Forest City Golf Resort - Classic Course

Beautiful course. Gorgeous greens. Epic views. Shame it turned into a six-hour hostage situation. Teed off at 8am, excited and full of hope. Paired with a lovely couple whose golf swings looked like they were holding invisible swords in a fencing match. Still, I cruised through the first 6 holes, 1 under par and feeling sharp. Then... we caught up to The Tortoise Tour ahead. They were slower than a Windows 95 startup. Pace of play? Dead. Golfing gods? Angry. On the 9th green, the marshall finally appeared, probably after finishing his breakfast buffet. I politely pointed out the tee-time torturers ahead causing the backup. He nodded like he understood... then vanished like my patience. By the 15th, things got truly bizarre. The marshall returned — not to fix the slow group — but to tell us to stand aside and let the group behind play through. I informed him (vocally and with the calm fury of a 4 handicapper about to triple-bogey) that we weren’t the problem. His solution? Rearranging the misery. Now Group 2 and Group 3 were still stuck behind the same human sandbags, but in new positions. Genius. End result? Took over 6 hours, including a lightning/rain delay. I went from even par after 8 to +12 by the end, and I aged a decade emotionally. Still... the course is stunning. Greens roll like velvet (albeit velvet coated in molasses), the bunkers are well-placed, and there’s some great architecture. But the marshalling? As useful as a screen door on a submarine.

The course is fantastic, good fairway, putting green and good buggy track.The buggy is super quiet and smooth, F&B outlets are ample to choose from

Unfortunately, I played in the afternoon after a private tournament that took place earlier. We were rushed from both the front and back flight. Otherwise, could be a better relaxing game for us. Marshall, gardeners worked tirelessly beautify the course. Did not manage to visit the driving range, though.

Great maintained course. Overalls service show room for improvement . The Golf course can be recommended; the Golf Hotel not.

Amazing condition and superb green. A real pleasure to play there regardless of players level. Staff and caddies are good