Smoky Mountain Golf Course

Nice course, great greens, and good views! if you have never played here it's kind of hard to see the greens due to hilly terrain in the natural Mtn setting. Nice laid back atmosphere around clubhouse. Would recommend

what I really like about this courses, the age of the trees. Also the fairways are fairly narrow, so you need to be smart in your play. The greens are pretty small so approach shots need to be lot of feel. I played after a very large storm and the greens were super slow. I will play here again.

Very hilly,lots of blind shots, driving was difficult, hit a good shot and it kept rocking down the side of the mountain

I really enjoyed this course. Very hilly, varied terrain. Greens were small so approaches were very tough. A lot of elevated greens on the back nine with little forgiveness. The course was in pretty good shape. Especially the greens.

Course is awful and not worth the money. The place has a lot of potential, but they will need to put more money into it.

They have done alot of work to the course. We always love playing here. It is a very challenging course.

Three of my sons and I played this course while on vacation in the Gatlinburg area. We were all very pleasantly surprised of the quality of the course. It was a great value, and we’ll come back next time we’re in the area.

Smoky Mountain GC in Newport TN. could be a real gem of a public course. As an avid, single digit handicap golfer, I love finding public courses that are fun, challenging, and affordable to play. The front nine at SMGC was just that. Wide fairways, smaller greens, but still enjoyable and in very good condition . The staff is very friendly and it's very affordable for a senior, like me. Then we got to the back nine, and OMG what a difference. Much narrower fairways, with some repair work visible, which was fine, but the greens made the back nine not fun for several reasons. While there was a sign that said Please excuse our repairs {mostly on the back nine], it was not the repair work, but the extremely small size , and their location-at the top of extremely steep hills, that killed this course. For several holes, it was like hitting up to the top of a volcano, with the smallest greens I have ever seen! And many of those greens were domed as well! By the way, I had 2 birdies on the back nine, but I still had so many holes that were just not close to being fair for the golfer. If I could play just the front nine twice, I would go back. They need to take those holes, cut off 20 ft of elevation from the green down, and redo the green surface with a slightly larger target for your approach shot. This could be a real gem, but not the way the back nine is now.

READ: I’m local, have played this course monthly my whole life. Been up & down thru the years but always been a desired course in the area. Has had some green issues in the past but in 2023 they got them right! Then in early July a chemical issue caused some green issues but they are quickly coming back. INFO: The Trump family investment group recent bought the course (YES, THAT TRUMP) and they are Pouring money and resources into the course and soon the facilities. There is big improvements weekly! Definitely worth a play! BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN COURSE, challenging, and worth your time and your $35(ish). (Sept. 2023)

I'm a North Carolina guy who drives over to East Tennessee from my NC border county mainly because of the friendliness and value of the East Tenn. Courses compared to WNC courses. My friend and I have played

Graysburg Hills, Twin Creeks, Andrew Johnson, Dandridge,Pine Oaks in J. City, and Smoky Mountain in Newport all numerous times. Every single one of these coures treats a golfer like he's their best friend and the price

is always very fair and reasonable compared to some of the more snobby and over-priced WNC courses.

I haven't played this course in couple months but several times before that and always found the staff to be caring and friendly, helpful to both of us as we are senior citizens with mild health issues. My only

complaint is the fact that on many greens it can be quite a chore to climb up an down from cart to the greens, seems a lot of greens are on hillsides. Also, a couple holes on back nine are difficult to make out

exactly where to hit the ball on the fairway and the greens are not visible from tee box. I know this is a mountain course and that's normal but possibly the senior tee box could be moved to a better location.

I don't mind the cart paths, don't mind seeing the trees removed, but I really hope with all these improvements, that the price doesn't go up to where it's a stuffy, snobby course that caters only to the big

spenders. It's fine the way it is, with personnel that's there, just give us a decent grill with hot sandwiches instead of peanut butter and jelly and keep prices down and we'll be just fine.