Crystal Springs Resort

Greens were the best I've seen all year. Sand Traps were like concrete.

Extremely tough layouts. Course was wet and greens were slow. Not sure worth driving 1.5-2 hr from most of the places to play

Most valuable course I ever played..

Beautiful layouts, excellent conditions

Very challengeable

The first hole is probably the best/most strategic Rulewich designed hole I've ever played. Just an outstanding hole. Great variety throughout the course. Has a par 5 that can be reached in 2 and one that's brutish long. Short and long par 3s. Good variety in the 4s. The second hole seems a bit too narrow for the shot required off the tee and the length of the hole. Course has a very "big" feel, especially on the first 5 holes where it is pretty much wide open. Certainly top quality and not one to be missed.

The course is exactly what I expected. The first hole is incredibly tight off the tee. The course has great variety in the par 3s; should really be an expectation since it has 5 of them. Par 4s have reasonable variety. Greens are OK. Course conditions were fine. Be aware, this is the "family" course for the resort, so there is a 18 hole foot golf course that runs down the fairways, not sure not that might mess with tee times. Also, each green has two flagsticks, one for the regular players and one with a larger hole for groups with young kids. For value...9 holes costs $20 plus resort fee, 18 holes is $25 plus resort fee (when I played). The 9 hole fee might be a little over priced, but the price for two loops is a good deal. (objectively, the course is probably 2 or 3 stars, not 4. But at the end of the day, it was never built to be a Sweetens Cove level nine hole course. It serves the design purpose perfectly, so 4 stars)

Had two groups of four schedule via golfnow with back to back tee times. Earlier group got bumped because of 'scheduling issues' -- 2 days after the tee time was booked!! We kept the 2nd tee time and found the group in front of us were playing a 'membership tournament'. We didn't tee off until 8am (supposed to go off at 7:30) and we finished at 1pm. Twice the group in front of us couldn't find their tee shots, after a good ten minutes looking for it, that they came back to the tee box (the black), and tee'd off again. I like playing this course very much but golfnow scheduling lately has been very poor. This is the third time in two months that I've had an issue with booking a time at the same time someone else does and get bumped.

Good course. Layout not spectacular but nothing negative to say. Staff was good. Price was low compared to other crystal springs courses. I would play it again.

This course is difficult, very difficult

It takes some getting familiar with. Once you do I find it’s a great challenge for your game.

Some bunkers are crap and need more sand, some tee boxes are seriously sloped and need leveling

Otherwise great course, (if you’re good)

Every time I visit Crystal Springs it is busy. Weekends with multiple weddings, huge golf outings, this weekend the beer fest. Restaurants are packed and rooms are pricey over $350 per night.

So why are bunkers filled with rocks?? Why are greens not cut and rolled?? The courses are great but to pay the prices they want I would expect sand in the bunkers, level tee boxes and greens a little less like carpet please.

Great course but you better be on the faiwarways or your in for long day. . Even fairways are tough as full of undulations and mogels. Good luck and love signature 11th!

If you are a single digit golfer or alternatively, you want to score 10 strokes (or more) higher than you usually do, play this course. It is very pretty but too challenging for the average golfer and let's face it, most of us are average :-)

If you play and shoot your handicap, you will be very proud of your accomplishment.

Good experience. Cart path only was disappointing but necessary.

I’ve played the course many times before and enjoyed it thoroughly. Unfortunately, they had airated and OVER(hint hint) sanded the greens. I say this with zero exaggeration, they were about 70%-80% unputtable. There was up to a 1/2” of sand in some spots. Very inconsistently done to the point where the green looked yellow in some places and green in others. Mostly yellow around the holes which added to the disappointment. (Hint hint) teach your greens crew better practices. Oh, and $70 is enough of a discount for those conditions.

Moral: normally a great course, but definitly call ahead to find out if they airated and sanded.