B-Man’s Review of Verdict Ridge Golf & Country Club on 3/3/22

Verdict Ridge Golf & Country Club

Date: 3/3/22 Thu Morning
Overall Rating:

"Best of the best"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: 4 Hours
Cost: Not entered
Username: B-Man
Profile: Golf Addict (more than once a week)
Handicap: 6
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Still the best public access course around Charlotte. This is a semi-private course with private club conditions and amenities. Greens are in fabulous shape. The fairways and rough are dormant, of course, but will be ready for Spring. They are using tee mates for the par 3’s during the winter months, but the turf mats are top quality, even allowing you to put a tee in them. So they actually play as good or better than the natural teeing ground right now. The work done on the bunkers last year has paid off. The sand is fluffy and consistent and does not get washed out during big rains.

They have also made improvements (or have them in progress) to several holes with marshes and penalty areas like hole #7 – where they are clearing the wooded part on the low right side and will fill in with dirt to guarantee good lies for balls that roll down the fairway slope into the rough. On other holes, they’ve significantly cut back the brush in the marshy hazards – on #15 you could even walk in there and search for your ball – and that has made a few shots less intimidating (e.g. the par 3 11th as well).

The course’s affordable memberships have been popular over the past year or two. Saturday and Sunday tee times are reserved for member play only (since last Nov) and Fridays may soon be as well. The course is definitely worth taking off early to play during the week. So get out there when you can. You won’t be disappointed.

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