
Currahee Course
Currahee Golf Club



About this course
Currahee Golf Club sits in the foothills of northeast Georgia near Toccoa, taking its name from the nearby Currahee Mountain, a landmark familiar to military history enthusiasts as a training ground for World War II paratroopers. Designed by Jim Fazio and opened in the late 1990s, the course occupies rolling terrain characteristic of the southern Appalachian piedmont, where elevation changes and natural contours provide the foundation for the layout. The property's topography allows for varied hole presentations, with several holes playing uphill or downhill and others moving across sloping fairways. The routing takes advantage of the natural landscape, incorporating wooded corridors, open meadow areas, and occasional water features. Fazio's design approach here emphasizes playability across different skill levels while maintaining strategic interest through green complexes and hazard placement. The course operates as part of a residential community, though golf remains the central amenity. Views extend across the surrounding hills and valleys, particularly from elevated tees and greens where the Blue Ridge foothills form the distant backdrop. Currahee serves primarily as a private club for members and their guests, offering a retreat-style golf experience in a relatively quiet corner of Georgia. The facility includes practice areas and a clubhouse suited to the scale of the community. While not a tournament venue or nationally ranked course, it represents the type of well-maintained mountain-adjacent layout that has become a fixture of upscale residential golf development in the region.
Rankings
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Private column compares member-only and guest-restricted courses.
Best in World
Best in USA
Best in GA
Quick facts
- Location
- Toccoa, GA, USA
- Access
- Private
- Holes
- 18
- Designer
- Jim Fazio
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 7,513 yards
- Difficulty
- 76.1/150
- Course Vaults score
- 8.0
Getting there
The journey to Currahee Golf Club begins at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), roughly ninety minutes southwest through the rolling piedmont landscape of northern Georgia, or alternatively via Greenville-Spartanburg International (GSP) in South Carolina, a slightly closer option at approximately seventy minutes. The drive traces a gentle descent from the interstate corridors into the foothills of the Blue Ridge, where the terrain shifts from suburban sprawl to pastoral farmland and tree-lined country roads that signal entry into Toccoa's quieter sphere. The final miles wind through the distinctive topography surrounding Currahee Mountain - a sacred Choctaw landmark whose name means "standing alone" - before arriving at the club's gates, where the landscape itself becomes part of the welcome, a serene prelude to one of Georgia's most architecturally distinguished private courses.

FAQ
Common questions about Currahee
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Currahee has a Course Vaults score of 8.0 out of 10 based on 18 logged golfers.
Currahee was designed by Jim Fazio.
Currahee is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Currahee is 72.
Currahee plays 7,513 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Currahee is 150.



