Hickory Knob State Park

We’re trying to learn and need a fitness activity in our retirement years. Challenging and fun and the course is beautiful. The staff was awesome. Carts were clean and ran good. We didn’t feel pressured to rush but golfers were patient before and behind.

First time to play here. Drove almost an hour so wanted it to be worth the drive. Several tee boxes were scarce of grass. Some were small so not much room to move the boxes around. Greens were very slow but rolled smooth. Trap had sand but several were washed out down to their base.

I was a single on the weekend which is no man’s land but the back nine was very slow. A foursome in front of me wouldn’t let me play through and a FIVESOME behind me was waiting as much as I was.

Overall a good experience but beware of slow greens and hopefully no fivesomes on the weekend.

In the past I have played this course many times. It has been awhile since I have been here. The greens were very slow. If you had a five foot putt you had to hit it like you had a ten foot putt. The rough was so high I thought I was playing in the US Open. The ball would just settle down and it was hard to find no less having to hit out of it. So I was disappointed and will be awhile before I drive back up there to play.

Layout was so much fun, challenging and very cool. The greens were good but a little Sandy still. Bunkers were nice. Tee boxes were in poor shape. Overall, great course would definitely come back again.

We’ve played here before. The layout around the lake is really awesome and everyone is nice. Unfortunately the greens were very long and very very slow this weekend. I doubt we would go back until someone confirmed the greens were rolling more normally.

Played hickory knob for the first time this weekend. There are a few holes with funky layouts, number 2 particularly is a bit gimmicky. The greens all had grass on them, and were slightly slow but not unplayable. Greens were not bumpy. The fairways had plenty of grass, so they were definitely playable. However, the bunkers were in fairly bad shape with grass in some of the bunkers and not much sand in others.

All in all I really enjoyed the round and would return. Earlier reviews regarding the greens not having grass are no longer true. Hope this review was helpful, I’ll definitely be back.

This course is in great shape.

Greens are a little slow to my liking.

A few trees could use some trimming at a few tee boxes.

These make the tee shot have a VERY narrow window.

You can hit a great tee shot that goes thru limbs knocking it down.

Overall I like the course.

Course was not crowded but pace was a little slow. Greens were decent but slow. Beautiful layout and terrain. Some very different holes. Will continue to make the trip and play 2-3 times a year.

The greens were not good the fairways were fair tee boxes not good , the layout is fantastic, I don't think our tax dollars are being used at all on this site!

Hickory Know is a good course. It has a variety of holes that range in difficulty from easy to very hard. I have 2 bones to pick with Hickory Knob: 1) when I was there this past week, the greens had been worked on and were not in good shape. They were bare in some places and very bumpy in others. 2) No. 4 requires an uphill drive and then a downhill approach to a green requiring a forced carry. The fairway is mown so tightly that a drive that gets to the downhill slope with any velocity will not stop short of the pond. Bad design and maintenance.

I played this course alot this was my first time playing this year 80%of the greens had no grass just patches they were not fun putt on . The course also needs a Marshall to move pace of play their was 3 drunks holding up the play they were playing so slow and obnoxious

Very nice course. Challenging with lots of water. Heavy rains had made water areas larger than normal.

Course was recovering from high lake level and rain. Greens were aerated and hard to read. Really a well layer out course and lots of fun. Would like to play again when course not affected by high lake level.