Detailed description of Lochmere Golf Club
Lochmere Golf Club is a Semi-Private 18 hole golf course located in Cary, North Carolina.
Lochmere Golf Club opened for play in 1985. The course was designed by Gene Hamm.
Although bordered by housing, the course has a secluded look and feel. The course has tight, tree-lined fairways and small greens that are heavily guarded by bunkers. While the mature tree lined fairways and bunkers provide many challenges, the presence of water on nearly every hole is the most dominant obstacle throughout the golf course. The nearby Swift Creek supplies the abundant water hazards. Straight hitters will work their way through this relatively short course fairly painlessly, but the course will swallow wayward shots.
Par for the course is 71. From the back tees the course plays to 6,627 yards. From the forward tees the course measures 4,904 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 9, a par-5 that plays to 558 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 11, a par-3 that plays to 164 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for # 8, a 445 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole is # 11, a 164 yard par-3.
Since being purchased by ClubCorp (owners of Pinehurst Resort, just one hour south), Lochmere Golf Club has seen significant upgrades. A course that was formerly considered swampy even in the dry season, you can now drive your carts across fairways after normal rainfall without damaging the course. New greens and general conditioning have changed many local's minds about this course.
$26 (cart included), played on Tuesday, August 2013 at noon
A decent course for the cost. Probably the course I've played the most in the past year, but only because of convenience. Provides decent challenge. Tee boxes are in bad shape as of 8/2013. Greens and bunkers are in excellent condition, though.
$26 (cart included), played on Monday, July 2013 at 6am
They have really made big improvements to the course and it is very well maintained. The new greens are great.
$21 (cart included), played on Wednesday, December 2012 at noon
Brand new greens installed this past Summer making a great difference in quality of greens. Good challenging layout. Course is sensitive to rainfall. Pretty flat course with a great practice areas.
$16 (cart included), played on Tuesday, May 2012 at 4pm
Greens were in really bad shape, bumpy and hard to roll a true putt. Course was pretty but fairways could use some work as well. All in all an average outing for a good practice round.
Do Not Recall (cart included), played on Saturday, May 2012 at 8am
Good challenging course. Not sure how much longer they will hang onto their bent grass greens. Lots of poa annua. It is fun to play as long as they haven't had a lot of rain recently. Fairly flat course.
$21 (cart included), played on Tuesday, July 2011 at 4pm
I would play it again because of convenience and friends who are members there, but otherwise I think there are much better courses in the area.
$21 (cart not included), played on Monday, April 2010 at 8am
Hard to compare it to other courses as it's the first one I've plaued in 18 years but the greens were in poor shape on some holes and the fairways left something to be desired as well. It was flat but a bit of a challenge with hole and hazard placement.
$41 (cart included), played on Friday, February 2009 at 10am
Track was in rough shape today..... Fairway were spotty at best and the greens had spots as well !!!! Just no grass to hit off today & it was $45 !!! OVERPRICED as always for course conditions !!!
$26 (cart included), played on Friday, May 2008 at noon
The greens need some serious attention. They are far too poorly conditioned for the time of year, leading to slow putting.
$21 (cart included), played on Wednesday, January 2008 at 2pm
Fun course for the first time played. Simple layout.
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$26 (cart included), played on Friday, October 2016 at 8:08 AM
Visiting the area for a wedding, played here Friday, Oct 21, 2016, an important date, since it is only about ten days after Hurricane Matthew passed through the area, dumping FEET of rain, and flooding much of the course. To management's credit, they managed to restore the course to minimal playability, despite the damages caused (flooding destroyed the sprinkler control system, wind and rain impacted vegetation, with limbs, leaves, and even whole trees downed). Surprisingly, greens were in excellent shape, fairways not so much.
Layout itself is pretty challenging, especially for us old guys, with lotsa water to contend with, including some not readily visible from the fairway: moral of that story, look at the scorecard picture!
I have played a number of courses in the area, and this is fairly typical. Nothing too extreme, nothing super memorable, just a nice test of golf. Staff we encountered were uniformly positive and welcoming, and notably appreciated our patronage. I recommend.