B-Man’s Review of Olde Beau Resort & Golf Club on 6/7/25

Olde Beau Resort & Golf Club

Date: 6/7/25 Sat Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: 4 1/2 Hours
Cost: $69
Username: B-Man
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Handicap: 6
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Played Olde Beau twice last weekend in my first visit to this mountain resort course in Roaring Gap, NC. What a treat! The views and the challenges of this layout were both breathtaking. This is a true mountain course with dramatic elevation challenges from tee to green.

Several holes have blind tee shots and approaches. So it helps to drive up and preview the hole before hitting. The course also provides a guidebook with tips and of course if you use a GPS app like TheGrint you can get layup yardages and distances to hazards. I will caution you to take the elevation changes into account when you are calculating your distances even for layups. The downhill slopes can run your ball into trouble.

The Bentgrass greens were in good shape but not overly fast, which made the slopes manageable. Tees, fairways and bunkers were all well-maintained – with the except of the No. 13 tee. These tees are so heavily shaded it is difficult to keep grass on them – similar to the problems that Warrior Golf Club had with No. 7 before cutting down trees.

All of the par 5’s are reachable in two and the course is very scoreable once you know how to navigate the blind shots and severe slopes. No. 2 is probably my favorite of the par 5’s with a good tee shot giving you a tempting risk-reward decision for your 2nd shot, which will be either a 150-175 yard shot over a pond or a skinny layup up the fairway to get past a cluster of trees.

No. 17 is the trickiest of the par 5’s with a blind landing area off the tee that is severely sloped down and to the left. It’s easy to hit it too far and get into trouble. The second shot is the most dramatic drop on the course to a green protected by a small pond.

The par 4 15th green features one of the most beautiful views in the Carolinas. Take your time and enjoy the scenery. You’ll also want to pay your respects to the club’s namesake. The owner’s dog Beau is buried behind the green and memorialized with a plaque.

The 9th and 18th holes are two of the toughest in this layout with both requiring accurate tee shots and steeply uphill, blind approach shots.

The club is located in Roaring Gap, about 2 hours from Charlotte but fairly convenient to I-77. There are dozens of cozy villas right on the course that make for a nice stay-and-play trip.

I highly recommend making the drive and playing this gem. It’s a thrilling round of golf with some majestic mountain views.