Cardinal54

This is my first time playing this course and I have a really mixed opinion of it. I usually play every Saturday, and have played the majority of the public and private courses surrounding Knoxville. My playing partner and I usually play the back tees and each carry a 7 handicap. With that in mind, we teed off before 7a and a ranger came to us on hole 6, told us we needed to pick up our pace, and proceeded to drive around the edge of the green looking for golf balls in water. We actually had to wait for him to get out of the way before hitting our approach shot!!! Nonetheless, we made the turn at 1hr 38 min. At the clubhouse we were directed to the red course because "we were running behind" on our round time and a group just went off on the white course. We got behind a group on the red course that we had to wait for, and it took us over 3 hours to play it. I actually like to read my putts and try to score, but felt very rushed on the front despite no one ever having to wait for us. Closest group was a full hole back. The course was in really good shape, and the price was reasonable to good, however, due to the above issues, we won't be returning.

The conditions were excellent. The pace of play was good, staff was friendly, and the views on the course were amazing. We will be back to this course in the future.