Rock Barn Golf and Spa - Jackson
A view from Jackson Course at Rock Barn Golf and Spa.
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4.6
542 Reviews (542)
5 Stars
354
4 Stars
144
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
94.2%
Recommend this course
511 out of 542 reviews
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4.4
49 Reviews (49)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
89.8%
Recommend this course
44 out of 49 reviews
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4.5
67 Reviews (67)
5 Stars
46
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
92.5%
Recommend this course
62 out of 67 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private/Resort
Par 71
Length 6427 yards
Slope 135
Rating 71.9

Rock Barn Golf & Spa offers two championship courses, one designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and the other by Tom Jackson. Nestled within the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the golf courses are provided with swiftly moving brooks and sparkling lakes that accent the wooded hills and lush, grassy meadows. The Jackson Course tumbles across picturesque valleys, offering both dramatic elevation changes and beautiful scenery. The layout is shorter and less demanding than the Jones Course but it is a challenge nonetheless. The undulating terrain demands accuracy and perfect ball placement. Fast greens are balanced by generous fairways. Water hazards also come into play. The course starts out intimidatingly with a narrow, uphill par 5 but the rest of the course is not quite as daunting.

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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Jackson (1969)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "The Rock Barn Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Riding

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4.6
542 Reviews (542)
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Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
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5.0
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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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5.0
Previously Played

Course conditions were good for late summer play

We love the layout of the Jackson course. Its layout is good and plenty of challenges along the way. Wide fairways and nice putting on the greens. It’s our favorite course when we can afford it. We’re Senior husband and wife golfers who have to find good deals to play there at their rates. Using Golf Now helps.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great golf course!

Very nice course, challenging, beautiful. Staff was very friendly

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

All great except for the greens

Beautiful layout, friendly staff and the course layout was great and challenging. The problem was the greens. There was an apparent fungus on most of them that was unsightly and made some putts very bumpy and irregular. When they get that figured out it is a place I would definitely go back to. Bonus was range balls were included with the round

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Amazing course

I was traveling for work and found a hot deal for this course and took it. Out of all the courses I’ve played on the road this has to be the best one. Staff was extremely nice and helpful, nice driving range, great course layout (Jackson) There were a couple greens that had some dead spots but I was thoroughly impressed with the track. I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone around this area. I will absolutely play here again when I’m nearby. 10/10

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 113
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fun layout

First time playing the Jackson course. The course was on the shorter side but that didn’t make it easy. A lot of tricky tee shots and elevation change made it a fun challenge. Course conditions were good. Staff were very friendly and accommodating. Cart girl came by frequently. Food at the turn was good. Easily a top 6 turkey sandwich I’ve had. Overall a good day on the course and worth the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played

Back 9 - Awesome

Tale of two courses. Back nine is fantastic. Course needs work. Bunkers were lacking sand in spots and other players didn’t take care of them. Divots unrepaired, fairway divots everywhere, and bunkers need work. Cool spot and staff was great.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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Reviews 35
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Cart GPS pain in a$&$s

Very nice course, staff was nice, BUT the GPS nagging at me for 18 holes was horrible. At one point it locked up my cart automatically and my cart slid sideways down a hill, I was concerned it might topple over. It stayed locked for about 10 minutes. Not to mention the cart stopping about a dozen other times and needing to go backwards. There’s no indicators on the course to know when this will happen. Idiotic implementation of the current technology.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
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Commented on 08/25/2025

GPS screen on each cart clearly shows restricted areas where carts will lock up. Most notably near the greens and tees.

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Commented on 08/22/2025

Any experienced Golfer would realize these Cart stop because you have entered a restricted area! In fact, the display screen shows you in detail where these restricted areas are, as well as the exact current location of your cart! All you have to do is put the cart in reverse and back-out of the restricted area!

Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

8/19/25 Greens a bit tattered

I have played this a lot. It’s a go to course. I love the set up, staff, and availability. For some reason greens are a little beat up in the Jackson course right now. Could be a bad mower knicking it up or a disease. Either way some bare spots on edges

Other than that really enjoyed the round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good Layout...Club Damage and No Resolution From Staff A Huge Negative

Played this course last week with my family.

No complaints about the course, but my bag was loaded up by their staff. Putting full faith in them that their staff had done this many times before I went on my way to play my round.

My bag was not properly secured and my clubs went flying out onto the pavement of the cart path after driving off the first tee. My driver sustained damage in addition to scratches on my irons.

When I went to the pro shop afterwards seeking a resolution, I was offered no immediate solution, instead handed the director of golf's business card. I received no response back after multiple emails and voice message unreturned. I have no resolution.

I wont recommend this club to anyone.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/25/2025

Hard to understand how unsecured clubs are able to make it all the way to the first tee without falling off, then suddenly fall off while driving off the first tee.

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Commented on 08/22/2025

Alert patrons alway check on such before driving off… especially since you’ve already gotten clubs from it prior. In fact I use my own bungie strap in addition to the carts strap!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Poorly Maintained

Played this course years ago and decided to take a buddy and drive up from Charlotte. I was very disappointed in how the maintenance had fallen. Tee boxes were rough, several greens had large bare spots, fairways were in good shape. I would much rather play Deer Brook in Shelby for $42 and it's in much better shape. Skybrook in Charlotte is in much better shape as well. Defineatly not a $70 course and not worth the drive from Charlotte. I can drive to Grandover in Greensboro in the same time for a much better course that is impeccably maintained.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/22/2025

actually grandovers traps were rough all summer. as was the west course fairways..

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

Good track

Ive always wanted to play here and finally drove west to miss the rain east and had an enjoyable round. The course has some beautiful par 3s, one even tees from what looks like a cliff from the the first tee. Lots of par 3s it seemed. Fairways and greens were perfect, some bunkers look washed out. Overall, great track. Birdie friendly and some gorgeous homes throughout the round

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/09/2025

not sure which course you played… the greens and conditions were nowhere near ‘perfect’. See recent reviews.

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

What the heck happened !!!

Unbelievable how fast this course went from good to very bad! I’ll let this week's photos do the talking!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/07/2025

Does this look like a $85 / $70 course? pitiful !

Played On
Reviews 207
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 50 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great except greens

Played Rock Barn for the first time today. It is a wonderful layout. Beautiful scenery. A lot of elevation changes. And a lot of really pretty holes. I would have rated it much higher-4 or maybe even 5 stars. But the greens were not in good shape. Almost all of them had bad spots. Bent grass is just so hard to keep in good shape in the heat and humidity of NC summer. Other than that. The tees, fairways, and rough were in great shape! The bunkers were washed out and unplayable. But it stormed here bad last night. And several trees were down around the course. All in all worth a play. Especially if you can score a hot deal on golf now.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/07/2025

but they still roll WAY Better than Bermuda greens which are sanded constantly in mid summer! not to mention punched!

Bent looks odd or bad to many people who are unfamiliar.

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Wonderful day

Another great NC track…. I really enjoyed the undulating fairways.

Note to course- please send someone around to fix the ball marks on the greens… far too many not repaired for your caliber of course.

This is an easy drive from CLT, nice lunch spot across from the pro shop and a nice selection of merch.

Enjoy the included range balls and get ready because number 1 will challenge your skill.

I’ll definitely be back for another round!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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