Willow Creek Golf Club

This has become my new home course, and I couldn’t be happier about it. I think it’s the best course in the area and rivals any private course in quality when it comes to maintenance. The staff in the proshop are fantastic. Always so professional and kind. I find myself chatting it up with them if no one else is there. I’ve read a number of reviews about them hassling people for pace of play, but I’ve never experienced that once nor seen them do it to anyone else. Pace of play here has always been tremendous even on weekends. The practice facilities are top notch and have everything you could need. I only wish they’d flatten out parts of their practice greens to have a good mix of putts. The only downside to the practice area are the price for a bucket of balls. $7 for a medium size bucket is steep. The greens on the course are quick but very consistent. The bunkers, fairways and rough are all very well maintained and I really enjoy the layout. The front 9 is where you hopefully go lower to offset a more difficult but prettier back 9. The price for a round without a cart is 55. It’s a walkable course without a doubt, but does get more hilly on the back, but not terrible. I’ve had a great experience every time I’ve played here and really enjoy this course.

Course is awesome. Well maintained. Staff are terrible. They will (in anything but a polite manner) take away your cart if you have more than 2 carts per group (even though one of our carts was for a handicapped player), because they're always "short on carts". Then hound you every 3 holes that you're 4-5 minutes behind, even though there's no one behind you. I won't pay $75+ to be hassled for 18 holes. There are plenty of other great courses in and around Knoxville that are far more enjoyable.

I’ll never play here again. The people that work there are snobs, the people that play there are snobs. If I had to hear another person tell me to speed up, then get yelled at by players in front of me as I hit into them, it’s ridiculous. Horrible experience. When you drive by and you think that is a gorgeous course, just know that is golf course Hell. Their number one objective is to make sure you do not have a good time. And I’m a fast player. And they still rushed me. They should dump golf karts for race cars. I’ll never play there again. Even for a charity tournament. Not worth the headache. I cannot stress enough not to play there.