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"Great course"

10/20/26: Review by B-Man

Olde Sycamore is now one of the more dependable public courses for conditions and rates. It is a fun layout where you don't need driver off the tee very often and I've played it for over 2 decades. So it feels like an old friend when I get back here to play. The greens...

2 Reviews Posted

Review
7/8/26 - The Tradition Golf Club "Never going back" We played during the 9:00 a.m. hour. The woman handling check-ins was very pleasant, welcoming, and informative. She was giving $8 discounts because the “greens were just cut”—which, as it turned out, was appreciated but didn’t come close to making up for the course conditions. The warm-up area is disappointing. Separate from the TopTracer facility, it’s extremely small and realistically accommodates only about 4–6 golfers at a time. The fairways were average at best, with several bare dirt areas throughout the course. The greens, however, were by far the biggest disappointment. They had deep grooves from recent mowing or maintenance, and sand was spread so heavily that several greens looked like concrete from the fairways. Putting conditions were terrible. The grounds crew also seemed in no hurry to clear the way for golfers, forcing us to wait on multiple occasions. Overall, this was the poorest-conditioned golf course I’ve played in the Charlotte area. I’m glad I gave it a try because I won’t be going back. Read The Review
10/1/25 - Highland Creek Golf Club "Below average" Upgrades have taken place. Still a lot of improvements to be made. The ruff is rough! Lost a lot of balls due to high grass. Greens are mixed of slow and fast. A lot of patchwork around greens and fairways. Staffing seems to be an issue as well with Carts stacked up to be cleaned, rangers not doing much managing pace either. Waited 27 minutes for a foursome to play one freaking hole. Touch riff-raff to deal with here. Read The Review

7/8/26 - The Tradition Golf Club
"Never going back"

We played during the 9:00 a.m. hour. The woman handling check-ins was very pleasant, welcoming, and informative. She was giving $8 discounts because the “greens were just cut”—which, as it turned out, was appreciated but didn’t come close to making up for the course conditions. The warm-up area is disappointing. Separate from the TopTracer facility, it’s extremely small and realistically accommodates only about 4–6 golfers at a time. The fairways were average at best, with several bare dirt areas throughout the course. The greens, however, were by far the biggest disappointment. They had deep grooves from recent mowing or maintenance, and sand was spread so heavily that several greens looked like concrete from the fairways. Putting conditions were terrible. The grounds crew also seemed in no hurry to clear the way for golfers, forcing us to wait on multiple occasions. Overall, this was the poorest-conditioned golf course I’ve played in the Charlotte area. I’m glad I gave it a try because I won’t be going back.
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10/1/25 - Highland Creek Golf Club
"Below average"

Upgrades have taken place. Still a lot of improvements to be made. The ruff is rough! Lost a lot of balls due to high grass. Greens are mixed of slow and fast. A lot of patchwork around greens and fairways. Staffing seems to be an issue as well with Carts stacked up to be cleaned, rangers not doing much managing pace either. Waited 27 minutes for a foursome to play one freaking hole. Touch riff-raff to deal with here.
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