The only good thing I can say about this course is that the staff was very friendly. Now that I got that out of the way lets get to the rest of the review.
Renaissance is by far the worst course I have played in the Charlotte area. The fairways are mostly crabgrass, with quite a few bare spots. They were hard packed clay in some areas and a muddy mess in others. If you like hitting off hard pan this is your place.
You need a hammer to get your tee into the tee box. Every one of them were rock hard. They also resembled a poorly taken care of driving range. Very little grass to tee off from.
The greens look diseased. Some are spongy and wet while others are bone dry. All look like they have a fungus and each one putted at a different speed..
The layout of the course is blah.
Overall I would have to say this is one of the ugliest courses I have ever played. At $45 a round it makes it even uglier. This place was more attractive when it was a dump.