About Black Mountain Golf Club Review by S. Dane on September 5th, 2009:
We wanted something a little cheaper and the guys at VIP recommended Black Mountain. It is an older municipal course which has been open since 1959. I hadn’t been out there in over 20 years, so I figured I would give it a try. With the water shortage, VIP was saying that they have put some money into the two old nines and done some recent turf reductions. They were right. The course is much tighter now and more manicured than I remember it.

The range didn’t have a ton of grass and the range balls were a little older, but they have a great practice chipping green and a huge putting green to warm up before the round. I got paired up with a couple of younger guys from Texas. Black Mountain has 27 holes and one nine was closed for overseed. We played Founders, which is the original nine across the street and the new desert nine. It is just that, one nine was an older traditional kind of course with a lot of grass and trees. The desert nine is just the opposite. There are virtually no trees, but desert on every hole that comes into play….a lot. One really fun thing about Black Mountain was the wildlife. There are thousands of bunnies and ground squirrels all over the desert nine. The greens on both nines were in good shape. I would have to say the fairways were in average condition on both nines…neither one of them really stood out as having the better conditions.

After the round I had a hot dog and beer in the restaurant…I figured I can’t go wrong with that…good and faithful. There were some members in the restaurant talking about their scores in the morning event. It really had the feel of an older members club…which I like being in my 60s. I had a good time and would play it again for a nice relaxing day.

S. Dane