This guide will include information about golf courses in Little Rock, Arkansas and the surrounding area. This is not a ranking of the courses, but simply an informational post about the options for golf in the Little Rock area.
The capital city of Arkansas has quite a few options for private golf, but the public golf quality leaves a lot to be desired. There are no public courses in the Little Rock metro area that consistently rank among the best public golf courses in the state rankings.
Public Golf Courses in and around Little Rock, Arkansas
Rebsamen Golf Course- Little Rock
Rebsamen is a City of Little Rock-owned municipal golf course located along the banks of the Arkansas River in the capital city of Arkansas. The facility has an 18-hole course, a 9-hole executive course, and a driving range. The course was built in the 1950s with major work being done to several of the holes in the 1960s because of erosion near the Arkansas River.
Cost: $23-41 (walking on weekdays to riding on weekends)
Rebsamen Park Golf Course website
Natural State Golf Review of Rebsamen
First Tee of Central Arkansas- Little Rock
The First Tee of Central Arkansas features two nine-hole courses, one par 3 and one championship. The championship course provides an opportunity for players of all skills since it has teeing options from just over 2,000 yards to over 3,400 yards. The course is run by the city of Little Rock though it receives a significant amount of its funding through private donations. It is also the home for the First Tee youth program, which offers many options for children and youth to learn about the game.
Country Club of Arkansas- Maumelle
The Country Club of Arkansas was built in the mid-90s and operates as a semi-private course. There are membership options as well as daily play greens fees. The greens were updated to Tifdwarf Bermuda in 2005. The fairways are lined with Loblolly pine trees and water is in play on 11 of the 18 holes. The course plays on 6500 yards from the back tees and offers four sets of tees for golfers to choose from, with the shortest playing 4800 yards.
Cost: $49-54 (with a cart)
Country Club of Arkansas website
Burns Park Golf Course- North Little Rock
Burns Park is a municipal golf course located just of interstate 30 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Burns Park championship course provides a municipal golf experience that is straightforward and leaves a lot to be desired architecturally. Much of the course is on a flat piece of property with holes 10-13 providing the only land movement on the course.
Cost: $28-34 (with a cart)
Burns Park Golf Course website
Natural State Golf review of Burns Park
The Greens at North Hills- Sherwood
The Greens at North Hills is a municipal course owned by the city of Sherwood. The course has small, elevated Bermuda greens that are difficult to hit in regulation and equally as tough to get up and down around, especially if the greens are firm.
Cost: $30-36 (with a cart)
Pine Valley Golf Course- Sherwood
Pine Valley golf course is a public course in Sherwood that opened in 1968. It is a par 70 that only plays to 5400 yards from the back tees. The fairways are tight and tree-lined and the greens are small, circularly shaped.
Longhills Golf Course- Benton
Longhills golf course underwent some major changes after it was bought by the Lindsey management group. In order to make room for apartment buildings, several holes (5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) from the old layout were eliminated. In order to keep the course 18 holes, several new holes were squeezed into some of the unused lands on the course.
Cost: $26-36 (with a cart)
Greystone Country Club- Cabot
Greystone Country Club is a semi-private course in Cabot. The fairways are sodded with Zoysia grass and the greens are Mini Verde Bermudagrass. The tree-lined fairways of the front nine require accuracy off the tee because of the narrow landing areas. Water defines the back nine with 6 of the 9 holes having penalty areas in play. Avoiding penalty strokes is key to bringing home a good score at Greystone.
Cost: $39-50 (with a cart)
Greystone Country Club website
Cypress Creek Golf Club- Cabot
Cypress Creek Golf Club is located just down the street from Greystone. Built in 1998, the course stretches to almost 7400 yards from the back tees. Like Greystone, water comes into play often around Cypress Creek. One of the main differences in comparison to its neighbor course is the width of the landing areas as Cypress gives the golfer just a little more room off of the tee.
Cost: $47-52 (with a cart)
Cypress Creek Golf Course website
Private Golf Courses in and around Little Rock, Arkansas
The Alotian Club- Roland
Founded in 2004, the Alotian Club is consistently ranked as the best golf course in Arkansas and is also the hardest tee time to get in the state. The course sits west of Little Rock in the hills around Lake Maumelle. Warren Stephens, the President and CEO of Stephens Inc., built The Alotian Club and modeled the club after Augusta National, where he is a member. Warren’s father, Jack Stephens, was the Chairman of Augusta National from 1991-98.
The Country Club of Little Rock- Little Rock
The Country Club of Little Rock overlooks downtown Little Rock from a hilltop in the Pulaski Heights neighborhood of the Arkansas capitol. The club was founded in 1902 and is one of the oldest clubs west of the Mississippi River.
Country Club of Little Rock website
Pleasant Valley Country Club- Little Rock
Pleasant Valley Country Club was built in 1968 and designed by architect Joe Finger. The 27-hole facility switched to Bermuda grass greens in 2009 to provide better putting surfaces year round, especially in summer. The course stretches out to over 7100 yards from the back tees for 18 holes.
Pleasant Valley Country Club website
Chenal Country Club- Little Rock
Chenal Country Club is a 36-hole facility with the Founders and Bear’s Den courses. Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed both courses. The Founders course has Zoysia fairways and Tif Eagle Bermuda greens that were recently renovated. This course is more open and friendly off the tee than the Bear’s Den 18, which has tighter, more tree-lined fairways. The Bear’s Den course also has Zoysia fairways but has Bentgrass greens.
Eagle Hill Golf and Athletic Club- Little Rock
Eagle Hill Golf and Athletic Club is a Lindsey Management golf course and is home to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock men’s and women’s golf teams. The course plays just under 7000 yards from the back tees and has five teeing options, including the shortest option at 4700 yards. The fairways are Bermuda grass and the greens are Champion Bermuda. Water comes into play on around half of the holes. While Eagle Hill is private, they do have tee times available on golfnow.com.
Eagle Hill Golf and Athletic Club website
Maumelle Country Club- Maumelle
The Maumelle Country Club is a private course just north of the Arkansas River in Maumelle, Arkansas. It is one of the longer courses in central Arkansas as it stretches out to almost 7500 yards from the back tees. There are 6 teeing options for players of all skill levels and that is not including a junior set of tees intended for young players just learning the game. The Maumelle Classic golf tournament is held every year on the course for almost 50 years and attracts many of the best players in the state.
Hurricane Golf and Country Club- Bryant
Hurricane Golf and Country Club is a Lindsey Management property in Bryant, Arkansas. It is one of the better Lindsey Management courses we have played but has some unique quirks that take away from the overall experience. The course switched to Bermuda greens several years ago after having some major issues keeping some of the Bentgrass greens alive during the summer months. The course plays just over 6800 yards from the back tees and has a variety of tees for all skill levels.
Natural State Golf’s review of Hurricane Golf and CC
Hurricane Golf and Country Club website
Rolling Hills Country Club- Cabot
Rolling Hills Country Club is a member-owned golf course that opened in 1966. It was updated in 2006 when the greens were updated to Tif Eagle Bermuda grass. The course plays around 6500 yards from the back tees.
Rollings Hills Country Club website
Conclusion
These are the golf courses in (and around) Little Rock, Arkansas. Including the suburbs, the Little Rock metro has quite a few golf courses to choose from, though many of them are private. Two golf courses owned by the city of Little Rock, Hindman and War Memorial, were closed recently. We hope to have articles about those courses on the website in the future. Let us know if you have any contributions to our information about golf courses in the Little Rock area.