Montgomery Bell State Park Golf Course

Let me start by saying, I know it’s early in the year. No one is blaming the course for muddy, grassless patches, or bumpy patchy tee boxes. But what is up with the greens? I used to LOVE the greens here. The state parks have been known for having some of the best greens in all of middle Tennessee, so it was a big surprise to find these greens completely ruined with crabgrass. There isn’t a true putt on the course. It’s literal bumper pool out there. Never mind the inch thick clumps of sand all over the greens that you have to brush away to give yourself a line to the hole. What actual green that is there is as smooth as ever. But that crabgrass is a PROBLEM. It’s unplayable, to be honest. I can’t come back until it’s addressed. It’s not worth it.

Excellent, we’ll-maintained course with appropriate levels of difficulty. If it were closer to Nashville I’d play all the time. Which I understand is part of what makes the course what it is - heavily treed and off the beaten path.

This course and park is 5 minutes out my back door always a go too. Tee boxes need work, fairways are great hard and fast greens might be the fastest around town.

Green putting green and driving range

Course overall in good condtion, but greens have just recently been punched.

The course was dry, some tee boxes were vey patchy for grass. The greens had just been aerated otherwise they’d receive 5 stars. Hats off to management for discounting the rates to compensate

I only played the front nine as nine holes seems to suit me these days especially in the heat. Even with rather crowded conditions the pace was fine. The greens were good along with fairways and bunkers. The only mild complaint is that the tee boxes were hard and not enough grass. Hopefully the rain this week will help. I’ll definitely be back

Walkable

Fast greens

Very little water

Well worth the 30 minute drive from Nashville

Pretty location

I only played the front nine that day. I started alone and there were two in front of me who weren’t really playing slow but were hitting balls all over creation. I waited for a twosome behind me to catch up, joined them and all was well. The course was in great shape as usual. Greens were soft but fast. Great time and even though I live almost an hour away now, I’ll definitely be back

Tree lined fairways on every hole. Greens were perfect with lots of speed. Good for all skill levels. Short from the white tees. Will play the blues next time

Good value for money. Greens great . Pace of play should be quicker.

Got stuck behind a ladies tournament (which they never mentioned). They were supposedly playing best ball, but for whatever reason the pace was so bad my foursome literally had to wait 10-15 mins on every tee box. When I asked a staff member about it he argued the over 2 1/2 hrs for the first nine was not a problem. I’ve heard others say pace can be an issue here. Nice course in a nice setting but just know going in the mgmt doesn’t really monitor or manage the pace of play like a well managed course would

I love the layout of MBGC, but the greens are what put it over the top. This time, the greens hadn't healed yet from be aerated and no one notified us that they weren't in good shape. They also made me pay full rack rate, even though the course conditions were so different.

Really disappointed.