This is a fun track near Southern Pines and Pinehurst and definitely worth checking out. Great course to introduce beginners to the game, but fun for intermediate to advanced players too.

+ Simple navigation: tee box signs with yardage, very short walks between holes.

+ Nice, new baskets.

+ Good mix of straight, right, and left holes. A few holes in the 300+ range, but most <300 feet. Some elevation.

+ What I liked most about this course is it's accessibility to all levels of players. Newbies will like it's easy flow and adequate fairways. Intermediate players will like the fair fairways and birdie opportunities. Advanced players will like the variety of shots it requires and ace runs.

+ Well-maintained and pretty property. I didn't get to check out the amenities, but it looked to have nice picnic shelters, a paved walking path, restrooms, and areas to fish.

Nothing major here, just a few nit-picks that shouldn't scare anyone away from playing this course:

- It's a very pretty course with good design. (It's what you'd think of for Pinehurst golf: sandy soil covered with pine needles, pretty surroundings, and yes, ubiquitous pine trees.) But there were no standout holes that made me say "Wow." And I was disappointed that the water wasn't incorporated into the course. I'm sure that was something the powers that be decided, not the course designers, but that would've been cool.

- The concrete tees were nice and new, but I wish they'd made them bigger (both longer and wider). I had to do my run-up from off the tee on the longer holes.

- This is a prototypical 3.0 course in my book: nothing really wrong with it, well maintained, and pretty, but not a wow-factor course. The Village of Pinehurst track is a step up, in my opinion, but also not as accessible or beginner-friendly.

Definitely worth checking out. If you're intermediate to advanced and have time for one course, play Village of Pinehurst. But if you're a newbie or if you have time for two courses, check out Reservoir Park.

Nice, beginner/family friendly layout in this popular park.
Views of the lake and walking path, but no interference.
Concrete tee pads, even though they are short.
The yellow bands on the DISCatchers were nice in the woods, even if they are a little worn.

Tee signs are good for the advertisers, short on info. Distances vary from those on this site, no hole layout, no par listed (all are Par 3, cough-cough).
Several holes have no or unreasonable fairways, do you hear me #9 and #12? Others had real tight lines.
Many times the holes got repetitive.

Not a bad course for beginners or families. Even saw a group of 4 guys and 3 ladies playing the day I was there. The pine woods could get frustrating for some, but the short distances offset that.
The park has a long walking path which seemed very popular, the course is on a ridgeline overlooking the lake.
A couple of holes I didn't see a fairway or it seemed unreasonable, so I just aimed for the middle of the woods and let it rip, parred 9 and bogied 12.
#18 was a fun, yet short, finishing hole. Appropriately sponsered by spikehyzer.com, it is a test of your spike hyzer, the last third through trees. I threw three from the tee, parked two of them within 6 feet!
This course has a niche, mostly short holes, easy walk, fun for less experienced players.
This is a good dessert after the area's main course , Village of Pinehurst DGC.

Solid course traverses a landscape dotted with southern pines, just north of, well, Southern Pines. In that tradition of appropriate names, Reservoir Park is located on the edge of a reservoir.

It's quite scenic throughout, with the water always just over the edge of the next hill. While this beauty attracted a wealth of walkers and joggers, the path they use never interferes with the course.

It's not a destination course, but it's a great local course and a good travel stop, not too far from major roads. I can see new players learning the ropes at Reservoir, as it can be quite forgiving. The road warriors will appreciate how quickly they can play a round as the walk is minimal and the navigation between holes is very intuitive.

The aforementioned pines should provide a solid amount of challenge to new players and do give the holes a sort of variety. I can easily say that no two holes are similar here, even if they are all sort-of similar.

There isn't a ton of distance, and there isn't much variation in hole lengths; at least two-thirds of the holes are between 220 and 290 feet.

There won't be any challenge to more experienced players. I had a blast during my round, but better players than I may be disappointed.

There aren't many memorable holes. I liked the blind, sharply right-turning hole(14?) but other than there wasn't too much that stands out.

While I don't mind them, I should note that the tees are simply-marked on the natural ground. I found them to be flat and workable but cement seekers should be warned.

While the signs are really nice looking, they don't offer too much information. There's the hole and distance, but no route to the hole. This isn't often a problem, but a few of the holes don't have clearly defined fairways, and on at least one hole, multiple pins are visible. (I threw a really nice upshot on hole ten, only to find my Anode sitting under basket twelve.

I'd definitely return to Reservoir next time I'm traveling 15/501. It's not a course I'd travel too, but it's definitely one that I would stop at.

- can't say enough for the setting. Beautiful, peaceful. It was busy in the parking lot, but the course is in an area by itself.
- this is a great course for a beginner, and,to really hone your skills (if you didn't use this as your primary course - more on this later).
- good course flow, you can pretty much see every basket from the tee and the next teepad from the basket.
- there are several benches (seemed like every other hole or so).

- no tee pads, just sand (you are in the Sandhills) and market flags. Not a problem for most holes, but the pads were rutted on some holes. I wasn't paying close attention, but it seemed like this was on the longer, open holes where people were taking run-ups and really working their lower body.
- the course was short. There is so much room there. It feels shorter then it is. I understand that there are walking paths, but it feels sort of cramped.
- I wish the signs were better (include a picture/map of the hole). As noted, some of the distances seem like they were off. Don't know if it s a true distance, or if it how something plays including the uphill or downhill elevation change.

- if it weren't so pretty and calm, I would have given a 2.5. I will bump 1/2 point for the setting. I wish that the layout incorporated the reservoir. There are some peninsulas that would have yielded some sweet water shots. I think once you learned the arm slots it would become repetitive and (relatively) easy. If you played here once in a while, I think the upside is that you can see the lines and they are not super difficult to hit. Its a challenge to execute, but not impossible. It's wooded, but not overly punishing (lots of low branches or thick scrub). I'm not in the area often, but will try to play when I'm in town. I would compare this to Kentwood (sans the "urban" feel) in the Triangle.

This course is a solid course for an area where there are very few other courses. It's not very long so beginers can feel a certain amount of sucess and it has a reasonable amount of difficulty for higher level players to work on there skills

Course flows real well. all tees are within a very short walking distance from the last hole

Love the Design!

Tee boxes are VERY worn and rutted out. i found myself worrying about triping multiple times(Since I have been back they have been refilled and leveled. However it could just be a matter of time before it happens again)

There are no tee signs that show where the hole is. this gets confusing for new players cause there are often multiple baskets within a short distance of the tee.

FYI #9 is NOT the basket on the right out in the open you can see from the tee. It's tucked in the trees on the left

This course is still improving. I talked to a few locals who said that they are trying to get concrete tees and start having more tournaments. If they made a few small improvements, such as tees signs and better tee boxes, i would easily give this course a 4.