The best golf course layouts in Chattanooga, Tennessee
The golf courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee that Course Vaults golfers rate highest for layout: routing, hole variety, and design. Each course needs layout ratings from at least 5 different golfers who played it; 7 courses qualify.
Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Lookout Mountain, GA, USALayout 4.4 out of 5 from 13 golfers
PrivateSeth Raynor
- 4.1Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Lookout is a scruffy mountainside Raynor that with a little more time post their renovation by Kyle Franz and Tyler Rae, is going to be on everyone’s bucket list that doesn’t already have it. You get massive green complexes and the ability to feed balls into pins off huge slopes.
Written by
@dpowers
- Must play
- Pristine
- Fast greens
The Keep
The McLemore
Rising Fawn, GA, USALayout 4.4 out of 5 from 5 golfers
Public
- 3.6Conditions
- 4.4Layout
- 4.0Value
- 4.9Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
The course needs time to grow in. The layout is very goofy . But the views are incredible.
Written by
@Matthys83
- Must play
- Great value
- Caddies
The Honors Course
Ooltewah, TN, USALayout 4.3 out of 5 from 8 golfers
PrivatePete Dye
- 4.9Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.1Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
A brilliant Dye with rolling zoysia fairways and tough greens, this is one of the hardest courses in the US. Holes 7, 9, and 14 are the highlights but the entire course is unique and fun.
Written by
@Lefty
- Pristine
- Must play
- Fast greens
Sequatchie Valley
Sweetens Cove Golf Club
South Pittsburg, TN, USALayout 4.2 out of 5 from 23 golfers
Public
- 3.9Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 4.2Value
- 4.1Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
A bit overrated after 2 loops through. Congestion backs groups up and the real variety is in the greens that make for some fun approaches, pitches, and putts
Written by
@cfall10
- Must play
- Walkable
- Hidden gem
Chattanooga Golf & Country Club
Chattanooga, TN, USALayout 4.0 out of 5 from 6 golfers
PrivateDonald Ross
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.7Scenery
- 4.6Facilities
Old style parkland right on the Tennessee River. Bermuda greens are usually speedy and course is a good test for being around 6,600 yards and a Par 71
Written by
@Wlamber2
- Pristine
- Fast greens
- Restaurant
Council Fire Golf Club
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Layout 3.4 out of 5 from 5 golfers
(The Highlands Course) The McLemore
Rising Fawn, GA, USA
Layout 3.1 out of 5 from 7 golfers
How we rank
This ranking uses each golfer’s layout rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Layout is the layout score golfers give when they log a round. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs layout ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. City pages include courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, so nearby suburbs can appear. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
Lookout Mountain Golf Club is #1 on Course Vaults in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee at Layout 4.4/5 (13 golfers). 7 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses each golfer’s layout rating, on a 0.5–5 scale. Layout is the layout score golfers give when they log a round. Every golfer counts once per course: repeat rounds are averaged first, then the course score is the average across golfers. A course needs layout ratings from at least 5 different golfers. Ties go to the course with more golfers, then the higher Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. City pages include courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, so nearby suburbs can appear. Rankings refresh about hourly.
A course appears once at least 5 different golfers have rated its layout on Course Vaults. Log your round and rate it in the app to help it qualify.
Yes. It includes qualifying courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, not only courses whose address is in the city.
This page was last generated Nov 12, 2026, 3:53 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
