Bear Creek GC
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3.9
894 Reviews (894)
5 Stars
243
4 Stars
387
3 Stars
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2 Stars
57
1 Stars
46
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.9
80.5%
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716 out of 894 reviews
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4.0
13 Reviews (13)
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Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.6%
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11 out of 13 reviews
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3.9
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.2
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7005 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.9
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Bear Creek Golf Club, St.Louis
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Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Zoysia Grass/Bluegrass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Kern (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared golf shirts are required.

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Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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3.9
894 Reviews (894)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/26/2017

Thank you for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Club! Your feedback is much appreciated! We are so glad you enjoyed your time here and please come back and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/26/2017

Thank you for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Club! Your feedback is much appreciated! We are so glad you enjoyed your time here and please come back and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great challenging course

Played on a nice spring day. Course was in great shape, greens played fast, fairways are greening up and in good shape. Great course for the money. Friendly staff and on site driving range is nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/30/2017

Thank you for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Club! Your feedback is much appreciated! We are so glad you enjoyed your time here and please come back and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great time for my first trip to Bear Creek.

I had a blast today and can't wait to visit them again. The lodge is very nice and the staff is very friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/30/2017

Thank you for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Club! We appreciate the feedback and are so glad you enjoyed your time here. Please come back and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

It was a cool day with spitting rain in the early hours. Even with that the course was in great shape. Staff are very friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/30/2017

Thank you for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Club! We appreciate your feedback and are glad you enjoyed your time here (even with the rain)! Please come back and see us again soon!

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Commented on 04/25/2017

Thank you for your excellent review of Bear Creek Golf Course! We are pleased to know you had a great experience. Come see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Worth the money

This course is very close to my home so I play it frequently. The price I find on golfnow is usually worth it. I love the layout, it forces you to hit the ball straight as anything left or right off the tee is going to severely limit you or likely be OB. My only complaint are the greens aren't where they should be, not a very true roll. Also a lot of the 2nd cut and the rough have dead patches where you are hitting off of dry dirt. Around the green these patches are annoying as you can be 2 feet off the green and have a bad shot at the ball because the grass is uneven and you may be on the front side of crab grass. However, as I mentioned the prices I find on this site are usually worth it, and I will continue to play here.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/25/2017

Thank you so much for the great review! We have begun rolling the greens this week so they should smooth out and speed up some. Course improvements are continuous, so your feedback is much appreciated!

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/11/2017

Thank you so much for your great review of Bear Creek Golf Course! We are very pleased that you enjoyed the course and hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/28/2017

Thank you for your review of the course! We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 02/14/2017

Thank you for the excellent review! Come out and see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/07/2017

Thank you for taking the time to review our course! We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Do Not Book on Line

If you book on Line and they happen to be behind, which they usually are, they will not accommodate you or release you from your pre paid tee time. If you book as a single on golf now, you will get paired up as they are usually behind in tee times and the round is slow. The old guys at the desk aren't very friendly and they seem to think their course is the only one in the area worth playing. If you book a late tee time on golf now, they may have 3 groups of walk ups that can tee off in front of you, and again, no refund will be given when the slowness of the round will not be completed before dark. Overall, this is a nice course, but it has horrible management.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 12/07/2016

Thank you so much for you review, we book a lot of tee times on line and the Hot Deal from golf now tee times at our course are almost 100% sold out each day. Unfortunately, this hot deal discounted time you choose to purchase does not give you a lot of latitude. We do require you to play with other players booked at that time, you must share a cart with others in your group and you must tee off at the time you reserved. Unfortunately the Hot Deal times do not come with refund privileges due to the deep discounts provided. We have other tee times in the morning that play at a much faster pace, we have memberships that we sell that will give you much more freedom but unfortunately they come at a higher price. We understand your desire to play as a single and play fast but that can sometimes be uncommon if playing during the busy times. We are a popular choice for public golf so please try us another time.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Going down hill

The course is in disrepair. Sand traps were completely unkempt, fairways were mowed to the dirt, tees were not in good shape and the greens were slower than my back yard and about as bumpy. I was saddens by this condition because it is a great layout. I would not play it again even for the hot time rate.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/23/2016

Thank you for your feedback! We are very sorry your round was not what you expected. Like many courses, we really enjoy having the "Hot Deal" customer give us their feedback. We will try and do better next time, so please try us again!

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Skip this until next year

This course must have about a one-man maintenance crew. The greens are apparently being mowed once a week, if that. There is no sand in the many bunkers; it's like trying to play out of a dry river bed: hard pan clay. If they are not going to maintain their bunkers, they should fill them in and make them grass bunkers. They have mowed the dormant zoysia fairways almost down to the dirt. Play elsewhere: even a hot deal isn't worth it. It takes forever to play, with no course marshals. Perhaps next spring this place will be better.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 11/23/2016

Thank you for your feedback! We have received a lot of positive feedback on the course this year so your response is important to us. Please try us again in the spring!

Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Richard Sheldon

While few golfers were on the course in front of us, we had a twosome of beginners that really slowed the pace of our game. The course needs to have a ranger that will keep up the pace of play. After the first nine holes, they did let us go through and we never looked back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 11/01/2016

Thanks for recommending the course and taking the time to review it! We apologize for the slow play and hope you will come back soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pairing

I've played this course many times, my problem with the course is you'll never have a quick round. Every time I book a twosome with a friend, we get paired up with another twosome. Normally I wouldn't mind that, but by the fifth hole, we have twosomes and singles coming up behind us, how does this seem right to anyone? My friend and I have played rounds under two hours by ourselves, we both are single digit handicaps and the fastest round we've ever had here is close to five hours. They'd be better served not to pair up groups and let people play through naturally. If you pair up two twosomes who didn't want to play together to begin with, why would we want to let a twosome play through? They would have never caught us to begin with.

I like the course but my patience with it are running thin.

I selected yes to recommending to a friend, but I would definitely warn them about the pace of play

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/25/2016

Thank you so much for your great feedback! On most weekdays when we are not busy we do allow twosomes and singles to tee off and play alone. When we get to Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, when play is much heavier, we do try to pair all groups up to maximize our tee sheet. This keeps the green fee prices as low as possible. When a majority of the groups in front of you are playing at a foursomes pace we try not to let twosomes and singles play alone because we know the pace for them will seem extremely slow. The single and twosome that came up from behind you probably separated once on the course to try and play faster, but once they caught up with you and saw the groups in front of you they realized that was not a good idea. As we enter into Fall and Winter the course will be much more open so please try us again.

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun Round - but Fall season is hard on course

This course is a great challenge - and with the multiple tees, allows space for players of all skill levels. Unfortunately, dry conditions interspersed with heavy rain make it a challenge to keep all the grounds in top playing shape. It appears they have allowed the greens to grow (some had been aerated) to help keep them alive/healthy. This leads to some consternation when putting. Overall a fun round - if only I could hit it a little straighter!

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/18/2016

Thank you for reviewing the course and we are glad you had a fun time! We aerated about a week ago to maintain the great conditions that we all love to play on. Please come back and play again soon when our greens are back to their usual selves!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Aerated greens

Golf now should establish some kind of link with the courses when maintenance is being done

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/05/2016

Thanks for taking the time to review the course. We hope you enjoyed the aerated green lunch special!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Bear Creek

Course, especially the fairways are in great shape.

The green tees were just right for seniors and the green fees were very reasonable.

The staff was very friendly and the clubhouse food both economical and tasty.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/05/2016

Thank you for reviewing the course and we are glad you enjoyed it! Please come and see us again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging layout

Nice course, variety of hole layout and shot types needed. The boxes and bunkers need attention. Fairways and greens in decent condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/20/2016

Thank you for reviewing our course and for your recommendation. We look forwarding to seeing you in the future!

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