Island Pointe Golf Club

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.

Your response to my review regarding your management failed to address my specific issue that you booked WAY TOO MANY foursomes without appropriate time breaks when we played. Yes we booked a two-some and you paired us up. You seem to imply we had a problem with being paired up and that is not true. Many courses do that on a Fridays and Saturdays. I've been playing golf for 40 years so I think I know a little about this. What professionally managed courses DON'T do is overbook the tee times so that it takes almost 3 hours to play nine holes. You failed in your listing of facts to address this fact. Or the fact that every hole had 12 players playing it. And it shouldn't matter who we booked our round with because YOU are responsible for the pace of play on YOUR course. You overbooked tee times and you don't employ a marshal to drive the course and keep play moving when there's a problem. Readers deserve to know what they are getting from you if they happen to book on a Friday. And they deserve to know if they have a problem that the manager is too busy hiding in her office to personally address their issues (until they post it on this site apperently).

They have done a great job of getting the course back in shape. Friendly staff

I've played this course many times over the years due to the beauty of the natural surroundings. The course has changed ownership numerous times including bankruptcy and the course shows it. Fairways and greens are marginal at best and the "sand" traps are basically dirt and impossible to play. We played recently on a Friday and their policy is 4-somes only which is ok BUT they didn't adjust the tee-off schedule approriately for this policy and it took 2 hrs and 50 minutes to play 9 holes. Every hole had 12 people on it. I At the turn I went into the clubhouse to speak to the manager and she refused to come out of her office to speak with us. Her message to us was that 2hrs 50 minutes was an acceptable pace of play. Its sad that a course with such natural beauty surrounding it can not find a management company to operate it professionally and properly maintain it.

People were so nice. The course was so scenic and unique that my wife and I were extremely impressed! Go play there if you can! You will not regret it!!