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3.7
679 Reviews (679)
5 Stars
236
4 Stars
258
3 Stars
103
2 Stars
57
1 Stars
25
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
69.0%
Recommend this course
559 out of 679 reviews
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3.2
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.6
48.0%
Recommend this course
12 out of 25 reviews
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3.8
43 Reviews (43)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.7
69.8%
Recommend this course
30 out of 43 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 70
Length 6331 yards
Slope 120
Rating 68.6
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Wild Laurel Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ed Ault (1990)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro No
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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3.7
679 Reviews (679)

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Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Mr. Kendall White

The course is much better today. Six weeks ago lost balls in the fairway, makes the fun to be low. Looks like with more mowers they are on the right track.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Response from on 11/02/2018:
Hello Kendall3414089, thank you for the four-star review. We glad you enjoyed our course conditions and we appreciate your rating on the pace of play. Thank you for visiting Wild Laurel Golf Course and we hope to see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful views

The course has many beautiful views. The clubhouse was neat with rustic charm. The bar is set up with patrons gazing out at the views from many windows - nice! The course conditions were fine; what you’d expect for the $$. The greens were pretty rough but they had just aerated them the day before we played. The staff was friendly.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

good course

the only downside i see for this course is the paved path for the golf carts, they’re full of massive holes they will throw the cart around.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in poor condition for the price

I found the condition of the course in terrible conditions. The fairway was nit cut low enough. Many times my ball could not be found because of this. The greens were rough and not maintained. This is my second time playing. I did not feel the price I paid was worth it. Same thing the last time I played months ago. Don't think I will be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Underwhelming and Bad Condition

Played the front 9 and wanted it to be really good. I had been warned by friends that it can be rough but it was worse than I thought. Fairways are not good condition and very inconsistent. Hard to tell what is rough and what is fairway really. Big clumps of mowed grass in the fairways. The greens were the worst I’ve seen, pock marked very badly, the grass is mixed with typical green and shaved down weeds. This could be such a great course! The clubhouse is very nice, the setting is cool, the layout is pretty good too. The maintenance of the course is just terrible. Pace of play was slow, but not awful for a Sunday. Nice cushy carts and good staff.. To be priced the same as other local courses like Lambert and Egwani is criminal. They feel like world class courses after playing Wild Laurel.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/18/2025:
Thanks for your review. We know there’s room to improve, and we’re already working to enhance things. We’d love a second chance to give you a better experience.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great layout great views

Fun track. Greens are in awful shape. I'm not sure if this is normal for this course but with the amount of crab grass growing on the greens you juat have to get lucky for putts to go in.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
2.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Rough Shape

The scenery and layout are great but the course is in rough shape. Greens are full of weeds, putting is extremely difficult due to the ball bouncing so much. Tee boxes are also in bad shape, we were better off teeing off from outside of the tee boxes.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 08/15/2025:
Thanks for your review. We know there’s room to improve, and we’re already working to enhance things. We’d love a second chance to give you a better experience.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Beautiful course and views

This course is really a pleasure to play, mostly from the views and beauty of the surrounding mountains. The greens were under repair and that was an issue as a couple were practically un-playable. The grass on the fairways can be high and some of the rough was too deep. We ate and had a drink afterward. It was enjoyable again with the beautiful views. Hopefully the next time we play, ground conditions are better.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Terrible Conditions

This has to be the worst conditions I've ever played on and that's saying something. It is clear as day that the current ownership could care a less about keeping up the course. Honestly embarrassing to even have the course open with how bad of shape it is in. The greens are completely taken over by Crabgrass and the fairways haven't been mowed in a month. Lots of potential but please don't waste your money playing here.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Rough fairways. Very disappointed.

We saved up to come play this course and are so disappointed. The fairways are in very rough shape. It’s like playing in your yard when the grass hasn’t been mowed in a while. BRING LOTS OF BUG SPRAY! Beautiful views and guys at the pro shop were nice. I hate that we wasted our money.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course is coming back

I quit playing this course a couple years ago, due to the condition of the greens, and fairways. We went to play a round and give it a try for Father's Day, and I was very surprised at the turnaround the staff has made. Greens were actually complete, and looked good. There has been progress made in the fairways as well. There are a few spots that are new, but overall, the course is much better than I expected, and it is a fun one to play. Glad to see it coming back to what it once was. Maybe some of the tee boxes will be next.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun golf course

Fun friendly staff, great clubhouse. Fun mountain course with great views will be back to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 06/06/2025:
Thank you for the awesome review! We're so glad to hear you had a great experience and look forward to having you back again.
Played On
Reviews 3
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Golf in the smokies

A fun course that navigates the mountains, with tons of scenic views and wildlife. A great place to have fun and enjoy the outdoors.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very disappointing course conditions

I have played Wild Laurel numerous times and own property adjacent to the course. Positives, the green are in excellent shape. That’s where to positives end. The fairways are in horrible condition. Most fairways are very sparse with little turf grass to play from. Where there is grass it is mostly weeds or other grass not conducive to play. Many of the tee boxes have little to no grass in the teeing areas and are mostly sand covered. Seeing the course in the awful conditions is depressing. In the past it looked like a great deal of effort was being put into making the fairways more suitable for golf and we were all optimistic that the new owners were effecting serious improvement. But the course has degraded back to a very poor state. It is a shame as the layout and location could be a wonderful place to play. Right now the course is so bad that it is not something one would want to spend money to play. Lambert Acres is in spectacular shape and I would recommend playing golf there and passing on Wild Laurel

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Response from on 05/23/2025:
Thank you for posting a review. We’re sorry it didn’t fully meet expectations and appreciate knowing where we can improve. We value every opportunity to enhance our offerings and hope to do better next time.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow Greens, but Amazing Scenery

This was a great place to play on vacation. The fairways are a little lacking in the upkeep department, but I still thoroughly enjoyed this course. Amazing scenery, stunning clubhouse, and very welcoming staff.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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