Matt’s Review of Larkhaven Golf Club on 6/8/11

Larkhaven Golf Club

Date: 6/8/11 Wed Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Below average"
Conditions: Poor - significant issues
Pace: 4 Hours
Cost: $27
Username: Matt
Profile: Frequent Golfer (about once a month)
Handicap: 30.0
Today's Score: 114
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Layout is great, Course is awful! The fairways and tee boxes were average but the greens were absolutely awful. They looked patchy and were not green at all. You could see the ground and dirt underneath them. On some greens there were plugs from punching them on or next to the green but on some there were not so I could never figure out if the greens had just been punched or were just ridiculously awful! They didn’t look punched so I honestly don’t know which it is. The clubhouse mentioned they were working on two of the greens so we couldn’t even play one of the holes. They need to be working on more than just two of the greens! All in all, it was a fun day but a poorly conditioned golf course. It is the oldest in Charlotte and unfortunately it shows. I must say that the staff was extremely friendly though and the rangers did a great job moving people along. We never saw the group in front or behind us after the third hole. Last thing, their golf carts are gas and are extremely slow. For some reason they are extremely strict about driving in the rough and when and where you are allowed to enter and exit the fairway. A little annoying but not a big deal. In conclusion, if course was in as good of conditions as Springfield, I would be a regular golfer there; however, it is nowhere close so I will continue paying $25 for junior rate at Springfield until another course proves to me it is worthwhile me playing there consistently.