Walked out of my car, horribly bumpy road to get into and extremely curvy roads. The cart kid asked…read moreme if I knew where I was going...instead of how my day was or anything..,then told me I need to walk around a construction zone to get a cart. Meanwhile he sat in a golf cart and watched me walk all the way around the entire clubhouse back to the range with my clubs. Course is amazing, service was less than stellar. Also ran out of all food at turn service besides hot dogs...thought this was a fancy resort....in prime time June....guess not. The golf course GPS screens were also set to the incorrect pin locations and made me miss club a few times...pretty much needs new management beautiful courses and properties. I'd rather play at Brasada or Crosswater for the amount of money this place charges for the lack of service and experience. The worst part is I truly felt I don't belong, was not wanted there by the staff, from inside the pro shop to outside staff...also $14 for a Gatorade, chips, and M&Ms. Are we in Israel?

Played the Nicklaus course for the first time on a sunny, fairly warm Saturday. One of two courses…read moreon the property - the Fazio being the other - Pronghorn Nicklaus gets rave reviews from Central Oregon golfers. COVID protocols: Only fair. They have the usual mask requirements in the pro shop but don't even attempt to enforce them on customers. Staff wear masks but the snack bar folks aren't so good on wearing them properly. The most egregious failure in this regard was the starter's insistence that golfers riding single in carts pair up because they didn't have enough carts. I was OK because my group was a threesome and I got the second cart. Other area courses seem to have enough carts on hand. Pronghorn is a high end operation - during these times of a pandemic they need to respect social distancing practices and provide more carts. - Richly designed course but with awkward yardages off the tee for short hitters, even from the gold tees, and a lot of hazards. Course plays harder than the rating, I think. This is not a track where high handicappers - particularly short hitters - can hope to score well. - Greens are in good form and roll fast and mostly true. Not as super smooth as I expected but it's early in the season. Some holes cut such that being above the hole meant little chance of stopping it close. - Fairways decent with few bad spots. I thought the grass was cut too short, though. Most of my fairway shots were from a tight lie. - Being in the middle of high desert sagebrush country, that's what you'll find if you stray off the fairway: sagebrush interspersed with lava outcrops. Best to stay out of that. - Quite a few water hazards, including a hole where the stream to the right is hidden from view of the tee box. One par 4 has a huge piece of water between the tee box and the green, tempting long hitters to drive the green. Mere mortals must hit to the fairway on the left, carving out however many yards they think they can carry. - So many bunkers. Way too many bunkers in fact. I think the course is protected well enough from the layout, water and sagebrush rough to not need that many bunkers. Many are quite punitive with high lips. Sand was average for a public course. You won't be able to hit PGA-quality sand shots out of most of them but you can generally get out. - Carts are very nice, electric, onboard GPS (which occasionally erroneously declared I was at the wrong hole), and super comfortable seats. No complimentary tees in the cart - you need to grab them from the starter's box. No complimentary white towels. - Cart path layout is good. Although the course twists around on itself a bit, there are directions signs aplenty. - Beverage cart showed up quite often and it wasn't even that hot of a day. - Complimentary range balls but the range itself is a bit small for a two-course operation, at least as defined by where the range balls were laid out. They could have opened it up more. Same with the practice green and practice bunker. All were a bit crowded. - Slow round - about five hours. I saw not a single marshal on the course during the round. I think the slow pace was due to course difficulty, not slow players. Still, I expect to see a marshal patrolling the course. - Snack bar closed at 3 pm, which is ridiculous, especially on a good weather Saturday. Why only three stars? Price, and unreasonable difficulty. I frankly don't think the golfing experience is any better than at Widgi Creek or Juniper or even Crooked River Ranch. Yet Pronghorn charges way more. The course is also too difficult for me. Golf is one challenge after another, of course, but my round was punctuated by quite a few well-struck shots that still found trouble because of extremely narrow target areas. On several tee boxes, I was faced with no good shot. At one par 5, I had to hit a hybrid off the tee because my driver couldn't carry the sagebrush feature plopped in the middle of the fairway. I can't not hit a driver on a par 5 and hope to avoid a double. That's not a rewarding challenge. 180 yard par 3's from the gold tees are also not welcome. As another reviewer mentioned, Jack Nicklaus prides himself on making golf accessible to the average golfer. He fell short of his goal at Pronghorn Nicklaus.

Loved the golf course and dining area - Winona was so sweet! The views are beautiful! I have to say…read morethat Bobby at the front was disrespectful and rude. I stood and waited without ever being acknowledged by him and witnessed an interaction of him with another employee that was disturbing.

Awful experience. On course drunks, no marshals, way too much money. The greens are often way…read moredifferent from hole to hole. Save your money and get yourself to another course.

This place nails service, ambience, and food. Honestly, this place is just an incredible enjoyable…read moreexperience. I went here with three people and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. I started with a clam chowder, that had just the right consistency with beautiful chunks of perfectly cooked potato and clam. There is absolutely no grit or sand in my clams which was wonderful. I ordered the sirloin cooked medium which came with a baked potato and sautéed vegetables. Everything was cooked perfectly. The potato had a nice crispy exterior and soft pillowy inside and the vegetables were not overcooked. I do wish that they would've given a large portion for the vegetables, but I can understand them trying to keep the plates looking clean and nice. I'd say if there's one thing that was not good at this restaurant it was the complementary bread. The bread that came out had clearly been smashed down. I'm not sure if the bread came that way, or if maybe someone doesn't know how to cut bread in the kitchen. On top of that, the bread was very plain. For a fancy restaurant like this I expected something a little nicer, maybe even a sourdough. Just go ahead and skip the bread, it's not worth eating when you have so many better things to eat. All in all, I would totally return to this restaurant.

We were celebrating my August birthday with friends over dinner. I highly recommend the chicken…read moreenchiladas! So flavorful and topped with loads of sour cream. My husband also enjoyed his mahi mahi dish. Cleaned up his plate! Our server Joshua was so attentive and spot on! Though we waited for awhile for our food, we enjoy coming here for meals. The lit up birthday cake and sliced up portions topped the night off! We love coming back. Of course, the view is always spectacular too!

Good golf for a good price, you get what you pay for so have fun and enjoy pin seeking.read more

Awesome at this time of year…read more Great front desk and carte service wonderful driving practice room, gorgeous greens.

Day 2 of our golf trip. Really nice conditions on the tee boxes, fairways, and greens. Good check…read morein service, carts a bit pricey at 25.00 per rider. Green fees for a twilight were good at $59. Went off as a 2, with a foursome in front. One dude played back tees and hit more tree mail than fairways and prolly shot 100. Painful to watch. A lot of target golf but worth it. Tight tree lined fairways. Had a really fun time.

Love this course, it's only open for the first 9 holes. But it's winter hours and still fun.read more

Went here not expecting much, it can be a little hard to find coming from the 26 as you have to…read moretravel through an industrial area. The course was great, very flat course. The par 5's were very long, one was bordering on being a par 6 length. The woman working in the pro shop let us start on 6 so that we would not be stuck behind other groups which was fantastic! Would play here again

Let me start by saying if you have lots of trouble finding even the widest of fairways, don't like…read morea challenging golf outing, don't like a beautiful and well laid out course, this course is not for you. I played here for the first time this month and I loved it. Did I loose some golf balls, yep sure did. Did I care nope. I have 3 favorite holes; Number 1. We staid in the Cascade Building and we overlooked the first hole. Beautiful to look at anytime of day and a very challenging first hole. Second favorite hole Number 10. A great elevated tee shot with incredible views all around. Finally my Third favorite hole, (actually a tie since I birdied them), 17 and 18. Call ahead on before the turn order your drink and or snack. The club house staff, and pro shop staff are all just top notch. The nicest and friendliest golf staffers around! Five stars to each of them! See you next September!

Beautiful course!…read more Amazing facilities! Killer staff - starters - bartenders at the turn. The greens run QUICK and are tiny but are fair.

Went on a golf trip to Bend last week and this was our first track…read more Tucked away from the highway and homes. Nice grass driving range. Good pro shop service. Nice carts. First tee starter was helpful and gave us tips since it was our first time. Played with 2 locals. Course maintenance: all areas were very well maintained, tee boxes, fairways, greens. Layout: fun and engaging with a variety of different length holes- par 5's were challenging, so were par 3's. Loved the tree lined fairways except when I hit into them. lol. Best part- pace of play advice from starter 2:06 for 9 holes! Marshall came by 2-3 x each nine and thanked our group for keeping up. Ended up playing in 4 flat with every tee time booked on a Sunday. Solid recommendation.

The marshals on the course were complete assh$&es. We were tossing empty trash from our bags and…read morethey reamed us for having cans not bought from the course. They also harassed us for not playing fast enough even though we're were waiting for the group ahead of us for 16 holes. No drink cart. We had a group of 10. Never again.

The skinny guy with mustache working the pro shop was incredibly rude to me. The views are nice…read morecourse not in great shape. Save your money and time avoid this place.

Best golf course! Went here a lot as a kid and teenager…read more They are very kind here, and the course is in great shape!

Greens are in poor condition! Many dead spots that disrupt your putting…read more Why no GPS on the carts? You are paying a premium price for golf here so you should expect a premium experience. The volcanic cinder in the sand traps looks great in photos but will destroy your clubs so don't hit out of them. The course has a great layout and some nice long challenging holes but you can't help but feel that you have been cheated due to the things that I've listed above.

Here's the deal, this was the first time playing this course for a few of us. The course itself…read more(i.e. layout, views, etc) amazing. Couple things. 1-Tee boxes need some work, I.E. hole 13 ‍ being in the center of that tee box was like being on top of Mt Everest. 2- The GREENS..IDK what to say, diseased/dead spots/bumpy just bad. The fact you guys are charging $100 green fees for that?! Those aren't even greens. I understand you lost water or whatever but that's not worth $100 on any day of the week and that's why you get 1 star. If those 2 things were even average this course is a solid 4 stars.