Bent Creek Golf Village

A 30 minute ride plus to the outskirts of Gatlinburg hidden in a Valley. Decent course on front tricked up on the back. Plenty of blind shots with no card layout to go by. The back is rough on a few holes with plenty of doglegs. Yard not marked except at 100 yards into the green. Like many mountain courses, not forgiving but challenging and rewarding. Best have a yardage finder with you as the carries require the meter.

I thought the whole course needed some help. The practice screen was terrible. The fairways were OK but Stoke could have used that up key. Tea boxes needed help as well. There should’ve been better signage on the back nine part three we had to walk up a hill to get to the tea box for the elevated part three. If it were for the couple that was coming down from there, we wouldn’t have known where the tea box was.

Don’t count on the food at the pro shop.

Evidently, they allow a fivesome that was behind us. Loud and boisterous and bothersome.

If you are looking for a mountain course experience, this will provide. Variable distance control is needed! You have to pay attention to the score card. Very helpful tips included on there. Great opportunity for pictures with elevation changes and great views. Overall experience was excellent.

Outstanding course from check in to the 18th hole!!! This was my 2nd time playing and I WILL be back!!!

This is my 3rd time playing here when we come up for vacation. Staff is always friendly. Course is always in decent shape!

Really nice layout. Lots of up and down lies. Creeks in play on several holes. Course was in in good shape, but greens were a little long and slow, particularly on the front nine. Bunkers were well maintained.

Great price for the area, friendly staff and good pace of play. The course is challenging for first time players as you can get confused finding your way around and which way to start your tee shots. Bugs are sometimes bad. Be prepared to hit precise tee shots on the back 9.

Like the other reviews say, it feels like two 9 hole course. Which in my opinion is pretty cool. For the front, use gps. Sneaky water everywhere. For the back. You rarely need a driver and will need to be precise. Pace of pay was smooth. Only 2 complaints. One, the different types of grasses specifically in the rough is not easy to manage shot by shot. Two, wish the fairways were a bit more manicured. I do definitely recommend and would play again.

The course was cool, but the greens needed some work. There were weeds in some of them and they were a little long. The back 9 was beautiful and had some challenging holes. The club house was just a little shack with not a lot of golf apparel, they only had a little gas station roller grill with about 6 hotdogs. That part was disappointing. The golfing was fun and the sites were something new being from the north.

This course have roads running right through it!! Trying to determine which fairway to play on the front 9 was crazy!!! At one point, it appeared one had to hit over one of the roads that ran through the course. As I was teeing off on one hole, a car passed right by me!!! The back nine was more isolated which was expected for a course designed around mountains and water. However, we had to wait for 3 cars to find their way off the “cart path” because GPS sent them through the course!! We helped them make the tight turn-around to find their way back to the main road!!

I’ll never play nor recommend this course again. Oh, there was an emergency' on the course and we had to skip a hole because the road parallel

With the cartpsth was blocked so the helicopter could land!

The track is interesting and a test to play but there are lot of public roads running through the front nine. That was weird. The back has several blind tee shots and hidden hazards. The greens were really slow. Maybe some daily mowing .could help.

Bent Creek is a decent and enjoyable mountain course designed by the legendary Gary Player early in his design career. I’d give it a solid 3.8 stars. The weekend price felt a little high, however. I paid $71 after tax and would put the value closer to $50–55 on weekends.

The layout has some interesting challenges, particularly holes 3, 9, 11, 13, and 17. Several force you to put the driver away and rely on a long iron or smooth 3-wood. The back nine is more scenic overall with its elevation changes, though the front has some nice mountain views with the creek and rocks in the foreground. Fairways on the front are fairly close to one another, less so on the back.

Conditions were mixed. Fairways were weedy in places, and much of the rough wasn’t significantly thicker than the fairways, although a few holes had more challenging rough. Greens were somewhat patchy in places, but far from terrible. Most tee boxes were fine, though a couple were well below average. The highest point on the course, hole 14, has no real grass on the tee box—just mats.

Pace of play should be good if you get out early, but some locals apparently skip to the back when playing nine, which can disrupt the flow. The course could do a better job keeping tabs on where groups are starting.

And as other reviews mention, the gnats are no joke, especially on tee boxes and greens. Bring bug spray!

Overall, a solid course with an interesting layout and good scenery. I’d play Bent Creek again, but probably only at a lower price.

Front 9 move and open, back 9 lots of blind shots. Very challenging course but a fun play for sure.

The course was challenging with lots of creeks and woods. The fairways were close together. Enjoyed the course and the challenge it brought. Hated all the gnats but nothing can be done about that.

Bugs were terrible & they don't sell any in clubhouse. Advertised you could eat there if you like hotdogs cooked on a convenance store rotisserie & didn't have many of them. Tee times must have been 5 minutes apart & stayed backed up at every hole. But the worst of it were the bugs & no hole layout on signs. Had to ask for a card that showed course after we guessed the front nine. Overall was not worth the drive or the money.

Very slow play, had a group of 4 in front of our foursome with a group of 5 in front of them. Couse was extremely busy. Tee time was 10:36. Made the turn, had plenty of time to go in and grab some food as 10 tee box was backed up. There was 1 hotdog left on the grill. Two ladies working in proshop, I asked if they were out of dogs? One said she could go and microwave one for. Me. I said ok but didn't understand why they hadn't put more on the grill. Nats were terrible all day. Course was good except for the fuzzy slow greens. Rate was good viA golf now.