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4.5
573 Reviews (573)
5 Stars
246
4 Stars
222
3 Stars
51
2 Stars
26
1 Stars
28
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
93.2%
Recommend this course
506 out of 573 reviews
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4.7
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
17 out of 17 reviews
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4.5
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.7%
Recommend this course
44 out of 48 reviews
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Course Highlights
This well-maintained Atlanta 9-hole course impresses with fast greens, a fantastic layout, and conditions that consistently earn high marks from returning golfers. Exceptionally friendly and professional staff top off an experience that delivers outstanding value for a quick quality round.

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Holes 9
Type Public
Par 30
Length 1953 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
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Charlie Yates Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1998
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Rees Jones (1998) Greg Muirhead (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code A collared shirt is required. No jeans, bathing suits, tank tops, cut-offs, short-shorts/halter tops.
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Reviews

4.5
573 Reviews (573)

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Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 17
Elevation Changes 14
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
9-Hole Rounds 25
Locals 18
Walkers 16
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 26

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Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Great value

This is an excellent course when it's wet or dry. It rained some, but the course was in excellent shape. Great value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value for the cost

9 hole is a time saver and staff very friendly and helpful

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good escape for a quick 9

I played this course back when it was fairly new, around the year 2000. I remember the greens being really challenging and very well maintained. It's been quite awhile since my last visit, and there are a few greens that look a bit shabby. There are a few that are well kept, but overall this course is great to get in a quick 9 holes. It's a fun layout with some elevation on some holes. It's good for practicing your long iron tee shots, and short iron approaches. You won't need all of your clubs, I primarily used my 6, 7, PW, 60 deg, and driving iron. It's a good place to get in real-time practice vs. blindly hitting range balls. Look for a good GolfNow deal, and it'll be worth it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Hidden gem

Wow!

I don't usually play 9 hole courses, as I hate going around twice, but you can tell this started as a top-notch course. This course is a close (across the street) relation to the East Lake course played for the FedEx Cup final and it shows. It is great for working on your game, as the layout will challenge everyone. My only area of concern is the condition of the greens, many were burned and scarred (I am new to Atlanta and the South, so it may have just been summer damage) making putting difficult. As a First Tee course, it deserves all the support we can give.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/27/2016

It's unmarked, but there is a practice area across the street. The lower green is putting only with an upper green for chipping, pitching, and two sand-bunkers. Access requires either purchase of a round or range balls.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice course

Very nice course, fast greens, well maintained, good for a quickey nine..shot makers course

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What happened to Charlie Yates?

This course is a shell of its prior conditions from the last time I played it 10 years ago. The greens were in terrible shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Course played well. The only set back was I played behind a pair that 20 stokes per hole and slowed the pace of play down tremendously.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Cheap Price, Rude Players

Rude advanced golfer and friend jumped in front of me, even though, I was teed up already...said I was playing too many balls. (How did he know, I hadn't taken a shot yet!)

So, I'm a beginner, but I wait for him and his friend, to get to their balls, about 180 yards away...

Took My tee shot, called 4, and buzzed a perfect slice right over both there heads, landing 10 feet away...

Got flipped off, I don't care, I dislike rude golfers, who have no patience for beginners.

He tells a Marshall, I hit a ball at Him, I told the Marshall, He cut in front of Me!

Anyway, Marshall said, He's been play there for years, and Me?

I'm a Beginner...Who do You think, story got believed???

Oh, the one nice person I did meet, was a children's golf teacher...take My picture for Me...Thank You Miss!

Will not play there ever again, despite low price...

I would post My picture, the nice golf teacher took, but I fear reprisals may be taken against Me for what I just wrote, and I absolutely Love this Game, I'm just beginning to learn how to play!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This is a beautiful walkable course

The course is currently replacing ALL green side bunkers once it's finished this will be my home course for sure EXCELLENT COURSE !!!!!!

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/09/2016

We are glad you enjoy coming out to the Yates Course! See you soon!

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great short game practice

Mostly par 3's with a couple of shortish par 4's. Very hilly. Green conditions firm, fast and smooth. I had a blast playing here. Very relaxing to not have to fight for distance. Just swing a little 8 iron or wedge and go to your putt or chip. Only took hour and a half to complete the round. A great way to sneak in a little golf without a huge time commitment. I shot 36. Now doesn't that score have a nice ring to it (even if it is actually 6 over par)!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice little course

I'm from out of town....nice course and driving range. Staff was great.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great executive course

Best bang for buck inside Atlanta, in my opinion. Greens almost always in great shape, course is well maintained. A not so hidden gem. I play it weekly and have for many years.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

yates

fun course, they really pack in as many people as possible, been stuck behind three groups of 4, finished right as the sun went down. Club house was closed by the time we were done.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Slow play

I play here often. This round, I had a foursome ahead of me that made me wait for every, single, shot. My fault, I Iet it get to me. Still, it would have been courteous to let me play through as a single. They clearly didn't care to do that and my round suffered. Course is great for this time of year. However, the 6th is a mess and under construction.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

This is my go to course. Just a great nine hole course to play.

This is a great course to play. Challenging but yet fun. I will continue to play this course for as long as I can swing a golf club. Staff members at the course are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Charlie Yates G C

This is a great course to work on your game, the location is good and the staff is very friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

This course is great for a tune up.

Iplay Charlie when my short game needs a tuneup. That is waht I got yesterday. Since I would being alone I finished in 1hour and 15 minutes.

LOVE THE COURSE!!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great fun!

My first time at this course, I also brought a friend who had never played before that day, it was a great round, I will tell my other friends.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Don't expect a fast round

Course is in decent condition with a good mix of easy and more difficult par 3's/short par 4's. My issue is with the pace of play. There was a foursome of ladies holding everyone up, with nobody in front of them, and they would not let anyone of the singles or twosomes behind play through. The marshal informed my group that we should be patient and that most likely nobody was going to play through the foursome of ladies. If Monday evening is not a good time for a single to play, then when is? I normally wouldn't attribute the stubbornness and egos of the ladies to the course, but allegedly one of the ladies was a manager at the course. She should know more than anyone to let faster people through. Extremely disappointed. Why have a marshal if he can't tell people to speed up or let players through?

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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