Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation
Rating Snapshot
About
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6965 yards | 73.4 | 142 |
| Players Course | 72 | 6398 yards | 72.0 | 138 |
| Blue | 72 | 6398 yards | 70.7 | 132 |
| White | 72 | 5673 yards | 67.7 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4756 yards | 68.1 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.3/144 | 518 | 385 | 414 | 191 | 402 | 166 | 535 | 411 | 442 | 3464 | 419 | 384 | 600 | 399 | 188 | 438 | 390 | 176 | 527 | 3521 | 6985 |
| Players M: 72.8/140 | 518 | 385 | 379 | 159 | 402 | 166 | 496 | 382 | 417 | 3304 | 389 | 384 | 559 | 399 | 146 | 438 | 390 | 176 | 498 | 3379 | 6683 |
| Blue M: 71.1/136 | 486 | 349 | 379 | 159 | 366 | 133 | 496 | 382 | 417 | 3167 | 389 | 351 | 559 | 355 | 146 | 398 | 359 | 146 | 498 | 3201 | 6368 |
| Members M: 69.7/130 | 486 | 349 | 349 | 147 | 366 | 133 | 453 | 347 | 388 | 3018 | 319 | 351 | 479 | 355 | 120 | 398 | 359 | 146 | 469 | 2996 | 6014 |
| White M: 68.5/123 W: 73.5/137 | 452 | 308 | 349 | 147 | 336 | 109 | 453 | 347 | 388 | 2889 | 319 | 318 | 479 | 311 | 120 | 359 | 306 | 124 | 469 | 2805 | 5694 |
| Silver M: 65.9/116 W: 70.5/126 | 425 | 280 | 328 | 131 | 267 | 88 | 374 | 319 | 363 | 2575 | 285 | 282 | 442 | 287 | 86 | 322 | 271 | 86 | 452 | 2513 | 5088 |
| Red W: 68.9/120 | 398 | 276 | 304 | 112 | 262 | 78 | 370 | 258 | 306 | 2364 | 279 | 245 | 434 | 279 | 81 | 287 | 267 | 81 | 407 | 2360 | 4724 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
Course Details
Rentals/Services
Practice/Instruction
Policies
Food & Beverage
BarAvailable Facilities
Clubhouse, Banquet FacilitiesReviews
Reviewer Photos
-
Photo submitted by u314162407239 on 12/05/2022
-
Photo submitted by u000007640826 on 08/01/2022
-
Photo submitted by u000007640826 on 08/01/2022
-
Photo submitted by ronrayner on 08/16/2021
-
Photo submitted by ronrayner on 08/16/2021
-
Photo submitted by ronrayner on 08/16/2021
-
Photo submitted by ronrayner on 08/16/2021
-
#3 green and foot path Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
#18 fairway in front of the forward tees Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
Common rough near paths Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
Course maintenance on #4 Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
#15 fairway Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
Fairway Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/23/2020
-
Photo submitted by MarkCLT on 11/21/2020
-
#2 green Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/05/2020
-
#2 green, note all of the GUR areas Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/05/2020
-
Another green, which continues to shrink Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/05/2020
-
Due to nightly irrigation, not Mother Nature Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/05/2020
-
#15 fairway Photo submitted by thalpin107rc on 11/05/2020
-
The second green is almost unplayable. Photo submitted by DenisDotson on 10/05/2020
-
Photo submitted by Christophe4394783 on 10/05/2020
-
Photo submitted by u556817579 on 10/03/2020
-
Photo submitted by oddenstein on 08/14/2020
-
Exit area off 17th green. Yes it's slippery! Photo submitted by mkriston on 12/16/2019
-
Cart path edging and dirt removal Photo submitted by mkriston on 12/16/2019
-
Landing area 15th hole Standing water. Photo submitted by mkriston on 12/16/2019
-
Photo submitted by HPerry55 on 11/15/2016
-
9 Photo submitted by rzutter on 08/04/2014
-
Par 3 on the Front 9. Photo submitted by gdalvia on 03/03/2014
TERRIBLE TERRIBLE GREENS
The greens on this course are the worst greens I have ever played on. They are absolutely atrocious! People don’t fix their divots. There are probably 100 unfixed divots per green. It is impossible to putt or read the greens. This course is not worth the money it costs to play here.
Greens are terrible!
I highly recommend staying away from this golf course. It is obvious they are not investing money in the course. The greens were completely shot. Several pin locations were in areas where you couldn’t stop the ball in the green due to the bad spots all over the greens.
We apologize for the negative experience you had at our golf course with the condition of the greens. We appreciate your feedback and will take your comments into consideration to make improvements. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
WORST GREENS I HAVE EVRY SEEN
Don.t know way you charge- 80$ on the weekend and all the greens are damage. Edges burned up by sun and chemical damage. If your a top course way is it in so bad shape ? Sorry i can't say go here it's not worth the price. very over price for what you get if you love great golf courses in great shape.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced during your visit and are sorry to hear that you found the condition of our greens to be subpar. We appreciate your feedback and will strive to improve the quality of our course.
Sad what the course has become
Played this course for 20 years. Never seen it this bad. We stopped after nine because it took almost 3 hours to play the front nine. And the greens were so bad we could not putt.
We're sorry to hear about your recent experience at our course. We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your continued support over the years.
Worst greens ever. Do not play here.
The greens are just about unplayable. Bald spots and divots everywhere. I haven't seen greens that bad in years if ever. Skip this course.
We apologize for the condition of the greens during your visit. We appreciate your feedback and will work to address the issues you mentioned. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Great course layout but greens needs fixing
Great fairways and layout but greens are in absolutely bad conditions! I would not recommend to play here until greens are fixed. Otherwise, I love the course.
We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you experienced with the condition of our greens. Thank you for highlighting the positives of our fairways and layout, and we hope to have the opportunity to improve your experience in the future.
In bad shape
Played on 9/10/23 greens were about 50% mud. Fairways and tee boxes were okay. They may blame it on the rain but it looked like the greens were just dead and deteriorating. Same thing happened last year around this time.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the condition of the greens during your visit. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration moving forward.
Greens need a lot of work
Overall, the courses has a great layout. However, the greens were very poor and the course was definitely not worth the price they were asking with the greens and that type condition.
This was very disappointing.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, cebrown1985. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Hello, Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
Greens need work
The course was in great conditions except for the greens which were pretty beat up.
Thanks so much for your wonderful review, u919254976. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!
Course is nice, greens are rough
Nice layout, good variety of holes. Pace slower than you'd want but not bad for a holiday mid-day (4 hours 40 minutes).
The greens are a big problem--they are bentgrass and have clearly had a tough summer. Whole sections are dead, the circular cup transplants are dying, and no one fixes ball marks. So your chances of making a putt beyond a few feet is effectively zero.
Olde Sycamore is going to move to a late-fall course in my rotation--I will not play it again in the summer.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of our business. We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you experienced during your round. We will take your comments into consideration as we continue to improve our course. Thank you again and we hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.
Follow Up
Front desk had hard time processing credit b/c they didn't have access to email. Nice but defensive and not really willing to work with me, had to go back in to get credit that hasn't showed up.
Front side greens were destroyed and burnt up. For the price which I think is overkill, not worth the putting surface.
Grounds crew though limited didn't stop while we were hitting shots, just drove right up past the green while putting.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you experienced with our front desk. We understand that the lack of access to email caused issues with your credit and we will work on resolving this problem. Also, we apologize for the condition of the front side greens and any disturbance caused by our grounds crew. Thank you for bringing these matters to our attention.
Course
Greens were in the worst condition I have ever seen. It looked like no one had even thought about maintaining them. There were cracked and dead grass everywhere. Definitely not worth the price. The fairways were fine.
We apologize for the poor condition of the greens during your visit. We appreciate your feedback and will take your comments into consideration to improve the maintenance of our greens. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Terrible Greens
Greens like that should take off some of the price. Worst shape this course has ever been in
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about our course. We apologize if the greens were not up to your expectations, and we appreciate your input as it helps us improve. Thank you again for your review.
Terrible greens and overall conditions
They have just about lost all their greens. For $90 they are out of their minds. Do not go here for the next 1-2 years.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We apologize if you feel that our pricing is too high and if you believe our greens have declined in quality. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration as we continue to improve our services.
Greens are in rough shape
The course is great, it offers a challenge for players of all skill levels and abilities. The layout is beautiful, forcing a variety of different shots to score well. However, the greens are in terrible shape for such an expensive course. The round felt like a joke because of the conditions of the greens. Dead spots everywhere, no consistency in roll or speed, with some pins protected by huge dead zones around the flag. Hit one of the dead zones and there’s no way to predict how the ball will respond. Some will bounce like you’re hitting cart path, others shooting sideways, and the rest plugging.
Thank you for taking the time to review our course. We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear that you found the course layout challenging and enjoyable for players of all skill levels. We apologize for the condition of the greens during your round, and we will work on improving their consistency and overall quality.
Avoid Avoid Avoid
This course is insane to charge what they charge. The greens are in awful shape. This happens every year it feels like. Until they drop rates significantly or change to Bermuda I'm done getting ripped off here.
We apologize for the negative experience you had with our course. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration as we strive to improve. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
greens are in dire need of some attention
The greens are in very bad shape. Is this due to the very hot weather the area has seen in the last 2 months or is it just a lack of attention?
On such a hot and humid day such as yesterday it should be mandatory that the water jugs are checked every 2 hours or so. This is the second time I've played in extremely hot weather here and both times the water jugs at the T boxes were empty.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the condition of the greens and the empty water jugs. We understand the frustration and will look into this matter to ensure a better experience for our customers in the future. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Fairways were in good shape. Some of the greens need a lot of help.
We appreciate your feedback on the condition of our fairways and acknowledge your observation about the greens needing improvement. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Greens
Played here a lot but the worst greens I have ever seen. They did let us know beforehand they were aerated, but still looked really, really bad.
Thanks so much for your wonderful review, rjgibson86. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation!
Talamore Golf Resort Stay & Play Package
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club Stay & Play Package
Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club Stay & Play Package
Experience Maggie Valley Package
We apologize for the poor condition of the greens during your visit. We are aware of the issue and are taking immediate steps to improve the maintenance and repair of divots. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and we appreciate your feedback.