Island Pointe Golf Club

I loved the way this course is laid out along the river. The scenery is beautiful and the holes are very challenging. The course condition was not as good as I expected. It will need some maintenance work over the summer to keep it up. I hope they can bring it back to a 4 star condition.

Called before leaving for an hour and a half drive to get to the course. Front desk stated that it was not raining and the course is in great shape. When we arrived the rain was coming down steadily, and same front desk was telling another client that it was not raining and the course was great. However we got soaked just getting into the clubhouse. After being told on the phone that we can get a rain check if it was raining when we got there, same design as clerk told me that since we booked online we cannot get a rain check. This is a very dishonest place to do business!

I remember this course when it first opened as River Islands. At that time it was a beautiful, lush, green course. This course was dry, and in need of repair.

1) Tee and Distance signs were missing on all but the first two holes.

2) There were no water coolers filled with ice water anywhere on the course.

3) There were no ball washing stations anywhere on the course.

4) The only fairway marker was at 150 yards.

5) The beverage cart girl was extremely pleasant, but the cart itself was a regular golf cart with a single blue igloo cooler on the back. The second time it came around the only option was a half melted Milky Way.

6) We were paired with two other people, strangers, and that takes time to develop a rhythm, We had people behind us when we first encountered a ranger, and that was justified.. The second time, there was no one close behind us and he threatened us, and then sat on top of a hill while we finished the hole. There was not another group within two-holes of us, so we were not holding up play.

This course is obviously shooting for the tourist market in Sevier County, because $75 is highly overrated for a Knoxville course; and most of those are far superior to the dilapidated condition of this course.

We drove out of our way to play this course for Father's Day weekend and that was a mistake. If you are in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, or Gatlinburg to visit, I recommend you play the Gatlingburg Golf Course at 520 Dollywood Lane, Pigeon Forge, TN.

This is a fun and challenging course. The staff was great, the fairways , tee boxes and greens were awesome. The only negative comments were that the sand traps were more dirt than sand and the food truck / beverage truck was not well stocked.

Great course with an amazing staff. Greens were so good a player that was new to the course asked if they were artificial turf. Fairways are fully in and in perfect shape. Plenty of distance from the tips and an excellent course that requires a good bit of shot shaping. My favorite course around Sevierville hands down!

Only had one day to golf while staying in the pigeon forge area on vacation. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Just an awesome piece of real estate for a golf course. The par 3’s were tough. I took pictures on almost every hole. Would definitely come back.

Was in Knoxville for a wedding and snuck in a round one morning as it seemed to be the best in the area. Course layout, architecture, and scenery are phenomenal, highly recommended to anyone passing through. Greens fairly quick and rolled pure. Staff super friendly. Teed off 7am with twosome finished in 3.5 hours and were taking our time. A few fairways were a little beat up but other than that no issues at all with conditions. Better value for the money than the majority of courses I’ve played in NJ.

All you want, but very playable for higher handicaps.

Was very pleased with entire experience.

Played River tees approximately 6600 yards. Course starts very difficult but eases up after #5. Some great par threes, which two are carry’s over the river. Shot a 37 on back nine with two birdies, three bogeys and three putted two par fives. One of my best 9’s. Course is a bit out of the way but worth the journey.

I have not played this course in probably six or seven years, definitely not since the ownership change but it is a fun course to play.. lots of cool interesting holes and not a lot of real "stupid "holes that you generally find at least a couple of on every public golf course nothing really to complain about other than the pace of play has always been pretty slow down here and I think it's just because the golf course can be difficult for the average hacker it's not really anything that the course does or doesn't do and not really anything they could do about it and to be clear it was about a four hour and 20 minute round for a foursome which isn't terrible timewise it was just a bit of a slow pace for me personally but course was in good shape and staff was friendly I live about an hour and 15 minutes from this golf course and I wouldn't mind driving that to play it

It’s not your run of the mill cookie cutter golf course. Really fun layout parts run along the French Broad River very scenic. I’ve played the course several times and the course conditions were the best I’ve ever seen there. It was in great shape greens were rolling pretty quick and very true. Keep it in the fairway there is some tall grass in areas.

Beautiful scenery & good golf conditions. River produces a really nice touch to challenge as well as picturesque views!