Bear's Best Atlanta

Too slow, too many pock marks on the Greens, but it's a great place to play and it's put money into pushing the ceiling of public play in metro Atlanta.

They need to space the times out to 12 min, 8 does not work. It never will. But this remains about as good as it can get for public golf, so if you're looking for smooth and cared-for Greens, you're already in the wrong place, that's for private clubs.

Arrived and no one at bag check and carried bags to pro shop ..
Place seemed empty.. wanted to eat after round but nothing happening
I know it was Monday but service compared to Chateau courses is lacking

Course has some great holes but in reality is generally wide open off the tee..
Par 3's are highlight.. Especially 6th - memorial par three and 11th
Lies around the greens were typically bare and tight
Greens were decent..

Hole 1 was tough and tight but some easy short par 4's followed..
Holes 7 -9 -10 and 12 are dull.. The 12th might be the most boring hole i have ever played.
I hit around 70 pct of fairways - highest ratio for 2023 shows how open it is at times

5th and 13 th are best par 4s ..

Ladies struggled with the forced carry on many holes ..

Not rushing back

I love Bear's Best. When conditions are good its 5 stars, but on Monday it was apparent that the bunkers needed work.

The greens had recently been punched (a week or so before), BUT they rolled fairly consistent and did not detract from conditions.

The bunkers should be considered ground under repair as many had little to no sand, or were clearly being repaired.

Recommend putting some local rule signs up when we should and should not play out of them.

Also on the two holes that were Cart Path only, a friendly sign at tee box would be helpful to remind us.

I've been looking forward to playing Bear's Best for a long time and finally got a great opportunity at a very fair price through Golf Now. The layout was fabulous and the recreation of holes famous to the Bear were right on. They recently aerated the greens, but that is regular maintenance and I accept that. They still putted well. The fairways were excellent. They are working to resod some of the tees which is fine, but there is ongoing work on some of the bunkers, as well as huge inconsistencies in bunkers not being redone. This is the reason I didn't give higher marks on course conditions. With improvements to the bunkers, I'd be happy to give an excellent rating.

Unfortunately this Bears Best course was very disappointing. The bunkers were in terrible condition. Weeds everywhere, tee boxes in bad shape. I played this course a couple of years ago and it was the same story but thought I would give it another try. There are plenty of other courses that I would recommend over this one.
Do not waste your time and money playing this course

Enjoyable experience. Challenging. Will definitely go back.

Wide open so bring you long game and have fun. A few houses too close to fairways. Can be a long round when path only. Several bunkers hadn't been tended to and we played as free drop areas. Greens were great. Restaurant does not have dinner or a real bar, more of a refreshment stand.

Course was in great shape except the traps where the sand was fairly hard due to all of the rain that made it quite challenging to hit a decent shot out of it. Did not have even close to my best game but really had a great time and the weather that day was fantastic. Love playing this course as it is challenging but getable if you can hit your spots consistently. The staff is very nice and friendly and I look forward to playing it again.

Course was fantastic and well worth the drive up from Atlanta! Layout was fun and provided plenty of opportunities to take an aggressive or conservative approach. Greens were fair and rolled true. Additionally plenty of water stations for a hot summer day. I’ll be back!

Layout is great obviously, staff is great, and green were in good shape, but bunkers (other than black sand) need work and some tee boxes and fairway spots as well. Still worth playing but would be amazing if they tightened up maintenance!

Title says it all. Worst experience from any of the metro Atlanta courses .

This is a very nice course. Great staff, carts are outfitted with GPS tech, and practice facilities available for hitting, putting, chipping. Clubhouse seems to be modern and while I didn't try the restaurant, it looked ample. Cart services while you play for refreshments. A few doglegs that can get you in trouble but course is fairly wide open from the tees. Greens were in good shape. Some work being done that caused some tees to be moved up and some cart path only holes. With the rain and heat, some of the sand traps were baked but hey, shouldn't be in there in the first place!

This is one of the best courses in the Atlanta area. It is in great shape except for a few tees that need new sod. Friendly and helpful staff. I’ll definitely play it again.