Stone Mountain Golf Course, Lakemont Course

Guest (cart included), played on Friday, May 2019 at 9:00 PM

Day 65 - 100 days, 100 courses (Friday, May 17, 2019)

Wonderful welcome from Marriott Golf with fundraising sign in lobby and pro-shop. Matt Sim, the GM of Golf, greeted me at the counter saying "I recognize you from Instagram". My first celebrity sighting.

I played the Lakewood course which had an incredibly hard and beautiful par 5 along the water as an opening hole. The first 5 or 6 holes continued along the water.

If you play here remember everything breaks to the mountain. Shot an 85 but lost 3 balls.

$36 (cart included), played on Wednesday, December 1969 at 9:55 AM

Truly nice looking Golf Course. Didn't play it but walked it as a caddy. Nice open Fairways with well-manicured greens. It was hilly but not as hilly as some courses I have played. I have two draw backs to let you know about. First very small practice range. Second the putting green in by the clubhouse is about a 13 or 14 on the stimpmeter. The actual greens are only about a ten or an eleven. One thing I really liked was that I saw no hidden hazards. The hazards were very visable. Certain to return.

$31 (cart included), played on Tuesday, August 2014 at 6am

The greens are either diseased or just poorly maintained,and the sand bunkers have not been repaired since last week's rains. Management should check the scorecard yardage against the tee box markings and correct one to match the other. The ranger is active and makes regular rounds to maintain player time and course policy. This is a great course layout with many challenging holes and the declining conditions from high volume traffic, but the current conditions of greens and sand traps really impact the course ratings.

$46 (cart included), played on Saturday, August 2010 at 6am

Too bad greens at both public courses I played were suffering from fungal infections.

$51 (cart included), played on Sunday, September 2009 at 2pm

$36 (cart included), played on Wednesday, October 2008 at 6am

The biggest negative comment to be made is that both Stone Mountain courses have the worst quality sand material of any golf course I have ever played.

Stone Mountain also suffers from a golf disease that inflicts all public courses in this area - golfers either do not care or do not know how to repair ball marks or rake bunkers.

$56 (cart included), played on Friday, August 2008 at noon

$51 (cart included), played on Wednesday, December 2007 at 10am

Course is always in good shape. Greens are great considering the winter season. Lakemont is laid out very nicely across all 18 holes. I entertain and have "business outings" at Stone Mountain Park and have been very satisfied with the location, golf course and amenities it provides.