Dogwood Hills Golf Club

What began as an extremely wet day ended with wonderful weather! The greens were soaked and extremely slow, but drained quickly as did most of the fairways. The course was in excellent condition considering rain in the area for several days no doubt prohibited mowing.

Nice course in the middle of nowhere. Cabins look great. Layout is senior friendly. Bermuda fairways. Here is my dilemma, somewhere i read that the greens were bent. To me they looked like poaanna with bermuda mixed. there were definetly two different grassess on the greens. I am no expert but have played 40 years on hundreds of courses. Having said that, these greens putt very well and you couldnt tell by putting that two kinds of grass are present. I recommend the course to all golfers.

When we got there the person who greeted us couldn’t be nicer. He was brother of the man who built the course. He got our 3 some out before a large group so pace of play was great. Great layout on this beautiful mountain course. Our only problem was that the course was very wet and mucky in many areas. A couple holes were almost unplayable. Overall we had a great time and would love to play again under dryer conditions.

I was visiting my friend who lives in Chattanooga Tenn. & he heard good things about this course so we decided to give it a try. It was cold (48 degrees) but we wanted to play. The staff was very friendly (good conversation about Clemson and Alabama football Go Tigers) and we practically had the course to ourselves. I loved the layout and I loved the wide fairways. Looking forward to playing this course in the summer time.

Even though the course was a little wet and windy it was a very good round. Greens in great shape for this time of the year. Will be back soon.

My round today reminded of why I love playing golf. Meeting wonderful people, being surrounded by beautiful a landscape, all while participating in the most challenging sport I've every played. I can't wait to bring my wife here to play a round and possibly stay in the "on course" cabins!

Dogwood Hills is in the middle of nowhere, lying near the Alabama state line near Chattanooga. I wasn't sure what I would find, but was pleasantly surprised.

The course is billed as a "resort and gardens" and has a couple of cabins out-of-towers can stay in. I'm not sure I would consider this a destination place, but to each his own.

The course itself was better than I anticipated. It is well-maintained for a rural course. The fairways were excellent and the bentgrass greens, though a bit hairy, were faster than they looked. They had recently been aerated, but were well on the way to recovery and did not affect a single putt. Perhaps the bentgrass thrives a little better at this slightly higher elevation.

There were some memorable holes - including a couple of well-designed holes by the late co-owner who was also the architect. The first design feature that I thought was brilliant was on the short par-5 fourth hole, a paltry 446 yards from the men's tees and 458 yards from the tips. The hole doglegs 90 degrees to the left and plays straight uphill at the bend. Trees guard the corner from the tee, making cutting the corner improbable, if not impossible. I hit a driver off the tee that favored the left side but went just through the fairway. When I arrived at the ball, I noticed three pines planted in succession working from the right rough back into the fairway. I then realized that the correct play was a shorter club off the tee to avoid having to punch my second shot short of the green. It was a smart design feature to give the hole some defense.

The four par 5s are all extremely gettable. I hit my drives between 250-275 yards and all were reachable in two. Pars will definitely feel like bogeys on the par 5s.

The course offers a lot of width off the tee, so longer hitters will be at an advantage and will likely score well. Most anyone will likely score a few strokes better than normal here.

The greens had a good bit of movement in them and there are some perilous pin placements. This is necessary, again, to protect against par on many holes.

There are a handful of ho-hum holes, but all-in-all it is a good value play, particularly if you like to walk. There aren't too many leg-weakening climbs, so if you normally walk, $20 is a good deal.

My only constructive criticism of the course has to do with the hole diagrams on the scorecard. As a first-timer here, I had to rely on the diagrams a couple of times where there were blind tee shots and water hazards were shown. On the seventh, 11th and 13th holes, water hazards appeared to be in play according to the diagrams, but actually weren't. It wasn't a big deal, but did affect club selection off the tee on one of the holes.

In summary, it was a pleasant course to walk that was maintained better than the price tag of the greens fee. I wouldn't hesitate to return.

Second time playing this course, both of GolfNow, so it was the 1st tee time of the day. BEAUTIFUL that time of day and the course is in great shape!

very nice for the money. staff were helpful and outgoing. would recommend to any handicapper, high or low.

a bit "out there", but worth it, good folks, nicely kept course, good pace of play, and a real value.

We are hooked,

this is a keeper, a real tucked gem, but it is a drive

This course is always fun. The layout is different from front to back, so it's like playing two different courses. Staff couldn't be more friendly, one of the reasons we like to play here. I highly recommend it!!!

Fairways were wide open but still offered their own hazard placed difficulties. Bent grass greens were in good conditions they had just been punched so I was not able to see them at their best! I will definitely revisit this unexpected beauty!

Dogwood Hills is an excellent layout, expecially the back nine. A fair layout with some challenging holes and surprising beauty.

I will recommend you play the course at least once

Course was wet from heavy rains but still playable. Always a beautiful and challenging course.

Greens were pretty good, but fairways and teeboxes left a lot to be desired. Was still pretty wet from recent storms (not sure why people on here fault the course for that), so that might have been why fairways weren't cut tighter. They were actively mowing and trimming while i was playing the back nine.

Staff was very nice, with no reaction ro my purchasing from golf now.