Bear Creek Golf Club
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| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzly | 72 | 7005 yards | 73.9 | 136 |
| Black | 72 | 6535 yards | 71.7 | 132 |
| Silver | 72 | 5940 yards | 68.6 | 129 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5940 yards | 75.2 | 135 |
| Green | 72 | 5195 yards | 68.6 | 129 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5195 yards | 70.8 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.8/138 | 365 | 460 | 175 | 510 | 410 | 184 | 335 | 530 | 410 | 3379 | 414 | 510 | 200 | 355 | 405 | 558 | 240 | 288 | 442 | 3412 | 6791 |
| Blue M: 71.3/134 | 345 | 430 | 166 | 500 | 390 | 175 | 325 | 510 | 386 | 3227 | 407 | 490 | 195 | 335 | 385 | 530 | 210 | 282 | 418 | 3252 | 6479 |
| White M: 69.8/128 W: 75.8/139 | 340 | 368 | 142 | 490 | 375 | 158 | 300 | 445 | 358 | 2976 | 395 | 480 | 180 | 310 | 375 | 479 | 166 | 257 | 383 | 3025 | 6001 |
| Yellow M: 64.8/115 W: 70.2/122 | 290 | 350 | 130 | 420 | 335 | 120 | 250 | 385 | 323 | 2603 | 320 | 435 | 145 | 280 | 290 | 393 | 138 | 214 | 260 | 2475 | 5078 |
| Orange M: 62.2/104 W: 66.2/117 | 245 | 296 | 115 | 352 | 275 | 115 | 240 | 328 | 275 | 2241 | 245 | 363 | 119 | 275 | 245 | 345 | 125 | 205 | 255 | 2177 | 4418 |
| Handicap | 15 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 |
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Challenging layout but fun
Course was in good shape. Had rain for days prior to round, so path only. Played a little long but nice. Green speeds weren’t consistent. Some were faster and some slower.
Great Course!
Local golfer that plays here a lot. Very well maintained. Can catch a good price on Golf now.
Needs a lot of improvement
Once again this course is not in shape. Tee boxes are hard as a rock and are nearly all dead. Aerate sand and water! Not that complicated!. #1 green had just been aerated and sanded... But all the sand was left on the Green it was not brushed or rolled. Impossible to putt... #3 green aerated with no sand... Impossible it putt. Fairways were in good shape but bunkers were mud clay and rock. I could understand this if they were in process of repairing the bunkers or revamping the course. However the bunkers have been this way for years!
Always Over Booked
I am new to the area and have played Bear Creek quite a few times this summer. Play is always SLOW! They try to make their money by double booking tee times which causes extremely slow play. It took 5 1/2 hours to play 18 holes! One other time it took 4 hours to play to hole 13. We ended up not finishing. A couple other times we had to quit because it got too dark to finish our 18. Just ridiculous! Never a course marshall to keep play moving along. Fairways and greens are okay, but not great. Ladies tee boxes are terrible! Just randomly placed and not level. They just seem like an afterthought. The clubhouse is nice and friendly staff. Bathrooms are clean, and they do a fair job cleaning carts. Overall, I give them a 3, but they could improve in many areas.. Not a course I will continue to play.
Pace of Play
While this course is decent and maintained pretty well, the pace of play is absolutely horrendous. They cram way too many tee times in within the day (8 minutes a piece). For example, today they allowed people to book tee times at 6:10 but the sun didn’t even rise until 6:50. That’s 40 minutes of tee times that got pushed back. Screwed up the entire day. They know exactly what they are doing too. The average time of play here is 5-6 hours. This wasn’t the first time either. I’ve played here 4 times now (2 this year) and never has my round been under 5 hours. This is the last time I will play this course. All my buddies agree too.
I will be back
The course was well manicured it was irrigation but you can tell the upkeep is superb. The Pro Shop Clubhouse was nice people were friendly. I really like the course I will be back.
Sandy greens
The course was very water logged. Greens were covered in so much sand that they looked brown. The ball, putter and club used around the greens were covered in sand. Pace was fine wirh an early tee time. Was excited to play the course since it had been a few years since I had. Maybe this is normal for the course on a weekday but it was not a good experience.
They Grossly Overbook
Unfortunately this course is over booking causing 30-40 minute delays even before you tee off. It's to bad because the course is nice, but I won't return.
Not a good value for the money
The tee boxes and greens were in bad shape. There were 3 large groups playing and no Marshall to move them along.
Needs a lot of improvement
This is possibly the most challenging public course in the area. However, there are several improvements that should be made.
1. Tee boxes need to be aerated and sanded. They are just so beat up and hard. Also there are a few that are on a bad slant.
2. Greens are like surface of the moon. I understand this is not 100% fault of the staff. Old codgers need to fix ball marks. However the staff needs to fix them as well in the mornings.
3. Bunkers... Well... That are 100% unplayable. No sand, all mud and clay with rocks the size of a 3wood head. Full of water even after 5 days of no rain.
Love the layout but condition is less than good.
Bear Creek as enjoyable and reliable as they come
Been playing Bear Creek for years and they never disappoint. Tee to greens the course has been in great shape this year of covid. Greens roll true and just a fun course layout. Highly recommended. Will certainly come back.
Great Course
A buddy and I played here for the first time and were super happy with the course. The gentleman in the pro shop was nice and gave us some info before heading out. The fairways are pretty wide and open for the most part, cart paths were a little rough, but could tell they were in the process of redoing parts of them and widening it. Greens weren’t too bad, fair amount of divot marks, but that’s due to lazy people. No dead spots at all though which is a huge plus in my book. Overall, for the price we paid for this course it was well worth it and we will definitely be back.
Labor Day at Belk
I love this track. I wound up using a lot of clubs that don't spend much time out of my bag. The fairways were in great shape while the greens were just fair.
Great golf value.
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback. We have received a lot of good compliments on the course this year. However, around the time you visited, we had aerated our greens on several holes. We have since also done some work on the bunkers. We apologize you had this experience and hope you will come back out in the future.