Back
TOP PICK
Chateau Elan Golf Club - Woodlands Course
Rating Snapshot
About
Chateau Elan boasts three public courses, two championship courses and a nine-hole course, as well as a private golf club, The Legends. The Woodlands Course is one of the public courses. It is considered the most scenic of the three championship layouts with stunning views of the north Georgia foothills and a landscape of sparkling lakes and towering trees. Of the two public championship golf courses, the Woodlands is considered to be slightly more challenging thanks to several tree-lined holes that require a fair amount of accuracy. The rolling terrain provides plenty of elevation changes, so be prepared for some tricky blind shots. The lakes and ponds dotting the course come into play on several holes as well. Although it enjoys a beautiful mountain setting, Chateau Elan is conveniently only 40 minutes from Atlanta.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6735 yards | 73.1 | 135 |
| Green | 72 | 6355 yards | 71.1 | 132 |
| White | 72 | 5927 yards | 68.4 | 126 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5927 yards | 74.6 | 138 |
| Burgundy (W) | 72 | 4850 yards | 69.2 | 129 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.1/135 | 560 | 209 | 381 | 398 | 351 | 210 | 416 | 536 | 370 | 3431 | 452 | 436 | 387 | 192 | 412 | 511 | 336 | 171 | 407 | 3304 | 6735 |
| Green M: 71.1/132 | 543 | 198 | 358 | 379 | 327 | 182 | 403 | 508 | 346 | 3244 | 448 | 400 | 373 | 164 | 397 | 490 | 312 | 150 | 386 | 3120 | 6364 |
| Member M: 69.6/129 | 523 | 172 | 358 | 379 | 327 | 171 | 384 | 484 | 346 | 3144 | 419 | 364 | 373 | 164 | 377 | 465 | 312 | 150 | 386 | 3010 | 6154 |
| White M: 68.4/126 W: 74.6/138 | 523 | 172 | 326 | 355 | 295 | 171 | 384 | 484 | 313 | 3023 | 419 | 364 | 351 | 134 | 377 | 465 | 312 | 135 | 347 | 2904 | 5927 |
| Burgundy M: 64.5/120 W: 69.2/129 | 455 | 107 | 252 | 300 | 256 | 139 | 289 | 423 | 282 | 2503 | 407 | 288 | 248 | 111 | 315 | 406 | 217 | 91 | 264 | 2347 | 4850 |
| Handicap | 3 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Course Details
Rentals/Services
Practice/Instruction
Policies
Food & Beverage
RestaurantAvailable Facilities
Meeting Facilities
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
-
Photo submitted by u000006796680 on 05/30/2025
-
Chateau Elan (Woodlands), hole 2 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2024
-
Chateau Elan (Woodlands), hole 8 Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 11/29/2024
-
Photo submitted by LarrySchmadacali on 06/03/2024
-
Photo submitted by MVmBgq5TZj8UtkcoisKf on 03/24/2022
-
Photo submitted by MVmBgq5TZj8UtkcoisKf on 03/24/2022
-
Photo submitted by u000006235116 on 07/25/2021
-
Nice fairwsy Photo submitted by lewi2754 on 08/12/2020
-
Photo submitted by lewi2754 on 07/12/2020
-
Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 11/14/2018
-
Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 11/14/2018
-
Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 11/14/2018
-
Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 11/14/2018
-
Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 11/14/2018
Good course
As always fun to play. Great layout, friendly staff, and no one on the course. But greens had been recently aerified so not the best.
Punched greens but not that bad
Knew ahead the greens were punched but it was not that bad. Pace of play was only bad because a foursome in front of us lost steam during the round and really should have played from the whites. A ranger did tell them to speed up the pace as we were 20 mins behind. Fairways in great shape, tee boxes decent, and Sarazen's is always good and reasonably priced. Worth $59 on a Sunday
Greens were terrible.
Sand everywhere and just punched. No notification from the course or Golfnow prior to booking or I wouldn’t have played it. Has potential to be a good course if the greens were in average shape
Fix your ball marks people
This has always been a decent/nice course. Always in decent to good condition. There seems to be a contingent of folks playing this course lately, who refuse to fix ball marks. Every single green, was riddled with unrepaired marks. Every green had at least 15 or more of them. I would normally expect the grounds crew to handle this issue. But there are so many of them, it would be a daunting task for any crew to manage. I repaired no less than 4-6 per green, myself. Would love to have contributed to more repairs myself. But that would have made for a 5.5 hour round. Fix your marks PEOPLE!!
Fantastic Conditions
Very challenging 18. A lot of high risk high reward shots. Offers a challenge for all ability levels. Greens were in superb condition
Greens in good condition
Greens rolling true, course is overall in nice condition.
No water on course in 92 degree weather. No Cart Girl
They had a GSGA event, they said they had no extra carts when I checked in, however they gave all of the spectators their own cart to follow the event, many were just 1 person in the cart. Poor management for a resort course.
Hidden gem!
What a great round!
It had been a while since I had played the Woodlands at Chateau Elan, but last Friday 14JUL2023 was a hoot!
The fairways are in excellent conditions... the grounds gave us rookies a great chance to hit pure shots. The greens were in perfect condition; if anything just a bit soft, but rolling pure.
I did have a chance to hit the beach twice, but coming out of the sand was easy with well groomed and soft and sifted sand. NICE!
Pace of play was on point for a Friday afternoon. Strongly recommend you don't sleep on playing Woodlands...!
Note - They have a killer patio and bar for a 19th hole... the staff is friendly!!
Cart path to be repaired
Many places of catr path had been and yet to be repaired for the safety of riding cart.
Good value
Woodlands course is challenging but fair with plenty of playable holes. A few novelty holes. We got ahead of the mowers for the rough which probably only gets cut once a week, so, until we got ahead of that, rough was nasty. Could use some more water coolers or at least a drink cart on these hot summer days but overall I was satisfied with the course. I’m a member at TPC Sugarloaf, so I don’t expect the same conditions but this course exceeded what I expected. Good time of year as it’s raining a lot
Château Élan Stay & Play Golf Package
Château Élan Stay & Play Golf Package
Sea Pines Resort Stay & Play Package
Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort Stay & Play Package
