Grove Park Inn's Donald Ross course, Sequoyah National, Rumbling Bald and a rental home in Asheville are the plan. A 13% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a car for long mountain drives and fall-color rental prices in October are what push the total up.
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417 courses around Asheville & Mountains that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
A Tom Fazio rebuild at a historic mountain resort, ranked among the top 20 courses in North Carolina, with nine par 3s and par 5s and cool summer air at 3,500 feet.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comA classic Donald Ross mountain course from 1924 that you can play only by staying at the Eseeola Lodge.
where2golf.com cdn-golflink.comAsheville's best-known round, a Donald Ross layout below the historic inn with city and mountain views, and you don't need to stay there to play.
omnihotels.comA dramatic, hilly Robert Trent Jones II course owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, ten minutes from Harrah's Cherokee.
golfpass.com golflink.comA hilly resort course with vacation rentals near Cherokee and Bryson City, a cheaper second round on a Sequoyah National trip.
greenfeetracker.comA newly renovated Bobby Weed course at a Hilton Tapestry inn, open to members and overnight guests; it closes for January and February.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA golfer-favorite resort course in a mountain valley near Cold Mountain, with cottages next to the fairways.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA hilly, well-kept course just north of Asheville with big elevation changes and mountain views on most holes.
greenfeetracker.com golflink.comThe longer of Rumbling Bald's two courses, a valley layout by Lake Lure that is often rated one of the state's best resort courses.
rumblingbald.comA shorter, tighter course with five par 3s and five par 5s, set under the cliffs above Lake Lure.
rumblingbald.comA friendly valley course where the front nine is fairly flat and the back nine climbs into the mountains.
golfpass.com cdn-golflink.comRebuilt after Hurricane Helene with new fairways, bunkers and a links feel, plus a big new range with heated bays, ten minutes from the Asheville airport.
wlos.com kempersports.comThe High Country's classic town course, cool in midsummer and open for 2026 with public tee times.
triadgolf.com triadgolf.comA well-liked George Cobb course in the Linville area, a good-value round when you're staying in the High Country.
triadgolf.com golflink.comA long, flat valley course near Hendersonville with lodging on site, an easy walk by mountain standards.
golfpass.com underpar.comA town-owned course 20 minutes east of Asheville, known for its 747-yard par-6 17th hole.
greenfeetracker.com thevalleyecho.comA private lakeside club that guests of the Greystone Inn can play during their stay.
romanticasheville.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,172) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,845, about 40% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,017 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
13 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $525 per traveler | Four peak weekday rounds with cart: Grove Park $200 (2026 Mon–Thu morning, cart and tax included), Sequoyah National about $150 (our estimate: GolfNow shows from $99 in November, GolfPass listed $175 in 2023), Apple Valley $95 (2026 Mon–Thu non-member, rumblingbald.com) and Reems Creek $80 (weekday, greenfeetracker, May 2026). Total $525. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $500 a night | AirROI (Nov 2025–Oct 2026): Asheville 4-bedroom rentals average about $508 a night; all listings average $270, with occupancy highest in October. $500 for a 4-bedroom home in peak season. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $368 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Asheville (AVL), Q2 2026: $367.79 (Q1 2026 was $352.63). Source |
| Food per person, per day | $80 per traveler, per day | Asheville (Buncombe County) is a GSA non-standard area; its FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate is $80 a day. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 13% of the rental home (whole group) | Buncombe County levies a 6% occupancy tax on room rentals, in addition to state and local sales tax. Sales tax in Buncombe County is 7.00% combined (4.75% state + 2.25% local; Asheville Chamber, 2026: https://www.ashevillechamber.org/research-economy/taxes/). The Omni Grove Park Inn's policy page also lists 7% state tax plus 6% county occupancy tax. Total 13%. Haywood County (Waynesville, Maggie Valley) and Rutherford County (Lake Lure) have their own occupancy rates. Source |
| Rental car | $95 a day | KAYAK at AVL (Nov 2026): SUVs average about $94 a day, large cars $79 and vans $143; July is the priciest month. $95 a day for a large SUV. Judgment call. Source |
| Resort charge (Grove Park Inn) Off by default | $90 a night | The Omni Grove Park Inn's daily resort charge is $45 a night per room, plus tax; two rooms is $90. Source |
| Rental clubs Off by default | $240 per traveler | Rumbling Bald rents sets for $50 for 18 holes (2026); Grove Park charges $110 for 18 holes plus tax. Four rounds at about $60 on average is $240. Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak summer and fall color season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $7,170. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,020, or about $2,500 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Yes. The Donald Ross course at the Omni Grove Park Inn is open to anyone. From March through November a morning round is $200 Monday to Thursday and $245 Friday to Sunday, with cart and tax included. After 2 pm it's $145 to $175. Source
December through February. Grove Park drops to $130–$150 and Rumbling Bald to $72. But some courses close for part of winter: Bald Mountain from mid-November to mid-January, Apple Valley from mid-January to mid-March, and Waynesville Inn in January and February. Source
Most are. Broadmoor Golf Links, near the airport, was under 20 feet of water and was rebuilt to reopen in 2026. Black Mountain reopened its back nine in 2025 and had all 18 open again by fall 2026, with some repair work left. Asheville's city course is still rebuilding its front nine. Source
Asheville Regional (AVL), about 15 miles south of downtown; its average fare was about $368 in mid-2026. Broadmoor is ten minutes from the terminal, but Sequoyah National is about an hour west and Lake Lure about 45 minutes east, so plan on a car.