Lake Junaluska GC: Aerial
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4.1
384 Reviews (384)
5 Stars
121
4 Stars
146
3 Stars
83
2 Stars
20
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
91.0%
Recommend this course
323 out of 384 reviews
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4.4
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.6
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.8
96.8%
Recommend this course
30 out of 31 reviews
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4.2
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.5
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.5%
Recommend this course
54 out of 59 reviews
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Course Highlights
This mountain course consistently earns praise for its well-maintained fairways and true-rolling greens in excellent condition. Exceptionally friendly staff and strong value make it a rewarding destination for golfers of all skill levels.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Par 68
Length 5167 yards
Slope 110
Rating 64.8
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Course Details

Year Built 1919
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Bendelow (1919)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming

Available Sports

Minigolf, Tennis
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Reviews

4.1
384 Reviews (384)

What Golfers Are Saying

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Played On
Reviews 85
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0

Not family friendly

The staff there did not know how to ring up a tee time booked through golf now. It happened to me and the people in front of us. Neither of the groups ended up playing because it was a clown show.

They would not let my two young boys ride in the golf cart with me. Is unfortunate because we vacation here often and this golf course is nearby.

Me and my family will not play this golf course until policy and management changes.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good Place to Practice

Short course and difficult first time out because of many blind shots. Greens are in great shape. Many fairways are adjacent to each other so you have to be careful of balls flying around. It gets a lot of play and many of the golfers are new and unaware of rules and etiquette of golf. Overall fun course. Pro shop could use more help in busy mornings when it can take forever to register.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasantly Surprised

Me and my family were passing through to Cherokee and stumbled across this gem. Everyone was very friendly including the Marshall who stopped in to check on us a few times with helpful advice. Greens were in great condition. Had some quirky holes and blind shots that, especially for first time playing the course, made it challenging. Would definitely come back and play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 26
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Junaluska outing

Interesting holes

Very hard and dangerous. Many blind hitting holes

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

By the water

Beautiful this is my home course I play here every time I can great place for the price! Best shape I may have ever seen it in plenty of golfers and still moved along very well!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent course with rude culture

Played here for the second time. Multiple issues with “regular” golfers walking onto our greens and interrupting putts. Had a regular demand to inspect my golf ball during an eagle putt. Would not leave or stop harassing us despite being told it didn’t match her lost ball.

Several holes were in disrepair with obvious careless damage to greens from what appeared to be leaked chemical weed killers.

Not at all impressed by the course or the people who apparently frequent it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This is a short Par68 golf course and having 2 queer layout holes

Firstly they have very friendly staff such as Greg who's managing the pro-shop and David the course marshal. They very much make you feel at home with them.

Great job guys!

2ndly, we got to experience the ugliest & queer hole# 14 golf layout. By the way we played the wrong green on hole #10 since the fairways layout are stacked closely together and we have several encounters with Sunday players that drove their carts into your fairways to look for their balls.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Course Marshall

The course Marshall at this course is an absolute fun sucker, didn’t get a score card or anything because I was 10 minutes late, last time I was here told no groups of more than 4 there was a 9 playing in front of me. A joke of a staff beautiful course

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

of course it was fathers day weekend so busy. but not to bad had to wait on a cart for a few minutes. the only thing i didn't about was 9 and 18 are way to close to the parking lot had me nervous when one came alittle to close

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

The course was in very good condition awesome value for your money

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Front, slow play

The front 9 was good. People (staff) were super. The back 9 was poorly designed and the pace of play was slow. There was a fivesome that was setting the pace a few groups in front of us. I thought a marshall would have helped. Some crazy holes on the back including a hole that the fairway is actually a clearing for power poles that are in play…Nuts. If I go back I’ll just play the front 9, it was good.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 85
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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