Chateau Elan Winery & Resort

Chateau as always is very nice. Friendly and professional staff, great well maintained layout. Going to pay a little more here but worth the extra money which is the story behind the whole resort. Must admit I love everything about this place.

The course is a fun test for most ability levels as you might expect from a resort style course, although single digit handicaps likely won’t find the layout too intriguing. If you hit the mostly generous fairways, you’ll typically be rewarded with a good chance of hitting the green (i.e., “fun”). Definitely a couple difficult holes that can put you in a tight spot with elevation changes, but nothing that will have you saying “I’d take a bogey” when you’re standing on the tee.

It’s worth noting that the length of this course varies greatly with the tees and conditions. At almost 6500 yards for Par 71, the Green tee can play much longer than you’d expect if it’s wet, which it likely is most of the time in the morning given the low lying nature of a lot of the course. However, with the next tee forward, Gold, being 5900 yards, it begs the question as to why there is not a hybrid option utilizing both? Indeed, a 6200 yard hybrid tee would provide a good common ground for a lot of players between having to choose between driver/mid to long irons or driver/wedge all day. This would also help pace of play, and although that wasn’t an issue today, the course could certainly back up if the wrong group chooses to play longer due to the large variance in tee distance.

As to conditioning, the greens rolled nicely and were well kept, which was expected for the above-average price tag. The fairways could have been somewhat better, but likely a sign of the fall season and the rain a few days previous. In either event, its comfortably between a good municipal course and a mostly member, semi-private club, which is likely what they’re shooting for.

So, overall, it’s a nice facility and a solid tract. If the tee time makes sense and the location works, you definitely can book without hesitation. Glad I made the choice!

Un Marshaled round.

Slow. Close to 5 hour round.

Decent conditions.

Ball marks needed to be repaired.

Get what you pay for.

Greens rolled true and was setup somewhat difficult but both greens and fairways in great shape.

Woodlands course is allowing WAY to many two-somes. They need to combine groups to improve pace of play

Great course. Definitely one of my favorite!

You won't be disappointed.

Greens fast but great shape. Fairways good, tee box fair

Woodlands greens have fully recovered and they are in tournament condition. Staff was super friendly as always. Strongly recommend.

The course itself is in great shape, the greens are rolling perfect, great lies in the fairway and the course layout is really fun. The reason for the poor review is that it took over 4.5 hours to play 12 holes and we started at 10:30am. With all the great options within an hour of Atlanta if I spend $85/person to play golf I expect a superior experience and that was definitely not the case. There are plenty of courses around that are in just as good condition at a better price that you can actually get all 18 holes in under 4.5 hours.