Refuge Hotel and Conference Center

Probably the nicest public course in the Jackson MS area. Very nice conditions in a great setting. Played over the Memorial Day longweekend in 4 hours-excellent! Hiwever, was charged 50 cents for a cup of ice, and $3 for ice for the cooler. That was weird and unexpected. Will play again. As it attached to a hotel and next to the airport, would be a great fly-in/out long weekend trip.

Enjoyed our round on a well maintained and fun course to play. Pace of play was excellent as we played on Memorial Day, and were able to finish in 4 hours. Greens, fairways and tee boxes were all in good condition, however the greens rolled slower than expected considering how well the course was looked after. This is a good value for the money to play and I would recommend this course as the one to play while in the Jackson area. The only negative was I was surprised to be charged 50 cents for a cup of ice, and $3 to fill a cooler of ice if I did not buy drinks from the bar. 1st time for everything I guess.

Good course for low handicap or scratch golfers. A bit challenging for mid to high handicap. Lost a few balls inside the treeline but course was in great condition

The course is very playable for all levels of players. Only a couple of quirky holes but for the most part “what you see in front of you is what you get.”

Very well kept course. Greens were hard as a rock though

Wet conditions required cart path only. It’s the kind of course you should play with someone who knows it or play it multiple times. Too many surprises.

This was a nice course and I’m not sure how new it is but it’s attached to a resort that is in maintenance along with the grounds around it. The greens rolled pretty good despite the recent maintenance, and plugging. Overall nice course and will be better when they get the greens back in.

The fairways were great and the course is very open but has challenges with water and marshy areas. We played during a week that the greens had been aerated and sanded so there was no consistency to your putts and they felt more like a sandtrap than in green. Our group felt that the fees should have been discounted because of this. The clubhouse is not well marked and is not stocked with drinks or snacks. This is a huge shortcoming and needs to be remedied. You can go to the hotel bar but the prices are outrageous and the service is very slow.

Their are opportunities for improvement and I am looking forward to playing again when the greens are more true.

Walked 18 at the Refuge yesterday for the first time in several weeks. The fairway grass has really thinned out in some places. More glaringly, some of the bunkers have washed out all the way down to the drains. A little maintenance would go a long way.

Public golf in the Jackson area is spotty at best, so I was pleasantly surprised by the Refuge. It's a stern test of skill, particularly off the tee: the fairways are very narrow, and the rough is no joke. Water comes into play several times.

Conditions were very good when we played. Two or three greens were beaten up along the edges, but in the summertime in Mississippi, that's going to happen. In each case, the grounds crew had put up little placards acknowledging the problem, and they'd clearly gotten to work on the situation. So you can't fault them for that.

The course is moderately undulating in spots, but mostly is pretty flat. Temperature permitting, it is definitely walkable.