Olcowboy

Love this golf course even though it beats me like a drum every time I've played it. Have been playing here long enough to have gone from the Blues, to the whites and now the senior tees. 25 years has taken its toll on this old duffer, but I'm determined to get back into the 80s again. Great staff and the new owners are obviously dedicated to making this course what it used to be and even better.
Highly recommend for the challenge and the scenery.

New owners making huge strides to improvements, friendly staff. Say "Hello" to Wendy in the pub room...good food and and a good selection of beverages. Course is showing signs of caring owners with a vision of how this course will bring golfers from near and far.

New management making extraordinary changes to the course,dining,and club house amenities. Friendly staff, good selection of accessories and the food is great! Kudos to Kim for a great panini press sandwich!

The course is in need of rain...so is the whole area.
Greens are in good shape but the ground is hard as a rock (needs rain). Friendly staff...no beer/alcohol allowed as it is tied directly to the Methodist retreat across the street.They closed the snack bar at 2:00. I think there was a youth group playing the course as we finished. Young lady was gracious enough to make me a sandwich at 2:10, anyway. It;s a good place to get your game in shape. Most often the course in fairly empty and you can hit a couple of extra shots to tune up.

Great layout. User friendly for all levels but challenging for all levels as well. HUGE greens with plenty of undulations. Spectacular fall vistas and accommodating, friendly staff. A "must play" for Western North Carolina. Good grub at the Pin High grill and cold beer.

Marion Lake Club is a nice track, a bit off the beaten path. My son and I drove the hour and ten minutes because I kept seeing the tee times under the "Hot Deals" with golfnow.com. and a golfer I know said the course was a decent destination. In all fairness to the staff...they are super friendly, by the way, the fairways and tee boxes were all in pretty good shape. They had a catastrophic chemical event earlier this year with their greens and they were decimated...auto-two-putt became the rule of the day. Greg said they were closing the course for the next three months to re-seed and get the greens back into shape. (Wish I'd known that before making the drive.) Other than a closed snack bar and the horrible condition of the greens, we had a pleasant day of it. This course struck me as a "locals favorite" and two groups of ladies playing made it feel like they were "members"...and "special"...snotty old wenches playing (thankfully) only nine holes. We will definitely make a return trip in the fall when the greens are back. I think the course would be worth the drive when it's in top notch condition. Nice views of the mountains and Lake Nebo made for some good scenery. Good looking little club house will have decent menu and good beers when they open back up.

Great staff...EXPENSIVE food and beverage. $30.00 for 2 dogs, club sandwich and 2 beers? Country Club atmosphere, mostly members play. A few really bad fairways in need of grass and seed, greens in good shape. Very scenic with plenty of sand and water challenges. Fairly tight fairways lined with homes. We played in blistering heat which I'm sure influenced sour taste....will try again after fairways come back in and temps drop.

My son, nephew and I played this challenging venue for the first time. Hidden ravines full of prickly bushes, marshlands and gators force careful course management... tough on the first time round. Undulating greens, sloping fairways made for a challenge. Best to play with a regular if you can. Falcon course reputed to be tougher than Eagle...which made pace of play pleasant. Most of the other golfers were on Eagle and we pretty much had Falcon all to ourselves. Great staff...good grub and a full bar on the 19th make the course and practice facilities worth every bit of a "hot deal".

Moved to this area in 1995 when the Grove Park Inn was a family owned business. I've always enjoyed the course, especially before it became corporate owned and the prices skyrocketed. Donald Ross has designed many courses in the South and this one is true to his form...postage stamp greens with tricky undulations. The course was in decent shape, the staff very courteous and professional. Over cast and a bit chilly day, but couldn't beat or pass up the Golfnow.com price for a course that has been financially prohibitive for a long time. Hopefully new management will bring fees in line with what the course is truly worth. Ross designed the Asheville municipal course as well and there's little difference in conditions.

The staff, track and majestic views make this experience worthwhile, regardless of your level of play. If the flat stick isn't working for you, expect to learn why all the other four letter words are taken. This course is a prime example of a mountain course inside a gated community. Only a few tight holes and the rest will give new meaning to "down-hill-side-hill" lie. Superior elevation changes keep club selection a guessing game until you're sure how far you can really hit that 6 iron.

Great little track with more than friendly folks...owner is on site almost every time I've played. Andy is affable pro and check in is prompt and courteous. Kelley made me a superb tuna salad sandwich with all the trimmings I asked for...tomatoes and cheddar cheese. cocktails are properly poured and the price is right. Ashley finished off the 19th hole with us and her cheerful demeanor made it easy to forget the lousy way I played this very nice track. Enough trouble to challenge, but a lot of open fairways and the greens were immaculate. Highly recommend this facility for an enjoyable afternoon.

Greens held.true even at the end of aeration healing. Very friendly, couteuous staff, course.well maintained with plenty of hazards to keep you honest. Rolling hills and decent views to please the eye.

Cleghorn Plantation Golf Club is a superior, challenging lay out. The staff, facilities and food are all top notch. The course will be beautiful when the Bermuda grass comes in and the greens heal up. My son and I decided on a father-son day and picked Cleghorn on the recommendation from a friend. We live an hour from the course and the drive was worth it. We're both hackers ...my game has deteriorated and his is just getting good...we had a blast and connected with one of the local frequent flyers who was a fountain of information and welcome addition to our twosome. Be careful on # 12...I played Tin Cup golf on that hole, happy to have 20 "pre-owned" golf balls that went swimming. The kid had a big grin on his face watching me chunk one after another into opposing ponds. Our new found friend probably spent the weekend telling his buddies about the stubborn old man that wouldn't leave the tee box until he hit a ball over the water. I highly recommend the course, even in its current condition. In another week or two, it should be really good shape.

Black Mountain is in relatively good shape even with many wet spots in fairways and the staff made sure we were welcomed. The par 6 seventeenth hole makes the trip worthwhile, just to say you played it. Donald Ross design always makes for a challenging round under any conditions.

When you first arrive at the Waynesville Golf Course and Inn, history sort of jumps out at you and says, "these are examples of yesterday's fine architecture and the game of gentlemen...(and ladies, these days). The pro shop attendant is friendly, eager to accommodate and the starter made sure my son and I went off on the least busy of the three 9 hole courses available for play. The course was an expected busy on a Sunday, but we played without a wait and with no one pushing us. My son is a novice golfer and the relaxing pace made it easier for us to concentrate on his shots and even left a little time for the occasional second shot and a bit of instruction. The card, from the white tees, doesn't indicate anything close to a disturbing distance. I've been playing golf long enough to know better, but I thought I was in for an easy day of driver and short irons. The fairways are in great shape and the greens held the ball, rolled true and had plenty of mountain golf undulations. The par fives are long enough that a big hitter will not always be able to "get there" in two and some of the par fours were blind shots and required "target golf". The two nines my boy and I played were challenging enough with the mountain terrain and the views from some of the elevated tees were spectacular.
The Tap Room is attended by a young, congenial staff and the young man behind the bar made sure we had everything we needed at the turn.
The facilities are clean and well kept, the menu looked inviting and the hot dogs were terrific, served on a warmed bun.
Golf carts are clean and appeared relatively new. All in all, I'd recommend this golf course as well kept, well managed and user friendly.