Reviews of Great Southern Golf Club (Golf)

Barb Moths

For the money great course. Staff food and drinks awesome.

Payton the jump ,

Awesome

Mark Chandler

Lifetime golfer. Played all over. This is a nice course. And it is old school country clubish. You can score if you do what you are supposed to do and you will find enough trouble if you don't hit the ball straight -- or can't bend it some on keys holes. Yeah there's burn patches on some greens but just move the ball over a bit. God I hate whiners -- go drop $450 at Pinehurst 2 if you want southern perfection! Great staff. Great food. Great view. Surprisingly no bugs.

savannah wynn

Nice view

Gary Anderson

Great course, beautiful views.

Tina Noble

Low budget course , for low budget golf

Gilbert Daniel

Really fast greens for the area, reasonable prices and an enjoyable course overall. Only problem was the advertised price was different by $5 but still reasonable. I was told you could not walk the course but that must be wrong because several players were walking. I will return.

Jo Springs

Greens need work. Was able to get a tee time as soon as we got there. Best of all it was by the gulf!

greg songstad

November 11, 2014. Had breakfast at this restaurant. The price was ok. The food was horrible. Lisa the bar mgr was friendly . Pro shop guy was snooty to say the least. Very bad overall experience. The grounds and course are not very nice compared to other golf courses I've seen. The location and history are very good but the actual experience doesn't come close to living up to this heritage.

Kevin Weaver

Course staff is very friendly and helpful. The course is wide open and greens are slow and bumpy. They look good but need some help. Fairways are not bad , but the rough is just weeds and heavy grass. There is no driving range and the putting green is rough. Pricing is very good but do not expect a manicured country club course.

william farwell

One of the worst golf courses I have ever played. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul.

Jonathon S

Course was in decent shape and updated greens fee+cart was reasonable. Nice fair course that makes you plot around to avoid the hazards. Great views and relaxing morning overall!

Lauren Hozey

Henry was so super helpful and hysterical. He made sure we were comfortable and. Taken care of

Joe Motz

I've been living in Mississippi for about seven months and I've been looking forward to the opportunity to play not only a Donald Ross course, but a course where some of the greatest legends and some of my heroes of golf have played like, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead & Byron Nelson. I had high hopes for the this course and while I wasn't completely let down, my round ended with the feeling that it could have been a better experience. The course is a interesting and challenging layout, most of the fairways were narrow and slightly undulating, but not severely. Numerous types of trees (live oak, palm, etc...) line and dot the fairways and in a few instances, they are in the middle of the fairway. There are a few small bunkers here and there, but not like some of the small beach resorts (just missing the ocean, of course) I've seen in Arizona. Speaking of Arizona, I've seen many a busy fairway, so this is a nice change of pace. Most of the greens were elevated, which I do enjoy, since I have a pretty good short game. Greens were small and fast, so an accurate putter is helpful as pin placements vary from easy to very tricky. Famously, Ben Hogan once said there were no 7 iron shots at Merion. Although, I didn't use every club in the bag, I used most, if I played here regularly, I would likely remove a club or two from my bag. If I played here weekly, I would likely remove my 5 iron, as I never used it. I mostly used my driver, 3 wood 3 & 4 hybrids, 8, 9, pitching & sand wedges & putter. I also used a 7 wood once. The course that I regularly play, I use the 5 iron now & then, especially on a couple of the par 4's. That said, there were some disappointments; the very first water station I came to was missing it's water jug and the second station was as well. To add to that, a large sign at the clubhouse proclaimed "No outside beverages." Okay, but a least provide good 'ol water. As I made my way around the course (sort of) I noticed there were little to no signs for on-course direction, at least on the front nine. More than once, I found myself headed in the wrong direction. The pro shop had yardage books for sale ($5) which contained details for layout, but just a basic map of the layout was nowhere to be found. I've played par 3 courses that did this better. Nickel and diming folks for every little thing comes off as greedy and can be a turn off. To compound the navigation challenges, some of the tees had more than one teeing area which added to confusion since the tee markers were so small and nearly blended in with the ground. Yardage makers were present at the tees, but even those just listed the hole number & yardages. Several holes had yardage markers at 150 yards which were helpful, but between those and stakes for roped off areas a few of the fairways looked like they had fences in them. I noticed this because my ball hit a couple of those stakes. Another thing I noticed were the frequent patches of bare ground, especially at the edges of some fairways and adjacent to cart paths. Great Southern is a course that wasn't built as a spectacle or to elicit a specific type of reaction, but more like something to learn from, enjoy & be savored. I will return, now that I have seen the layout and had some time to reflect. For my next round at Great Southern, I'll again book online to save some money, since the regular green fees compared to elsewhere are a bit high given the course conditions I've previously described. If I were a casual golfer, I'd probably pass on another round, as the annoyances would likely keep me from enjoying the course and my round.

Ellis Hill

The Great Southern Golf Club the best golf value within 200 miles. As the address [2000 Beach Drive, Gulfport, MS 39507] indicates it is literally on the Gulf of Mexico. Four golf holes are on the Gulf. The course is in year 3 of a major improvement to the greens and fairways. If you haven't played the course since July 2015, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see how good it is. It is a fun course for all levels of golfers. None of the holes require a long shot to clear hazards so it is more enjoyable to play. Good golfers will still need to hit good shots to score well due to lateral hazards and small greens. The Clubhouse offers stunning sunrise and sunset views over the Gulf and offers breakfast and lunch daily. It is located where the Biloxi and Gulfport city line meets the beach, so it is close to the major hotels, casinos, restaurants, and the Edgewater Shopping mall. In full disclosure, I am a member and perhaps biased, but I've tried to be honest in my assessment. Hopefully, I can give it 5 stars later this year!

Michael Jones

I really enjoyed playing the course and it had some minor issues but all in all a very pleasurable course to get in some practice on. I would reccomend this course to anyone wanting to play some golf for exercise and relaxation.

Mark Brown

Good food

Mike B

If you are a golfer, and are looking for a nice course , you should skip this course. It may only be like 25 or 30 bucks for 18 with a cart, but you get what you pay for. This may have been one of the worse if not the worst course I have ever played. Greens were rock hard, super slow the tee bbox had nothing but weeds on them . Awful course. Pay a little extra some where else this place event at 30 I felt cheated. And I have played courses from your municipal courses to whistling straits and Pinehurst, don't play awful

Jason Martinage

Decent golf course. Greens were just a little on the hard side. 150 yard shot landing directly in the middle of the green not even leaving a pitch mark. Plays more Links style except for the big up-slope leading into most greens. Layout was a little funky without the mid course stop into the club house, as the 9th hole finished on the backside of the course. SO if you are a mid round snacker you better get it before or expect a nice little 500 yard detour back to the clubhouse. Other than that, nice friendly staff, decent price. IF you like to and are able to walk the course, it is laid out perfectly for you. The only thing I would ding a little hard would be the lack of a driving range, the other practice areas are pretty good. A small putting green with only 3 holes and a little chipping area with two flags. But, I for one like to hit at least a small bucket of balls before heading out to the course to loosen up and get the little kinks out. .

Jessica Sullivan

The greens needs a little improvement but overall the course was really fun to play. The view was beautiful also. The service there is great. Cindy, the beverage cart girl, was very friendly and such a pleasure to have around. I will most certainly come back time after time.

victor paciocco

such a cool place for a golf course, great views of the gulf! but the putting greens were in bad! shape. please fix this or change your name to the ok southern golf club

Joseph Chambers

Do yourself a favor and go play golf somewhere else. This course was a mess. These greens were hands down the worst I've seen. Did I mention overpriced?

stephen massie

Love the course-Played it about 40 years ago from the back tees-I now play from the senior tees and have more fun than before-Staff is very friendly-Food is great-Cannot wait to play again-Considering joining as a non-resident-

Thomas Lindrud

Like playing in a cow pasture. Greens are like Velcro. No golf etiquette to be found, had balls drop in on us on the greens on 3 & 7. Too many single players out. It's no relaxing when you're dogged by never ending single players. Won't be back!!

1 Marine 1 Life Foundation, Inc.

Played the 21st and 22nd of March, 2018 at 1:30pm. We had a great time and the staff was very friendly. They went out of there way to make us feel welcome. The course itself was perfect for us. We golf for fun. The play moved and we didn't have to wait at all. I thought, for the price, this course was an excellent value. The greens could be challenging and bunker, water location is located for an average to good golfer. One of the great features of this course is it's location. If you are out on the course to relax and have a good time this course is perfect.

Christen B

Not a bad course; priced fairly for what you get. Golfed on a pretty crummy day, so we didn't run into many golfers. Course was pretty tore up from a storm from the night before and could have used some quick clean up from their grounds crew before opening. All in all, not terrible and worked perfectly for our first time out this year.

Caprice Cummings

The greens are in poor condition, staff behind the desk not friendly, will not be playing here anymore. Was not worth the money we paid.

Scott C. Allen

Great history and one of the only places to play golf with a great view of the beaches! My favorite course.

Cameron Smith

Staff treated my friend very badly, location is amazing but conditions don't match the price.

Bill Rodgers

Great beautiful place for an afternoon game.