Bear Creek Golf Club

I drove 50 minutes to play this course for the first time on my day off. Just wanted to try something different and got a Golf Now "Hot Deal". This course exceeded ALL expectations. Greens were in perfect shape, not a blemish other than a few unfixed divots. The gentlemen at the pro shop was super friendly and gave me a course guide to help navigate the hazards. Tee boxes were perfectly trimmed and fairways were in excellent shape. I would drive 50 minutes each week to play this course, time permitting. If you live in St. Louis metro you have to play this course. 10/10 from me. (I shot a +22 but it had nothing to do with the course).

Course was nice, staff was friendly but pace of play was horrible. They squeeze too many tee times together for a weekend. We got a rain check for the back nine holes. It took 3 hours to play 8 holes.

Pace of play today was outstanding, the course was in good shape and the staff was friendly, The whole round and course could have been outstanding but wasn't because the bunkers need sand in them. This would make it a great course!

played here off and on for years. Normally course conditions can be iffy. Today however conditions were excellent. After the first three holes greens were were smooth and fast, first three suffered from to much shade and lack of air movement, almost impossible to prevent.
Plan to make this a regular stop for the remainder of the year.

Bear Creek has traditionally positioned itself among the top tier public courses in the St. Louis area, 2021 is no different. Why? Simple- management takes care of this course year in and year out. Don't be surprised with cartpath only after significant rain, because they will always protect this course from unnecessary tear and damage from tee to greens. The only negative point would be the sand bunkers, most all of them still need more work. But otherwise, Bear Creek does not disappoint. Look forward to more rounds there this year.

Overall a solid play. Doesn’t hold water very well. Bunkers were toasted but the greens were rolling nice and the fairways are in good shape. Only negatives were the tee boxes needed to be cut but it also down-poured the day before so maybe they hadn't had a chance to get to it yet. Good staff and nice challenging course

Booked a foursome to play with visiting family....front nine took 2-1/2 hours and the backup on number 10 was three deep, saw one sixsome playing......we quit after 9, was not going to to play back none and spend 3+ hours doing it. No I repeat Mo reason for this slow pace of play.....so disappointed. They would not give a rain check either due to fact I used Golfnow....

The pace of play on the front 9 was horrendous. We were backed up three groups deep on a par 5 and the issue was obvious. People thought they could reach par 5's in two and were playing tees that were clearly not appropriate for their skill level. You can't really blame the course for the overconfidence of some of these golfers, but we will not be playing here on a weekend again!

This course is really fun to play, but the pace of play is terrible. The course either needs to spread out the tee times further or have someone controlling the course and group speed. The group in front of us was playing the blue tees when they had no business playing that far back. We finally quit our round after hole 14 because on the par 5 15th, there was a group leaving the green, two groups in the fareway, a group on the tee box, and two groups waiting to tee off. At the point we had already been on the course for almost 4 hours. We love the course, but i will probably play elsewhere as the last few times have been backed up like this. I would rather pay more at other courses to wait less.

If you have not played Bear Creak you need to put this on your list. I have played most of the courses in St Louis area and always gets the best rate at Bear Creak. Yes, it is more than just the cost for a round of golf but this track is challenging and you will get to use all your clubs in the bag. I love a course that gives you lots of options to play each hole. I played on a Thursday afternoon and got the round in a little over 3 hours. I normally don't take the time to rate courses but because I take advantage of looking at reviews it was my turn to return the favor. One last comment, the greens and overall course is in great shape. I love fast, true greens and you will enjoy this track.

The course is in very good condition. The tee boxes and fairways look and play great. This is always a challenging course to play and for the price is a good deal. The only issue is the scheduling caused quite back up leaving us waiting at a majority of holes. I definitely will be playing this course again.