Great Bear Golf Club — Local services in Middle Smithfield Township

The course name is very misleading. There is nothing “GREAT” about this course, the name should be simply Bear. Poorly managed and poorly maintained. Examples: We had a 8:15 Tee time, the course was backed up on each hole from #1 on we had a delay. The ranger on the 6th hole came to us to tell us to speed up play and we reminded him we waited on every hole for the group in front of us. The group behind us said he came up to them and told them to hurry up as well. On the back nine an angry old man, I believe he checked us in at the pro shop earlier, rode up on a cart and yelled at us. He said “When you see a yellow sign that Says CARTS with and arrow that means to get directly onto a cart path....” and on an on he went” I’m in my 60’s and I just let him ramble on but I’m thinking the 4 of us traveled here, 2 of us from out of state (NE. OH.) We paid $100.00 each to get yelled at for no reason- wow- never again coming to Bear. The Cart sign at the 100’s of course I have played means do not drive any closer to the green. The Cart was parked off the fairway in the rough- short of the Cart signs. Conditions: We played here mid September, Their were someTee boxes, fairways and greens that were burned out, down branches and debris. Two tee boxes we didn’t use because Black Walnuts were all over them and not cleared or cleaned up. The maintenance of the course was not being done. There was no Cart person out with drinks the entire 18 holes and since course play was backed up, we did not take the time at the turn to get drinks. A positive is the Cart attendant was very friendly and was a good representation for Arney as we 1st arrived, all went...

We had our wedding at Great Bear on 5/23/15. They did an awesome job on the food and service. Jamie Maher, the event coordinator, was amazing. She pulled all the details together so I was stress free that day.

We got the classic buffet option with the pork tenderloin, beef brisket and chicken. The star was definitely the beef brisket. Everyone raved about it. For apps, we got the brie display. People really loved it and it was gone fast. We also got bacon wrapped scallops and crab cakes as passed hors d'oeuvres. They were so good.

They use Merry Custom Cakes as their cake vendor, she did a feeakin amazing job with the cake. We got a bacon maple cake which was pretty cool. Definitely the tall of the wedding.

Overall, we were very happy with our wedding there. Food,open bar and service was great. The packages are priced well too.

Highly recommend Great Bear and Jamie Maher (wedding...

Very disappointed on how this courses staff has become unfaithful. We used to be members here for quite sometime. Always treated very well and with respect but unfortunately not the case this time. My husband and I played there recently and left his rangefinder on the cart. (Yes I know totally his fault for not checking but it happens) When we called to ask if the guy had found it was told there was nothing there. We know who the gentleman was at the bag drop and was hoping that the proper golfer etiquette would have been taken. But unfortunately this is not the case. I hope that person was able to either give it to someone who needed it or use it for the right purposes. Just a word of advice. Make sure you are checking for all of your stuff cause it’s probably a guarantee you won’t be getting it back. Probably won’t be back anytime soon which is a shame because it used to be...