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4.1
452 Reviews (452)
5 Stars
216
4 Stars
166
3 Stars
41
2 Stars
20
1 Stars
9
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.5
82.8%
Recommend this course
403 out of 452 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
37 Reviews (37)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.1%
Recommend this course
30 out of 37 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.0
49 Reviews (49)
5 Stars
25
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
77.6%
Recommend this course
38 out of 49 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6648 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.8
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Course Details

Year Built 1975
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/1 Closed: 12/1

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Bill Abrams Golf Solutions Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes

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Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

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4.1
452 Reviews (452)
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Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Aerated Greens

I understand this is the time of year golf courses aerate greens. However this was the worse aeration I’ve ever seen in my golf life. The holes weren’t filled in with sand and whoever aerated did it as if they don’t want anyone to play the course. They literally stabbed the greens and pitting was a complete joke

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice layout, but tee boxes in horrible condition and many greens in poor condition

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 67
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice course

Challenging course. In good shape. Enjoyed it very much

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Paired with a PSYCHOPATH.

While the staff is friendly and helpful, we got paired with an absolute jag bag. This guy "MARK" struggled to shoot 105 but he DEMANDED everyone be perfectly silent while he went thru his 'slower than a turtle' shot routine. We had 2-1/2 OPEN HOLES IN FRONT OF US by the 7th hole due to his slow play, and even after the ranger politely asked us to pick it up, he purposely played even slower.

This idiot ruined the whole day, but we were encouraged when his partner threw his back out and they had to leave at the 11th hole.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

They are letting this place go

Played here many times these past few years. The weather has been dry this summer but the course conditions today were just awful. Would blame it on the weather but it’s clear they are not planning to keep this course in the shape it used to be in. So sad because it has a good layout and fun to play.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is in sad shape

I used to love playing this course. Sorry to report that they are not taking care of this course anymore. Hope someone buys it and turns it around or this course will be unplayable in another year or two.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 43
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Too Slow

I like everything about this course but it can be very slow. On a Tuesday we were approaching five hours after 16 holes and left. The other two guys we were with left on the 8th hole. I think it was overbooked. They needed someone to speed things up. I saw other carts leaving too

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 137
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Nice layout slow play

This course has a nice layout and good greens. The problem is every time I come to play here they have some issue that causes pace of play to become unreasonably slow. This round I called before coming due to earlier rain to make sure they would let carts out. They said yes cart path only. They also told me they had a small outing that was delayed due to the weather. I asked if I should come later than my 1 pm tee time and was told no they had many cancellations and it would be fine. I arrived and had to wait an hour to tee off then we were behind the outing so the round with the delay to tee off was close to six hours to long and to slow I am not sure if I will ever visit this course again

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

One Very Unfriendly, Rude groundskeeper

Terrible at best. The rough was like a sponge. Couldn't even find your ball..... The dog leg is like a 90° angle. The gulf carts are way outdated and slow and the parking brake was worn out so it was impossible to park on a slope because of the terrible layout this course has.!!!! I would not recommend this course to anyone.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Terrible

Played on a weekday morning and a grounds keeper confronted one of our foursome for driving on a fairway on a hole that was cart path only. Our partner apologized and the employee started swearing at him before throwing him out. Following the round I asked to speak to a supervisor regarding this individuals conduct and was confronted by the same employee. He stated he was the boss and “there’s no one above me”. The employee acknowledge the incident and stated “what’s that got to do with me?” When I again asked for a supervisor he stated he was calling the police. A separate group in the parking lot saw the incident and stated they’ve had similar problems with this employee. Course was also in terrible shape prior to this incident. Save your money and golf elsewhere.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Really need to work on their drainage. Cart path only but everywhere was swampy. Huge puddles in bunkers. Tee boxes not in great shape. Greens best part of course this round. Everything else was below average.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 64
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 64
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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