Stone Mountain Golf Course, Lakemont Course
Stone Mountain Golf Course is a Public, 36 hole golf facility located in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The facility has two 18-hole golf courses. They are The Lakemont Course and The Stonemont Course.
The Lakemont Course opened for play in 1988. The course was designed by John LaFoy.
Both courses are scenic and located in the Stone Mountain State Park. These courses are home to an abundance of wildlife and afford spectacular views of the mountains. The narrow Stonemont Course features tree-lined fairways. The Lakemont Course is more open and was built around a lake. Water hazards come into play on six holes. Both courses have greens that are undulating. The terrain is quite hilly, so carts are mandatory.
Lakemont Course __________
The front 9 holes of the Lakemont Course wind around Stone Mountain Lake, with six holes having water in play. The back 9 offers beautiful holes with rock outcroppings and four holes where water comes into play. LaFoy's penchant for mounding and dramatic bunkering is evident throughout the course. The dramatic elevation changes offer a unique ambiance that appeals to every golfer.
Blue tees: par-71, 6,444 yards, 71.5 / 134
White tees: par-71, 6,008 yards, 68.5 / 129(M), 74.1 / 135(M)
Red tees: par-71, 4,762 yards, 68.3 / 121
This course has been reviewed 8 time
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.
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.