Achasta Golf Club

I played this course because it has been on the Golf Advisor Best of GA list in 2015 and 2016. It is a very good course with wide landing areas and moderately quick greens that rolled true. It is a mountain course but is mostly flat with the Birch River winding through. Btw, this course was previously the Nicklaus Club at Birch River. I played the blue tees, 6400 yds, and a few holes were long for me. But there are other holes that are short with some risk/reward shots. I played on a Thursday and there was a cart girl available. I didn't eat at the grill. The staff was friendly and range balls were included. The bunkers had very fine sand but could use a little work as could the pond on number 3. Btw, I came within 2 and half feet of an ace! See the pic.

UNBELIEVABLE COURSE, GREAT SHAPE , WELL TAKEN CARE OF!!!

First time to experience a Nicklaus course in Georgia. Good mix of risk/reward with generous landing areas for drives and challenging approaches. Playing conditions were ideal but do bring the mosquito repellant as the evidence of the good shots you make will be matched by the # of bites you take home. Good value for the money!

Course is a hidden gem, awesome course all the way around!!!!

Firstly everyone in the golf club including player members are very warm and friendly.
As it was Sunday, the club house restaurant was closed early. However, we saw the cart girl diligently making her rounds 5-6 times on the course.
The course conditions such as the fairway and greens are in very good condition. Can't say much for the sand bunkers as it was raining heavily the night before and there isn't much sand. Though the course is not hilly but rather flat, the drainage system was pretty good into the surrounding streams & lakes.
Lastly, there's nothing much to shout about the course layout except for Hole #9 and Hole#15 which pose some level of difficulty.

It is an absolutely gorgeous course and fantastically maintained! I think it’s too expensive for most golfers, but well worth playing!

Been playing this course for years when it was known as Birch River. Scenic setting tucked in the mountains but fairly flat in a valley and lacking in elevation changes so can be walked. Good layout but could use a set of intermediate tees between blues at 6,400 yards and whites at under 6,000. Challenging but fun. Worth the drive north from Atlanta.

The Achasta course design makes you want to play it over and over! The holes are challenging, have great views, are not frustrating, and you can always tell when the Golden Bear has designed a course. A great experience from beginning to end, played a 11am shotgun start and the pace of play was perfect, no rushing and plenty of time to enjoy! Will play again and bring friends!

Have played 7 rounds and 5 have taken in excess of 5 hours. Staff is friendly, but does nothing to manage the pace of play. This is a nice scenic course and normally in very good condition. If you can handle hitting and waiting hole after hole, then this course is for you, if not, suggest to pass.

Achasta is designed wonderfully up in the north Georgia mountains. My group did a shotgun start here in december a really enjoyed the course. The mountains views where wonderful as well as the suberb practice facility. The course was in fabulous shape common designed courseS by jack Nicklaus. The course was great 11 was awesome and liked the 6th and 7th hole. The trees in the fall are buetifuel. There is not a hole lot of water on the course but water is put in the correct places. Overall this was a great experience at Achasta.

We played a shot gun start which took over 5 hours to complete. No Marshall on course to push group ahead of us, which had 3 holes open in front of them

All we heard when arriving at pro shop after round is it was busy today

Would definitely recommend asking golf pro about pace of play and if they have any marshals on course to monitor

Very wet. Hole 10 virtually unplayable. Beautiful track in the valley of the north ga. Mountains. Right on the chattahoochee River water runs throughout the course. Give it a few days to dry out. Kid in golf shop seemed preoccupied. Not pleasant. Everyone else was very hospitable. A definate must play for north ga.

Achasta is a Nickalus designed golf club that might be the most premiere course in the Dawsonville/Dahlonega area. The course is fairly open in some areas but there are many forced carries for approaches or tee balls that can become quite intimidating. The practice range and chipping area is ideal for sharpening up your game as its well-maintained and in great condition year round. They also oversees in the winter so its great to play on green grass in January and February. This is a must-play course for any golfer in the Atlanta area, the trip is definitely worth it!

We played the day after what must have been an all day soaker the day before as the course fairways and some tees were sopping wet. There was no extra roll what so ever. It was cart path only on every hole. This made for long walk on most shots back to the cart, which is fine but distracted from the beauty of the course and the day. The conditions of the course other than all the standing water were excellent. The greens were rolling true and perfect. The bent grass really has responded well to the cooler weather of late. I will go back however the value is a little too lacking for me to play here every week. We enjoyed the course and will be back

This course never fails to please me! Great greens, great layout. Very walkable

Great layout along the Birch River - fairways, rough, bunkers, tee boxes were all in Excellent shape. Greens looked like they had been punched about 10 days ago and were still slightly bumpy (although they rolled better than they looked). Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Beer prices were excellent too (<$3/beer). Kitchen was closed so we did not eat there.

Overall, Definitely worth the long drive from ATL to play this course. We will be back soon.