The best golf courses in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 3,438 rounds in Tennessee and rate what they played. These are the 14 highest-rated public and private courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, Tennessee, ranked by those community scores.

The Honors Course
Ooltewah, TN, USAPrivatePete 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

Lookout Mountain Golf Club
Lookout Mountain, GA, USAPrivateSeth 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, USAPublic
- 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

Sequatchie Valley
Sweetens Cove Golf Club
South Pittsburg, TN, USAPublic
- 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, USAPrivateDonald 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

The Farm Golf Club
Rocky Face, GA, USAPrivateTom Fazio
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Fast greens

Council Fire Golf Club
Chattanooga, TN, USAPrivateBob Cupp
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.7Layout
- 3.0Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
- Cart attendant
- Must play
- Pristine

The Highlands Course
The McLemore
Rising Fawn, GA, USAPublic
- 3.6Conditions
- 3.1Layout
- 2.4Value
- 4.6Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
I battle with this one a lot. This course could be really good but I don’t think the environment which the course was built is intended to sustain a golf course. Fairways/green were patchy. Restaurant was great though. Can’t recommend the turkey sandwich enough.
Written by
@WarEagle13
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar

Black Creek Club
Chattanooga, TN, USAPrivateBrian Silva
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.5Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Restaurant

Dalton Golf & Country Club
Dalton, GA, USAPrivateGary Player & Bill Boswell
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 2.8Scenery
- 3.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Pristine
- Hidden gem

Bear Trace at Harrison Bay
Harrison, TN, USAPublicJack 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

Nob North Golf Course
Cohutta, GA, USAPublicGary Player
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 2.0Scenery
- 2.4Facilities

Lafayette Municipal
LaFayette Golf Course
Lafayette, GA, USAPublicArthur Davis
- 3.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities

Moccasin Bend Golf Club
Chattanooga, TN, USAPublic
- 4.0Conditions
- 1.0Layout
- NRValue
- 1.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
- Driving range
- Links
- Putting area
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about course rankings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The top golf courses in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Course Vaults are led by The Honors Course with a Course Vaults score of 9.3. This page ranks 14 courses, including The Honors Course, Lookout Mountain Golf Club, The McLemore.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Chattanooga, Tennessee list includes golf courses within about 25 miles of Chattanooga, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
The Honors Course is currently #1 among courses in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee on Course Vaults at 9.3 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 3:41 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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