World Golf Village

Went there with a tempered expectation after seeing all the negative reviews. The negative reviews were spot on. The greens were terrible as were the tee boxes. This course should be better in the shadow of the once proud hall of fame location. It’s a shame because it is a great layout. Not worth the money. Go play somewhere else

I’ve never played greens in this bad of shape. Not only was the grass sparse, you could tell where the previous holes were for at least the last month or more.

Disappointed with the course especially for the price. Nice fairways but the greens were in terrible shape especially on the front 9. I spoke with a staff member who advised members voted against treating them in the fall and a fungus killed the grass. I wouldn’t recommend playing this course for the price.

Staff from the front desk to the starter were not concerned about their guests. We played TPC Sawgrass, Deercreek Country Club, and St. Johns Golf and Country Club with no negative issues. The only friendly staff member at King and Bear was our lunch waitress. The rest of the employees were happy to take our money but had no concern about making sure we finished our round in the daylight. If you want to feel like a number and not a valued guest then this is the place to play.

I’ve been playing this course for quite some time and it is in the absolute worst condition I have ever seen it. The greens are a disgrace. 1/2 of them are spray painted mud with very sparse grass. Horrible is an understatement. We should be refunded 3/4 of our money. It’s worth about 30 bucks to play here right now. There are plenty of other courses in the county that have grass on the greens. No excuse for these conditions and to charge over 100$ is a slap in the face.

The greens were bare in a lot of areas, nowhere close for the money. Price not reflective course conditions

This is a very nice course with excellent playing conditions. My only issue is the lack of any available information on the layout of each hole. They are not provided on the scorecard, there are no diagrams on the tee markers, and for paying $200 after taxes and assorted fees, I would expect a course of this caliber to have GPS equiped carts. Carts are nice but somewhat uncomfortable for larger sized players, as the seat bolsters kind of force you into your riding partners shoulders.

Nice layout,

nice practice facility

Greens need lots of tender loving care

real wet conditions took some of the fun away

Price a little steep considering course not tip top shape.

Fun Course with a nice layout and pure greens. Our experience was overshadowed by constant harassment from the ranger about pace of play. We played a walking 3 hour 51 minute round with noone behind us, yet every other hole he was harassing us to pick up the pace. On the 2nd green he said we should be at the 12 minute mark of our round and we were at 20, ridiculous. Then on the 7th tee att the 1 hr 10 min mark he came and harassed us again about picking up the pace. Just very annoying and disrupted the entire round.

Course was in good shape.

Pace of play could have been better.

Surprised by. “Resort fee” added to the TeeOff .com price that was quoted by TeeOff.com.

I asked what it was for since I had a price I agreed to on line, I was told it is because we are a “Resort.”

Just be prepared to pay it in addition to the TeeOff price you agreed to.

On the weekends in take 4-6 hours there are no rangers, very little staff and everyone including the carts is falling apart.. I mean for an amazing course it’s so sad to see the club house and service be so extremely poor..

if only if you happen to see the cart person they are always out of many things and you only see them once a round..

I have played this course for years and it was at one time a first class course from all aspects.. sadly that is over

So the good -

Grass everywhere, minimal GUR locations.

Located on the property so leave the hotel and go play.

My coworker was loaned the pro's clubs to play since he couldn't bring his from Cali and when we were making the turn, my playing partner's sugar, who has type 1 diabetes, was crashing, so we stopped into the pro shop to see if they had anything and the pro loaded him up with snacks. Nice touch of humanity.

Free water, towels on the carts, etc.

The guy's manning the starter house were super as well.

The bad -

Greens were punched two days before we showed up. No mention of this at all. $89 for punched greens? That's a bit tacky for me. The round came with a dozen Callaway Super Soft balls that I don't play, so will give them away or maybe play them in the winter.

The course was lacking attention to detail, bunkers edging, etc. the only reason these stick out more for me is this is the WORLD GOLF VILLAGE.

If we would have had time after the day's work to go and play elsewhere, prolly would have played this one time. As it is, we played it all week due to time constraints.

Course in good shape. Great layout. Fairways were nice and wide. Favors straight or slice driver. Get a dozen of Calloway balls included in green fee. Afternoon green fee was about $40 cheaper than morning tee time.

Hey guys , we played a round on Slammer yesterday afternoon and I have to say we had hoped for better. Starting right behind a shotgun tournament, we were never able to get into a good rhythm. Multiple holes were interrupted by whatever stations were out there , especially shooting skeet toward the later holes . It was rather uncomfortable to putt and tee off during commotion like that. Wish we were informed about the situation out there today because we were hoping for a really nice experience and had heard great things.

There is a certain expectation when you agree to pay several hundred dollars for a round of golf and The King & Bear absolutely did NOT deliver! The greens have been killed and painted green along with the entire practice area. While these things need to be done periodically to keep a course in top shape, I've NEVER had a course not mention it during booking and certainly not charge their clients full price with a course in less than good condition. The staff were all incredibly friendly but ownership should be ashamed. I wouldn't pay more than $75 to play this course in its current condition and honestly believe they owe everyone they've charged $200 a portion of their money back. Ridiculous!

Beautiful course and conditions. Pace of play slow, but we weren’t in a rush, beautiful day in April and on vacation. Half price thru TeeOff was fair, wouldn’t want to pay full price

GolfNow had a great rate for this course when I booked the round. Several days later I got a call from the Pro at the course to say that was not the correct rate and I would have to pay $125 more per person. I agreed and he did throw in 4 free rounds in the next 12 months.

Course was fun, but do not think it was worth $270+ per round. Surprised that GolfNow was not responsible for the difference between what they sold it for and what I ended up paying.

Be careful when using GolfNow, you never know if you are going to get the rate that is advertised. I'll be going to the course directly from now on.