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    Ray's Golf

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Topgolf

    Topgolf

    3.0(75 reviews)
    58.9 mi

    Both my son and I love top Golf, we're in the Durham area and was looking for something fun to do,…read more any go wrong with top golf! We booked our bay online for 90mins. Arrived and checked in with the front desk. They have clubs and everything you'll need, just show up with fun energy! I also ordered a margarita, wasn't that good so I only had one. Great fun time and I love too Golf!

    I had a truly frustrating experience at Topgolf Durham during what was supposed to be a nice date…read morenight. We had a booked reservation, yet when we arrived, they made us wait past our reserved time. First, we were told, "They're cleaning your bay." Then we were told we could go to a specific bay number they provided. When we got there, it was already occupied by guests who were having dinner and had just placed their order. How does that even happen? By this point, we had already been waiting over 30 minutes. We found a staff member who said he would "talk to the guests" and try to get them to leave faster. We were left standing there awkwardly while he said he was "talking to the manager" and told us to just wait. This was incredibly uncomfortable -- especially for a date. Unfortunately, it didn't end there. Once we finally got settled, there was no server around for quite a while. Even though we mentioned early on that we wanted to order drinks and food, no one came. Our drinks finally arrived almost an hour later. We were playing hungry and sober the entire time. When we tried to order dinner afterward, we were told the food would take at least another 30 minutes and that we would need to eat inside. After all the delays and confusion, we decided not to order at all. This was honestly one of the most disorganized and poorly managed customer experiences I've ever encountered. For a place that markets itself as fun and social, the lack of coordination, communication, and basic service was shocking. Definitely not the experience you'd expect or want for a date night.

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    Twin Lakes Golf Course - Ariel view

    Twin Lakes Golf Course

    4.0(3 reviews)
    54.5 mi

    Let me make this clear: Twin Lakes is not a professional course, it doesn't have a driving range,…read moreand it only has 9 holes. But it deserves at least 4 stars because it's great for weekend players and beginners, and it only costs $15 for 9 holes. This is my favorite golf course for me and my buddies-- it's not pretentious, the guys behind the desk are great, and you can take your time on the course, which is nestled between a classic NC forest. I recommend this course if you are not trying to impress anybody with NC golf courses, but instead want a carefree, but still nice, day of golf.

    Eddie H. nailed this review... but it was 7 years ago, so I wanted to provide an updated…read moreperspective (even if it's still quite similar to Eddie H.'s) This course is a gem, tucked a beautiful country drive away from Chapelboro. It is a mom-and-pop golf course, if you will, so be prepared for that - there is no range, no yardage markers signed near the tees (though those numbers are on the scorecard, so be sure to grab one of those). The course is relatively easy, and just 9 holes. You can walk or ride, and it's eminently affordable. The greens are well kempt, though it would be tough to say the same of the fairways/tee boxes. But again, it's a pretty well trafficked spot and you are certainly getting what you pay for. There are some tough par 3s, a couple of par 5s (though only one if you play from the tips), and many par 4s that present challenging tee shots and approaches. The greens are surprisingly complex, and roll nice. The sand trap I ended up in... yikes. I'm no sand maven, but it was rock hard, basically. A couple of other notes: they do not sell beer at the course, so bring those if you plan on drinking (and there really isn't a gas station all that close from what I could tell, it's tucked away in a residential neighborhood). The first night I showed up, they were "closed for maintenance," because they were spraying the greens in the dead of summer. So call before you go out to make sure you'll be able to get on. Otherwise, man, this place is truly a gem. If you don't get too bent out of shape about course conditions, you'll have a blast, and I highly recommend Twin Lakes Golf Course.

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    North Carolina Golf Academy Driving Range - Ball Vend-o-tron, buckets, pepsi machine

    North Carolina Golf Academy Driving Range

    4.0(4 reviews)
    47.7 mi

    This golf driving range has been here about as long as I can remember, and it's really starting to…read moreshow its age. In general the entire premises could use some TLC, and though I'm generally just one of those "give me an open field to smack stuff into" kind of guys, I can't help but feel that there are better fields to smack little round white balls into. From the entrance, the paved driveway is being gradually reclaimed by the surrounding woodland, and that can kind of be said in general of the whole place. The parking lot is more than large enough for the range, even on the nicest of days I would think. The clubhouse is no longer a clubhouse. Over the years it went from being walk-in and stocking a few items, even re-gripping clubs on demand, to just a window with an attendant, to now, no attendant. That's all honestly fine with me, the ball dispenser seems to work fine, even if giving it your money isn't the most intuitive thing in the world. Other than the ball vend-o-tron, you get a pepsi machine. Speaking of giving it your money, it's $10 for a medium bucket of balls currently, which is 70 balls. That's higher than most of the surrounding golf courses, particularly Jamestown, which has recently overhauled their range into a better experience on days with or without a mat. On the subject of the balls, they need to be purged. In my bucket, I got about half newer balls, and of the remaining half, balls that still had dimples but were covered in gouges and marks, to balls that have been weather-worn almost completely smooth. This item needs the most attention, as I'm not really getting any kind of accurate practice with balls that bad. On my visit, it was "mat-only" but i kind of get the feeling that is the default here now. The grass in front of the matted area is non-existent. The mats do not have tees for you to hit driver, nor are they the newer mats that you can actually slip your own tee into. The result is, people hit irons off the mat, then step forward onto the dirt to tee up for driver practice. On the plus side, there were more than enough tees for me to scavenge instead of using my own. The short game area has fallen into total disrepair, it's not even acknowledged anymore. On a nice spring day, at any given time i was there, there was probably about 10-12 people. Means this place makes a decent chunk of change, and someone just comes along now and then to tractor up the balls and refill the vend-o-tron. A pressure washer, new mats that are tee-able so they can re-seed the grass in front, and a bunch of new range balls would really bring this place back to prominence even if the short game area is never to be used again.

    Surprisingly, this place is open! The phone number on yelp (as of March 2024) is not updated…read more They are open until 9 most weeknights. Balls are reasonably priced vs other places, grounds are maintained well. I wish all the lights worked at night (need to stick close to the entrance after dark), and wish the parking lot was lit as well.

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    North Carolina Golf Academy Driving Range - Itty bitty putting green, there is no longer a short game practice area off to the right.

    Itty bitty putting green, there is no longer a short game practice area off to the right.

    North Carolina Golf Academy Driving Range - Part of the range

    Part of the range

    North Carolina Golf Academy Driving Range - Tee it up Indoors was on season 3, episode 2.  Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor were awesome while Netflix filmed.

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    Tee it up Indoors was on season 3, episode 2. Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor were awesome while Netflix filmed.

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