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4.3
1119 Reviews (1119)
5 Stars
511
4 Stars
438
3 Stars
123
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
20
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
91.8%
Recommend this course
1007 out of 1119 reviews
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4.1
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
80.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 15 reviews
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4.2
73 Reviews (73)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
90.4%
Recommend this course
66 out of 73 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout impresses with dramatic elevation changes, tight fairways, and stunning scenic views across two distinctly different nines. Friendly staff and strong overall value make this mountain course a repeated destination for visiting golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 71
Length 6282 yards
Slope 127
Rating 70.4
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Gatlinburg Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1955
Golf Season Year round
Architect William Langford (1955) Bob Cupp (2007) Bob Cupp (1993)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities

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Reviews

4.3
1119 Reviews (1119)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
19th Hole Scenic Views 6
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 65
Narrow Fairways 42
Bunkers 32
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 51
A Weekend Splurge 27
Advanced Golfers 24
This Course's Location is:
Near Local Attractions 54
Convenient to the City 45
Worth the Drive 19

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very Nice Course

Front nine is nice and not to challenging but the back nine is a bit tougher. Really enjoyed the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course design

The course design was awesome. The pace of play was extremely slow. It took us 4.5 hours to play. There were a lot of wet spots.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very Hilly

Beautiful course but if course is wet and muddy they will not allow carts off the path so it’s a lot of walking up and down hills. We were paired up with another couple and I took five hours to play. The carts are state of the art with GPS.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Geeat views

First time playing in the nountains and while the course had a great layout there were some tough blind shots. The greens were average at best definitely needed some work.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lots of walking due to cart path only

Course was pretty wet from rain earlier in the day, so had to stay on the cart path. Let’s just say my wife and I didn’t play cart golf and so we had a lot of back and forth walking across the hilly fairways. Carts were nice, equipped with GPS and scoring. But without being able to take the cart near our balls most of the time, made it difficult to judge yardages.

Wanted to play the back (we only booked for 9 holes), So we could see hole #12, but it was too busy so we had to go off the front.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice change of scenery

Decent value in a true tourist trap location - $55 all in was just about right

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course, great layout, long round.

The Gatlinburg Golf Course is a very aesthetically, pleasing course that can challenge you, especially on the back nine. It is a tale of 2 nines. The front is more open and a nice warm up for a challenging back nine. The back nine is one of the most scenic nines you will ever play, cut right into the side of the mountains. The par 3 #12 hole is a sight and a memorable hole. A 200 ft. drop to a receiving green was the highlight of my round. The only drawback is that the back nine is so challenging, that play is slow at best. But, if you're taking in the mountains on vacation, it's an ok way to have to wait. Staff was extremely friendly and patient with waiting customers. It's a 4.5 to 5 hour round, but I'd do it again just for the views.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the money......unless

First off starter seemed extremely unorganized, trying to squeeze golfers in. I ended up being put with 3 other guys. None of us had met each other before which is fine. I’m an ok golfer 4 handicap. One of the guys with us should not have been on this golf course. Lost balls every hole, ended up about 80 over. I understand that everyone has different abilities but when you pay $75 for a round I don’t expect to be standing around waiting and waiting. The round was nearly 5 hours long. If you are thinking of playing this course by yourself think again. You will be put with complete random golfers of who knows what ability. Also when we got to the 12th hole including us there were 16 guys on the hole.

4 on green. 4 on tee. We were waiting and then another 4 some came up and waited behind us.

No marshal to move pace of play along. For a course that has strict rules and policies they really don’t enforce them. I saw a guy tee off on the first when I finished in jeans and a t-shirt. Again I don’t mean to sound like a snob. It’s a touristy course but then lower your prices. I was so excited to play this course and by hole 12 I just wanted the round to be over. I played really well for 11 holes. 1 over thru 11. We were already slow due to a very poor golfer in our group and then we hit slower golfers.

Conditions were cart path only which didn’t help as the one guy kept slicing his ball and always seemed to be the furthest possible distance he could be from his ball. It was very wet (not the courses fault) heavy rain 3 days prior. So he’d have a long walk to his ball. Hit that right. Walk back to cart to get club and then have to walk even further the next time.

Very very frustrating round. I really wanted it to be a great day. I had a 7 and a half hour drive home after this extremely long round.

Would be fun to play with a group of friends or similar standard golfers. Maybe a weekday or in the off season would be better.

I would play it again but I’d try and book the first tee time.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful Course, but a little frustrating!

This was an absolutely beautiful , well—designed course. Checkin in and tee time was efficient and on -time. However with only 15 minutes allowed per hole, we were always under pressure from messages in our golf cart to catch up. We had early tee time, and before we got there, grounds crew had sprayed little balls of foam to mark where sod maintenance should be. Unfortunately these looked exactly like golf balls. So we wasted Mach if our 15 minutes per hole trying to find our balls on the fairway!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

tough mountain course for back 9

the front nine is wide open and slightly hilly for those who have difficulty walking. the back nine is almost all dog legs, mountainous and poor putting conditions

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

I was extremely satisfied with the Gatlinburg Golf Course!!! It was well maintained, and clean. The staff was friendly, and the cart info system was great!!! I will definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lawn crew

I really wish that the lawn crew would’ve stopped mowing around us when we were on the fairways. It was a big distraction when they were mowing 20 feet from us without a care in the world.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Loved the course

I enjoyed this course so much! Especially the back side. #12 made me nervous due to how high the tee box was verses how far down the green was. Probably my most favorite course I’ve ever played

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 62
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful

Gorgeous Views! Enjoyed the afternoon with my son. Thank you!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, poor pace of play

Course was in good condition and the layout is enjoyable for all skill levels. Only issue was the nearly 40 minute wait at the par 3 12th hole. It may be the signature hole, but the wait is ridiculous.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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