpy, would have been nice to know before spending $105.

Love this course! Used every club in the bag. Unfortunately the greens had been recently aerated so putting was not very accurate. Very friendly staff. Well done BridgeMill.

Can't wait for the fairways to green up and the greens get filled in.

We've played here countless times & love the layout. We reluctantly overpaid for this course (its not typically $90+ on a weekday). To make matters worse, we weren't told that they recently punched the greens when we reserved it OR when we got to the course & paid for the round. The greens were an absolute joke. Even 1 foot putts would bounce around due to the lackluster aeration job. We asked the young kid working the counter in the pro shop afterwards if they could take $ off the round due to the greens & he said they only do so within a week of aeration. I asked if he[s putted on the greens & he said no.

If you play here in early spring, call the pro shop in advance to ask about the greens since they do a crappy job of it & won't come down on their price.

Everybody complaining about the course conditions either know nothing about grass, or they’re mad cause they suck and shot a 120 and want to blame it on something other than themselves. Its WINTER, grass is dormant and does not grow to fill in rough spots. Anyways, course was in good shape for the winter! Greens were fast and firm but still held your approach shots just fine. Definitely a shot placement course on a lot of the par 4s, so it can definitely challenge players with poor accuracy control. It was the first warm Sunday in quite some time so it was packed, pace wasn’t terrible but the group in front of us should have been told by the Marshall to pick it up, that’s my only complaint. Otherwise it’s a good course, winter prices should be a little lower though.