The hardest golf courses in Chattanooga, Tennessee
The hardest 18-hole golf courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee, ranked by USGA slope rating from each course's longest men's tees, with course rating as the tiebreaker. 10 courses have complete, verified tee data.
Also covers Ooltewah and Harrison.
The Farm Golf Club
Rocky Face, GA, USASlope rating 152, 75.7 course rating, Black tees, 7,149 yds
PrivateTom Fazio
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Fast greens
The Honors Course
Ooltewah, TN, USASlope rating 148, 75.4 course rating, Silver tees, 7,070 yds
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
Council Fire Golf Club
Chattanooga, TN, USASlope rating 139, 73.9 course rating, Black tees, 6,999 yds
PrivateBob Cupp
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
- Cart attendant
- Must play
- Pristine
Bear Trace at Harrison Bay
Harrison, TN, USASlope rating 136, 74.9 course rating, Gold tees, 7,140 yds
PublicJack Nicklaus
- 3.7Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
Best public golf course in the Chattanooga area, great value. No real “Wow” factor to it.
Written by
@WarEagle13
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Underrated
Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Lookout Mountain, GA, USASlope rating 136, 73.0 course rating, Blue tees, 6,613 yds
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
Chattanooga Golf & Country Club
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Slope rating 134, 75.6 course rating, Black tees, 6,685 yds
Nob North Golf Course
Cohutta, GA, USA
Slope rating 131, 72.3 course rating, Blue tees, 6,608 yds
(Lafayette Municipal) LaFayette Golf Course
Lafayette, GA, USA
Slope rating 125, 71.0 course rating, Blue tees, 6,510 yds
Dalton Golf & Country Club
Dalton, GA, USA
Slope rating 124, 72.5 course rating, Gold tees, 6,649 yds
Moccasin Bend Golf Club
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Slope rating 120, 70.4 course rating, Blue tees, 6,469 yds
How we rank
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then 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
The Farm Golf Club is #1 on Course Vaults in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee at Slope 152 (75.7 course rating · Black tees · 7,149 yds). 10 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then 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.
Slope rating is the USGA measure of how much harder a course plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer, from 55 to 155 (113 is average). Course rating is the expected score for a scratch golfer from the same tees.
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.
