Used to play there a bit and the layout of the course is fine. The problem as others have stated,…read moreit's not safe. Bring a gun.

Drove 45 min to get to the ass crack of Atlanta just told be told that there's a 45 min delay and…read morethe front nine is closed so you can only play the back 9 twice. Was also told that the front nine was played at a 4 hour pace lol. Would have been amazing if I was told this on the phone when I booked the tee time. Not sure how the course plays but I've heard good things about it. Thing is, you have to drive though debatably the worst part of Atlanta. It's so bad they tell you that they aren't responsible if something were to happen to your car in the parking lot. (Not in range of balls hitting your car so you know what that means). Just find somewhere better... we ended up going to Wolf Creek which was way better. People at the pro shop are nice but just a heads up to you that it isn't worth it at all.

Update: I replayed Charlie Yates Golf Course yesterday, Saturday, April 4, 2026, for the first time…read moresince October 2022. It was my first time seeing the inside of the clubhouse since it was renovated and reopened in March 2023. It's nice. I called at 9:25 AM for a same-day tee time. I booked 3:10 PM, which is the earliest time they had for our threesome. We finished at 5:34 PM, so 9 holes took us 2 hours 24 minutes. We had to wait at every tee and it got worse, especially on the last 3 holes. This wasn't surprising for a Saturday afternoon, but still, too slow. In the last 10 years, this was by far my longest round at Charlie Yates. There was a starter, but no marshal on the course to help with pace of play. There appeared to be enough staff on hand for someone to do a loop to speed things up. We each paid $43.56 after tax to play 9 holes with carts. I paid $37.98 in October 2022, so the price hasn't gone up much in 3.5 years. For the money, I still think this is a good-value and convenient public course with a fun layout and some scenic holes. This is why I'm maintaining my rating at four stars. The azaleas around the 8th green were in bloom. The greens were in good shape. I think some or all of the tee boxes have been redone since the last time I was here. Some looked relatively great; for example, Nos. 1, 2, and 4. However, some of the tee boxes were in bad shape; for example, No. 3 had a bunch of weeds and No. 5 (white tees) was mostly dirt. I know that box doesn't get much sunlight, but dang (check out my pic). Both the course and driving range were packed. Good business. Shout-out to Sabriya, who both booked my tee time over the phone and checked me in at the clubhouse. She was polite and efficient. If you call to book your tee time, you can avoid the online fee.

I had heard about Charlie Yates Golf Course so I had to give it a try while in the area. It is a…read morepretty nice course with par 3's mostly. The price is reasonable and there are some fun holes. The course was pretty backed up when I played it on the water holes but overall it was a good morning of golf!

Look. This is a neighborhood gem of a course with rolling terrain and scenic vistas. Is it Pebble…read moreBeach? No. But it's an $11 round of golf that can be played in a short amount of time after work or between meetings or when you just want to have some peace and quiet to yourself. Protip: book on golfnow. I get it. Golfnow sucks and it's full of spam. But if you call the Candler pro shop trying to make a tee time, they'll make you pay over the phone and they yell the credit card number back over the phone so loud that scammers in Nigeria can probably hear it. Don't expect to warm up - there is no driving range and the putting area is tiny. But once you're off on the first tee, you'll be fine. Depending on the time of year you play, the greens will either be slow or very slow. This is a great course for a friendly match with buddies. The pics attached to this review were from November 2021. The leaves were changing, the weather was beautiful, and a friend and I had nearly the whole course to ourselves. We played after work and got the round done in about 90 minutes. We did a fun 1-club-challenge. We did the entire round with the single club of our choice. I chose 7 iron. It was a blast. Bring beer if that's what you're into. There are no golf/cooler police here, but do expect to prove your last name if you booked online. Overall - just go enjoy it. When you're walking from hole to hole just realize how quiet it is, how beautiful it is, and how much worse it would be if the city sold the land to build apartments.

I love that this course is in town, cheap, and the people working here are friendly and helpful. I…read moredon't love the condition of the course or the fact that the greens have been un-puttable for quite awhile. I've played this nine whole course many times and at $9 for residents, it can't be beat. On the weekends it can get quite busy here. Their new foot golf course is also pretty fun and an a cool, innovative way to use this space. The foot golf parallels the golf course but the holes are typically shorter. The park is beautiful. You will cross several bridges and get a few miles of walking in just playing the course. Hard to believe it's right in the heart of Atlanta! You can also rent clubs (or a soccer ball to try foot golf) if you don't have your own.

Out of all the driving ranges I've been to in the Gwinnett area, northcrest is the best . They have…read moregreat mats to hit which is something I can not say for paragon. Yes , paragon has a tracer but it's not accurate at all and the mats look like sand bunkers. Northcrest has a friendly staff and a great pro shop that can help you with what every you need like a grip change . Highly recommend if you're looking for a golf range and they actually let you hit off the greens in summer . If you're stuck on 85n take that exit right before the traffic starts and hit the range instead.

Great range, big buckets, lots of balls. Great energy. Love coming here! Friendly staff, always…read moreplenty of room.

Up until last weekend, my experience with golf involved some scintillating rounds of minigolf…read moreand...that's it. I don't think I've ever even been to a driving range. So if you're reading over this and thinking to yourself, "Boy, she doesn't know ANYTHING about real golf," you're right. I accidentally won a putting contest at work that secured me a corporate suite on the 15th hole for the Tour Championship, which apparently is an important event on the golf calendar. I bought some golf clothes on Amazon so they wouldn't kick me out and spent about five minutes looking over the roster (probably not the right word) before wandering down here to take it all in. My perspective is obviously skewed for multiple reasons, but a big one is that most of the attendees I encountered weren't in a suite (though there were quite a few of those temporary structures that I spied on my walk around the course). I think I basically knew this just from seeing coverage on Sportscenter in the past but I didn't realize how many people go to an event like this and just...follow specific golfers around. I just wrote up a review of Truist Park in which I complained about the lack of actual seating available and having to stand for long periods of time, and yet it seems like quite a few golf fans do that quite willingly. That must be very tiring. Anyway. For what it's worth, I thought the grounds were gorgeous. Very lush greenery, and the optics were greatly assisted by the weather - unseasonably cool for the ATL (probably 80ish) and partly sunny. I noticed toward the end of the day that some of the pathways on the grass were starting to get pretty muddy/worn down, but I imagine that's par for the course (pun not intended). The 15th hole where I spent the majority of my time had an interesting water feature; the green sort of juts out like a peninsula so if it's windy it's not unusual for the ball to fall into the water; since the weather was nice, we saw minimal drama at this hole, though Scottie Scheffler's repeat bid was probably officially thwarted right around here. I imagine a lot of places like this are only as good as their staff; everyone I interacted with at the Club was very professional and personable, from the employees overseeing the security area at the entrance (very easy process, which was probably aided by my decision a day earlier to remove the Swiss Army Knife from my keychain) to the myriad of people in and around the suite, who were always available for a quick chat and no judgment at my obvious lack of awareness. Top marks all the way around. I also have no idea how much work goes into this, but everyone involved in temporarily cordoning off pathways for the golfers to get from hole to hole without getting mauled by the fans? Impressive work. I can't imagine when I'll be back unless I miraculous win another random contest, but this was super cool. I'm more of a fan of the mainstream sports (baseball, football, etc.) - this was a nice change of pace.

I wrote my first review for East Lake Golf Club from my perspective as a spectator. I'm writing…read morethis second review (an update) from my experience as a player. I got to play this course recently and it was a real treat; truly a magical round of golf. Not to toot my own horn, but I've been fortunate enough to play some great courses like Pebble Beach, Kapalua, Doral, etc. To date, East Lake has been the only course to give me the same fantastical sensations that I experienced when I played the Old Course at St. Andrews (https://goo.gl/Fudnf6). There was something dream-like about our round. I think there are a few factors that contributed to why I felt this way: 1. Like St. Andrews, East Lake is a walking-only course with caddies. (This was a big part of it.) 2. East Lake is steeped in golf history. Of course, not as much as St. Andrews, but the club is quite historic. More on that below. 3. I've walked this course many times as a spectator, starting with my first Tour Championship in 2002. Since then, I've learned to appreciate the course and have wondered if I'd ever get the opportunity to play it. 4. This course is private and exclusive. You either have to know a member or be invited by a member to get on (or play in a special event or tournament hosted by East Lake). As I understand it, East Lake's members are primarily companies. I've heard there are individual members like Arthur Blank and Matt Ryan, but don't quote me on that. One of my coworkers used to be an individual member, but I believe individual memberships were done away with in the 90s when Atlanta real estate developer Tom Cousins purchased the club. I was able to get on thanks to one of my childhood friends who works for a company that has a corporate membership. East Lake is unlike most other private golf clubs and country clubs. All profits from the club go to the East Lake Foundation which was created to revitalize the immediate surrounding inner-city neighborhood. East Lake is the home course of Bobby Jones. He grew up playing here. The clubhouse is like a golf museum and a tribute to Jones. You can spend a lot of time just looking at all of the trophies, paintings, pictures, etc. It has everything from the 1963 Ryder Cup (which was held at East Lake) to the Calamity Jane, the "trophy" given to the winner of the Tour Championship (most recently, Tiger Woods in 2018). We got A+ service from the moment we pulled up to the gate. Our car was valeted and our clubs were taken down to the caddies near the practice area. We each got lockers for the day. I was assigned the Hideki Matsuyama/CSX Transportation locker. The locker room has ginger snaps, an East Lake tradition. The locker room attendant had our non-golf shoes laid out for us when we returned from our round. He also thoroughly cleaned our golf shoes. A bit of trivia: East Lake's beautiful and maze-like clubhouse was designed by Philip Shutze, a Georgia Tech grad who also designed the Swan House in Buckhead (which is where I'm getting married). We had a delicious breakfast in the grill room before heading out to warm up. We started with the practice putting green followed by the practice chipping/bunker area and then the driving range. The practice putting green is definitely one of the nicest practice putting greens I've practiced on. It was perfect and also scenically-located in between the clubhouse and the lake. The caddies sized us up at the range. I have to admit that was a bit intimidating, especially since our caddie was a former PGA Tour pro caddie. His name was Jeremy "Jerry" Rodger. I noticed his Scottish accent right away. He told me he was from St. Andrews. I told him when I played at St. Andrews, my caddie was American; now at East Lake, my caddie was Scottish. He then told me he knew an American caddie at St. Andrews by the name of Oliver "Ollie" Horovitz. Coincidentally, Ollie was my caddie at St. Andrews. That blew my mind. Jerry told me there are less than six degrees of separation in golf. I believe it. Our foursome was assigned two caddies. Each caddie carried two bags. If a caddie doesn't like your bag for whatever reason, they'll move your clubs, balls, etc. into an East Lake bag for the round. Jerry didn't like the way my bag sat on his shoulder so he swapped bags for me. Ransom was our other caddie. As for the course itself, it played just as I imagined. It was immaculate from tee to green. I loved walking on the soft, spongy zoysia fairways. The greens were hard and super fast. Jerry and Ransom knew how to read them like the back of their hands. Their green-reading skills were impeccable. I parred the two par-3s on the back nine, Nos. 11 and 15 (the island green); I'm very proud of that. I ended up in way more bunkers than I'm used to. Walking towards the 18th green, I could only think of the gallery swarming Tiger before his comeback win. I enjoyed every minute of my experience at East Lake and it's a round I'll remember for the rest of my life.

Invited last minute to play Ashton Hills GC and wasn't quite sure what to expect. First time…read morearriving into the parking lot and it seems a nice little public course. Hhmm. What will this place be like? Met some of the staff walking in first thing and everyone seemed super nice. All good so far! Quite a small clubhouse and basic pro-shop, along with a range directly opposite which seemed all good. The practice green looked quite nice, so I was hoping the same on the course. We started on the back 9 due to an event teeing off later and a straightforward par 4. Tees nice enough and fairways with plenty of short grass. Nice lies all day. Moment of truth, what are the greens like? Actually they were excellent. For a public course, no pitch marks and Bermuda grass. They rolled super nice and around 9/10 on the stimp. Really nice. Managed to work my around the course well with 4 birdies and a 71 finish. Went to have lunch afterwards and met the co-owner and Pro - Brian. What a nice chap! Had a great chat and always great meeting the guy that clearly has his heart and soul into the conditions. Would I go back? For sure! Was a fun round, other than the 1st hole which was a little gimmicky, the bunkers played well albeit I only went in one and still got up and down n for birdie. Thanks to Brian and the team. Keep it up!!! Cheers

I've played this course a number of times, and my experiences have typically been very positive…read more The staff has always been friendly and accommodating -- until this most recent visit. I booked a 7:30 a.m. tee time through GolfNow. Upon arrival, I was informed by a staff member, Tanner Jacobs, that the time I booked was "invalid." I was then charged approximately 40% more than the confirmed price I reserved online. In addition to the unexpected price increase, the interaction itself was disappointing. The communication was short, abrupt, and dismissive, which made the situation even more frustrating. Overall, this was a very poor experience, and unfortunately it has caused me to reconsider returning in the future.

Went to hit balls at the range today. It was my first visit to the facility, as a friend…read morerecommended that I check it out. Bought a large bucket of 70 balls (only option) for $21.00. Most I ever paid anywhere. Wow Unfortunately, I hit 10 balls and then Mother Nature made a visit. The rain cleared the facility in 5 minutes. Waited in the garage for 20 min, and then called it a day. Oh well, better luck next time.

Simply too much money for a 9 hole course. I know they will continue to get people to pay because…read moreof the location but I'm one and done. Too many other options. With that said, the staff couldn't have been nicer. By the way, the practice facility was down so no feedback there.

We had a wonderful lunch, played pickleball and caught up with my friends from high school here. My…read moreone friend is a member. Taylor Kelley was our server. She was knowledgeable, friendly and spent time with us. I was able to eat gluten free! They even had a separate fryer so no cross contamination problems. Excellent service and food. We will be back the next time we are invited.

I attended a conference at this location on the 28th and 29th. The NOBLE Chapter had excellent…read morediscussions and panels. The staff were very professional and the food served was very good. I don't play golf but would return just to eat.