I went over Memorial Day weekend and it was still early in the season for the course. It was extremely hard to golf with the condition the course is in. But I would like to come back in a month or 2 to see if it is in better shape. I liked the hole layouts just was very rough when we went.

We weren't told ahead of time that it would be cart path only. One of my gripes with golf courses. This course I assume has seen better days. It is being overrun with prairie dogs. They are in the fairways, bunkers and surrounding the greens. The greens are very slow and shaggy. Lots of tee boxes have very little grass at all. Staff was friendly and price was OK but definitely won't be playing here in the future.

Friendly staff, course is OK at best. Cart path only and you'll lose any ball not on the fairway. Did manage a new record on this course with a 6 hour game. Group in front of us was a family of 4 with 2 little ones. Waited 20 min at each tee box because they couldn't keep pace of play, luckily they only played 9. On hole 11 caught up to another 4some who spent 5 min looking for every shot, backed up the entire course . Would of been nice if they let us play through but the guy at pro shop explicitly told people not to let anyone play through. If only golf courses had a dedicated person who's job was to keep pace of play and keep things moving. Can't hit driver on driving range either. Wouldn't play here again if it was free.

Amazing staff, very polite and inviting and easy to talk to. Played there during a trip to woodland and definitely coming back. Course was in good shape and plenty of scenic views and wildlife. All around great course!

When you're traveling on vacation and choose a golf course by information and pictures on the Internet only you run the risk of getting lucky or being disappointed. Today I was somewhere in between. Shining mountain Golf Course is a decent course that I was disappointed in some aspects and surprise that. Definitely cannot go wrong with the staff. Everybody that I ran into today or interacted with was super nice and really helpful. Pro shop is well stocked. The pluses to the golf course or the scenery and the well-kept fairways and greens. They're still trying to recover from ice damage on a couple of the greens but it wasn't very bad throughout. The minuses for me were no balls at the driving range to warm up and no paved cart paths. I was constantly dodging potholes on the cart path that they did have. This is a tight course in certain areas and you absolutely positively have to keep your ball straight. If not you're going to be up on the side of the mountain. It also has very tall rough and if you get off the fairway you can easily walk past your ball 3,4,5 times before you find it. I definitely enjoyed myself because it can be typically frustrating when you're playing at course by yourself that you know nothing about. I'm glad I chose it and I would recommend playing the course if you're in the area. It was easily 10 to 14° cooler up at the course and it was done at my hotel thank you shining mountain Golf Course for your friendliness.