Bacon Park Golf Course

This course offers no challenge and conditions a barely acceptable. Needs a lot of work to bring it up to snuff Restrooms are available on the course and we were 300-400 feet away and smell was disgusting. The septic tank needs to be emptied. I definitely would not recommend this course. It is overpriced.

The staff is always friendly, a great atmosphere, you get the impression you could meet good friends there. The layout isn't magnificent, but it's not bad, and frankly, who am I to take shots at Donald Ross, who probably belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of golf? So those are the positives. The negatives: I know it's Winter, but heck, it's just not fun when you stripe a drive down the middle and are rewarded with a bare dirt lie. Pretty much every single time. Not every course in this region is like that, there are ways of keeping at least some grass on the fairways even in February. I know this is a matter of dollars = upkeep, and the dollars just aren't there. I get it, not necessarily the super's fault, but it kills the quality of the round. So the pressure's on your short game, but the greens are often inconsistent. One hole might be lightning fast, the next like velcro, Wears you down. Sometimes the holes are kind of mounded with a slight crowning, anthill effect which comes from cutting new holes too hastily and yanking the ground up slightly. Typical of the round: short par 4, 275 yard drive perfectly in middle, 2/3 wedge off bare dirt (so I had to hit it perfectly), hit to 18 feet, but 3 putt because green's suddenly super slow after a previous green had been super fast. Next hole long par 4, 250 right down middle, rewarded with long iron approach off of bare dirt, get it to fringe, chip to 5', but again, the greens undo you: the slightly mounded hole repels any shot other than one hit online within the width of maybe a pencil eraser. Bogey-bogey. Many of the greens, any putt over 2.5', you either drill perfectly into the middle, hitting it hard, or it drifts right or left as it slows and catches that crown. Very frustrating! In the Spring, Summer, Fall, fine, it's a good enough value and a historic layout, but Winter golf here's not worth it.

I am a tennis player and now a golfer. I shoot consistently between 88 and 91 ( still a lot of room for improvement), I find Bacon Park golf course location to be good and the club house staff friendly but; I was always concerned at tee off about the group behind me approaching the greens-because the tee box of the next hole is too close greens. I think it is a bad design.

Greens were so fast (hard as a brick) and you could not hold and approach shots. Fairways hard as well. My playing partner refuses to play there again.

No challenge at all, No washroom for the 18 hole, since you do not go to the pro shop after the ninth hole.

The Green are not in good shape

Greens were seeded but very fast with little bumps. Course is player friendly and not a difficult course.

Love the “new” layout of this old Savannah course. With a few exceptions the course is wide and friendly with few water hazards.

The greens are tight and fast this time of year with only one in need of repair. The cart paths are real paths and not paved.

Overall the Course is challenging but fair.

For a course that acts as if its one of the better in the Savannah area I was disappointed. I'm glad that golfnow offered a $10 round as opposed to the 45-50 as this course lacks many of the small things that make golf what it is. 1 no distance markers on par 3 tees. Having not played here before it was complete guess work. 2 lack of water on the course. Overall the course was ok shape, card paths are awful and in certain areas weeds are present.

Bacon Park is in VERY good condition...except for the deep rough on a few holes. However, every time I play here there are several holes that have "almost goofy golf pin placements." We asked one them why they did this on one occasion. The response was "what's the matter, is it too hard for you?" Please don't look for crowns and ridges to place pins. It is a public golf course ...not the US Open.

Have played here over the course of 30 years.

New management has this Donald Ross gem

back in all its original glory. If you have never played it you won't be disappointed. Not a resort but golf as it was meant to be played.

Nice golf day. Tee to green in good shape, sand traps need a little work. If you play here you know about the cart paths or lack there of. I've learned to navigate around them. Stay out of the rough and you'll have a good round. Great course for a beginner or bogey golfer. Great roll in fairway after a nice pop!!! Got a great deal on GN... Couldn't pass up. Be back soon.

Bacon Park has benefited from some improvements over the years, but it is still a low end public course.with dirt cart paths. It had recently rained heavily, when I played it and the course was a rutted quagmire. The club house dates from the late 60's and looks it. Don't bother to play this course unless you have nothing else to do.

Played on vacation with little expectation of it being a great course. It however surprised me, the course was in very good condition considering the amount of rain this area has had recently. The greens have a bad spot here and there but other than that are full and fast. Also something I didn't see before I got to the course is that it is a City owned/ran & is the First Tee of Savanahh so they are keeping it maintained well. One more bonus is the course is very conveniently located right off Eisenhower Pkwy. I enjoyed my first round so much I brought my FIL & BIL who had never played before and rented a set of clubs for them a couple days later. We had a great time that round as well. Definitely recommend the place if you're not wanting to spend 100$ on greens fees and just want to enjoy a round.

Overall the course is nice and it looks like they are working hard to improve the course conditions. The layout is typical Donald Ross. Fairways are open but rough is thick. The fairways were nice the greens could use alittle attention. Bare spots in a number of them. The bunkers were nice. The cart path was hard to navigate due to the fact that it didn't exist in some areas. The staff were awesome. The facilities are alittle dated. The practice area was very nice. Overall it's a nice course that needs alittle more time and attention to bring back. The biggest problem I have is with the price. $44 for what is basically a municipal course in regards to condition is too much.

I played a round of golf last year at Bacon Park and as I remember I was not impressed. This year I decided to go back on a week day and found the course, for some reason, much improved.

What I liked best as an intermediate golf is this is a a very forgiving course. The fairways and greens are wide and in good condition. Each green is numbered allowing you to get around the course. The right amount of trees border the fairways, but there is not a lot of pine cones, making it difficult to find balls. Lost only two. Compared to the semi private Wilmington I played the week before, I think Bacon is equally good, if not in some ways a better course for most golfers. Highly recommend playing a round at Bacon Park.

H. Hunter, Scottsdale. AZ