Emerald Lake Golf Club

Unfortunately I need to make this review to warn anyone that these might be the worst greens in Charlotte, certainly at the price point of $65. The picture highlights how patchy they were. Some spots had grass, some weeds sprinkled isome had just a thin layer of muddy slick grass, and there were divots and ball marks everywhere that were almost impossible to fix. The rest of the course was fine and it was a nice layout but it was depressing walking up to each green. Hopefully work is done to fix this course up but use this as a warning to anyone that is a stickler about the greens conditions.

Bar none, dollar for dollar best character for a local course. Beautiful, perfect length and some great golf. I bring people here all the time and never disappointed. Staff is very helpful and polite adding to the experience. Food Wed-Sun. Beer and snacks offered all the time with a nice driving range and putting green. Can't recommend enough. This is a hidden jewel

Absolutely over priced. 75% of greens are terrible. Some bunkers you cannot play out of. Sand containers not filled. Range hitting off dirt. This course should be charging $35 not $85 on weekends... do not play here.

I was robbed! Just go ahead and sell this to someone who will give this course the TLC it deserves. This course has progressively got worst. It is not well kept or fairly maintained. Paid $97 for a round today and after hole 2 realized I was taken advantage of. This course currently is no where near worth a $97. It appears they put so much into trying to make it a wedding venue that they forget it's an actual golf course. You would of thought it was a hurricane last night as soggy as the course was. The drainage must inoperable. The greens was softer than Charmin toilet tissue. The fairways were in decent shape. The sand traps were atrocious, most were overflowed with water - again a drainage issue. Wait did I said how terrible the greens were trashed. If I didn't shoot a 42 on the back I would've asked for a refund. For $97 there are so many courses in way better shape for less (Mooresville GC $37).

I always enjoy a round at Emerald Lake, they make it real easy to book a tee time and the course is always in great shape. Medium challenging course, and greens are always in great shape.

Today, I played the worst golf course in the area, Emerald Lake. One star is too much. The course looked like they have just let it go and they don't really care. Surprisingly, they believe they have something special and are charging $57.00!!! I will never return! Very disappointed. There are too many courses In the area to waste your time and money playing here.

There was a mishap with the scheduling - we had a staffer tell us that sometimes that does happen in the system where it reverts to the same day and not the day you choose. Also, The starter was willing to fit us in. But the front desk was not willing to in anyway. We all drove 40 minutes to get to the course. Something tells us that the guy who had the power to fit us in saw when we walked into the golf shop that we were 4 tattooed black men and was not willing to work with us at all. One of the main reasons - he said was because they weren't going to have enough golf carts... we were there 50 minutes waiting and there were over 35 carts not being used. From 9:10 to 10 am... only 2 groups showed up.... Overall the staff is amazing - everyone was willing to work with us EXCEPT the Golf Shop front desk guy ... it's upsetting the golf shop was not willing to work with us - I've been to many courses where I've witnessed or been a part of scheduling mishaps and they still fit people in because scheduling errors aren't uncommon ... was a long 45 minute drive back home smh...

Played on July 9th, 2024. The fairways were in great shape. The bunkers were in terrible condition, with very little sand, and what little sand was there was packed hard. The greens were interesting, a mix of bentgrass, poa, and fairway Bermuda. The huge bare spots from the past several years were gone, but putting on those multi-grass greens was challenging, even though they had been cut and rolled. The different grasses have different grains and speeds. At least they are all grass now. These greens are way past needing an upgrade. Emerald Lake just raised the green fees (again). I guess people will pay to play a nice layout with sketchy greens and crap bunkers.

Disappointed in the shape of the greens. Inconsistent and in need of professional help. Sand traps are in bad shape - clientele clearly doesn't understand the need to clean up after a visit. I've grown accustomed to public course players' epic failure to repair pitch marks - this was no different. I wish I had read the reviews BEFORE playing. Too many other, better, options. The staff is courteous, but that only takes the experience so far.

This course was a poor excuse of a "golf" course. It would better be labeled a runway, because when golf balls hit these greens, they take off. You will not be able to tell the difference between fairway and rough, they are both made of dirt. Let's not forget about the range which is so sandy I thought they wanted us to practice our fairway bunker shots. And oh yeah, they robbed us of $113 for this. It gets two stars because the pace of play was fast and the service was fine.