Bear Creek Golf Club

Great course conditions but the pace of play was so terrible. Completely over booked with multiple 5somes and 6somes. Unfortunately I won't be trying this course again.

Arrived 20 mins before tee time, was rushed to the tee only to find the starter pushed 2 groups ahead of us. 2nd group started as a 2 some, ended as a foresome which were playing as a scamble group, but waited on 15 of 18 tee boxes. Greens were good until the course decided to punch greens with a full tee sheet. 1st 3 holes were not punched but the next several holes had just been punched and sand had been broadcast from a spreader and not watered in or brushed at all. We encountered 2 greens that had sand spread but not areation had taken place. Bunkers were all void of virtually any sand and many had standing water in them. Wish we would have played somewhere else. No mention when paying that they would be punching greens while playing. Could be a good course, but pace of play has always been miserable everytime ive played the course, had been several years since playing, seems nothing has changed.

We decided to play some morning golf - 9am tee time Monday. We called Sunday afternoon to book the tee times. We showed Monday morning to enjoy a nice round of golf but it was anything but that. We got through 5 holes fine but the 6th hole was when the issue started. We approached the green and it was completely aerated but the issue was sand. They were starting to lay thick layers of sand on every hole. I understand this is how greens are maintained but the issue is with the club house not mentioning this when booking tee times and also charging full price. If they would communicate this ahead of booking then individuals could make their own decision. We played the next 3 holes with layers of sand on the greens before we tried to call the club house to understand if our entire play was going to be like this. The club house rep was very rude and basically said the maintenance crew runs their own schedule and the club house has nothing to do with it, which we found out later was completely a lie. We continued our play and by hole 12 we met the maintenance crew chief on the course. He confirmed the clubhouse knew and should be confirming to public but THEY NEVER DO! This is horrible business and shows Bear Creek is trying to charge premium on a Monday $40 while play was severely crippled with sand being spread and left on the greens.

Bear Creek has a great course layout but this type of stuff is unacceptable when ppl are paying premium rates during the week. I hope they can align club house and maintenance crew to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.

Overall the course was in good condition. The green was smooth and fast and the pace of play was good. There was hardly one out there and I enjoyed myself. The staff was friendly and I would recommend this to my friends. Very challenging and a lot of fun.

Can’t play bunker shots, no sand just mud. Most tee boxes pretty thin as are most fairways, but in all fairness it is winter groundsmen were fertilizing as we played so with warmer weather they should improve.

Bear creek has some very challenging holes. The greens were quick and fairly smooth. They have quite a bit of slope to them.

Bunkers were in poor condition. Mostly unplayable.

FAirways were wet and soft, but it is early March so typical. Tee boxes were good. Staff was friendly. Had a couple guys in front trying to play the tips and slowed us down a bit. You should not play the tips here unless you’re driving it 240 or more and you’re a 5 Or better handicap

Need to do better on scheduling, very slow play,. Known for stacking up golfers, but we love the course!

Well designed challenging golf course. Fun to play.

STAY AWAY

BAD RATINGS ARE DELETED

THE GOOD RATINGS ARE DONE BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE AREA

NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN TURF WOULD ANYONE WANT TO COME BACK

THEY BOOK 8 MINUTES BETWEEN TEE TIME AND PLAY TAKES A MINIMUM OF 5 HOURS

SUCH A SHAME TOO NICE COURSE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR YEARS AND THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OR ELSE IT WOULD BE FIXED BY NOW

Great day on the course, it was packed and only took a 4some about 5 hours to finish. Fairways and greens were in awesome shape for December.

I absolutely love playing this course. Great for beginners to novice golfers. It’s a great value for the money compared to other course. It’s my preferred course since it’s only a mile and a half from my house. HOWEVER, the regulars(older crowd) who play this course make it miserable for all of the rest of us. Between their attitudes towards everyone and their pace of play, it makes the course not as enjoyable. Another thing that sucks is the course management tries to get as many rounds in on top of each other which can slow down pace. Unlike a lot of folks, I actually understand why they do this, what they could do to make it not as frustrating is stagger the starts(don’t start everyone on the same hole). All in all, great course for the money, just some minor issues that if addressed would make it that much better!