B-Man’s Review of Mooresville Golf Club on 8/13/23

Mooresville Golf Club

Date: 8/13/23 Sun Morning
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: 5 Hours
Cost: Not entered
Username: B-Man
Profile: Golf Addict (more than once a week)
Handicap: 6
Today's Score: 86
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I played TheGrint Tour event here and the course was a great test, as usual. The greens were very, very good – which is the norm here. They were smooth and quick, but not crazy fast. Pin positions were reasonable except maybe for No. 3, where it was in the middle left right at the top of the slope. I think everyone in my group 3-putted.

Tees, fairways, rough and bunkers were fine. No issues. A few holes were cart-path only, which did slow us down a bit. My biggest complaint though was the tall gnarly grass that is just off the fairway on some holes. These areas are not marked with red stakes so if you hit into them it’s a lost ball and you have to go back and re-hit (if you didn’t hit a provisional). This slowed down many groups in our tournament and made the course artificially difficult, in my opinion.

These areas are prominent and adjacent to the fairway on holes 5, 8, 11, and 17 in particular. I really wish they would mark these areas as hazards to speed up play and make it more obvious what the penalty will be for hitting into them.

This course has a tough closing stretch with the long par 4 17th (including that ball-eating high grass along the left side of the fairway) and the long, narrow, hazard-ridden par 5 18th. My par at 18 felt like a birdie, as it was playing over 560 yards into the wind.

Difficulty aside, this course is a bargain (under $65 weekends) with excellent greens. So it’s worth every penny when I play here.