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4.5
1116 Reviews (1116)
5 Stars
565
4 Stars
454
3 Stars
74
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.8
95.7%
Recommend this course
1062 out of 1116 reviews
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4.7
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.7
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 9 reviews
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4.6
44 Reviews (44)
5 Stars
30
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.8
97.7%
Recommend this course
43 out of 44 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Chimney delivers consistently impressive conditions with plush fairways, well-manicured rough, and excellent greens that keep golfers returning. Exceptionally welcoming staff and a thoughtfully designed layout away from surrounding development make every round memorable.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6500 yards
Slope 127
Rating 71.4

The Chimneys Golf Course features 18 holes of exceptional golf. Our signature feature is the abundance of native rock found on-site, intricately hand-laid throughout the course to accent our greens, fairways, and pedestal tees. With strict attention to detail and no homes in sight, the course plays as a par 72, just shy of 6500 yards over five sets of tees to accommodate golfers of all abilities. Combined with southern, hometown charm, The Chimneys is an experience unlike any public course in north Georgia.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Bermuda
Architect Phillip Ballard (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy No
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks

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Reviews

4.5
1116 Reviews (1116)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Amazing Food 7
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 56
Elevation Changes 54
Forced Carries 43
This course/club is great for:
Locals 60
Seniors 42
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 38
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 57
In the 'Burbs 31
Convenient to the City 19

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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

inexpensive

Best course for the money. Fairways and greens always in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course for the price

I have played this course many times, the greens today where in outstanding condition. They where faster than before and rolled true, fairways where also in great shape. I would say that you would be hard pressed to find a course around that would be a better value, The Chimneys is a fun course to play and I always have a good time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun course

First time I played the course and I was very pleased! Fun course and great value! The greens were sandy and bumpy but everything else was in good shape. I will play again for sure!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Excellent condition, well maintained course

Took a chance to drive 40 mins to play this course as prior reviews indicated this was good course to try. Was pleasantly surprised even though the weather was heavily overcast, I enjoyed the round. Every hole setup is gorgeous. Fairways and greens were well manicured. Very different from playing your typical 'in town' courses where the fairways are lined with residential homes. Its located in the burbs for sure (and there is not much of a club house) but if you like a picturesque course that is well maintained and away from the city, this is it. Highly recommend playing here!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A hidden gem

This was my first time playing this course. It's a a long enough course to have a enjoyable round of golf. It's very well maintained and offers enough challenges for the average golfer. I will certainly return for another round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 149
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Atlanta Advisor
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Bent Grass greens in terrible shape

****This review will be date sensitive, so check my posting date******

I gave the heads up at the start of the review, because I am sure they will get the greens aerated and sanded and back to playing condition. Right now, it "appears" they have removed weeds from the greens manually, and left huge pock marks throughout all the greens. Visually, they are terrible, and they putt the same. You never know what they will do when they hit all the holes on your putt.

Again, the course will get this fixed, just a matter of time.

That being said, it's a fun layout, and the fairways are perfect, folks are friendly, and although I wouldn't go back tomorrow, I will go and play Chimneys again.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice price

the price of $18 for 18 holes was great. The greens are badly in need of repair. Over all it is a nice course. You can get a beer and hot dog.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fun Course

Course was in very good condition in spite of recent rains. I like the changes along creek at 5 and 9. Bent greens were bumpy and slow but that is to be expected this time of year.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Washed Out - No Notice

I showed up for my tee time 20 minutes early to find the main gate closed and padlocked. I guess the rain the night before was too much. Had to drive 30 minutes to find another course and pay more $ than I had planned

Conditions Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/01/2020

Why post a bad review of the course because of bad weather?

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Snails Pace

The greens were slow and had weird weeds scattered around. Maybe they had a tough time through the hot Georgia summer. Somewhat of a bummer, but I didn't pay $60 so, I didn't expect pristine conditions. The killer was that it took almost 5 hours for me to play a round. Almost halfway through a guy caught up and joined me, then a few holes later another joined us. It seemed solid ahead of us with guys hacking it up. Never saw a ranger.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout.....horrible greens

I went to this course because of its 4-star rating.
Pros: really cool, unique layout on the front 9 . Lots of stone and rock formations, and elaborate tee boxes. A few blind shots, but not too gimmicky.
The back nine was very differently---wide open holes, and some very very short par 4's.
The tee boxes and fairways were good.
HOWEVER, THE GREENS WERE HORRIBLE. Apparently no one who plays this course knows how to fix a ball mark on the green. These bent greens were hairy and very very slow. The most bizarre thing was that every ball mark --- and they were everywhere---had nasty clumps of crabgrass growing out of them. On a Sunday, these greens were hairy, bumpy, and weedy.
Fix the greens and this course is at best a 3 to 3.5 rating, primarily because the back nine is so short and unremarkable.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

fix greens/lower rates

They are charging way too much right now for the greens to be in the condition they are in. I don't like leaving bad reviews but calling the greens "hairy" was an understatement. Not to mention no one seems to know how to fix a divot and there is crabgrass growing on the greens. Won't be back for some time if at all.

Conditions Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course

Nice and scenic course. Very pleasant to play. Really enjoyed playing here and would definitely go back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice place

Great staff, equally good fairways and course conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Mixed emotions about my round here. The selling point for me with the Chimneys is the beautiful layout of the course. It rates very high in that area.
After that, it's downhill. The greens were very slow and had crab grass on everyone of them making putts an adventure. The rough is deep and difficult, but playable. The bunkers were poorly kept with hard sand and big grooves from recent rain and although maintenance people were out, I saw none of them working on the bunkers. I love the course layout, but won't play it again until they do some work on the greens.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value for the price

This course is a good challenge for the serious golfer playing from the tips. It is kept in good condition but they are battling the weather keeping the greens healthy.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Everything good course.
But, greed is no good condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens were in very rough shape. Older man with glasses running club house (Dan or Don I think) is always rude.

Greens were in bad shape. Very slow for this course. Needed to be cut/pressed badly. Don or Dan (club house guy with glasses) is always rude. The course wasn't in the condition I have come to expect from Chimneys.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough staff, rougher greens

This is one of my favorite courses in the area to play for a good value. Sadly, it has a reputation amongst all my friends are being one of the unfriendliest staffed courses that we've ever played at. I've never said anything about it but I've really became tired of it. Also, the greens were in horrible condition. Crab grass was growing everywhere and there was no way to have a put without it bouncing all over the place. Otherwise, I love this place and think it has such a cool layout and such an aesthetically pleasing design. I wish they would learn to be a little more friendly.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Greens

The greens were in terrible shape. They were shaggy and the grass was thin. There was also crabgrass all in the greens. I was very disappointed. They played very poorly. I will not come back until they are fixed.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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