The best private courses in Knoxville, 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 4 highest-rated private clubs within about 25 miles of Knoxville, Tennessee, ranked by those community scores.
Holston Hills Country Club
Knoxville, TN, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 4.2Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.3Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
- Must play
- Walkable
- Pristine
Cherokee Country Club
Knoxville, TN, USAPrivateDonald Ross
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 2.0Scenery
- NRFacilities
Solid Ross design. Short overall but sneaky in the ways it can get you with the greens.
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- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine
Oak Ridge Country Club
Oak Ridge, TN, USAPrivateBob Cupp
- 3.3Conditions
- 3.3Layout
- 3.3Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
Green Meadow Country Club
Alcoa, TN, USAPrivate
- 4.0Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 3.5Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
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Course Vaults ranks private 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 private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Knoxville, 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.
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Common questions about private course rankings in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The top private golf courses in Knoxville, Tennessee on Course Vaults are led by Holston Hills Country Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.4. This page ranks 4 courses, including Holston Hills Country Club, Cherokee Country Club, Oak Ridge Country Club.
Course Vaults ranks private 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 private courses (not guest-friendly). City pages include private golf courses within about 25 miles of Knoxville, 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 Knoxville, Tennessee list includes private golf courses within about 25 miles of Knoxville, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Holston Hills Country Club is currently #1 among private courses in and around Knoxville, Tennessee on Course Vaults at 8.4 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:17 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
