Mountain View at Callaway Gardens Resort
About
Callaway Gardens boasts two different 18-hole golf courses, but it’s much more than just a golfing destination. Situated amid the southernmost foothills of the Appalachians, the resort was created in 1952 as an educational, horticultural, and recreational facility. The mission was to embrace the beauty of the natural environment and preserve the natural resources offered by the wetlands and forests. Playing either golf course you’ll be surrounded by pristine landscapes abundantly filled with native wildlife. The Mountain View Course is the longer and more challenging of the two. While it may not have as much water as the aptly named Lake View, the Mountain View golf course will truly test your shot-making abilities with narrow fairways tightly lined with trees and several tricky doglegs. One hole where you’ll encounter water is the signature par-5 sixth, where both the tee and approach shots are over water.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by nagaja on 04/25/2026
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Photo submitted by kmgay001 on 04/17/2026
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Greens Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/21/2024
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Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/20/2024
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Green Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/19/2024
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Greens Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/19/2024
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Bunkers Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/19/2024
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Greens Photo submitted by u314161809457 on 06/19/2024
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Photo submitted by u240200538 on 02/23/2023
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Photo submitted by u203039718 on 12/29/2022
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Photo submitted by rlaxo329 on 10/31/2021
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Photo submitted by birdiebabe2 on 09/05/2021
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12th green, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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Fourth hole, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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View from behind 11th green, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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Par-3 third hole, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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The signature par-5, sixth hole, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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View from behind the par-3 7th hole, Mountain View course Photo submitted by BrandonWebb on 03/20/2017
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Great hole! Photo submitted by dongolf0123 on 04/21/2014
Golfer Reviews
Very pretty and relaxing.
Lake course is fun and a neat layout. Good shape! The Mountain course is much longer and more difficult. The mountain course greens had a few issues but looks like there handling things. Unless your a good golfer then try the lake course first. Great place to play and eat. Highly recommended.
Nice course layout, but conditions could have been better.
The course lay out was great. It had great views with challenging holes. They were all different from each other and didn't feel like you were playing the same hole over and over. The only negative I have about the course was the green conditions. They were very slow and bumpy. They had a few dead patches in some of the greens. Normally that would turn me off from a course, but the layout was very nice and fun so it kept me interested. It did rain a couple days before so that is why they may not have been cut, but even if they were fresh cut, they would have still been on the slower side.
Always a great day at Callaway!
Even after a heavy rain, the courses in phenomenal condition, the greens were silky, smooth I’ll be at a little slow for this time of year, but still fantastic.
We had a great time, and definitely will be returning!
Golf now app is broken
Was in the middle of booking while in parking lot of course for $18 on a hot deal, app froze , had to close out reopen now charged $75 for same.. smh.. last time using this janky app for sure.. course is in decent shape .. but never would pay this rate here for sure.. not a resort level course for this price by any means..
Worth it
It’s great to see the course in great shape again. A few spots on some of the greens but overall very good. A bit of a hike from metro Atlanta but you’ll be glad you went.
Course is improving
A new course superintendent was hired 2 months ago. Improvements are being made. Overall rating is because of the setting and surroundings. Weeds are being managed, rough mowed, green fringes are much better, and some new sand added. Greens are slow but in better shape than this spring. They need to work on the Poa annua It still is not a value at the rack rate. Competition in area has better value at rack rate. GolfNow special rate is of value. Food is great at Champions.
Instructions needed to get around
Staff did not explain-Where is the range, how do I get there, where is #1 Tee box/#10?
Could have easily been solved by, "follow the red/green/blue arrows, which we noticed after the fact. We felt like we were a burden by being there. Would not recommend again.
Not a resort quality course
With what Callaway gardens is you would expect this to be an elaborate course, but it wasn’t. It was an OK layout with a fair assortment of challenges, guarded greens, plenty of length, etc. Butt there were some glaring issues that take alway for me. The course sorta felt unkempt. No real separation between fairway and short rough with not being able to tell fairway from rough from the tee. The tee boxes were so long! I was hitting grass on every driver. The greens were all over the place, but all not ideal. Either the grass was long and slow and hard to read or the greens were just completely trashed with hard packed, cracked dirt and hardly any grass. I just expect greatness for a course on a resort like this, but this course was no different than my local muni.
Shadow of former self
I was so excited to play here knowing they used to play pga events here a couple decades ago. Arriving to the first tee everything looked great, but hole 2 and onward the fairways were longer than rough at most courses. The greens were terrible. Some needed cut and were like putting in fairway, most were dead or dying, cracked, over sanded. Just a mess honestly. I've played courses for 15 dollars that were much better.
Continues its demise..
You would think it can’t get any worse, it continues to go down hill.. sad to see.. it’s a $20-25 course now at best and they have continued to raise the greens fees to where now a “hot” deal on here is $55 plus fees and such.. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.. greens , tee boxes and fairways are pitiful.. honestly I don’t even think they employ an actual greenskeeper at this point as I think about anyone could do better than what this course has turned into..
Horribly maintained
This golf course should be called Callaway cow pasture, because I would never see any type of garden flourishing here at all. The ignoring of maintenance at this course is insane, coming from someone who has had 2 years in golf maintenance, it shows clearly that it is not properly maintained not even a little bit. The tee boxes were like hitting out of the rough, they definitely need to be trimmed, the fairways are not trimmed up at all. I am all about long rough, but when you get to just outside of the green it was ridiculous. I had multiple shots that were just to the right or left of the green and I could not find my ball. The greens were bumpy and you could not hit a putt true to the line, because it would just bounce like a basketball. They are ridiculously slow and not trimmed.For a course that was used for a pga event roughly 20 years ago, it should not be in bad of a shape as it is. Considering the four of us payed 200 in total with a promo code, we were all very disappointed. Will never play this course again.
Such a shame!
Man this course used to actually be a PGA tour stop, now there are so many municipal courses that are in far better shape! Greens are half dead , will not roll true , full of poanna and ball just bumps left right up and down as you putt. Bunkers are hard packed sand some even have baby pine trees growing all in them. Fairways are like hitting off a cart path , better make sure to try to pick it clean ! Tee it up higher on boxes with a 3.5 inch tee and ball was still in grass where they had not been mowed in days. Only good thing I can say was the turn had a nice meal in the champions grill. Honestly this is a $25-30 per round course , yes it’s that bad not exaggerating, Bull Creek in Columbus is head and shoulders above this course in condition. It has gradually went down hill for years now and honestly don’t think I will be back after todays round here. If I ever do I will be sure to snap pics of the course to show.
I really appreciate these reviews. My son is into golf now and I wanted to take him. The wife and I used to frequent Callaway via their golf packages, always great experiences. I am dodging disappointment. Thank you. The reviews for the rest of the resort are not much better. Sounds like new management is way overdue. Another weird/disappointing thing was trying to book. I had such great experiences there before I nearly did it online but the site was wonky and didn't let me book golf packages. I tried to book the lodge (2 nights for $558 with all fees) thinking I could just golfnow closer to time ($90-130ish for 2 golfers). Glad I didn't because I called and they said $952 (!!!!!) on the phone for a golf package, no food, nothing, just room and 2 players for golf. You do the math. The lady on the phone could not fathom that I was explaining this to her. The package does not even allow you to book a tee time! You still have to do it within a week of playing. You can get on Lake View (the more fun course to me) for under $50 pretty regularly, especially during the week. They are trying to hit me for an additional $150 per day for nothing!