B-Man’s Review of The Golf Club at Ballantyne on 7/17/15

The Golf Club at Ballantyne

Date: 7/17/15 Fri Morning
Overall Rating:

"Great course"
Conditions: Perfect
Pace: < 3 Hours
Cost: Not entered
Username: B-Man
Profile: Avid Golfer (about once a week)
Handicap: 11
Today's Score: 88
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My first time at Ballantyne this year. The course was in near perfect shape, as usual. This is a pricey round of golf, but you get private course conditions. The greens are among the fastest in the area — definitely tops for any public course — and they can be maddening. My partner and I just had to laugh at a few putts that took a break and rolled well past the hole more than a few times. If your chipping and putting is not on here, you will have a frustrating round. The greens are pretty much immaculate though — it’s just the crazy quickness, slopes and undulations. Tee to green, the course has no peer right now from a public play perspective. The rough is lush and thick — be sure to watch your shots til they finish. You may way to walk right over your ball to find it in the rough. The only hole with some issues is #8. Always cart-path only, they are still having difficulty sodding the fairway near the green. I found myself in this area and while it was supposed to be fairway, it was thick like rough since it had not been mowed. They need to mark it as Ground Under Repair in my opinion. That was my only complaint (outside of my struggles on the greens). This course is a treat to play every once in a while.