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The Boone Area:

 

A Hole in One for Great Golf!

 

 

The Boone Area offers golf for players of every skill level—just click to our brand new Boone Area Great Golf Guide by nationally published local golf writer Tom McAuliffe.

 

 

The enticing options range from a Par 3 course,  to championship length, public layouts, and on to nationally-renowned private resort courses (where access is as easy as checking in to the lodge or a condo!).

 

 

Best of all, when the "sunny South" is baking in summer temperatures, the invigoratingly cool climate of the High Country makes any round of golf great (even if your score isn't quite up to par!).  The Boone Area's options are plentiful—check out our Golf Guide—and that includes early and late season play when spring explodes along the fairways and the reflections of neon fall color make even the water hazards appealing.

 

 

 


 
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Elk River Golf Club
Elk River Golf Club
Address:
Highway 194 
Banner Elk, NC  28604
Contact:
Phone: 828-898-9773
Fax: 828-898-3589
The 18-hole "Elk River" course at the Elk River Golf Club facility in Banner Elk, North Carolina features 6,755 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 72.8 and it has a slope rating of 131 on Bahia grass. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, ASGCA, the Elk River golf course opened in 1984. Roger Omlie, CCM manages the course as the General Manager.
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 Boone Area Magazine Accolades

 

 

 

"Fastest-Growing Small Town"

 

In January 2012, Forbes named Boone

# 4 among "America's Fastest-Growing Small Towns."

 

 

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Boone Named to

"The 10 Best Places to

Retire in 2012"

by U.S. News & World Report.

 

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Top Destination Spa

Westglow Resort & Spa ranks second

in Travel & Leisure's September 2011 "Top Destination Spas."

 

 Outside Magazine Names Boone NC Best Small Town

Get Immersed in our Spa Guide!

 

 

 

Sierra Magazine calls Appalachian State one of the Top 20 "Coolest Schools" in a Sept./Oct. 2011 ranking based on green categories.

 

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Blue Ridge Parkway - 75 Years

The Boone Area is the perfect place to savor the most popular unit of the National Park System. Explore the Blue Ridge Parkway!

 
 
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