Timber Lakes Golf Course

First time playing the course. Arrived 50 minutes early to take advantage of the driving range and putting. Upon checking in inside, the guy working the counter unapologetically told me they were still mowing the range, so it wasn’t usable. After chipping/putting for a bit, I noticed the mowing was done. Same guy seemed completely put off that I would ask to buy range balls again, and this time told me they hadn’t washed/brought any balls to the clubhouse yet.

As my foursome headed out to the first tee box, we were informed there we no tee box markers, as they had sent them all off to be painted. Well, surely they have done something to mark which tee box is which? Nope. All four of us had never played this course, which made each hole a guessing game on where to play from. Maybe in the future only paint half the markers at time? Use ground paint to mark the boxes?

Front 9 and back 9 nice feel like completely different courses. Not in a bad way. Tons of open fairways on the front, very tight and challenging on the back. Greens were in awesome shape and most of the tee boxes were also in great shape(minus the absent markers). A couple fairways needed some work, and the bunkers looked like they hadn’t been raked in several days.

Would I go back? Maybe on a HotDeal that is too good to pass up. Hopefully if I do, I encounter a more pleasant guy working the counter.

Played the course many years back and have been talking about going back. Well made it and will definitely make the quick 1hr drive to play again.

I played here 12/29/2022. It was about 50 degree.
It was maintained well for winter time.
I would come back and golf again this summer.

Very difficult course but was in excellent condition. Caution…get behind a foursome of grandpas and you will fall 30-45 minutes behind a normal 9 hole round.

Good course to play. The greens were in excellent shape

Our twosome had long waiting times on each shot...it took us over 5 1/2 hours to play even though we skipped the last hole, Will not ever play this course on the weekend.

This course has some of the narrowest fairways I’ve played around the area. The front 9 holes are fairly mediocre and tight with some improvement on the back 9. The 9th hole and the final 5-6 holes are fun with interspersed lakes and pretty good scenery Thankfully I was paired with another guy who had played there several times and knew the layout…otherwise, this being my first time, I would’ve been lost with multiple holes having hidden lakes and rough. The pace of play was very slow with multiple foursomes of older gentlemen playing earlier on weekday mornings apparently but if you go in the afternoon it may clear up a bit. The huge downfall of this course is the old carts and horrible cart paths. I’m talking the worst I’ve ever seen with the bumps so bad that you had to check it things were flying out of your cart and a couple of times they did. And the cart i used had a rip in the seat, would backfire when I was pulling away slowly from where I had hit, and the worst brakes of any cart I’ve used. They would stay locked even when the cart was going 10 mph. Overall an ok course but I’ll probably try other courses around the area, especially with them being cheaper on golf now comparatively.