FireLake Golf Course Tee Times

I want to be clear up front, I am not a golf snob. I have only played about five courses total, but out of those five, this was easily the worst managed and most confusingly laid out course I have experienced. The course itself is not the issue. The grass was in good shape for December, the carts were fast and worked well, the food was reasonably priced and pretty good, and the one employee I interacted with all day was friendly and helpful. The problem is the complete lack of course management. Our 11:03 tee time did not actually start until around 11:30 because the course was clearly overbooked. There was no one checking tee times or controlling the flow of play. On the first hole alone, an eight cart, sixteen person group was allowed to tee off together and essentially turn the course into a drunken block party. I am all for having a few drinks while playing, that is part of the fun, but this group was screaming, blasting loud and explicit music, wrestling, and eventually laying in the fairway. They completely stopped play for everyone behind them, and no one from the course intervened at any point. Because of that, every hole had multiple groups stacked up. We were hit into repeatedly, with balls landing within about 20 feet of us while we were still in the fairway. At one point I had to stop playing to confront a group behind us because it was unsafe, and we physically could not play any faster due to the massive group ahead. The layout made things worse. Several greens and pins sit directly in line with each other, making it hard to tell which green you are playing without optics. While putting, we had balls land near us multiple times from groups overshooting or mistaking our green for theirs. Cart control and safety enforcement were nonexistent. Groups drove through active tee shots, ignored basic safety, and even the 90 degree cart rule was impossible to follow on some holes due to poor design and zero enforcement. This course does not need anything fancy. It needs basic standards. Limit group size, manage tee times, and have a marshal on the course willing to enforce pace and safety. Until that happens, it is hard to recommend unless you are okay with long waits and unsafe, disorderly play.

2 months ago

Been going over a year considering it’s the only course that is public in this town and Every time I pay 44 dollars and it seems like the course never gets updated or taken care of it’s been cart path only since I’ve been playing it’s sad would definitely recommend driving the 15 minutes or more to the city to play.

4 weeks ago

Great staff and prices. Only 2k a year for green fees with cart and only 300 to add family members. About 12 of the 18 holes have water hazards and plays like a proper links course. I highly recommend this course for play and membership.

8 months ago

Beautiful course! Has come a long ways since the 80's.greens are beautiful, well kept course!

a year ago

To me a nice course first time even on the course had my brother teaching me had fun cant wait to go back never played before today so much to learn

6 years ago