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Memphis Golf Course Reviews
Memphis golfers sharing honest reviews of local golf courses — conditions, difficulty, green fees, and more.
6 Reviews
Stonebridge Golf Course
Drove out to Stonebridge on a Sunday morning and the layout uses the natural rolling terrain better than most public courses in the Mid-South. A few holes wrap around water and the back nine has more elevation change than you'd guess driving in. Fair test, good greens fees, worth the trip from midtown.
Memorable Hole: Hole #15 — par 5 with a lake pinching the fairway on the approach
Toughest Green: Hole #7 — undulating and quick after a morning mow
Best Food: BBQ nachos at the grill room
Colonial Country Club
Played Colonial as part of a charity scramble and the course was in immaculate shape — this is one of the older Memphis clubs and it shows in the mature tree lines and classic bunkering. Pace was slow because of the field size but the layout itself rewards shot-shaping over raw power. Clubhouse lunch afterward was a treat.
Memorable Hole: Hole #12 — long par 4 bending around a stand of hardwoods
Toughest Green: Hole #4 — elevated and sloped hard from back to front
Best Food: Fried chicken plate at the post-round luncheon
Fair Oaks
Took the twilight rate at Fair Oaks and got a fun, walkable muni round in under three and a half hours. Nothing fancy but the fairways were mowed tight and the greens held a decent line for a public track. Good value for a weeknight after work.
Memorable Hole: Hole #3 — short par 4 that tempts a driver off the tee
Toughest Green: Hole #9 — flat but fast, breaks are subtle and sneaky
Best Food: Hot dog and a Gatorade from the cart girl
The Golf Club at Chickasaw
Chickasaw Country Club's course inside the historic district is a hidden gem — tight, tree-canopied, and full of old Memphis charm from the tee boxes to the clubhouse porch. Nothing overly long but the small greens keep you honest all day. Played it with my dad, who's been a member since the '80s, and it still holds up.
Memorable Hole: Hole #6 — sharp dogleg right through a chute of oaks
Toughest Green: Hole #13 — small and firm, backstopped by a bunker shelf
Best Food: Fried green tomatoes and a mint julep on the veranda
Windyke Country Club
Got a guest round at Windyke on the East course and the Bermuda fairways were rolling perfectly for June. It's a stouter test than people expect from a Memphis club — tree corridors squeeze the tee shots and the greens have more movement than the scorecard lets on. Friendly membership, no pretension.
Memorable Hole: Hole #8 — tight tree-lined dogleg that punishes a pulled drive
Toughest Green: Hole #17 — two-tier green that rejects anything short
Best Food: Catfish po'boy at the halfway shack
TPC Southwind
Played Southwind during a member window the week after the FedEx St. Jude wrapped and the greens were still tournament-fast. The par-3 11th with the island green gets all the attention, but the 18th's dogleg around the water had my group more rattled off the tee. Old dairy farm silos still stand near the 9th and give the place real character.
Memorable Hole: Hole #11 — island green par 3 modeled after Sawgrass's 17th
Toughest Green: Hole #18 — severely undulating, water hugs the left all the way in
Best Food: Turkey club in the players' lounge, ice-cold sweet tea
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