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4.4
208 Reviews (208)
5 Stars
103
4 Stars
67
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.3
93.2%
Recommend this course
190 out of 208 reviews
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4.4
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
85.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 21 reviews
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4.5
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
89.7%
Recommend this course
26 out of 29 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Style Parkland
Par 33
Length 2361 yards
Slope 103
Rating 33.0
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Robert A. Black Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1978
Fairways Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Ken Killian (1978) Dick Nugent (1978)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $11
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks
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4.4
208 Reviews (208)
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful public course!

Nice layout of the course! Great shape! Good price! The only problem I was held up by two players in front of me and wouldn’t let me go lay through. No one ahead of them. Younger guys, they need to learn golf etiquette! Overall I would play again for sure!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Solid public course

I always love going to play Robert A. Black. nice short course with some fun challenging holes. It's not going to host a Pro-Am any time soon but there's a convenient putting and chipping green, and a staff that seemed very nice.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Conditions

Bobby Black is my go-to 9 hole city course. Friendly staff, great pace and grounds are in great condition

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0

green condition

I played here more than 100times..short little city 9 hole course that better condition than most other muni courses..greens should be faster..they were like fairway ..very soft slow green...should wheight rolled and cut!!

some time okay but not consistent..

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

bathrooms and bad attitudes

When you go to a golf course, you expect some level of professionalism. The bathroom was the first red flag. Management clearly doesn't care what people think about the facilities: flies, feces, urine and a terrible smell. Simply unacceptable.

Then there was the added frustration of being booked back to back foursomes and two-somes and being rushed multiple times while trying to enjoy my game. This shouldn't be on the golfers. If we came to play there should be at least enough time between rounds for us to play leisurely. If you expect people to be finished in a certain time period, make that known. Otherwise, it's not the golfers problem.

Just all around a bad experience, especially showing up at 6:30 am. Not relaxing at all.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/07/2023

Course operator here. Thanks for coming out to play RB, and for taking the time to give us a heads-up about your experience. We are in the process of planning for 2024, and the bathrooms at Robert A Black are on our list of necessary improvements. As far as pace of play, we space our tee times at 10 minutes to allow appropriate gaps between groups, rather than focusing on greater revenue opportunities with 8-minute tee times. We do however want to maintain a reasonably quick pace of play to be respectful to all golfers.

Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
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 Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
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 Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
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 Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Challenging 9 holer in great shape

I’ve recently moved to the area and this has quickly become my favorite course in the city to play a quick 9. Simple course layout but features some challenges.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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