Golfers Paradise
PUBLIC COURSES
Broadmoor Golf Links
101 French Broad Lane, Fletcher
828-687-1500
BroadmoorGolfLinks.com
This 18-hole, par-72, championship course in Fletcher was designed by noted golf course architect Karl Litten in the Scottish links style. With bentgrass greens, bermuda grass fairways and water throughout, this course offers a challenge to golfers of all skill levels. Broadmoor Golf Links is designed to be enjoyed in four hours whether riding or walking for 18 holes. Nine holes are available for play, as well. Tees measure from 4,020 to more than 7,000 yards. The clubhouse features a restaurant and a two-story event venue that can entertain groups of various sizes. Personalized golf instruction is available from Broadmoor Golf Links’ PGA Professional Staff as well as through PGA Jr. League and Jr. Camps. Broadmoor Golf Links also has multiple leagues throughout the week.
Crooked Creek Golf Club
764 Crooked Creek Road, Hendersonville
828-692-2011
Open to the public year-round, this 18-hole, 6,741-yard, par-72, championship course was established in 1968 and is located just one and a half miles from downtown Hendersonville in the Crooked Creek Community off Kanuga Road. The course rating is 70.9 and it has a slope rating of 127. Designed by Stewart Gooden, Crooked Creek Golf Club offers mountain views and challenging play for golfers with four sets of tees for different skill levels. The practice area includes a full driving range, a practice sand trap, and chipping green. Well-groomed fairways and greens keep Crooked Creek Golf Club difficult yet friendly, and the staff can offer tips for playing your best round.
Etowah Valley Golf & Resort
470 Brickyard Road, Etowah
828-891-7022
EtowahValley.com
Designed by Edmund B. Ault, this 27-hole, championship course offers mountain views, a putting green, driving range and practice area, pro shop, clubhouse, restaurant, lounge, heated swimming pool, 65 lodge rooms and two cottages. Five sets of tees accommodate all levels of golfers.
Orchard Trace Golf Club
3389 Sugarloaf Road, Hendersonville
828-685-1006
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Built on a former apple orchard, this 18-hole, par-3 course is fully lighted to permit seasonal evening play and features bluegrass fairways, bluegrass tees and bentgrass greens. Its hilly terrain – with a small lake and two creeks – offers 2,450 yards of play year-round.
PRIVATE AND SEMIPRIVATE COURSES
Champion Hills
1 Hagen Drive, Hendersonville
828-696-1962
ChampionHills.com
Award-winning golf course architect Tom Fazio designed Champion Hills as his Mountain Masterpiece. This 18-hole, 6,510-yard, par-71, year-round private course is ranked as Golfweek’s #1 Year-Round Private Course in Western North Carolina.
Cummings Cove Golf & Country Club
20 Cummings Cove Parkway, Hendersonville
828-891-9412
CummingsCove.com
Hendersonville Country Club
1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville
828-693-6507
HendersonvilleCC.com
Designed by Donald Ross, this private, 18-hole, 6,523-yard, par-70, championship course boasts two practice greens, a short game green, a driving range and a pro shop, clubhouse and grill.
Kenmure Country Club
100 Clubhouse Drive, Flat Rock
828-693-8506
Kenmure.com/Golf
The centerpiece of the Kenmure development is a private Joe Lee-designed 18-hole, traditional 6,509-yard, par-72 course that sports beautifully sculpted bentgrass greens as well as bentgrass fairways and tees. Whether riding or walking, the course set-up – which consists of five sets of tees – offers a challenging yet fun golf experience.