Carlton Oaks Lodge, Ascend Hotel Collection

Overall the course was in rough shape, though I did play in January. The fairways and rough were all pretty rough shape though the tee boxes and greens were kept nicely. The pace of play was quick though I was out there alone and then caught up to a few groups of two but it wasn’t that slow. Pretty narrow fairways and the cart path was choppy making driving around not the best. Greens were solid and fairly difficult making it more fun than the average course. I probably won’t play there again but don’t hate that I did.

Lots of patch spots in the fairway and barely any grass outside the fairway hard to hit off of unless you got in a good spot. Around the greens were taken care of tho

The course has been overrun by gophers. There must be a million of them with holes and mounds all over. The tees were okay and the greens were okay but everything else was terrible condition. Play Winter rules All over. The course has potential but it's kind of sad. If you need a golf fix badly then it's okay but otherwise not worth it. There was a large crane bird by one of the greens and while we were there it caught three gophers.

Don’t waste your time or money. This once entertaining track is in the worst condition I have ever seen.

Tee areas are overgrown. None are flat.

Course is so bumpy that the golf cart will kill your back.

Fairways are more hard pan than grass. Bunkers are like wet cement. Gopher holes are everywhere. Greens look OK, but they have so many types of grass that green speed is erratic.

$80 for a round is insulting. They should close and renovate. Don’t waste your time or money !

Had a noon tee time. Easy to find. This place is a cow track. Its lumpy, no fairway grass, and crappy conditions. We paid for 18 holes and quit after 8 holes. It was that bad.

Sorry to the course for a negative review. But this is a not a course if you are coming to SD to play golf that should be on your list.

Pace of play could have been better but that was just because of the group in front playing from the Black tees when they should have been playing from the ladies tee box their slow play allowed me to catch up to a very friendly couple. I enjoyed their company to and played the last 11 holes with them.

Tee Boxes could use some care. Greens were in great shape but the speed of the greens had no consistency. I will play here again.

Sorry. I played this course 10 years ago and stopped due to poor conditions and now… it is worse. I paid $52 as my online/prepaid rate and I want my $$$ back. Slow play was in part due to a he fact that you could not find your golfball thru the gopher holes , brown fairways and many dirt runoffs. I could mot openly invite friends to play beyond the kind courteous staff.

I’ve played here quite a few times. It’s been ravaged by floods in the past and they are slowly recovering. It’s a great layout and can be very difficult from the wrong tees. Fairways are firm and fast and the greens are in good shape. I hope they keep improving and bring it back to its past glory.

Yes, the course is in bad shape. It straight up looks like a desert with some green patches mixed in. Now there is a new twist to the sad state of this course. Some of the idiots that play this course are out of control. The insanely drunk group in front of us drove their cart into the river and I do mean all the way in. It was still there when we passed by. I'm all for a few beers on the course, but this was ridiculous. I honestly don't know how much lower this course can sink.