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4.1
1210 Reviews (1210)
5 Stars
541
4 Stars
457
3 Stars
135
2 Stars
47
1 Stars
30
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
85.3%
Recommend this course
1075 out of 1210 reviews
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4.3
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
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1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.4
94.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 19 reviews
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4.2
73 Reviews (73)
5 Stars
37
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
89.0%
Recommend this course
65 out of 73 reviews
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Course Highlights
Lake Arrowhead delivers a strategically challenging mountain layout with spectacular views, well-maintained fairways, and exceptional multi-tiered greens. Consistently friendly and helpful staff make every visit welcoming, from the clubhouse to the first tee.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7212 yards
Slope 136
Rating 74.9

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Highland Course at Lake Arrowhead weaves through rolling woodlands. Every hole offers unique scenery and stunning mountain views. The golf course was completely redesigned in 2008, which makes it one of Atlanta's younger courses; nevertheless it has quickly garnered a strong following amongst locals thanks to not only the challenging layout but also the affordable rates and beautiful setting. Lake Arrowhead's convenient location makes it even more appealing, it sits less than an hour north of Atlanta. The golf course features strategically placed bunkers and plenty of trees. It is a layout that requires careful course management. The 14th hole is arguably the most difficult. This tricky par 5 is known to test even the most skilled players.

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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Greens Bent
Golf Season Year round
Architect D. J. DeVictor

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees.
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes. No spectator riders allowed on weekends and holidays.
Dress code Proper Dress Required (No T-shirts, denim or cut-off shorts)
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4.1
1210 Reviews (1210)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 21
Patio Dining 16
19th Hole Scenic Views 15
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 48
Forced Carries 38
Undulating Greens 34
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 43
Advanced Golfers 36
Locals 24
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 37
In the 'Burbs 12

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
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Greens covered in sand

I like the course. I wished they had said the greens had been aerated last week.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens all sand

I wish they had posted that they punched the greens last week.

I know they have to do this but not knowing this ahead of time would have been helpful.

I would suggest waiting til June when the greens recover.

Hard track but fun.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course but

This course is beautiful, the location is beautiful, the layout is wonderful, the staff is super nice. But it never seems to be in a condition that you expect. Fairways were hard and lacking grass, while other similar courses already have nice lush fairways. This has been the case all three times that I have played the course in the last two years.

Greens were being aerated so can’t comment about their conditions.

If they can get fairways to be similar to a nice resort course then this place would be 5 star.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Leave the Driver at Home

In 18 holes I hit the driver 4 holes. Teeing off on LONG par 4s and 5s with 6 irons and 5 irons to avoid hitting in the abyss is not fun at all. The course has great fairways, AMAAZING greens, but the layout is AWFUL. It’s not fun.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great condition, tough course

This is one of the better condition courses I play. Even with the rain it was still decent. Only gripe is l how dang tough the course is. Two feet farther to the left than normal on your drive?? Down into the woods it goes!! Putt just a tad harder than you should have? Into the creek with your ball!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

A Most Difficult Course

This is a mountain course and it comes with all the challenges that environment brings. From course maintenance and the player. Most holes have at lest one blind shot, discounting the par 3's. The beauty surrounding the course makes it pretty. Overall - the course is not fair.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Lake Arrowhead GC Waleska, GA

Greens were fast. Pace of play 4.2 hrs.. Some tee boxes need new grass. A good layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful views and nice hole layout

The course has tough uphill approach shots with limited overall views of the pin placement . Also ,

I would like to see the fairways softer so that ball roll out would not either penalize you or make the holes shorter than designed .

Overall a good challenge and fun course to play !

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

Great Course Better Food

Played this code for the first time and it was great. Arrived early and had breakfast before. Food was amazing. Staff was great and plate was hefty. Driving range was decent. Kinda expected for this time of year. Choose shape was good. Not green grass weather but want alot of dirt areas. Greens were in good shape. Place of play was great until we came up on a husband and wife duo. Wasn’t extremely slow but it was two of them and four of us. All in all, great layout, tough and challenging course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 205
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Hard and Dry

The course should be really good in a couple of weeks when the fairways fill in completely. Thin lies presented major challenges. The greens rolled well but didn't hold shots well, as the dryness caused huge landing bounces. Beautiful scenery on every hole made it worth the trip, though.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful course - let down by slow the 4-ball ahead.

Would have been a 5 star review had there been a marshal out on the course, as we were held up by the 4 ball in front of us on the front 9 having to wait to play every shot. We stopped for some refreshments after 9 holes and then played the back 9 without any delay.

The fairways were still suffering from the cold weather, but they will be back to normal soon, the greens were pretty good considering it's still March.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Didnt even finish the round; Wasnt worth the drive

Basics:

New to this site, but im an average golfer and dont mind an occassional breakfast ball if there isnt anyone behind me.

My tee time: 3:10pm

I would say that this course is arguably one of the slowest paces of play I have ever seen. From the conditions of the fareways, unrepared divots, and the patchy greens (Hole 13s might as well have a bunker 6 feet inside the front of the green).

Staff was friendly to start but non-existent on the course and the cart girl carries very limited amounts and brands.

Course Layout was wierd and the carts could barely make it up the paths in some areas due to lack of concrete, broken concrete, or unnessasary incline.

I was a solo golfer so my pace is different from a foursome and through the first 3 holes the one group ahead of me allowed me to play through. Nice guys.

On hole 5 I joined in on a foursome (their tee was at 2:30pm) for some guys that offered since they had only 3. For the rest of the front 9, we had amazing pace and were able to relax through it.

On hole 9 is when we caught up to the group in front of us, and to say they were slow was an understatement. We were the 2nd group stuck behind them. Staff was called due to their lack of willingness to let other groups play through and their unwillingness to pick up the pace instead of taking multiple shots at each hole position.

I unfortunately didnt even finish my round and stopped at hole 13, still stuck behind the same group. That was at 7pm.

When I arrived at the clubhouse to again let them know of the slow up, i found all of the staff to be missing. There was nobody at the cart return, clubhouse or pro-shop.

Will not be back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 146
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Everyone is so friendly and helpful. Great place to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

Course is great, staff excellent, but pace of play was very slow

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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