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Friendliness
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7037 yards
Slope 137
Rating 73.9

Course Details

Year Built 2001
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dr. Michael Hurdzan (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Men are required to wear shirts with collars and sleeves. No cut off shorts of any type and no swimwear. Ladies: sleeveless golfing attire for ladies is permitted due to the design of ladies golf wear. Ladies may not wear halter tops or spaghetti straps.

Available Sports

Minigolf

Accolades

Reviews

4.6
113 Reviews (113)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 17
Bunkers 15
Forced Carries 13
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 16
Advanced Golfers 13
Locals 12
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 13

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Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Ready for Replay

Not our first time to play this course, but eager to best our last round. Walking was fine, even in hot June sun.

Greens were soft enough so played well. Tee box for best hole was closed so all tee from same spot.

Good course to include in our travels through the area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Do not play this course after a tournament!!!

The course was set up for tournament play. They had completed a tournament the past weekend. The pin placements were almost impossible. The rest of the course was nice. The sandtraps hadn't been raked. Overall this course was not set up for a beginner trying to enjoy a day of golf.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout

Course was in excellent shape, selection of tees really determines how difficult you want the course to be.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

favorite local course.

I play Pineville all the time. this course ranges from a fair challenge from the 3 tees to a monster from the back. Course is always well kept. It gets a little swampy if there has been wet weather. greens were perfect. Shot my worst round of the summer and still had a blast. Like I said the course is a blast. But if you don't like water stay home. this place has water on 13 holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Best course in the area

This is a relatively flat course, which is interesting considering it is located in the Appalachian mountains of southeastern Kentucky. The location is basically a lush valley in between two mountain ridges, with water serving as the primary hazard on this course. The greens are tricky, the mountain surroundings are beautiful, and the conditions are very nice overall. If you are driving from far away, I recommend staying at the State Park Lodge up on the mountain, where the food is good and view is better.

Hole 1--short dogleg left par 4, birdie opportunity as long as you stay right off the tee.
Hole 2--short par 5, another birdie opportunity. Watch out for high rough to the right on second shot.
Hole 3--par 3 well protected by two bunkers. Bail out is left and short
Hole 4--par 4 with a tricky green.
Hole 5--very unique, short par 5, plays very narrow with water on the left and a huge hillside to the right. The difference between birdie and double bogey is staying out of the water.
Hole 6--par 3 over water, short and left is the best miss.
Hole 7--par 5 with water on both sides, the fairway is essentially a peninsula that narrows the further you hit it off the tee.
Hole 8--relatively easy par 3
Hole 9--straight par 4 demands a good tee shot over the water and accurate second shot to shallow green.
Hole 10--par 4 that bends to the right, with some water on the second shot. Stay left off the tee to avoid getting blocked by trees.
Hole 11--dogleg left par 4 that calls for a fairway wood played to the right from the tee.
Hole 12--par 4, the only hole with significant elevation change and trees on both sides. Very pretty tee shot. A creek is in play if you miss the green too far right.
Hole 13--long par 3, open in front
Hole 14--longer par 5 without much trouble, other than a few fairway bunkers.
Hole 15--long straight par 4 with forced carry over water on second shot.
Hole 16--short par 4 with tee shot over water.
Hole 17--long par 3 over water and a bunker.
Hole 18--very long par 5 with water to the right off the tee. Water splits the fairway at about 150 yards out, forcing most players to lay up between 150 and 200 yards out for third shot to narrow green. Don't go left on the third shot.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value and nice layout...

I've always enjoyed played playing in Pineville. I like the mixture of terrain.....carrying water, elevated tees looking down the valleys, mountain scenery, etc.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great course! A must play or replay!

Love this course! Very friendly staff. Good putting/chipping practice green and driving range. Excellent teaching for lessons. Holes 5,6 & 7 are teeth of the course, in my opinion. Beware the Devil's Backbone! Greens are always in great shape. Five sets of tees to challenge advanced to beginning golfers with senior and ladies tee. Also has First Tee - tee boxes on every hole for beginning junior golfers.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Clsjad

Nice course with lots of water. Would recommend to play

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Thanks for telling is aerated

You normally put when a course is being aerated. The greens we're impossible to putt on because of this. Not a knock against the course, because I've played it when it isn't aerated and it's amazing, but against GolfNow for not informing me of it as they normally do.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course surrounded by Appalachian beauty!

Visited for second time while on business in KY. As I was solo, was invited to join deliteful threesome of local gentlemen and good golfers for what was my best round of golf ever. Beautiful mountains surround this well designed course. Depending on which of 5 tee box levels you choose, this course is as challenging as you desire!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

One step below excellence

The cousre layout is incredible! It's set in a beautiful valley with a stream running through it and a few lakes. the tee shots from the tips really challenge, you need to make well thought out shots. The greens are soft but very well maintained. the sand traps were actually full of sand and it was raked (awesome). the par 5's were not easy birdies. The tee boxes need a little love, crab grass on some. The fairways were cut to a nice length, definitely playable, but they need to pick a turf. Some of the fairways were also a little wet. I think it's because I was first out or maybe the valley but not a big deal. In the end, I loved this course. It is a very fun and beautiful courseI definitely plan on coming back.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

very challanging front 9

love this course...a mediocur golfer finds this challanging and fun, the front 9 wet, back 9 hilly. overall a great place to shoot.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course had some difficult holes, but also some easy holes.

Greens are in pretty good shape for the most part. Fairways in places needed some work. Overall, pretty good course. I would go back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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