Cherokee Run GC: #12
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4.4
1415 Reviews (1415)
5 Stars
892
4 Stars
419
3 Stars
73
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
7
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
93.7%
Recommend this course
1352 out of 1415 reviews
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4.8
16 Reviews (16)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.4
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
16 out of 16 reviews
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4.4
84 Reviews (84)
5 Stars
50
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
91.7%
Recommend this course
77 out of 84 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7016 yards
Slope 143
Rating 75.1

Nestled amongst the gently rolling hills of Rockdale County, Cherokee Run Golf Club lies within the Georgia International Horse Park. Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay designed the course. Occupied for centuries by the Cherokee Indians, dozens of arrowheads were found in the Georgian red clay as the golf course was being built. The beautiful landscape is covered in granite outcroppings, native wetlands, and dense hardwood forests. The towering trees line the fairways and the steep inclines throughout the course provide fast, undulating greens. Water hazards come into play on six holes at Cherokee Run Golf Club and there are nearly 100 strategically placed bunkers. The course's signature hole is the par-3 third. This challenging hole demands an accurate tee shot in order to safely make it past the sand bunkers that border both sides of the fairway.

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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Fairways Zoysia Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1995) Ed Seay (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Shirts with collars & golf shorts/slacks are required. Denim shorts/pants, T-shirts, athletic shorts, swimming trunks/warm-up (sweat) pants are not allowed.

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Reviews

4.4
1415 Reviews (1415)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 43
Brunch 24
Watching the Game 18
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 72
Undulating Greens 59
Bunkers 55
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 71
Locals 49
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 41
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 66
In the 'Burbs 44
Convenient to the City 25

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Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful and enjoyable course just outside of Atlanta.

What a terrific and scenic 18 holes, with excellent shot values and very nice greens. The granite outcroppings and hunkering added to the visual beauty. All in all, a wonderful golf outing in a lovely natural setting....one of my favorite Palmer/Seay layouts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course

Well maintain, nice fairways, soft green, will definitely play it again soon

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Yep it's an Arnold Palmer course

Strategic play needed! Use the GPS and enjoy the trek - it's a good one.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course. Didn’t like the fact they had a full outing going out 5 mins before my tee time. Took over 5 hours to play. Nothing was said about the outing when I booked.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Perfect Day - Great Course

Perfect fall day for golf. The course was in excellent condition from tee to green! Enjoyed getting paired up with big Dave and Kent. We had a great time and I love the layout of this course. Will keep coming back!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best bang for the buck

This is about as far as your money can stretch on a round of golf, very good bang for the buck.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fantastic Course

Excellent course from the layout to the Zoysia fairways. Probably one of the best public courses in the southeast!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Challenging greens!

Fourth time playing here and the course has always been in very good shape. Staff has really been friendly and accommodating. The greens are great and have always been challenging for me but I'm getting better.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great and tough.

This course is amazing. Tee boxes nice and flat. Fairways beautiful short cut tight lies, zero weeds to be found in a fairway. Looking on-line I thought fairways were going to be tighter than actually played. This was my first time here and lucky linked up with a group that showed me the way and what to avoid. The roughs were short enough that it didn't make it impossible to find a ball. Greens are fast and breaks are where they should be. Cart GPS is a bonus. I will go back when I have a reason to go to Atlanta. Speed of play was on point. Defiantly snapped a bunch of photos the scenery is awesome. I was leery of playing here being a beginner and golfing less than a year but sure glad I did.

Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

This course is in great shape

The greens are the best I have seen (tift Bermuda). I would put them up against Country Club of the South.

The zoysia fairways are excellent. The only one negative to the course is that the sand, although very playable, is not consistent throughout the course. One bunker is soft white beach sand and another may be the more hard course brown sand. You can play both well enough just have to change style of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course....friendly staff!

All that you would expect from an Arnold Palmer designed course. Excellent conditions! Pace of play a bit slow due to cart path only on this day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another great day at Cherokee Run

I've played this course several times this year and it hasn't disappointed yet. A very good value for a course this nice. Fairways, greens and rough are all in very good shape. My only criticism of the actual course is the bunkers. My playing partner and myself both had the opportunity to play from the bunkers and we both had issues with little to no real sand in them. Hard compacted dirt under a thin layer of dirt. The real headache was the pace of play. 5 hour round with no course personnel to speed things along. I will be back even so.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

One of the best layouts

The Run is in perfect shape, zoysia fairways like carpet and greens running true and fast; best to not have any putts above the hole! Great layout that lets you grip it and rip it on some holes while other holes will make you play target golf and check down to irons off of tees. This course will punish you for bad shots and can play very difficult -- I believe that would be the only complaint that folks would have is that a difficult course can cause some slow play with higher handicappers. If you haven't played this course, it's worth the trip - the staff is always friendly and helpful as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 09/25/2017:
Hi Tony, thank you for taking the time to review our course and for the compliments. We really enjoy seeing that you had a great time during your round with us and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Beautiful Again!

Haven't played here in about 15 years, but had heard for many years about the deterioration of the course conditions. Had company in town, thought we'd give it a try, and are we glad we did. The course was back in pristine condition; tee boxes, fairways & greens were excellent. My company and I really enjoyed playing Cherokee Run!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Palmer design is great; challenging course.

Love the layout/design. Bring your "A" game. Zoysia fairways are outstanding; like hitting off a carpet. Greens were in excellent condition and fast. Had a great day there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very nice course

This was my 5th time playing this course this year and as usual it was in very good condition. The fairways and greens were very good while the bunkering was in fair shape as some of them could definitely use some additional sand. Some of them were very thin and hard in the bottom. The greens were speedy without being unfair but some of the pin positions were extremely difficult. I would definitely recommend this course as a good value and a fun track.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/14/2017:
We are glad to hear you keep coming back for more! We are glad you found value in the course. Come play again soon!
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