Springdale at Cold Mountain

Like this course don’t love it it’s pretty long and challenging, but it is beautiful and well-kept and they are doing a very good job out there. Highly recommend.

Played with an older couple who were super friendly. They’d played the course before and we happy to show me around.

Fairly tough course and fairly long. Lots of creeks and well placed bunkers. Greens had been too dressed but we’re still decent. Clubhouse and pro shop were all brand new. Really nice place.

I didn’t play well and tired quickly due to the heat but it was a nice day out!

This course was in excellent condition...tees and fairways were super! The greens, while primarily bent grass had some poiannua growing in them. That notwithstanding they were mowed down so they were very smooth and only late in the day would the poiannua be an issue. The only hole that was very hard to play was designated as the "Springdale Spasm" so it comes with a warning! You had to lay up so perfectly or you had about 180 to 190 yards into the par 4 green. Overall the three of us loved the course and can't wait to play it again and have a dinner in the great restaurant...

Played Springdale on 3/8/23 with 2 friends. Cordially welcomed in the pro shop. Got to the 1st tee and was in awe how green everything was this early in the season. Pretty much stayed the same for all 18 holes. Traps were nice soft sand. Carts were new and came with cold water bottles and towels. A great experience. Will definitely go back (soon)!

The front 9 is mostly rolling and nice. The back 9 is a challenge. Very hilly, a lot of water, and very well maintained fairways and greens. We have played here 4 times and the staff of fantastic. The club house and food is unbelievably GREAT. Don’t miss this opportunity to play a beautiful and challenging course.

Nice, challenging course .

The staff was awesome . It was cart path only on the day we played which was a real bummer ! The front nine was soggy so that was understandable. Back nine was dry so we were hoping cart path only would have been lifted which they said was a possibility, but it wasn’t.

Some of the other golfers playing, like the ones in front of us were let’s say “lacking golf etiquette “ !

Literally hit up on us and hit our golf cart no yelling 4 or apologizing. Not cool,

Especially since our pace of play was fine .

It was close to a five hour round due to cart path only. Anyway , nice course , great condition for Feb.

Greens were awesome. Definitely recommend !

One again a fantastic course sullied by snail like play 🐌

Course was in very good condition for this time of the year in the mountains. They are improving things on the course and have made a few changes that I like.

This is a fabulous course in better condition than any I’ve played in a long time. I have played here several times lately with enjoyment BUT this time there was a Sixsome three groups ahead of us that were so slow and disrespectful of the course that that it made for a long and laborious day with extended waits on every shot. Will go back but hopefully not have to endure this again.

Best course conditions I have played for as long as I can remember. 👍👍👍

Our favorite golf course in Haywood County and WNC.

Found a Hot Deal on GolfNow for $35. I knew that was a steal. This course is out of the way, but the best courses are. This is easily a $60 course in the spring summer. If you're in the area this course is a must play.

I've been playing Springdale for 35 years and I absolutely love this place! The new owners have done a fabulous job restoring the course back to it's former glory, and it's definitely a course to put on your must play list.

Unfortunately, it had rained quite a bit the previous day and the course was so wet that it was cart path only. The grounds crew hadn't cut the greens so they were really slow, but they started drying out about the 10th hole and putts started rolling true. The fairways were sloppy but in wonderful shape, good lies everywhere! The bunker sand was heavy and packed from the rain, but I know they're just fine when it's dry. I only found one bunker, and I shouldn't have hit it there. My playing partner didn't find any...

The only negative was the pace of play by a 3-some that didn't play well, and weren't able to keep up with the group in front of them. When we teed off on #1, they were on the 3rd green and there were 3 groups between them and us. We caught up with them on the 6th hole as they had let the other groups play through. We waited at least 5 minutes for each shot, and it took them 2-3 shots to get out of range before we could safely hit. While we were waiting for them to clear the 10th green, one of them yelled at us to ask if we'd like to play through and we said yes! We hurried to finish the hole and made it to the 11th tee...only to find that they were out in the fairways playing their 2nd and 3rd shots. Sadly, it took 2.5 hours to play the back nine. The Spasm took 25 minutes alone!

I'm all for everybody playing this great game and having equal access, but you need to think about the consequences of slow play. The nearest group behind us was at least 4 holes back at the turn so it wouldn't have bothered this group a bit to wait 3-4 minutes while we played through. And there were at least 3 times that the solo player would leave their cart 30-40 yards back from the green because they didn't make the green. They would pitch on, walk to the green and putt out, then have to walk back to the cart. And before moving to the next hole, all 3 of them would clean their clubs, put them in their bag, and then go to next tee.

Most of the nicer courses I play have a course ranger to assist pace of play. After reading reviews, I'm beginning to feel this is an issue at Springdale. I know your members come first and I respect that. I also appreciate that you allow the general public to play this amazing course. But you need to educate your members about awareness of their pace of play.

As a wise old golfer said, "Golf is the game of a lifetime, it shouldn't take a lifetime to play"...