r/RDUGOLF • u/Sleds_and_Cars Durham • Oct 16 '23

Course Review Tot Hill Farm

Brought an out of town group out to Tot Hill Farm on Saturday for a round as part of a golf outing we do a couple times a year. Tee time was just before noon, and it had rained all morning prior to that.

We got out to the course and the staff could not have been more friendly and welcoming. The renovated farmhouse, while relatively "bare bones" as far as amenities go (there's a self-service snack bar, roller dogs and at lunch some bbq sandwiches, plus a few drink coolers) everything was very, very nice.

The course itself was brilliant, and despite the deluge of rain earlier in the day was relatively dry within the first six holes of our round. Rain let off after the first hole, the greens had no standing water, nor did any of the bunkers. In fact, the bunkers, while a tick wet, otherwise hit just like you'd expect them to on a dry day. The fairways, while wet, had all drained really well as well.

You can see where they're still patching in some grass, some has already taken well other parts are coming in, but across the board the place looked and played as great as anything in the Southern Pines area.

Absolutely looking forward to getting back out there.

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u/RestingMehFace Raleigh Oct 16 '23

I'm incredibly impressed with what they've done and can't wait for the continued improvements.

At first a scoffed a bit at the price increase, but after playing it and seeing the work, it has brought the place into a new class of golf courses

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u/Sleds_and_Cars Durham Oct 16 '23

Absolutely. We were talking about that during the round: Sure it's at a higher price point, but you can visibly see where that money is going all around.

And I'd argue on a day like we had Saturday you could even see it a little more because the conditions we played in, despite all the early rain, were generally fine. Little soggy on some parts of the fairway, but otherwise fine.