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    The Honors Course

    Ooltewah, TN Private

    Overview

    Considered radical in the early 1980s because of its acres of tall, native-grass rough, durable Zoysiagrass fairways and terrifying greens perched atop bulkheads of rock, today The Honors Course is considered a well-preserved example of Pete Dye’s death-or-glory architecture. Other than reducing the contours in a couple of greens (particularly the 18th) in the late 1990s, and adjusting the bunkering in 2008, Dye left the course alone for most of his career. Georgia architect Bill Bergin did create a new practice facility at the club in 2015, and Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner touched everything up again in 2022.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7450
    Slope 151
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 1983
    Designer Pete Dye, ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked since 1987.
    2023-'24 ranking: 31st.
    Previous ranking: 28th.
    Highest ranking: 21st, 1987-'88.

    Best in State: Ranked 1st in Tennessee since 1987.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.7

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.8788
    Character
    8.1643
    Challenge
    8.0652
    Layout Variety
    7.8907
    Fun
    7.5303
    Aesthetics
    7.8404
    Conditioning
    7.9351

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