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title: "Golf Digest, McLemore Named a Top 50 Premier Golf Resort in America"
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summary: "The McLemore Club in Rising Fawn, Georgia is a premier private golf course featuring dramatic clifftop holes overlooking Lookout Mountain, with hole 18 recognized as one of the best holes built in the U.S. since 2000. The course underwent a major redesign by Rees Jones and Bill Bergin, transforming the former Canyon Ridge course and establishing it as a gated community resort destination with planned hotel expansion."
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# Golf Digest, McLemore Named a Top 50 Premier Golf Resort in America

Advertisement How To How To Sections All Swing Sequences 2-Minute Clinic Stress Tests Equipment Equipment Sections All Compare Hot List Courses Courses Sections All Guides Rankings Search News News Sections All Gambling Features Women Video Video Sections All Instruction Golf Digest Studio Series The Tiger Vault JOIN NOW More Newsletter Sign Up Golf Digest Archive Instruction Certification Fitness Trainer Certification Golf Digest Certification Directory Golf Digest Open Golf Digest + Partner Offers Contact Privacy & Cookies Notice Visitor Agreement Follow Golf Digest 1 / 1 Evan Schiller Previous Next Pause Play The McLemore Club: Highlands Rising Fawn, GA • Private #23 Best In State Golf Digest Logo Panelists 3.8 / 5 21 Reviews 3.8 Save for later The McLemore Club: Highlands 14653 Highway 157 Rising Fawn, GA 30738 United States View Website Overview This course, formerly known as Canyon Ridge, opened in 2005 to regional acclaim in large part due to several holes that crept out to the edge of Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia, peering down to a valley floor several hundred feet below. Other parts of the design were less successful. New owners rechristened the club McLemore and brought in Rees Jones and Georgia native Bill Bergin to remodel the course. Those soaring views were opened up even further, revisions were made to the bunkers and greens, and a new 18th hole was built on a previously inaccessible ledge of land farther out over the precipice of the mountain. Golf Digest deemed that hole, a breathtaking par 4 that rides the clifftop and seems to levitate above McLemore Cove, one of the best 18 holes built in the U.S. since 2000. Part of a gated community, McLemore offers attractive overnight packages, and a new 245-room hotel and resort will soon be added to the collection. —Derek Duncan Read More About Holes 18 Length 7005 Slope 140 Facility Type Private Year Opened 2019 Designer Bill Bergin and Rees Jones Awards ranking history: 100 Greatest Public: Ranked 99th, 2021-'22. Best in State: Ranked 20th, 2021-'22. Ranked 23rd, 2023-'26. Golf Digest Logo Panelists Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists 3.8 100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES Shot Options 6.7538 Character 6.7849 Challenge 6.7605 Layout Variety 6.7951 Fun 6.9149 Aesthetics 7.1974 Conditioning 6.6723 Reviews 1 / 10 Review “This is a one-hole golf course, but hole 18 is all world. I did not enjoy the other 17 holes. I thought they lacked imagination and interest." Read More 2026 2 / 10 Review “A fun "resort" course with great views. It is NOT a walking course and there are some borderline extreme holes that back up play. But if you take it for what it is, you will enjoy your round." Read More 2025 3 / 10 Review “The last two holes, 17 and 18, are really great holes and have beautiful views. Try playing the back tee on 18 as the hole sets up better from back there." Read More 2025 4 / 10 Review “Reasonably interesting golf course. Location of holes / routing a little disjointed. 18 is an OK, but visually spectacular hole." Read More 2025 5 / 10 Review “Cats only is a golf course I can only rate so high, and thus routing was problematic. Individual holes were fine (#18 was dramatic, but maybe a little unfair, #2 terrific in a visual as well as strategic way), and aesthetics rank high." Read More 2025 6 / 10 Review “This is a one-hole course. Eighteen is a stunner, but the other 17 are forgettable." Read More 2025 7 / 10 Review “10 tremendous holes-8 average. Some truly unique holes. Tough property but could have done more with the rodinary holes in midlle of course." Read More 2024 8 / 10 Review “One of the best mountain courses I have ever played. Excellent job incorporating design with scenic views." Read More 2024 9 / 10 Review “Worth playing once. Seems like a great development with a new original course opening soon. 2 courses, a precision course and several putting greens will make it a great destination." Read More 2024 10 / 10 Review “Rees Jones and Bill Bergin design atop Lookout Mountain. Even though a mountain course, there is plenty of room off the tee that makes course very playable. Beautiful views especially the 18th hole. Definitely worth a visit if in the area." Read More 2024 Previous Next Featured In new ranking America's 75 best golf resorts Golf Digest Logo America's Best 18 Holes Since 2000 Golf Digest Logo The best golf courses in Georgia Eye on Design Why McLemore’s new course, The Outpost, makes this golf's next emerging destination Places to Play The best courses you can play in Georgia dream job This guy quit his job to become a full-time caddie. Was it worth it? Nearby Courses McLemore: The Keep Private McLemore: The Keep Rising Fawn, GA Public Trenton Golf Club: Trenton Golf Course Trenton, GA Public LaFayette Golf Course: Lafayette La Fayette, GA Public Dogwood Hills Golf Resort & Gardens: Dogwood Hills Flat Rock, AL and tags on every page of your site. -->