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Diamond Creek is an 18-hole private golf course in Banner Elk, North Carolina.

It plays 7,175 yards from the Championship tees, rated 73.2/136 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
7,175
yards (tips)
136
slope (championship)
The shape of the round · Championship teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — CHAMPIONSHIP TEES472198445614184370573213506342406213540426465481185384142334455364758394104114123135144154164173184PAROUT 3,575 YDSIN 3,442 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
private
address
25 Rockrose Road, Banner Elk, NC, 28604
elevation
4,038 ft derived
opened
2003

36.15036, -81.83646 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 11 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

195 traced features across 8 layers for Diamond Creek, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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195 traced features across 8 layers for Diamond Creek, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
24
Fairways
47
Bunkers
8
Water
18
Greens
65
Tee pads
7,017yds
Championship tees
614yds
Longest hole
184yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-10-04

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

ChampionshipM707175contested701773.213635753442
BackM706715contested660771.313133413266
MiddleM706155contested601068.312730432967
ForwardF705010contested557269.212428082764

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Championship, Back, Middle and Forward tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434534534443544434 70
Championship 472198445614184370573213506342406213540426465481185384 7,175
Back 417193444575155368570190429325393205535424415448179342 6,715
Middle 366178408543149324543136396316343183494401373404152301 6,155
Forward 326163370515137308519136334316328160461370338379129283 5,010
Handicap 395151771311116812642101418

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Diamond Creek hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book nearby

Diamond Creek states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Mountain Glen Golf Club (6.1 mi, semi-private) · Linville Golf Club (6.6 mi, resort)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,175 yds=35th of 541=736th of 12,025=280th of 2,954 private courses · =734th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=128th of 356=1,956th of 8,710=871st of 2,300 private courses · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.2=136th of 333=2,396th of 7,615=975th of 2,143 private courses · =2,376th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,165 yds between tees101st of 528=1,529th of 11,523=474th of 2,885 private courses · =1,494th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2003=365th of 395=8,576th of 9,368=2,231st of 2,418 private courses · =6,366th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level4,038 ft derived 8th of 554680th of 12,437126th of 3,026 private courses · 494th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a website and a phone number, and 1 more.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own published information and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Sugar Mountain Golf Course

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Linville Ridge

3.2 mi · Linville · private · 18 holes

Elk River Club

3.3 mi · Banner Elk · private · 18 holes

Grandfather Golf & Country Club

3.5 mi · Linville · private · 18 holes

Beech Mountain Club

5.1 mi · Beech Mountain · private · 18 holes

Hound Ears Club

5.5 mi · Boone · 18 holes

Mountain Glen Golf Club

6.1 mi · Newland · semi-private · 18 holes

Linville Golf Club

6.6 mi · Linville · resort · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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