Montgomery Bell State Park Golf Course in Burns, Tennessee, USA | GolfPass
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3.6
127 Reviews 127 Reviews
5 Stars
58
4 Stars
47
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
70.9%
Recommend this course
110 out of 127 reviews
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4.3
3 Reviews 3 Reviews
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.7
Layout
4.3
Pace
5.0
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 3 reviews
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3.5
21 Reviews 21 Reviews
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.7
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
61.9%
Recommend this course
13 out of 21 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Woodland
Par 71
Length 6311 yards
Slope 121
Rating 69.3
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Course Details

Year Built 1973
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Champion Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round. High Season: April 1st - October 31st
Architect Gary Baird (1988) George Cobb (1973) Jerry Lemons (2016)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Activities

Fishing, Cycling
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3.6
127 Reviews (127)
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

State Park value

Course was in good condition for a State Park/Municipal course. Greens were good fairways need some attention. Got done with the round in 4 hrs with is great for a Saturday tee time at 9:30 am. The staff was friendly and helpful

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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Montgomery Bell Golf Course

Good course Layout. Rough very dry from lack of rain but fairways greens and tees were in really good shap. Very friendly shop staff. Would play again if ever in that area

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Soggy but if Dry would bea nice course

My Son In Laws and Son took me to play golf fro My Birthday on Sunday and unfortunately this was after 3 days of heavy rains from the left over hurricane that had been passing through from Florida a few days earlier. Course was very soggy and saturated which made it very difficult to play and of course the holes were cart path only due to the saturation. We made the best of it as it was still raining all round but honestly they should have closed the course for a multitude of reasons to protect its condition, protect the players experience but sadly they did not. This made for a less than ideal experience. Their ranger was also very grumpy and short with us which did not make it better/

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Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Need a new starter

I’ve played this course 15 times but will never again because the starter ruined the whole experience for an other wise solid course. I came up to the starter at 6:50 for my 7am tee time (checked in at the pro shop at 6:45) and he was incredibly rude.

He told me “Well I’m showing past 7 so your group is already almost done with hole 1”. After showing him 6:50 on my phone and his phone, I asked him if I should go ahead and tee off and he looked at me and said “no you should not have missed your tee time, it’s not my problem…”

I had to skip hole 1 to catch the group I was supposed to play with (who were incredibly kind and also very perplexed at the whole situation). Needless to say, I won’t be coming here anymore as long as that starter is there.

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Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Guest in Town

I hosted a friend who was in town to a round of golf. We were able to play 18 holes in three hours and 15 minutes. The course was in great shape and the staff could not have been friendlier. Overall we had an outstanding time.

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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Crispy

Dried out, burned up. Maybe we'll try it again later this Fall.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Very Poor Conditions

I don't like to knock on State Park golf courses but this course has been very nice in the past. Not totally faulting the maintenance leaders as it has been very dry. But this course would be better suited shut down for a couple of months and let some mother nature do some healing. BARE are the tee boxes, very poor fairways and rock around all edges of fairway.
Greens were OK, good for them.
It is not worth paying any amount of money to play here right now.

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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

This is a beautiful course

It was a busy day with a lot of players on the course. The extremely dry weather left the course very rigid. The greens were fast but in pretty good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Well the course is playable the ball runs another 50 yards because of dry conditions sometimes it’s good sometimes bad going OB but needs water bad I can mayb c after all this heat mayb unplayable without proper water

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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Course is not long but challenging. Greens were like putting on hardwood, just really fast. Overall, great experience at the course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best Value in Nashville Area

This golf course, for the money is the best value in the Greater Nashville area. It is subsidized by the County, so, this savings translates to the golfer. Fairway to green, you are playing a private country club level course. Very wide and open, greens are great... beautiful scenic golf course located in a large park.

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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not a happy camper

Horrible experience - would like to share with someone of authority - thanks

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough

I was very disappointed in the overall condition of the course. Other than the greens, the place is a mess. I think we counted one tee box with grass on it.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Pretty rough shape..3hrs for 9 holes

Staff is nice. About the only thing I can say about it. Drove from Nashville (45min)out to this course in the country. Once I saw the driving range. I knew we were in trouble. After the first hole we waited about 5-10 minutes per hole...alot of doubles and singles playing. After nine holes and seeing that there were 3 groups waiting to take the turn, decided it wasn't even worth getting a rain check. Will never be back..

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Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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