Oak Valley Golf Club

Oak Valley is one of the best layouts in the area. The course is always in nice condition. Summer golf is stressful on bent grass greens so they're in good condition but not fast.

The bunkers were all redone in the last 6 months and the sand is great. However, the fairway bunkers need to get firmed up as they are too soft to make consistent contact.

All in all, very enjoyable.

Made the trek from Charlotte.What a find ,course was in great shape and is a good layout.We all said we would come back.The greens were a little slow but we assumed that was deliberate to protect them through the heat.Highly recommended.Snack bar also good and nice gentleman in pro shop.Thanks.

First time playing this course. Both fairways and greens were in great shape. It is my understanding that the bunkers were upgraded over the last few years. They now have fluffy sand, which takes some practice to get used to. Definitely will be playing here again.

Signed up and got paired with 2 good players. Course was in great shape and a real test of golf. Pace of play was great and staff was outstanding. Will play again and carry my group to play this great zpslmer layout soon.

Course is in impeccable shape. Fairways and tees are thick and proper. The greens had been aerated maybe a little more than a month prior, and they're rolling at a great speed considering the time of year and comparative to local courses in area. The greens also hold a shot properly on account of the aeration, and yet maintained their speed well. No question would highly recommend.

Nice and wide open fairways. Greens were in good condition . The staff is still a little outdated . Sort of make you feel like they are doing you a favor by checking you in . The don't seem accommodating .

The starter was nice!

They also are kind of slow and don't understand when you talk to them in the clubhouseZ

I would give 5stars if they were more nice

I played Oak Valley with the anticipation of breaking 80. The course is fairly open with several tough, tight lies. It takes a brave soul to pull out driver on some holes, but it will lead to a better second shot. I will be back.

I will never return to this course. I was a singleton and told the starter that I needed to play with someone because I had never played the course. I was told that there was several other golfers on my tee-time. When it was time I was waiting at the first tee and no-one showed up, so I called the pro shop. The guy came out and there was a twosome also waiting behind me at the #1 tee box. He looked to them and with me standing there, they told him they only wanted to play alone. The starter turned to me and said, "I don't know what to do." ( I had previously asked a threesome if I could join them and was also told no.) At this point I was fed up with the totally unfriendly attitude of the clientele and the absolute incompetence of the starter. I got in my cart, went back to my car and drove home. I'm used to playing at courses where the starter will assign people to your group if you aren't starting four players, but this idiot didn't have a clue of what to do. What really bothers me is not just the forfeiture of my money, but that I had driven 31 miles to get there. What a disappointment...since I didn't actually play I can't comment on the course conditions, but I can say it was the most unfriendly and unaccommodating place I've experienced. I'll never go back.

I really like this course, they paired me up with some really good guys and we had a very enjoyable round of golf.

I will play this course every opportunity i get.

Not much grass on fairways due to being winter. Greens were coming back in from lack of rain last year. Rained on us entire back 9 but was still enjoyable. Greens were the hardest part...almost like a mtn course with the slope. Had 4 holes where I 3 putted, but still shot an 80 so can't complain. Would give 5 stars hopefully next time we play in spring when grass comes back in and greens are smoother. Will def plan on playing here again and with golfnow deals you can't beat.

I played on the Friday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest golf days of the year. I teed off on time and the round was about 4 1/2 hours. The course was in good shape. The bunkers were a little neglected and 10 green was in rough shape, but otherwise it was great. The greens were fast but true. Overall it was an enjoyable round on a perfect day.

Course in great winter condition, tees and fairways nicely mowed. Greens were smooth and very fast, probably top 5 fastest i have ever played. Great courteous staff. Went on Monday so not very busy, played alone in 3.5 hrs and hit all the practice shots i wanted. 5star experience.

This course is average and if you don't have a special with golf now you will over pay by 10 dollars or more..Its tight on a few holes but is average all across the board..

Played the course for the first time last March with a friend from Richmond, VA. We decided then we wanted to come back in the fall. There's always something about an Arnold Palmer course that is appealing to the eye and makes you want to play well. This course is no exception.

The only negative on the course is that they could groom the bunkers a bit better (but the decision to use the native red sand does give local character and they are no impossible). This fact should in no way prevent one from playing this beautiful layout.

The staff are professional and gracious. Highly recommend playing here.

The course was designed well. It presented some challenges. There is a great deal of water and waste areas. Ample sand traps along the fairways and guarding the greens. Only hole # 10 green was in bad shape, but you could tell they were in the process of making repairs.

I deducted a star for staff friendliness due to when I went into the pro-shop to get some crackers and a sports drink and the staff made a crack about how me and the person I was placed with weren't going to complete our round by dark. My tee time was 3:38. Alone, I can finish in 2.5-3 hours depending on pace of play. With the other gentleman I was placed with, we still finished at 7:00 and we had to wait on one couple ahead of us and two single players that we caught up to at different times. All of the players eventually allowed us to play through after determining we were playing at a faster pace. It took some longer than others to figure this out. I didn't feel we were slow, but the staff in the shop said he thought he was going to have to send a search party out to find us. My thing is that 1) the other gentleman were paired together. If they wanted us to play faster, they should have left us as singles, and 2) don't criticize a couple players that the course management placed together which causes them to play slower. Simply don't offer the tee time for 4 golfers. Imagine if they had booked a foursome for the time slot as they intended too. This was the only negative experience I encountered.

Oak Valley is a semi-private, par 72 Arnold Palmer designed course. It winds its way through a housing development, but at no time do the houses encroach on the golf course. The pro shop, snack bar, and outside staff were all very friendly. There is a full driving range, short game area, and practice putting green.

There is a decent amount of elevation change on the course as it flows through the neighborhood. The first three holes are a little intimidating from the tee, as there doesn't appear to be much room to drive the ball. After those holes, however, the course does open up off the tee. It is very playable from the second shot on in. Most of the greens are elevated above the fairway, and are often guarded by bunkers. Water comes into play on eight of the holes. The teeboxes are well maintained, and the fairways were pretty close to perfect. The rough was thick, but no enough where it would swallow a ball. The bentgrass greens were in better shape than at many other courses in the area. There were two greens that were in low lying spots that don't get much airflow that showed signs of bare spots, but they did not affect the roll of the ball. The one part of the course that needed work were the bunkers. Most seemed to have more dirt in them than sand.

There is a good mix of short, medium, and long holes among each of the different pars. You won't hit the same club on all of the par 3's, and one of the par 5's is easily reachable in two, while there are others that aren't. You can hit driver off of most tees , but there are a couple of dogleg holes, where position is more important.

I liked the course, and played pretty well. I will definitely come back and play this course again.

I have played most of the courses in this area. I believe Oak Valley and Tanglewood championship courses are the best in the area. The greens are fast. It is like putting on a pool table.

Very nice golf course. Will play again.

This is one of my favorite courses. I like the elevation changes and variety of holes. Just wish people would repair their divots. It is usually in very good condition however, this time some of the bunkers appeared a little washed out with rocks in the sand. The maintenance staff was out on the course watering the greens, on a Sunday, and in this 95 degree heat. The staff was helpful and courteous and the starter got us out 10 minutes early.