Loudon Country Club

No bump and runs at Loudon. Played three rounds in four days, course is in excellent condition. Couple bread loaf tee boxes but fairways, rough and greens are perfect. The greens, very small and firm, very few ball marks and your wedge is the only way on, like turtle shells. Cups seemed crowned too, lots of 3 putts. As difficult as they come, narrow fairways except the par 5’s, grip and rip. Bring the A game.

The grass off the fairway was very long and almost unplayable. Had to punch into the fairway to have a chance. Course staff was very friendly but the course needs some work. Cut the grass!! Especially because it is so wet.

Loudon features mostly crowned greens, which makes the course a bit tougher than it seems from the tee, especially if you don't often play on greens that fall off from the center. You'll need to be sharp with your chips and pitches and leave yourself with short-iron approaches.

Holes are roomy with plenty of rough along the wide fairways, though the back nine has dense tree lines on most holes. Lots of tree lines marked as lateral hazards on the back.

A few holes feature water carries, including one short par-4 with a pond in front.

Very quick 3-hour pace on a nice Tuesday morning with only a few groups out on the course. Staff was friendly, and the post-round drink in the restaurant went down smooth. Would play again.

Greens are fairly undersized and all are crowned which makes most approaches very similar. Very difficult to have most iron shots hold the greens. Otherwise the condition of the course is very well kept and the round was good.

Course was a pleasure to play. Well maintained, and fairly challenging. Being the first time there never really knowing where the water and mash ares actually came into play made some of the surprises a challenge. The rough was deep enough that you really had to keep your eye on where your ball headed. Early on our group took on the " just drop another and keep playing" mantra,. Overall a great course, we will definitely be back.

Greens in great shape and well kept

Good pace of play!

Only gap - no beer cart!!!!!!!

Other than that great day

Played 2 days in a row, the vast differences in clubhouse staff was astounding. Friday was hot and the pace of play was very slow but within reason for race week. The clubhouse staff was ready and prepared for you at the turn, the young lady was pleasant and prompt. Saturday the pace was much better, however the clubhouse staff service was not even similarly trained or effective. The woman (Donna) behind the bar Saturday was not busy with customers but she was busy talking. We had to wait while on the turn for Donna to chat with someone, not sever them in any capacity. When we finally get served she proceeded to call us "lovey" multiple times? This woman asked me so many questions about nothing in between running for everything we ordered. The amount of times she had to leave the bar to make 4 drinks for us was uncalled for. Be prepared, don't be a pest, be prompt, and no pet names.

Highly suggest a weekday tee time if you like reasonable service and no loud beer cart.

The course is as close to perfect as it could be. The description listed says the members maintain the gardens but they must have an incredible team of staff to deal with everything. The effort really shows.