Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club

1638 High Mountain Drive,

Cashiers, North Carolina 28717

  • Office

    +1 (828) 743 4705
  • Pro shop

    +1 (828) 743 4758
  • Fax

    +1 (828) 743 1530

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Undulating terrain.

  • Surroundings:

    Woodland.

  • Designer:

    Tom Fazio

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
7127
6576
Par
70
70
SSS or slope

Location

Latitude:

35.123840

Longitude:

-83.137751

How to get there:

75 mi SW of Ashville / 3 mi NW of Cashiers.

Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.

Est. 2006

Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club is home to one of the top-rated and finest championship golf courses in North Carolina. The excellent tree-lined parkland layout contains a wealth of wonderfully crafted, memorable and challenging holes. Definitely a course that will challenge your all-round game. However, this is a private course generally playable only by members and their guests.

List of courses: Carolinas

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.

Green fees

Outside visitor fee not applicable; private course for members and their guests.

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

Published ranking

North Carolina: 5th best course in N.C. (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
USA: 111th best course in the USA (Golf Digest, 2023).

Where2Stay

  • Old Edwards Inn & SpaAAA 4-Diamond

    445 Main St, Highlands, NC 28741

    +1 (866) 526 8008

    Visit website

    Old Edwards Inn & Spa "graces the western North Carolina Mountains with its welcoming ambiance of relaxed luxury for families, friends, couples, spa goers, nature lovers and golfers". Consistently voted a top travel destination, this meandering mountain resort is just a few minutes away from the quaint downtown area of Highlands. Golf at the Old Edwards Club is located approximately 6 miles northeast of the centre of Highlands. Old Edwards Inn is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.

    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 5 miles:

      Old Edwards Club

    • Golf within 20 miles:

      Wade Hampton (private); Mountaintop (private).

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