Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands | 72 | 7212 yards | 74.9 | 136 |
| Blue Fox | 72 | 6764 yards | 72.7 | 131 |
| White Eagle | 72 | 6294 yards | 70.5 | 126 |
| Gray Wolf | 72 | 5600 yards | 67.5 | 119 |
| Gray Wolf (W) | 72 | 5600 yards | 72.4 | 133 |
| Red Cloud | 72 | 4700 yards | 63.8 | 103 |
| Red Cloud (W) | 72 | 4700 yards | 68.1 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands M: 75.3/138 | 518 | 177 | 335 | 384 | 576 | 468 | 235 | 457 | 422 | 3572 | 514 | 355 | 472 | 217 | 379 | 431 | 341 | 161 | 556 | 3426 | 6998 |
| Blue Fox M: 73.3/133 | 484 | 139 | 316 | 355 | 548 | 406 | 213 | 435 | 401 | 3297 | 474 | 331 | 442 | 204 | 372 | 411 | 312 | 145 | 522 | 3213 | 6510 |
| White Eagle M: 71.4/130 | 471 | 132 | 284 | 327 | 492 | 388 | 185 | 403 | 383 | 3065 | 450 | 307 | 410 | 192 | 351 | 406 | 284 | 126 | 458 | 2984 | 6049 |
| Gray Wolf M: 68.1/122 W: 73.1/130 | 442 | 115 | 252 | 301 | 436 | 334 | 148 | 371 | 353 | 2752 | 423 | 263 | 385 | 139 | 317 | 311 | 256 | 104 | 429 | 2627 | 5379 |
| Gray/Red M: 66.4/113 W: 70.8/123 | 393 | 115 | 227 | 271 | 436 | 330 | 148 | 365 | 335 | 2620 | 423 | 259 | 368 | 139 | 297 | 304 | 227 | 104 | 404 | 2525 | 5145 |
| Red Cloud M: 64.4/106 W: 68.9/117 | 393 | 87 | 227 | 271 | 162 | 330 | 92 | 365 | 335 | 2262 | 364 | 259 | 368 | 71 | 297 | 304 | 227 | 72 | 404 | 2366 | 4628 |
| Handicap | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 4 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by AidensShots on 08/29/2025
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Photo submitted by zlerner18 on 06/23/2025
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Photo submitted by goldengreekGI on 08/05/2024
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Photo submitted by mattbutcher85 on 04/14/2024
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Photo submitted by mattbutcher85 on 04/14/2024
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Photo submitted by LarrySchmadacali on 10/29/2023
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Photo submitted by LarrySchmadacali on 10/29/2023
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Photo submitted by gwlsr52657 on 09/21/2023
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Photo submitted by richlsalas on 07/03/2023
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Photo submitted by billtheisen on 05/01/2023
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Photo submitted by u436692055 on 03/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u000007924802 on 11/03/2022
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18th...long par 5 Photo submitted by IcYFCJ3uInUKcAbU7hZH on 09/29/2022
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Hole 1, 3 shot par 5. Photo submitted by u464177714 on 01/07/2022
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Just the beginning…… Photo submitted by u464177714 on 12/05/2021
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Photo submitted by u5998770 on 08/04/2021
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Photo submitted by u314161272258 on 07/16/2021
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Clubhouse porch Photo submitted by u000008218955 on 07/08/2020
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#8 green looking back toward tee box Photo submitted by vmo23 on 07/04/2020
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Photo submitted by yury145 on 06/03/2020
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Photo submitted by vmo23 on 12/30/2019
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Many greens look like this Photo submitted by Hail2rdskins on 12/01/2019
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Too bad greens were horrible Photo submitted by Hail2rdskins on 12/01/2019
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Many greens looked like this Photo submitted by Hail2rdskins on 12/01/2019
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Photo submitted by Hail2rdskins on 12/01/2019
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First tee. Photo submitted by 4nsicguy on 09/12/2019
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Fifth fairway from green. Photo submitted by 4nsicguy on 09/12/2019
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Fifteenth fairway. Photo submitted by 4nsicguy on 09/12/2019
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On the 18th green Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 08/30/2019
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Photo submitted by rmalone0318 on 07/20/2019
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Photo submitted by rmalone0318 on 07/20/2019
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Photo submitted by rmalone0318 on 07/20/2019
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Photo submitted by rmalone0318 on 07/20/2019
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Photo submitted by fishyracer24 on 06/22/2019
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Photo submitted by u5071506 on 06/02/2018
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Photo submitted by Chuck9945807 on 12/11/2012
DJStark
This is a challenging layout and was in great shape. The staff are always helpful and down to earth.
Thank you for visiting us at Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
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Great round, even in the heat!
Absolutely beautiful course!! Greens are in phenomenal shape, rolling very well. Tee boxes and greens look great.
Hi u000008202150. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Great Course - A Real Challenge with the Wind
Fun course nestled in the mountains of North GA. Course is in good shape for the most part. Course is very challenging when the wind is blowing. There are many blinds tee shots both uphill and downhill. The bentrass greens were running a little slow but were decent condition other than a few bad areas of greens here and there. Overall, a pretty, challenging and fun course.
As the course is nestled in the mountains, there are tons of up and down hills and elevation changes. The elevation changes adds to the challenge and beauty of the golf course. There is beautiful scenery everywhere, especially from the top points of the golf course along with majestic views and tons of awesome wildlife (deer, fawns, turkeys, hawks, etc.)
The cart we had, as well as the other cart in our group had very little power and could barely make it up the hills and going down the hills we had to be super careful as the brakes were worn out and we felt a little bit scared if the cart would stop on many of the steep downhill paths. The bunkers were in very bad condition with many having little to no sand and those that had sand had not been worked or raked in what appeared like a few weeks. No ball washing stations at all, so bring your own wet towel. Many of the fairways were VERY firm and in many spots very little grass so in lots of instances you were hitting off of hard packed dirt with very little grass.
Pace of play was great and four times during the round we saw a marshall/ranger driving around checking up on everyone and making sure everything was good. It is great to see a marshall out on the course helping keep the pace of play where it should be. Great job Lake Arrowhead!!!
Hi RettJ. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
A challenge
Course is in good shape for the most part. It is very challenging from the tips. There are a lot of blinds tee shots, so playing it for the first time can be a struggle. Greens were slow but were well kept other than a couple spots here and there. Overall, a good course and will make the trip back soon.
Hi mcknij. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Hi johnlee8560. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Hi Carlton1892430. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Hi poundsdavid123. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Thank you for visiting us at Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Nice course
Beautiful course nestled in the mountains of North GA. There are many holes with water hazards and landing spots so accuracy is a must! No ball washing stations so.bring some cleaning solution. Will return to play again!
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Highlands at Lake Arrowhead
Good, challenging layout. Course condition was good. Staff was excellent. Clubhouse grill has an outstanding burger.
Thank you for taking the time to review us jwhiott. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course thanks you!
Course is in great shape
Always a pleasure to play here. Course is in amazing shape right now. Only one green had a few issues, otherwise fairways and greens were in amazing condition. Carts could use a little more juice but that is a minor gripe. Beautiful scenery and all kinds of wildlife.
Hi vmo23. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 5-star review! We always welcome feedback for improvement, too. Thank you for playing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Great day at Arrowhead
Tough course in great shape couple greens on back 9 but sketchy other than that good day. Staff always terrific !
Hi ranger1174. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Great course for the balue
For only $35-45 during prime-time, you can’t find a better place to play golf. The course is in good shape, and is a different, but challenging layout. Greens are really big, and most are 2-3 tiered, so you have to hit good iron shots. Par 3s are fun here. Bentgrass greens that were a little on the slow end, but still true and rolled smooth. Would definitely go back... it’s just a hike from Metro Atlanta.
Hi u9589412. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
First of Many
Other than a little work to be done on traps and a few tee boxes course was great! Greens overall in good shape. Love the layout and that forces you to think about what clubs to use when teeing off and second shots. It always helps when pace of play is good, and it was. As well staff driving through and checking. Looking forward to making it my home course.
Hi u314159983656. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Challenging Course
Lake Arrowhead has nice scenery and is generally a nice golf course. The course has continuous elevation changes and some forced carries. The fairways are reasonably generous, but not resort course width. Most of the greens are quite large. High handicap golfers may find the course too challenging.
The course is well kept, but not anything close to manicured. There are better maintained courses of similar elevation, scenery , and price in North Georgia that are better maintained.
Hello DG1. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting us!
Gorgeous Views, great value
Beautiful golf course in eye popping natural landscape. Well maintained but a little too cute with the design/layout. Could only hit driver twice playing from 2nd to last tee boxes (one up from tips ). Most holes have something running through fairway (waste area) or just lines that are too aggressive if you drive 280-300ish. Other than that, the course is super scenic.
Thank you for your review, u000004896769. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Need some work off the course...
This course is pretty challenging (at least for average golfers like me (handicap 17). It is well taken care of and the views are stunning.
Now for some issues:
- a few of the tee boxes were super hard and some had little grass on them
- my cart had tires that had almost no thread left, so in steep descents, it was hard to control - the tires would just slide when I pressed the brakes, like when drifting. A little dangerous especially in a hilly course like this
- the staff at the bar took about 15 minutes to fill our order (which was super simple - 3 rum and cokes, 4 beers and a couple bags of chips). With 4 people behind the counter, no less...
- the beer cart came and we were all happy - except when the guy said it was cash only. Not one of us had cash so no beer, and no profit for them. It wouldn't cost to just get our credit cards that we would then pick up from the bar at the end of the round, like so many courses do. Or, have you heard of Square? It's 2020 people... Who carries cash???
Hi robmartins. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Hi jdevans33. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.
Hi u779607097. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club - Highlands Course.