14720 Northgreen Dr, Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078
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Rodney Reese
Huntersville
2016-09-20
$36 (cart included), played on Friday, August 2016 at 3:55 PM
First of all, I'm not sure what happened to the greens but I've never seen greens in worse shape. They were unplayable. It was like they were burned and then driven over. Also, I understand the desire to make a course somewhat difficult, but the rough was worse than US Open roughs. You should not lose your ball completely if your drive slowly rolls into the rough about 2 feet off the fairway. It was unplayable. I hit a huge drive on one par 4 that went through the fairway and into the rough about 80 yards from the pin but before a creek. I couldn't advance the ball more than 30 yards and it took 3 shots out of the rough to get to the green. I have played some of the best courses in the US, but none of them had rough as tall and thick as this. If you're trying to have a course that is enjoyable especially to the average golfers and club members, I'd cut that down more than half and it would still be a deep enough rough. It was ridiculous. Overall, the layout and look of the course is nice, but it is just not playable. I'm a 12 handicap and had 3 holes where I was in the rough within 4 feet of the fairway and could not advance the ball more than 20-30 yards. So, what this means is that if you get in the rough at all, no matter if you have a short iron to the green, you need to pitch it back to the fairway or you will score no better than bogey. This is a ridiculous penalty.
Would travel: 0-10 Miles, Not Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I won't play again, I wouldn't recommend this course, Worse than average course for the area
$36 (cart included), played on Friday, August 2016 at 3:55 PM
First of all, I'm not sure what happened to the greens but I've never seen greens in worse shape. They were unplayable. It was like they were burned and then driven over. Also, I understand the desire to make a course somewhat difficult, but the rough was worse than US Open roughs. You should not lose your ball completely if your drive slowly rolls into the rough about 2 feet off the fairway. It was unplayable. I hit a huge drive on one par 4 that went through the fairway and into the rough about 80 yards from the pin but before a creek. I couldn't advance the ball more than 30 yards and it took 3 shots out of the rough to get to the green. I have played some of the best courses in the US, but none of them had rough as tall and thick as this. If you're trying to have a course that is enjoyable especially to the average golfers and club members, I'd cut that down more than half and it would still be a deep enough rough. It was ridiculous. Overall, the layout and look of the course is nice, but it is just not playable. I'm a 12 handicap and had 3 holes where I was in the rough within 4 feet of the fairway and could not advance the ball more than 20-30 yards. So, what this means is that if you get in the rough at all, no matter if you have a short iron to the green, you need to pitch it back to the fairway or you will score no better than bogey. This is a ridiculous penalty.