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"Bad, stay away"

9/30/23: Review by Hunter

Clubhouse is nice. And that's the end of positive things to say Course is in awful shape. Greens are running a 2. Bare spots on several holes. Weeds all throughout greens. Group in front of us took almost 5 hours. Ranger came by once but didn't improve anything.

18 Reviews Posted

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3/18/11 - The Golf Club at Ballantyne "Worth playing" I never liked the layout of this track, but it is in good condition. If you're player who works the ball from left to right, you're dead here on at least 6 holes. Read The Review
3/19/11 - Springfield Golf Club "Great course" Greens are great and the course is in excellent shape for this time of year. Read The Review
3/20/11 - Waterford Golf Club "Worth playing" Course's greens were a bit bumpy and uncharacteristically slow. Bunkers very inconsistent -- some were clay, some were powder. Read The Review
1/30/11 - Regent Park Golf Club "Never going back" Pro shop told me course was "in good shape for January." Lie! 6-8 greens with significant issues. And they had the guts to charge the full $55 rate. The new owners (4-5 years ago) promised they'd uphold the course conditions. They have not. I'm done with this place until they get new owners. Read The Review
9/12/10 - Carolina Lakes Golf Club "Great course" Greens were punched recently, but the ball is rolling fine on the sanded greens. It was a little wet this weekend but the course is very playable. Read The Review
8/28/10 - Lancaster Golf Club "Worth playing" Sadly, they just started to lose the greens here. Still playable, just a bit bumpy. They're doing their best to keep the putts rolling. Still a good value. Read The Review
7/31/10 - Lancaster Golf Club "Great course" Continues to be one of the best values in Charlotte -- just a gem of a traditional course. They are working HARD to keep things in good condition -- watering like crazy -- and it seems to be working for them. Read The Review
7/30/10 - Charlotte Golf Links "Great course" Links is still beating the heat with pretty good conditions. I learned that the practice green is Mini-Verde...wonder if they'll make the switch to the course? Read The Review
7/25/10 - Charlotte Golf Links "Worth playing" Links continues to be in good shape, when you factor how many rounds this course gets and in this heat. Pock-marked greens are annoying, but that's lazy players' fault, not the course managers. A few tee boxes weren't great...but this time of year, the course was in relatively good shape. Read The Review
6/26/10 - Lancaster Golf Club "Great course" I continue to love this course. Exceptional value, great layout, in great shape. Read The Review
5/31/10 - Stonebridge Golf Club "Great course" Stonebridge is in perfect shape. The greens crew there does an amazing job. As an example, they were spraying all of the red and yellow hazard lines yesterday, and re-raking some bunkers. Read The Review
5/17/10 - Lancaster Golf Club "Great course" What a gem of old-world course design. A Donald Ross "mini classic." In great shape and gets very little play on Sundays. Worth the drive. Read The Review
5/14/10 - Charlotte Golf Links "Great course" Over the years, I've been hard on Charlotte Golf Links because I feel it never reaches it's potential. It's a Tom Doak course (yes, THAT Tom Doak) but it's typically overplayed and underkept. Not this morning. Near-perfect conditions with average-fast greens. Two minor gripes: uneven tee boxes and fairways were about 80% good, but a few brown/bare spots. The course is at its peak potential right now. Go play it. Read The Review
5/8/10 - Springfield Golf Club "Great course" Springfield is in good shape. Greens were a little slow, fairway a little shaggy, and the collars around the greens were a little worn. Other than that, the course's layout still makes this a great round of golf at a decent price. (I just wish they'd put more darn red/yellow/white stakes...I've been complaining about this for three years.) Read The Review
5/3/10 - Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation "Great course" The "Syc" is in the best shape I've seen in a long while. Greens were running slower than normal, but in good shape. Fairways, rough and bunkers all in good shape. Tee boxes were okay, a little sandy, but nothing that affected play. Bring a thermos if you play in the afternoon. If it weren't for a little kid selling water/Gatorade at 15th tee, I would have perished. Read The Review
4/24/10 - Skybrook Golf Club "Average" First time I made it up north to play Skybrook. I heard so much about the great layout, but I find the layout to be fairly unremarkable except for the 17th hole. When I called, I was told the greens were in "great shape." Lie. Bumpy and eaten up. Fairways and bunkers are much less ready than other courses this time of year. The Carolina Trail courses I've played continue to disappoint, with possible excpetion of Waterford (good greeens). I've been told that Birkdale is the possible exception, where they actually spend money and time to take care of the course. Read The Review
4/18/10 - Carolina Lakes Golf Club "Worth playing" Great layout. Greens still a little bumpy from aeration four weeks ago (?!?). Fairways not as green as they should be yet...but course is taking the extra care to get them there. About 6 holes were cart-path only on a dry day, to help improve conditions. Read The Review
4/10/10 - Stonebridge Golf Club "Worth playing" Greens in good shpe for this time of year. Fairways will be better soon. Read The Review