Island Pointe Golf Club

Don’t want to play 5 hour rounds like at Gatlinburg and Sevierville golf courses? How about a challenging, well maintained course with a ton of bang for your buck? If you answered yes to either, than Island Pointe G.C. is right up your fairway! Speaking of fairways, if you can hit the Zoysia grass fairways off the tee, you’ll be set up for success. It’s like hitting off of carpet. In general me and my father found this course to be maintained quite nice, and the surrounding view of the river (which is traversed as you play through the front 9) makes for a wonderful day.

Bonus: As an out of towner, I accidentally left my golf balls in my other bag at home so we only had a few to play with. Unfortunately I didn’t realize this until hole 6. When I went to the turn, there’s a concession shack that didn’t sell balls but a course maintenance worker over heard my plight and gave my half a dozen used balls! Saved us from an embarrassing trip back to the clubhouse and the $20 balls would’ve cost. STAFF IS IMPECCABLY AND IMPRESSIVELY FRIENDLY ALL AROUND!

Not being from the area, hadn't played this course in over 15 years. Fairways and greens were in good condition for the most part. The biggest issue was the rough and any area not on the fairways or greens. Bunkers had grass growing in them and all around them; sand was hard as a rock. Course needs better maintenance. Areas around tee boxes were grown up. Rough was so thick and heavy it would be hard for tour players. This course was fine for most golfers, but it is far from what it was 15-20 years ago. Not crowded at all on a beautiful Saturday morning if that tells you anything. Perhaps financial situation dictates a lot of things. With better maintenance, course could be awesome again. Starter was very nice and well-intentioned, but he gave us a 10-15 minute speech about the do's and don't's as if we were about to play at Augusta National.

Course is very difficult but unique and interesting. Slow because they let a group of six play together just ahead of us. But we will play here again.

Natural layout along the river…just a fun golf course.

Very fair course in terms of difficulty, maybe a bit on the easy side (especially if you keep the ball in the fairway - rough can be penal here.

Great conditions !! Can’t believe I played it fo aboutr 30 dollars.

Classic nickel and dime tactics. Charges you fees if you use a credit card and wants you to book online to pay that booking fee. Refused to book a Saturday morning tee time while on the phone. Sucks really because I really like this course and I hear it is finally getting back into good condition.

Very helpful staff great course especially for the price.

I have played Island Pointe, which used to be River Islands, since it was first constructed. Have not been the for the last 10 years. Course conditions are clearly deteriorating. The greens and fairways are still good. But the traps are basically the remnants of mud puddles with no sand to speak of. Cart paths are disintegrating. They have allowed spoil areas to grow up where there used to grass. In some case the seed fonds of crabgrass rise up in front of tee boxes. I wish the best for them. Its a great layout that only needs a bit of mowing and maintenance.

Challenging layout. Some really beautiful holes. However, lots of hill climbing to and from the greens. Not a good course on a hot day if you have heart problems. Otherwise, very enjoyable.

Course went through a rough stretch the last couple of years. You can see the new owners are making this a top destination once again. Beautiful layout. So glad it’s back. Drive 3 hours just to play it. Thanks team for making this a great course again.

Played over 50 courses all over Tennessee and I think this has to one of my favorites. Fairways are beautiful and greens are crisp (challenging) and well maintained!!

It's a great course. Lots of challenging holes. The front 9 has 3 par 3s, 3 par 4s, and 3 par 5s. Back 9 is standard. The course plays along the French Broad river and there are lots of great views with a couple of holes playing across the water. A food truck is stationed between holes 9 & 10 for a quick fill up.