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3.4
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.4
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
64.9%
Recommend this course
45 out of 63 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.3
3 Reviews (3)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
0
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.0
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
5.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
5.0
66.7%
Recommend this course
2 out of 3 reviews
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3.5
17 Reviews (17)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
64.7%
Recommend this course
11 out of 17 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6928 yards
Slope 141
Rating 74.0
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The Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain
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Course Details

Year Built 1998
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (1998) Tom Peck (1998)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Reviews

3.4
63 Reviews (63)
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Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Dissapointing

SO. MUCH. POTENTIAL. We'll start with the clubhouse. Absolutely beautiful, and the people inside were so friendly it actually makes it hard to even write a bad review about this place. Honestly, they are the only reason its getting a 2 star and not a 1 star. Welcoming from the get-go, eager to help and even gave me a discount on the rate since the winter rates weren't loaded onto Golf now at the time. They had a well stocked club house full of merchandise, a beautiful fireplace with an active fire and a concessions team that was happy and ready to help at a moments notice. Now the bad, the golf. I'm not sure if they have hired new grounds crew, or are trying to replace old grounds crew or they just dont have any idea what they are doing, but this course is in horrendous shape, and thats being nice. We'll start with the tee boxes. You would think in the winter time they would move them around to help with spring time growth, negative. They appear to be in the exact same spots and the ground is hard as a rock and alot of the tee markers were missing, also, where they had "aerated" the tee boxes, the plugs were still laying in the tee boxes, making it absolutely impossible to find an even lie. Now, onto the fairways, the fairways were mediocre to say the least, alot of bare spots and alot of unpredictable bounces due to improper mowing and maintenance of the fairway/first cut interaction. Lastly, the greens, you might as well just pick up your ball and go on to the next hole, the aerated plugs were too deep, way to much sand on the green, and the maintenance of the fringe and/or/ rough around the green was non-existent. Most of the holes were cut so long ago you could see the browning on the inside of the cup were they hadn't been moved in weeks and you could tell that no one who knows how to properly place a cup placed them because some were placed on slopes so severe the local putt-putt course would've been jealous. I'll leave you with this, i left after 13 holes when I drove past a pond and saw the maintenance crew scooping up limbs out of a dried up pond instead of out working on the actual course or maintaining the driving range. I now understand why the parking lot was empty on a 75 degree day in november in the busiest golf county in TN. Unless they change everything about the course as far as maintenance and up keep this course will continue to go downhill until nothing is left but a pile of rubble.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course conditions were not as good as I had seen in past. Lots of rough spots and bare spots in fairways. Greens were ok at best.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Amazing Layout, Tough Conditions

The course is in rough shape right now due to dry weather. Seems like they're letting things settle until more rain comes our way; I do not blame them. This dry spree is tough to keep up with.

We got a discount for course conditions, which was great. Staff was super awesome. The course was in rough shape, but not bad enough to where I was upset with the price paid with the discount.

The course is a must play for any golfer. The design is unique and challenging. The back and front 9 play like two different courses, so that is really fun to see. Get out here when you can, I've seen it when conditions are better and it's definitely worth a trip!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the money

Patchy and dead fairways. Dead patches in greens. Bunkers have lost so much sand you can see underlayment sticking out. The areas that did have grass completely full of mud. If this course was in shape it would be beautiful and I’d drive from Nashville to play it but, don’t waste your time

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Third time

Enjoy playing the course, staff has always been great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Just playing!

Met a relative there for a good round, very relaxing time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

1st time

Moved to the area a year ago and have played other local courses. Enjoyed my first round at this course and will certainly be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in poor condition

Course was in poor condition. Many fairways had bare spots & weeds. Greens were hard & difficult to get the ball to stay on the green. Was told by staff would be cart path only for a little while as the fairways were being sprayed. Still cart path only after 4 hours. Many areas of the course needed to be mowed.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Travel Break

Wife and I played here on our way to Nashville, good decision. We enjoyed it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Jack, you can do better

Layout was nice, other than that, wasn't impressed at all. Fairways were patchy, sand in the bunkers was thin (could easily see the fabric under the sand in MULTIPLE bunkers), tee boxes were rock hard at times, and greens were fair as far as conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course. Little expensive

The course was a decent course but it was a little expensive for what it was. Greens were recently aerated so they were being worked on. The staff was very friendly

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course in a State Park

Nice course with fun holes. Course was in good but not great shape. Very friendly staff. We were about the only players on the course so great pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Windy weather
Used cart

Needs upkeep

The fairways weren't cut very short, and the rough was pretty thick. Worse of all, the greens had been aerated, and had not filled in. Looked like a Chinese checker board. Every putt bounced like a tiny basketball.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Bad shape

This course has been around for a long time I know the greens have been punched and had to heal back but the fairways were downright disappointing and the tee boxes that's the worship I've ever seen the course in my life

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow Day at the course

Very Very slow day, 5 hour and 15 minute round not fun. Take a shot wait, take a shot wait…. But we survived and the weather was great.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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