Creek At Hard Labor State Park: #5
A view of hole #5 from The Creek At Hard Labor State Park.
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4.3
893 Reviews (893)
5 Stars
327
4 Stars
403
3 Stars
99
2 Stars
43
1 Stars
21
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
95.7%
Recommend this course
802 out of 893 reviews
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4.3
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
95.2%
Recommend this course
20 out of 21 reviews
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4.4
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
40
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.7
96.1%
Recommend this course
74 out of 77 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6612 yards
Slope 129
Rating 71.4
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The Creek Golf Course at Hard Labor State Park
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Course Details

Year Built 1968
Greens Champion Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Denis Griffiths

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Snacks

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4.3
893 Reviews (893)
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Reviews 198
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

New greens open

After months of temporary greens, the course now has new greens. Some of the greens had thin spots with a dusting of sand and were a little bumpy in spots. Overall, the new greens were playable but extremely slow. The rest of the course is in good condition, but like most courses this time of year, it has very punishing rough. Good value and worth the long drive to get there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

New greens

Course has gone through green replacement. We were excited to play the new greens. They still have a little maturing to go - but it was great to be there on the first day of use.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf is always a challenge

The “new” greens were not in great condition. They were super hard and over sanded. The course in general has not been maintained very well. The tee boxes were chewed up. Pace of play was pretty slow due to a push cart group that would not allow cart riders to play through.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
4.0
First Time Playing

No greens

I’ve never played here and when I first got a look the greens looked nice and so did the course but once we started the first hole we realized there were no greens and the greens were just dyed onto the fairway. There was no heads up either.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Temporary greens made for a rough day

The good news is that the greens should be open in a couple of weeks. The bad news is until that’s done, it’s not a great experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

TEMPORARY GREENS

The greens were closed in April and are still closed. The course is in terrible shape. The fact that they are still charging as much as they are is disappointing.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Temporary Greens! No fun

All the greens are temporary. I skip putting because putting on these temporary green would mess up my putting skills. Will wait until Oct. 1st when the regular greens are open with a 100% increase on green fees! Bad!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not impressed

This is the first course I’ve played that I told myself I wouldn’t come back to. The majority of the fairways were so wet it was ridiculous. My waterproof golf shoes were soaked. Terrible landscaping. Water sprinklers randomly going off 6 inches from where we tee off on one hole.

Also I get the greens are being worked on, but even everything around them was not great, ankle deep grass in the majority of the fairways. I’ve played courses almost half the cost in better conditions. I hope whoever goes has a better dryer experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Work in progress.

Course is in poor shape right now. All of the greens are being redone. If this condition was communicated before playing and cost adjustments made this would be understandable but this was not done. Just tell me before hand and allow me the option to continue or not.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No Greens at this time

Was not informed, but the greens are being redone, all holes are on temporary greens. Thus would not recommend for the next 2 or 3 months. Very disappointed that I did not know! Wasted my fees

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Temp greens ok

Reduced rates due to temp greens and limited tee boxes. However, temp greens are in good shape and better than others zi have played. Great price using GN

.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Under Repair

Greens were being replaced. Makeshift greens were satisfactory for what they were. Always a pleasant golfing experience.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Currently Unplayable and Won't be Played by Me Again

Every green is being redone at the same time. This alone would be reason enough to not play this course, so why was the rough not cut also? Was it laziness, or did they feel that they needed to compensate for all of the shortened holes? It was challenging enough without having accurate yardage anywhere, that there was no reason for the rest of the course not to be maintained. I booked this online and nowhere did it say that every green would be under construction. If it had, I wouldn't have attempted to play it, but I would have come back because I like the course and it is conveniently located for us. As it stands, I don't know that I will play here again. When we arrived we asked the guy in the proshop where everyone was because it was considerably less busy than usual. We asked if the heat was responsible and he said that "the chance of rain must have been keeping people away". It was not the heat nor the"chance of rain". It was due to the fact that every green looks like a baseball infield and the makeshift greens mowed into the fairway rendered all the yardage markers unusable, putts impossible and couldn't be seen from the fairway without driving most of the way to the "green" in some cases. After 6 holes and numerous lost balls due to the rough being ridiculously high, we gave up. When I got back to the proshop and mentioned that he didn't tell us anything about the condition of the course and nowhere did it say anything about the course when I booked it that I would like a refund. He said that the best that he could do was a raincheck that would only be good until October. I asked when the construction was going to be completed and was met with silence. I hate to take this course out of my repertoire, but I feel that I don't have a choice after having been treated like this.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Temporary Greens

The greens are being rebuilt, so it’s no fun. However, the fairways are in the best condition in years. Tee boxes are still in terrible condition, especially par-3 tee boxes.Hope

they will do something about them.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 29
3.0
Previously Played

It has temporary greens I did not know that when we played

The course will be very nice when they finish

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Making the greens perfect

I didn't know that they were redo in the greens. So they had temporary greens but it was okay it was a great fun course. I played out here many times with many friends and the courses always in immaculate condition. However this day was temporary greens. Honestly I was just messing around out there just trying to hit some good shots and a lot of people were pushing me to move ahead of them when I really didn't want to so I skipped a lot of holes but it was fun.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Amenities Average
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