The Rock Barn Country Club & Spa

Course layout was great, fairways in good condition. Bunkers in good condition. Greens - beat up and dried out. There were also several kids fishing on the course on the back 9, standing all around where we were hitting - not ideal, not safe. Otherwise really enjoyed the day!

First off, the good stuff: great fairway grass, nice carts, top notch environment.

Now the less than Good: Some hole designs just made zero sense. Hole #4 is a horrible design, more especially if you can’t fly a 3 or 5 wood 240 yards. Any drive right of center has zero chance of setting you up for any lay-up shot to the fairway unless you can hit a major slice. And this is not just my opinion… as i stood over what was to be my second shot several course workers were nearby, they saw my bewilderment and said, “confusing huh” then told me that most regulars simply play to the 5th fairway way right over the water, then hit to the 4th green. Also the tee boxes for hole 3 & 16? are extremely confusing! You have like 6 or 8 tee boxes all in the same area sorta on an open air hill, and none give you any indication of what hole they are for! Thrown in the fact there are 2 greens just yards away. (#2 & #15?) and the entire area is weird! The course has a few attractive spots and holes however all these negatives killed any excitement I may have had for the place!

Really enjoyed our round. Fairways and greens were very good. Layout wonderful. Staff very helpful and friendly. We will be back soon!!!

Best greens we have play in Catawba played 18 holes in 3 hours

I’m fairly hard to impress when it comes to golf courses.. and I’ll rarely spend over $65 to play, however I was impressed with this place EXCEPT FOR the areas around #7 Tee Boxes as well as everything to the left of the length of this entire hole! Just plain ugly, snakey, eroded and not maintained! Its so bad as opposed to remainder of their 2 courses it had me scratching my head! The bent grass greens here will definitely keep me coming back here to play! Course fairways grasses were awesome and as good as you’ll find in the area. Nice bunkers and lots of them, my only issue was the fact that they were not consistent in their condition, maintenance and amounts of sand.

All in all.. and enjoyable outing!

Played early in a Sunday morning and the course was beautiful- well-maintained and the staff could not have been nicer or more helpful. Play got a little slow on the back 9 but the Marshall worked his magic in a timely manner. Will be back here again soon!

Front 9 is far more difficult and a less picturesque than the back. The Back 9 is magnificent and the views make you feel like you are playing a PGA course. Greens are tricky but far once you figure them out. I will play this course again in the near future

As long as they keep the price at $70 it is well worth it. Great course.

Great course and layout; didn’t know one course was private and one public, but fantastic all around. The pro shop and clubhouse did close very early without warning but otherwise very nice.

Great course love playing here but I had to pay $50 dollars for 9 holes at 5pm and the greens were plugged and sanded maybe a week before I played as it still had sand on it and holes in the green.