Tobacco Road Golf Course

Reviews

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  Jeremiah Smith

  2 days ago
  5.0
  Aesthetically speaking it was the 2nd best course ive played (Paynes Valley 1). As far as golf it was fantastic. Well kept, great combo of ease and difficulty, risk and reward. Play smart and strike the ball and you can shoot really well. Take chances at the wrong time and you can get in a ton of trouble even on an easier hole. Fantastic once a year course. Im sorry to say im in another state so for me its an every 4 or 5 year course. Will definitely go back though.
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  Pete Trexler

  3 days ago
  4.0
  Very cool design and conditions are really good. Definitely do some homework before playing. Worst part about the course were the carts. 1000 reminders and noises that come up on the screen very very disrupting to play.
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  Richard Hachan

  Aug 13, 2026
  2.0
  This is a tough review for me to write. I have wanted to play this course for the better part of the past 8 years and finally got the opportunity recently. My wife and I were so disappointed to say the least. Is this place interesting and different than other courses you could play, sure. Does it look visually stunning, sure. Is it a challenge, yes it is. What really made it go from good to bad for us were a few things. #1 The fairways were nothing special and there were so many unrepaired divots. #2 The greens were in decent shape but not stellar. #3 The grounds crew was absolutely clueless. I’ve never played at a golf course that the crew kept working while you were on the green or the tee boxes. #4 The lack of amenities at this place was very disappointing. The only thing you got with your round were 3 tees in the cart and 2 bottles of water. #5 The tee boxes were not pleasant. Most of them seemed not recently cut and many divots that were not repaired. #6 The “Native area” was not fun to play out of, sure you can lift clean and place but overall it was not enjoyable to play out of. #7 We were not greeted when we dropped our bags off at the bag drop and weren’t sure if we were leaving them in the right place. #8 Options for food were limited given there was not much nearby. #9 General signage was not the best and the cart paths were somewhat difficult to navigate especially if you got into a big native area. We didn’t have issue with cart service or pace of play during our round. Saw the car girl 4 times and pace of play was 4 hours and 10 minutes for us, and we could have finished in under 4 hours if it wasn’t for a little log jam on 16, and 17. Lastly I think this course has been hyped up so much by the internet golfers that it doesn’t have the mystique that warrants the $250+ price tag. I feel like they are getting what they can from this course and once that fades prices will come back to normal level.
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  Aaron McGuill

  Aug 13, 2026
  2.0
  Such an unfortunate experience. I drove 4.5 hours to play the course . $300 a round is steep, but for this course is consistently given high ratings. So we arrive… check in… head to the range… then get to the putting green and it’s clearly been recently aerated. Sand top dressing and punch marks everywhere. Nowhere on the website did it say that the greens had been recently punched. No one anywhere on the property let us know. I understand that it is a necessary maintenance that needs to take place. But I would have waited to book my trip if I had been informed on the website. Great layout. But I felt ripped off after paying $300 for aerated greens.
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  Timothy Rosman

  Aug 1, 2026
  5.0
  Played early August 2026 and could understand the comments about the conditions. Some of the collection areas are pock-marked with hundreds of divots but don't let that detract from your experience. The essence of Tobacco Rd is if you're in the fairway or bunker, L/C/P and have fun. The staff is super friendly and my group went off at 7am. After the first tee, we never saw the group in front of us and never saw the group behind us either and played at a 4:40 pace, which is "par" but still in my opinion, slow. I can only imagine the pace for a group that tries to go off at noon. Seeing comments about 5:45 rounds is terrifying. As for the golf itself, you will encounter more "dead ends" than probably any other course you've ever played. Unlike Doak, Stranz doesn't give you a way out of every situation and his mantra of "If you can't hit a 100 yard wedge shot, I can't help you" rings true on a lot of holes. Bring your A-game, keep it where he wants you to play it, and if you get offline, do everything you can to get back on schedule. Tobacco Rd. is fun to play. Suspend expectations about scoring, don't be annoyed if your ball lands in a footprint or a divot, and have fun with it. Unless you're a sub-5 index, you're probably getting your ass kicked the first time you play it. That said, it is a destination course, but given the price point, I am more in the camp of playing it as a one-and-done, or if I ever found myself in the area again, versus a place that I can't wait to get back to. In terms of wild, tight, hilly, penal designs, Old Toccoa Farm is closer to me, open to the public on a limited basis, charges $175, and is worth absolutely every cent.