Tanglewood Golf Club - Reynolds Course

Course was in good shape. Areas of play cleared and dried.
Great day on Reynolds

For starters this is an excellent Robert Trent Jones layout, having played the Championship course and considering it one of the bast anywhere around I expected a little less out of the Reynolds course but as far as the layout is concerned the Reynolds is excellent. There is a nice variety of holes, with the front being a more traditional parkland and the back resembling a mountain course but both are quite fun. That being said the course has not been as well maintained as the Championship course. While the fairways were technically overseeded it was pretty sparse but my biggest critique conditions-wise was the greens. They look great, but they are the slowest greens I have ever played on in my life, and I am used to bent grass greens which many times can be slower but these were worse than anything I have ever putted on. Slow greens can really affect the enjoyability of a round as I knew the chances of making a putt of any distance were pretty slim and was often happy just to get it close. This issue is compounded by the fact that the practice putting green was redone last year when the greens on the Championship course were reseeded with Champion Bermuda (which is the best putting surface there is) so what you warm up on is great but in no way resembles what you will play on.

However the biggest issue I had was the pace of play which was even slower than the greens. I played as a single on a Sunday afternoon when the course really wasn't that busy. On the front I was a allowed through a group which was great but then ran into a much slower single who never let me though but did stop after nine. On the back however, I was behind a twosome that never even considered letting me through even though they were pretty terrible and very slow. I would say I waited a considerable amount of time on 90% of my shots and 100% on the back.

All that being said, the layout is probably worth one play if you can get a good deal and the greens are puttable, but otherwise just spend the extra money and play the championship course which is five star excellent.

Great staff
course very well taken care off. pace of play great greens are in great conditions fairways need so work. but overall well worth the price.

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS COURSE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE LAYOUT HOWEVER IN RECENT YEARS IT WAS QUITE "SHAGGY". BERMUDA FAIRWAYS DORMANT BUT A GOOD SURFACE TO HIT OFF OF. A FEW ROUGH SPOTS IN FAIRWAY BUT THE GREENS WERE THE HEALTHIEST I HAVE SEEN THEM IN MANY YEARS. WILL PROBABLY PLAY AGAIN NEXT WEEK. DEFINITELY WILL PLAY IT A LOT WHEN IT TURNS GREEN. CAN'T WAIT!!!

Don’t even hesitate. Great course wonderful staff and always a good time. 10 tee will always be backed up, after a great 9 you have to stop by the clubs house to grab a snack or drink. Greens are awesome and fairways are clean cut lots of spin and putts hold their line.

Our group of guys enjoy playing Reynolds and the landscape it presents. It’s fairways are tight and force you to hit more calculated drives. There are shots you can make that seem to be impossible sometimes. As in the undulating hills, turns, trees, hazards jump out at times. Others you carve out a soring drive that makes it over through or around an obstacle. Only to still have an uphill trick shot left. It takes a few rounds but it really starts to grow on you!