I played Charlotte Golf Links on 8/26 & agree w/ Springfield that most of the greens were in rough shape; a case of too much rain in combination with all the rounds that club attracts. Some of the greens looked like they had trouble recovering from the last aerification. Also, it looked as if the grounds crew didn’t bother mowing grees that morning, but that’s my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed the lay-out & would like ly come back…after some dry days.

Played Springfield yesterday. It’s in pretty good but not great shape. The greens were a little slow and rough, likely due to too much play and not mowing. I’ve never seen the greens there that slow. Some looked like they had recently been aerated. I’d give it a B+.

I just sat here and read through some of the posts…now I must bear in mind that not having a lot of rain cannot be a good thing for golf courses, and I do not know how many have their own wells for watering and such…
but what I do know is Springfield and many of these other courses rates have gotten insane. I called Renaissance the other day and with the new ownership group, their rates have gone up as well. Then I see the course, and I am thinking “how can you charge this much for that?”
I am a young lad, so perhaps some of you are well-established, making the big bucks, etc….but when I read many times over several of the “nice” courses in Charlotte are not being taken care of, yet I go to their site and see 49 bucks for their normal mon-thurs rate, i just get saddened. I love Springfield, have many times said it is one of my fave courses around here, no doubt, but I have not played there in a long time due to the price increase (nice clubhouse…GREAT!! but i would rather pay in a trailer and play for less, but that is not reality). Bottom line is, if courses are going to charge as much as they do, there has to be a way to hold them accountable, but I am not sure what it is, because when it comes to it, I am still addicted to golf, and will end up paying somebody so I can get my fix.
I definitely try to make use of all the clickit, ezlink, etc. sites as well, but perhaps you all understand. oh well, i will stop complaining now.

Yep, it’s all based on the laws of supply and demand. The courses will charge whatever people are willing to pay. When play starts to diminish, rates will come down. If play increases, rates will increase. As long as gross revenue is stable, the prices will be whatever the market will bear. The most popular time to play is Saturday morning, and that’s true for me. That’s why all courses offer discounts, EXCEPT for Saturday morning! There is a lot of research performed by course management to determine rates. That’s a long-winded way of saying that you can either pay or play somewhere else.

Played 9/17. Had not played Springfield in a few years. I was surprised at how the development is giving the course a true country club feel for a public course. When you play this course plan to lay-up, almost every hole has obstacles in front of greens. Fairways were great. The greens were inconsistent- some fast, some slow. Played 9 holes for $19 because of maintenance- cart path only.

Just played Springfield and from tee to green the course is in great shape. I can only remember 1 green that had some brown spots but the flag was on the opposite end so no problem. Check there website as they have some special rates, I for one will play more than once this year.

Played Springfield yesteday. Very good conditions with two items of note: 1) Those enormous bees have taken nest by burrowing into 4-5 of the greens again, same as last year. I hope they get on top of this, those buggers really damaged the greens. 2) Despite promises to the contrary, the course STILL hasn’t added white/red/yellow stakes around the course. Slows down play dramatically.

Sadly, the greens at Springfield have degraded to the point where the course isn’t worth the money. A shame, because all other parts of the course are fantastic.

Those damn, enormous bees have ruined at least 3 greens and about 8-9 others are in just general bad shape.

Played Springfield yesterday afternoon (10/18) for the first time this year. Surprisingly not very crowded. There are just too many other courses in south Charlotte that are as good and are a better deal. Fairways were in good shape. Greens were mostly in good shape, some were a little spotty. #16 had a temporary green, which makes for a visually weird 100-yd tee shot to an unputtable ground surface. Just hit a sand wedge, take two putts and go to 17. A lot more home construction going on there. Overall still a good layout, but their green fees are noncompetitive. Same issue with nearby Regent Park, so they must be competing with each other.

I decide to play Springfield this past Saturday and when I am driving to the course, it is raining hard. I get to the course and it is still raining, but decide to wait and see if it clears up. It lets up to a light drizzle, but I am still not sure we are going to play. Here’s my issue….I go in and ask the guys in the pro shop if we stick it out and decide to play will they give us a break on the green fee’s due to the rain. They say NO….CAN’T DO IT! What kind of logic is that? You can either lower your fee’s by 20 dollars (and still make money) or get ZERO!!! How can that math add up?? Not only that, but they were charging 65 dollars for a course that has 1 green non-playable with a temporary pin that is un-playable? Are you kidding me? I mean, it is not like there was a waiting list of golfers, the place was ! empty. I guess I just don’t understand the thinking of the area golf courses in this economy? Really DUMB people if you ask me.

Yep I played Springfield on 10/18. Good course generally, but I have only played there once this year. Once they built the new clubhouse, the rates went up, and have been noncompetitive since then. I went through the same issue with Emerald Lake. I like the course, but I also have a golf budget each month. Olde Sycamore is a great course, but same issue. But, there are few courses along the fringes of the metro area that are great, and have more reasonable rates. Stonebridge in Mineral Springs is one of them. Another one is Fox Den in Troutman.

Anyone played Springfield recently?
I am a teacher, with summer off, and seeing a special of 30 bucks during the week! I have always loved this course, so just seeing how she is faring these days!