The Trophy Club of Apalachee

I should have known better than to play a course the first good day of weather after the hurricane hits. The back nine was closed so we had to play the front nine twice which slowed everything up. Can't hold that against the course though, they did a good job of even making the front nine playable after all that tree damage. Would like to play the course again, in its entirety, soon!

The pace of the greens were very slow and have not completely come back considering they aerified them two weeks ago. A bit unfair to charge full price with them being that hairy. I was with family so the day was great.

Had friends from Alabama and Cobb Cty join me. They had a great time and really liked the course.

Ever since joining the Players Club I have been there at least 3 to 4 times a week. It has everything I need. The range balls are priceless and the course is a great practice course it will give you all the shots. You can't beat the deal you get with the players club, I wish they would add just a couple of close by courses but I'm happy with what I'm getting.

"Ambassadors" at every hole and still took 5 1/2 hours to play. Course was ok. Tee boxes look like post WW2 Japan. Greens were in decent shape. Staff was friendly.

Great course. Great layout. Great staff. I came from the municipal course around the corner due to customer service issues. This course is approximately the same price but his head and shoulders above all other public courses in the area.

My daughter and I played only 9, so I can't rate the back nine, but the front nine is a great course! Everything was in excellent condition and very well maintained. It's not that long from the white tees, but it is tight and plenty of challenge for most golfers. Will gladly play there again!

Foursome went on a mid Saturday morning in July. Course was in good shape overall. Greens were not too fast. So we were generally pleased with the course. However play was backed up for the first 11-12 holes. Sometimes painfully long. At one hole we had three groups waiting. So more spacing is needed.

I play this course because it is good value for the cost if you use golf now or a similar discount site. Tough layout because it is a neighborhood course. Often the slope of the fairways make it even tougher.

Way too slow on the front nine it was 3 hours. The starters push's players out the first t-box every 7-8 minutes which causes slow play. There is no marshals to help slower groups get moving. This is very frustrating. The back 9 was just a little over 2 hours I suspect people got upset and just left after 9 holes fearing a 6 hour round. It is never fun to spend money and wait on every shot.

The greens are slow but rolled true.

6 years ago, Trophy Club wasn't a terrible place to play at twilight rate of 20 bucks. Now, however, it is not worth the effort at any price.

They have, for some inexplicable reason, removed the stone yardage markers that used to be on the tee boxes, so yardage on par 3s is a complete guess. Want yardage in the fairway? Good luck finding a sprinkler.

But the biggest problem is the overall condition of the course. It's pathetic. Bare spots. Cracked cart paths. Bunkers with basically no sand. Splotchy aprons and rough around the green. Clay in the fairways. Ball marks all over the greens from the typical clientele that jams the course and plays impossibly slowly.

My dad and I stopped after a 2:36 minute twilight front 9. (teed off at 4:05) asked the clubhouse guy to do something about the 2 slow as molasses 3 somes in front of us, as we would shockingly fight daylight to finish. He said "you can play the front 9 again, but a 3some can't be that slow."

Stunned, I asked for raincheck since we likely wouldn't finish despite teeing off 4.5 hours before sunset. Was denied.

I'm done with this place. It's one thing to let your course deteriorate, it's another to have disregard for customers. I have about 20 pics I could post, but apparently can't attach to review...

Course was in great condition. We expected it to be busy because it was a holiday weekend, but... We had 3 groups of 3 in front of us and we had 3 people playing. 5 hours to play 18 holes. At one hole, we had 3 groups standing around waiting to play. This course advertises a 4:16 pace of play. Too slow for me, even on a regular day.

I have played the course for years and this is the first time I can say I was completely disappointed. The greens were dead. I hope they grow back because I really enjoy this course!

This golf course is in rough shape. The greens are bumpy and inconsistent. All the turf (tee boxes, fairways and rough) needs intensive attention. Please see the photo of the 12th tee box. There was evidence that the bunkers had been recently groomed, but the grooming was done poorly. Play management was none existent. There was no starter and a marshal that appeared once around the 15th hole. I clocked play of the 8th hole with a stop watch at 17.5 minutes a 5-hour, 15-minute pace. To be fair to the golfers, the 8th hole was set up to be a disaster. The 8th is an excessively penal hole. On this day, the blue tee was pushed all the way back with the gold tee and as far left as possible. The only practical tee shot from this location is a hard hook to hold the fairway. The Trophy Club of Apalachee is significantly over priced considering the conditioning and play management. Note: I rate golf courses on an absolute scale using the following guidelines:

5 stars - Top tier golf course, all amenities, outstanding service/management and excellent course maintenance.

4 stars - Good to great course layout, complete club experience (full practice facilities, locker room, grill, etc...), efficient service/management, very good course maintenance.

3 stars - Good course layout, average practice facilities, average service/management, average course maintenance. No pace of play problems.

2 stars - Nothing special, but an enjoyable course to play. Only minor issues with pace of play.

1 star - Not worth the effort or serious pace of play issues. I take pace of play very seriously.

A 5-hour round is a minimum two-star reduction.

Greens hard and bumpy

Putting was unpredictable

Better golf elsewhere for same price

Drove a long way and was somewhat dissapointed with the course conditions

Greens were in great shape! Extremely fast greens, like you were rolling on concrete. Rest of the course was dormant.