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Bent Creek Golf Course is an 18-hole resort course in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Designed by Gary Player. It plays 6,182 yards from the BLUE Tees tees, rated 70.3/127 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,182
yards (tips)
127
slope (blue tees)
The shape of the round · BLUE Tees teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES TEES418432321397207511180361498463362307350113309333154466142434445365738495105114124134143154164173185PAROUT 3,325 YDSIN 2,857 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

designer
Gary Player reported
access
resort
address
3919 East Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN, 37738
phone
865-436-3947
elevation
1,544 ft derived
opened
1972
on site
pro shop

35.76131, -83.34520 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 53 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

178 traced features across 8 layers for Bent Creek Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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178 traced features across 8 layers for Bent Creek Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
17
Fairways
34
Bunkers
7
Water
18
Greens
36
Tee pads
6,182yds
BLUE Tees tees
511yds
Longest hole
113yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-04-04

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BLUE TeesM72618270.312733252857
WhiteM72580267.912331082694
RedM73509569.211727432352

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 444435345544434435 72
BLUE Tees 418432321397207511180361498463362307350113309333154466 6,182
White 402419281364168499145343487438343296291113299324135455 5,802
Red 36340525529515045413029939238727924526311024928991439 5,095
Handicap 621610148181245113915117173

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Bent Creek Golf Course 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 a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Bent Creek Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Sequoyah National Golf Club (23 mi) · Maggie Valley Resort Country Club (23 mi) · Smoky Mountain Country Club (24 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

FigureThis courseIn TennesseeNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,182 yds51st of 70=7,868th of 12,025490th of 601 resort courses · =4,095th of 7,004 courses you can book · =7,795th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 127=17th of 43=4,741st of 8,710=355th of 477 resort courses · =2,184th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,585th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 70.3=28th of 39=5,862nd of 7,615=393rd of 446 resort courses · =2,933rd of 4,145 courses you can book · =5,761st of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,087 yds between tees55th of 69=7,913th of 11,523503rd of 593 resort courses · =4,285th of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,699th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1972=30th of 47=4,738th of 9,368=170th of 516 resort courses · =2,528th of 5,526 courses you can book · =3,355th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,544 ft derived 9th of 711,595th of 12,437155th of 616 resort courses · 965th of 7,274 courses you can book · 1,126th 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 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 3 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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 site 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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Sequoyah National Golf Club

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Maggie Valley Resort Country Club

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Smoky Mountain Country Club

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Laurel Ridge Country Club

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Lake Junaluska Golf Course

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Waynesville Inn Golf Club

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Balsam Mountain Preserve

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The Country Club

32 mi · Morristown · private · 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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