Furman University Golf Club

Furman is always in good shape. It's not the most plush course in the world, but it is well taken care of. The fairways are well defined and in good shape, but usually a little harder. The layout is challenging but not overly difficult. The tee boxes are decent. The greens are the headliner at Furman. They roll fast for the area compared to all other courses. They are undulating and hard to hit. Your short game will likely suffer the first few times you play here. Many turtle shell greens that make it difficult to hold. The cart and practice areas are all well maintained. The club house is just an old school club house, hot dog at the turn.. Scores out of 10 Club house 6.8 Carts 8.5 Tee boxes 7.1 Fairways 7.4 Greens 8.2 Course Layout 7.6 Pace of play 7.5 Overall: 7.59 / 10

- Phil Risch

Course is nice but their policies are ridiculous. Waited Two and a half years on a waiting list to become a member finally get a call to join and I have to join right away would not let me wait one month to join in January. Absurd will not be playing there anymore it's not worth the $70 anyways.

- Kyle Chibani

Rated the #1 public course in the Upstate of South Carolina, which is not a surprise. It's also rated in the top college courses in the country. Designed by Richard K. Weber in the late 1950s and recently had a renovation in 2008. This course has been the home of famous PGA and LPGA players alike. Brad Faxon, Betsy King, Beth Daniel, Dottie Pepper, Joan Delk, and Sherri Turner, to name a few. I truly feel if you can play the Furman course well, you should be able to play well anywhere. This course is a mix of tight fairways and complex greens. These greens may be the best test of putting in the area. Some drastic movement, but where it digs in, is subtle movement late near the hole locations. There are fantastic bunkers, which are well positioned around the course. It's a great mix of par 3's, 4's, and 5's. This course also calls on a handful of shaping with fades and draws from the tees and fairways. The course is easy to walk and makes for a fantastic time. In my opinion, the 3rd hole may be the toughest and best hole. It requires a medium to short drive and then demands a great approach. The green has a false right side, and anything close to that edge will fall off the green. Putting on this surface will take the most keen of eyes, there's movement everywhere. I highly recommend this course and make it a must if you're in the upstate!

- Justin Bennett

Hey my last name is Furman, so I wish I could give this course 5 stars but I can't.. Overall rating: Scenic: 6.9/10 Conditions: 7.25/10 Layout: 6.75/10 It was a pretty solid course, the scenery was pretty basic, a couple of ponds and some nice trees on the property, but you can hear the bustle of the city around you, loud vehicles and stereo systems. Course conditions were pretty good, nothing really out of place or bad. The greens were in great shape, and rolled well. I played in March so I'm sure this course wasn't at it's peak which is why I'm giving it a strong rating for looking so good just coming out of winter. The layout was alright, not super challenging, and most holes are pretty straight. I'm not a huge fan of parkland style courses (ones that you can see most of the course to the left and right of you.) It had some elevation changes, some dog legs, and a few water challenges but nothing to write home about. Overall the course was nice, and nothing I would complain about. I would definitely enjoy this course if I lived in the area. I was told by a lot of people in the area to play this course. I think so many people recommended it because it the closest course in town to play, but it seemed to be over hyped. For ease of access, yeah it's great, but if you go just a little drive away, you'll run into a lot better courses.

- Cody Furman

Furman use to be an amateur friendly golf course where you could play and enjoy the round but it isn't anymore. The price has gone up to high for the average golfer. They want you to play fast so they can get as many golfers on the course but they cut the rough so high no that one foot off of the fairway and you can't see your ball so you spend your time looking for your ball. While you are looking for yours, you look around at other holes and you see the majority of the players looking for a ball. From what I hear, Furman is struggling to fill the tee times everyday. They price it so high the average amateur can't afford to play. If they would lower the price and cut the rough they way they did a few years ago, they would attract more players. I played there this Aug 10th and 11th with a group of guys and nobody had anything good to say about the course. The greens were very bad.

- Terry Lancaster