The Chimneys Golf Course

I made a reservation for one person. I wanted to play by myself to work on my game. Chimney's told me I had to play with three other players after I paid. They would not refund my money because I booked through Golfnow.

The only reason I didn't put excellent under condition was the greens had been sanded. I am not sure if that was mentioned on Golfnow. It may have been. In a week or so that should be no problem. They have reversed the 1st tee and the 10th so it may have been a while since I played the course. The hole signs could be better if it was my first time I would have gotten lost for sure. There are not a lot of distance markers on the fairways. It would be nice to have 150 and 200 markers.

When we were told at check-in that they aerated and sanded the greens the previous day. The course was in good shape but the greens were definitely a challenge. The layout is challenging - tee boxes and fairways were in great shape.

I booked about 5 days in advance. No warning of aeration.

Not only was it aerated but it was heavily sanded along with pellet fertilizer on the greens.

AND we had to wait on half the holes for the kid mowing the greens. He would finish the green then drive up to the next one So we were waiting around a lot. The lady at the desk told Golfnow when I complained to them that it was a cheaper price and there was nothing they would do.

I get to play once a week normally so it was a bummer to say the least.

Not happy in Winder ☹️

Course layout was good. Greens need some loving care. Would be nice to putt through bumps, small craters or pitch marks.

Overall a great course.. the greens where pretty beat up I wish people will fix the greens. A couple of areas of improvement is not enough water drinking stations and no ice ( you have 2 broken ice machines), in addition no food, just snacks.

This place use to have some one that cooked , I’ve been told they would start having a food truck but haven’t seen it. It might be just as easy to purchased a grill , tent and some fans on the weekends at least.

In the last month someone decided, to flip the holes; front 9 becomes back 9. I have been playing this course since it opened, and have observed years of steady improvement. This is really one of the finest public courses North of Atlanta. But then someone decided to screw things up!

I am a senior, and usually only play 9 holes at a time. What use to be the front 9 is decidedly more forgiving than the back 9. Management has always been inflexible on letting the customer decide if they wanted to play the front or back; you played the front. When I was younger and played 18 holes it was a mute issue. However, now you have taken the joy out of playing at the Chimneys.

If I can only play the “new” back nine I won’t be playing there anymore.

Tee times are always on time.

Course is in very good condition.