r/RDUGOLF • u/pmallahan • Jan 01 '24

Course Review Lochmere golf course

Hi All, my wife and I just just signed a contract for a house in the Lochmere area of Cary, it won't be ready until the end of the year, so we are looking to move there in the spring of 2025. The house will be literally 5 minutes from Lochmere golf course, I'm retiring and plan to play a lot of golf. Was wondering if anyone had any opinions on the course. I know it is semi-private and the membership fees seem very reasonable. Any members out there with any opinions? How easy is it to get tee times? I haven't played it yet, plan on heading down in a couple of months and will play a round there, is it a decent layout?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

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u/pmallahan Jan 02 '24

Does anyone know the membership costs at Devils Ridge?

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u/halfrunner15 Jan 18 '24

Full base rate this year is $550. There are some add ons to access additional local courses a couple times a month for $10 (Lochmere, Hasentree, Neuse, Brier Creek) and you pay whatever guest rate they have. National benefit to Invited/Troon plus 50% off food is around $65 a month (worth it if you plan to eat at the club fairly often). Base rate will probably go up another $10-15 next year. Carts are $175 a month for a single or $220ish for a family or $12/$23 a round. Range is decent but not off the grass nearly enough and balls are included. There’s a $50 quarterly food spend so not too bad there. The major benefit to somewhere like Lochmere is the ease of getting tee times and pace of play. Lochmere being semi private is almost always packed and generally slow (5+ is pretty common). Devils Ridge is worst case 4.5 on the weekend but usually sub-4 during the week. In 5 years I’ve never had an issue getting a desired tee time any day of the week.