Bentwater Golf Club in Acworth

Phenomenal staff, great food!

I'm a fan of Bentwater Golf Club. My coworkers and I played several rounds at this course (mostly tournament rounds) before it went private. Yes, it used to be public until it became part of Canongate. ClubCorp later acquired Bentwater in a large multi-course acquisition in 2014. ClubCorp packaged Bentwater, which is located in Acworth, with Eagle Watch Golf Club, which is located in Woodstock. The two courses are about 35 minutes apart (with no traffic), but you can play both under one membership. That way, ClubCorp can market Bentwater and Eagle Watch together as 36 holes. Bentwater is a good 35-45 minutes north of Atlanta, up I-75 (take exit 278). It's worth the drive. The course is challenging, but fun. I have several memories here. The course was always in good condition the times we played it. The fairways and rough were lush and the greens (bentgrass) rolled true. The course opened in 2000 and was designed by Georgia Tech grad Mike Dasher. To date, it's the only Dasher design I've played. This is the only course I've played where the red tees are the tips. From the tips, the course measures 6,869 yards with a 73.5/143 rating/slope. Par 72. We played from the blues and whites. The blues measure 6,517 yards (71.8/137) and the whites measure 5,991 yards (69.2/132). It's not PGA Tour long, but it's long for weekend hackers like me. I consider this course above average in difficulty and I enjoyed the challenge. I had some pretty solid rounds here (by my low standards). The course is built within a subdivision. It's hilly. Most of the fairways are lined with trees, but there are several holes with houses...

We have lived in Bentwater for almost 15 years and used to eat lunch up at the "Bentwater Grill" all the time! When trying to figure out a different place to grab lunch yesterday, my husband and I thought we'd go up there and support our community clubhouse restaurant ..... WRONG! Apparently, it is "member's only" now (as in members of the golf course)! The waitress announced this to us and all two of the other diners at the time had to rudely turn around and stare as if we were just given a diagnosis of some communicable disease, so we got up and left. From the looks of it you'd think our money would have been welcome there - we were ju...