Call:     336 957-4422

Email:  StoneMtnGolf@Wilkes.net

Tee times start at 7:30 AM.

Course Superintendent: Donald Francis

    Course Rating:     66.2    
    Slope:                  119

Don't let the stunning 360 degree views distract you. This course plays as tough as you want it to. We have blue, white, yellow-gold (seniors), red, and even some pink tees (senior ladies). Learn to play your irons, and learn to putt on the best greens in North Carolina (the world?). We have changed the white flags to yellow to mark the pin placement in the middle of the green.

Suggestions for enjoying Stone Mountain Golf Club

#1. Until further notice, # 1 will be played as a par three from the new tees. There are distance markers on the tee. The green os lower than the tee, so it plays a little shorter

#2. #2 falls off the earth on the right side into a hazard. I suggest playing a long iron into the base of the hill, and you will have an easy wedge into the green.

#3. # 3 falls off into a hazard. Think left, as the ball usually feeds down onto the green. Remember it’s uphill, so you may want an extra club, especially to a blue (back of green) flag. Use the cartpath yardage.

#4. You can pull out the driver on # 4. If the pin is on the back tier, a low running shot is easier than trying to fly it into a small space. The hill behind the green will stop the ball unless you hit it too hot. Again, an uphill shot to the green may take an extra club.

#5. Remember to measure your shot by the cartpath stripe. The green is basically on a level with the tee, so use a normal distance club

#6. The landing area on the left and right of the fairway are now ground under repair, so blast away! This green is very elevated, and you may need to use two extra clubs.

#7. No matter how far you hit your drive on # 7, it usually settles into the same area, so hit whatever you hit the straightest, and it will still be a wedge into the green. This uphill (remember?) green breaks severely toward the front.

#8. Unless you can reach the green in two, the smart play is to hit a controlled drive, then a controlled iron to the bottom of the hill. Then a soft chip results in a birdie putt. If you do hit a long iron into the green, it may be two extra clubs. If you hit it over the green, it is a very difficult chip.

#9. The best shot is directly into the green, and it will hold. Use the cartpath yardage. If you don’t trust yourself, bail out into the hill on the right and it usually will roll down to the green. However, make sure you play it far enough up the hill, because the slope right next to the right side of the green is severe, and makes the ball kick hard to the left. This trap has soft Pinehurst sand, so take a full swing and "skiff" it out. It will come out with a sizzling spin.

#10. Unless you can play a draw around the corner, it is better to play a mid-iron so you don’t run through the fairway. You will still have a chance to hit the green in two. Also, this downhill green will not hold a hot ball hit in front of the green. It will hold a regular shot that lands on the green.

#11. Hit something you can hit straight. It will still be a short iron into the green.

#12. Same as #11, but it may be a longer shot into the green. The way to ruin this hole is to hit a drive left or right into the trees.

#13. Be careful, some of you can drive it over this green.  The OB stakes are very close to the right side, basically anything on top of the hill is OB..

#14. This beautiful hole is fairly obvious. The green is a wee bit lower than the tee.

#15. Hit a long iron right down the middle, and a short iron into the green. Left or right off the tee will kill you.

#16. Beautiful hole, pay attention to the cart path yardage.

#17. Hit a short iron and keep it on the level, or a long iron if you want to hit a blind flop shot. Keep the wood in the bag, right is woods, left is OB. If you’re tempted to go for the green from the tee, you better be long and perfect.

#18. Pull the driver back out, and if you catch one you have a good chance to hit the green in two. However, you need to fly it onto the green, or it may roll back into the pond. If you hit it long, you still have a good chance to recover for a birdie.

The extremely professional grounds crew keeps the course and greens in excellent condition. Water hazards come into play on four holes. Most of the greens are elevated, creating a mental challenge as to which club to use. 

The grounds crew will use a BLUE flag for back of green pin placement.  Look for Yellow for center, and RED for frontal pin placement on the greens.

More Hot News! Granpa Earl Mounce hit a dead shank on # 9, threw his club down, and turned and walked back to his cart. His shot rebounded off of one of the carts at the clubhouse, rolled back up the road way up above #9, trickled down and over the cart path, kept trickling, and 10 minutes later rolled down into the hole. Earl threw his arms into the air and expected us to believe that was the way he played it. The debacle was witnessed by Jerry and Wanda (sans boyfriend) Spicer and Earl's granddaughter Jane. Congratulations Earl, however you made it!

Even Hotter News! Ryan Ward just aced # 3 to help his team win the Saturday bunny hop. He hit it so far left that they gave up on finding the ball, and then checked the cup, and there it was! I guess Ryan wasn't wasting his time when he trained all those monkeys we have in our trees to throw his golf balls toward the hole. Congratulations Ryan!

The Hottest News! Larry Gonyea of Hays, NC just became the first one to ace #1. It was a perfect shot, and everyone says they'll never hear the end of it. Congratulations, Larry!

Breaking News -   We have now rebuilt all the sand traps with new sand. We have leveled and cleared the landing area to the left of #11 green, and the rough between # 11 and # 17, and on # 18, so now when your ball rolls that way you will have a clean shot on grass, instead of dodging trees and rocks. We have opened up the landing areas on # 6, # 7, # 8, #10, and # 11. There is no rocket science in the golf course business, it's just hard, hard work. Thank goodness we have such a great staff willing to spend the time to make this a great course. So keep watching, we're movin' and shakin'! We have rebuilt #1 green and # 8 green, and # 6 tee. Thank you for your patience, we are sure you will appreciate the improvements.

Bulletin: You have got to come up and try the new #8 green! You'll have some of the funnest, most outrageous putts on earth. Donald got this one just right.

NEW NEWS! We are now mapped in the Skygolf club. Check it out at www.skygolf.com.

RED< RED< RED Hot News: Tim Bojangles from Jonesville aced # 9 in an honest way, while playing in the Thursday Senior Bunny Hop. In fact, the ball went "hop" right into the hole. Congratulations Tim!

Red, red hot news!  Lois Foster aced #9 with a #9 wood. Pretty eerie, huh? This was her 78th hole in one. Congratulations, Lois.

RED HOT NEWS! Jim Lovette has joined the hole-in-one crowd up here! He aced #3 with a five wood, while playing with Honest Bud Province and Reliable Conrad Shaw, so we know it's a fact. Amazing Jim still hits them great, and it sure is nice to see his golfing buddies share this achievement with him. Way to go, Jim!

HOT AS A FIRECRACKER NEWS! Donnie (Computer Man) Gambill just aced our toughest hole, the 206 yard #5! Donnie sliced a 3-wood into the woods, and it bounced off of one of the remaining two stills in the holler, bounded up the cart path, and made almost a 360 degree circle as it curled back into the hole. Gary (Crossing Over) Jordan and Johnny Loggins (and Messina) said it was a remarkable shot, especially since Donnie was lined up toward #7 green. Donnie credited his extensive use of our course info page on the web site as his guide for playing the hole. Congratulations Donnie!

NEW HOT NEWS! Jerry Younce, after playing golf for the last 78 years without a hole-in-one, finally got one on our new improved #9! He hit a 9 iron that bounced off the Browders' house, landed on the back of one of our spotted fawns, who then ran across the green. Fortunately for Jerry, the fawn took one look at Earl, Jackie, and David, and started shaking so bad that the ball bounced off her back and fell into the hole. The NC Wildlife agent refuses to press charges. Congratulations Jerry!

HOT NEWS! Ray Nixon just had a hole in one on #3. According to Ray, the ball landed and took one hop straight into the hole. According to his playing partners, Lee and Russell, the ball hit the cart path, ricocheted off the cliff face, went down a gopher hole, and came out of a cave onto the green and trickled in. However it happened, congratulations Ray!

MORE HOT NEWS! Believe or not, we've had another ace on #3. Danny "Brover" Anderson, playing for Huffbo/LLC, owners of the Elkin Bojangles, in the Masonic Charities Tournament, had a hole-in-one and as he said, "carried the entire team on my back (at least for one hole)". Danny used a #4 utility and bounced it off the street above the green, and it ricocheted off of the dead maple, bounced once on the rock behind the green, and then went into the hole on the fly. As Brover said, "Ah, just the way I played it." Congratulations, Brover!