Chastain Park Golf Course

Parking is terrible. Staff is friendly and helpful. Refreshments and food options are non existent to poor. No golf cart coolers or ice. They load every tee time with 4 players so the pace is slow and crowded. No sand to fill divots.

- Par 5 2nd hole seemed to have some tall grass in the fairway.

- Certain Tee boxes (White) were rough, bare, and some were uneven.

I now the greens fees are low but some work could be put into these areas to improve the golfer’s experience.

Course in much better shape last year. Tee boxes were all dirt. Greens patchy and dirt filled. City of Atlanta needs to do better. Put some money into this, it can be a great course in a beautiful setting.

So I really don’t like to give a bad review to a municipal course that’s close to my house - at the end of the day, Chastain is really the only 18 hole spot I can get to within 20 minutes. That said, Chastain is in a really tough spot with two issues: 1) the layout of some of these golf holes is absolutely dreadful (which they can only minimally control) and 2) the course conditions are as bad as I’ve ever seen them

1) a lot of this is fixed and sort of the nature of the course. That said, some tee box shifting (e.g on hole 2, just move it to the right) would go a long way. Next step would be some tree control, but I’m assuming that’s out of budget. Again, this is frustrating, but a bit fixed

2) the conditioning though, good lord. I understand that rain has been bad lately in ATL, but the course is basically a quagmire. Greens are rolling at about a 5 on the stimp, and you basically are going to have trouble finding your ball regardless of where you hit it because it’s so unkempt. While point 1 is annoying, point 2 makes the course almost unplayable right now.

Really tough because I want to believe in this course being so close to me, but at the moment I just wouldn’t recommend playing it.

Played 6/30/2025 and this was the absolute worst condition I have ever seen the course. Weeds everywhere along the walkway to the clubhouse, rough and fairways terrible (wasn't even wet), greens also needed mowing, creek beds and shrubs need clearing. The City of Atlanta needs to do better. Yes, Chastain Golf Course is a money making machine. But that is no excuse to not keep the course in even decent condition. I am ashamed for the City of Atlanta.

Man it was wet and cart path only so walked a lot. I don’t remember waiting much. It was fun.

My first time golfing at Chastain Park. Got paired with 3 ‘Ambassadors’ that work there and play there 3-4 times a week. Great guys! Super helpful with course layout and tips. The course was everything I hoped for, except pace of play. This is a very popular course, but it took over 5 hours to play, w/no break.

But….. they pulled me back in!

Chastain used to be in such disrepair. Dilapidated carts with torn up seats. A clubhouse with ZERO concessions (not even water). Greens in need of repair, fairways that resembled a dust bowl and tee boxes hard as pavement. Not to mention, no way to warm up before a round.

All of these line items have been addressed and the course is once again enjoyable to play and one of the best values around. Greens and fairways are green and maintained. You’re able to push a tee into a tee box and tees are marked well, a 200, 150, and 100 yard mark along the path and in the fairways as well. Hitting cage nets next to the first tee have been added for warm up. Carts are clean and maintained. Marshals routinely checking pace of play to keep the game moving. The clubhouse has concessions! My only critique would be to make sure the cart sand caddies are filled on all the carts. I checked 7 carts for a full container to switch mine out with and all were empty. Finally asked for help in getting a sand refill and the container was only 1/3 full. It helps to have sand readily available if you expect players to consistently repair/fill divots to help keep the course maintained.

Kudos to the City for turning things around! I’m actually looking forward to my next round here again

Atlanta public golf courses are few and far between. With that, they get quite a lot of usage and the course simply cannot keep up. Greens are extremely slow, fairways have puddles after a little rain, and tee boxes could use a lot of love so you’re not having to hit out of a dirt mound. That said, you get what you pay for which in my opinion is the convenience of staying inside of Atlanta and not having to drive an hour outside of the city to find a decent course.

1/2 of the tee boxes were OK, the other 1/2 not in good shape. Fairways and greens OK. Pace of play has always been an issue. Get ready for a 5 hour plus round even on weekdays