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3.8
306 Reviews (306)
5 Stars
83
4 Stars
127
3 Stars
47
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
22
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.3
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.2
80.9%
Recommend this course
248 out of 306 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
19 Reviews (19)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.4
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
73.7%
Recommend this course
14 out of 19 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.7
62 Reviews (62)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.4
Value
4.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
75.8%
Recommend this course
47 out of 62 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 5723 yards
Slope 112
Rating 67.5
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Whittle Springs Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1932
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2018 #4)

Reviews

3.8
306 Reviews (306)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 7
Water Hazards 6
This course/club is great for:
Beginners 9
Locals 9
Seniors 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 11

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Improving every day

Alot of work to do but rusty and his staff are making the course better daily. Although the Knoxville city championship getting set back hurts because I was holding off my move to retire in Maui if I can make it back to play this years championship I will. Thank you Rusty and all of whittles family

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course for the price.

In good shape considering the marginal drought conditions in Eastern TN.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Adequate municipal course

Fun course to play. Needed water in the coolers. Good bathrooms. Will be back.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Incredibly dry, dead and hard.

Played this course on Memorial Day, which was a great price for a holiday round. However i quickly I became quite frustrated by the conditions of the course as it effected play quite a bit. The majority of the fairways and rough were completely dead and dry with barely any grass to hit off of no matter where you landed. Because of the dry/dead conditions I the ball runs forever. A decent shot could end up terribly because it could run out an extra 50-150 yds without any idea of when it will stop. This same thing applied to the greens which were rock hard with almost no grass, it was like putting in a parking lot. This also made it incredibly difficult to hit onto the greens as well as even the best shots managed to roll off every time. I would not even recommend this course for beginner as the conditions will lead to more frustration than ease of play. Also, being that I played on a holiday I expected there to be some delays but while the first couple holes we were moving along fine we quickly found ourselves backed up with multiple groups waiting on tee boxes due to a group of 5-6 high school aged looking kids all playing together on the same hole. This would be fine if they were skilled enough to maintain play but this was the complete opposite as they appeared to be out there joking around. Eventually this frustration resulted in us leaving after the 10th hole and did not get to finish the round. Avoid this course unless it is the only option.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/30/2023

We apologize for your poor experience. Unfortunately bermuda grass courses in our area are a little late coming out of dormancy this year due cooler spring temperatures. We are just now starting to see very good growth and conditions will only improve in the coming weeks. Memorial Day is always a busy day for us but we try and maintain a strong pace of play. We do not allow any groups of more than four but we do get backed up especially on the back nine due to multiple reachable par 5's and a couple short par 4's. Please contact us if you ever have any pace of play issues. Thank you for your review.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

How improvements should look

I’ve played here for years now and it is head and shoulders above how it was previously. Greens are good tee boxes solid and the fairways are great. Only downside is that nobody fixes their divots on the greens but the staff can’t control that. 7.5/10 overall 9/10 for the price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens looked almost dead

Not sure what happened but the greens had little to no grass on them. A lot of the rough has died as well. Hopefully Whittles can make a comeback now that it’s warm.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 05/30/2023

Thanks for your review. We have champion bermuda greens and they are just now coming out of dormancy due to the cooler spring temperatures. We have seen a lot of improvement in the last few weeks and we expect excellent course conditions again this summer and beyond.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

The course layout is really tight.

They had just sanded the greens (maintenance is always happening) and some of the forward (red) tee boxes were mostly dirt.

This course is better than several of the courses we played last winter in North Central Florida.

We will definitely play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

This place sucks

The way the course way layed out is terrible the greens are in poor condition

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Worse maintained course I've ever played on

Wow! Knoxville Park & Rec (or whoever funds this course) doesn't know how to maintain a course (or simply doesn't care) Painted, hard, unmanageable greens that don't play like a real course. Fairways that are basically dirt (told me it was dry but they apparently don't ever water in off season. Fairways covered with water & unmanaged water markings. Tees set up strangely on several holes. Poorly marked. What a mess!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Will never be playing there again as long as Alex is employed there

Was treated very unfairly by the staff. I have played there many times and will never be booking through Golf Now or Whittle springs again. I am okay spending more money at a course where I am more valued as a player and a customer.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 04/05/2023

We apologize for your poor experience. We discussed the incident with the customer and the employee to ensure that this does not happen again.

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Green's need WORK

Never in my life have a played a course where balls are basically designed to roll off the green. The greens are like putting on glass, and MULTIPLE times, my playing partner and I had 3 or 4 foot putts just barely miss the cup and slowly roll all the way OFF the green... It was like nothing I've seen before. Something must be done about those putting surfaces.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 03/14/2023

Thank you for your feedback. We will consult with the golf course maintenance team to address your concerns.

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