Last-updated: 2026-10-20

# Chestatee Golf Guide (chestateegolfcourse.com)

> An INDEPENDENT community guide to Chestatee Golf Club (777 Dogwood Way, Dawsonville, Dawson County, Georgia, USA, on Lake Lanier) and the Chestatee golf community around it. This site is NOT the club, NOT the Chestatee Community Association and NOT the developer. The club's own site is https://chestateegolfclub.com/ ((706) 216-7336); the association is managed by HMS (770-667-0595, https://hms-inc.net/chestateehoainfo). Published by Gold Peach Realty, a licensed North Georgia real estate brokerage: (770) 283-1223, info@goldpeachrealty.com, https://goldpeachrealty.com/. Scorecard, yardages and course notes come from the club's website; ratings/slopes are as GolfNow lists them; tax, rules and offices come from Dawson County, Georgia DOR and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rules (36 CFR 327.30), each with the date it was checked. Drive times are OpenStreetMap (OSRM) free-flow estimates. No green fees, dues or prices are published here.

## Key pages

- [Chestatee Golf Club, hole by hole](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-golf-club-course-guide/): Chestatee Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-71 Denis Griffiths course on Lake Lanier: 36 out, 35 in, with par 5s at 1, 9, 10 and 16. The 4th, 13th and 8th are the hardest holes on the card, and the club calls the par-3 17th, over the Chestatee River, its signature hole. Every hole’s yardage from all five tees is below.
- [Chestatee Golf Club scorecard](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-golf-club-scorecard/): Chestatee Golf Club’s scorecard runs from 6,877 yards on the Black tees through Blue (6,475), White (6,065) and Gold (5,597) to 4,947 on the Red tees. Par is 71, with 36 on the front nine and 35 on the back. The 4th is the hardest hole and the 15th the easiest. GolfNow lists Black at 72.7/140.
- [Which tees should you play at Chestatee Golf Club?](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-tee-chooser/): Match the course to your drive. The PGA of America and USGA Tee It Forward guideline pairs a 275-yard drive with 6,700-6,900 yards, 250 with 6,200-6,400 and 225 with 5,800-6,000. At Chestatee that points to the Black, Blue and White tees. Add your Handicap Index and the tool works out your Course Handicap from each tee.
- [Chestatee Golf Club tee times and public access](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-tee-times-and-access/): Chestatee Golf Club is open to the public: Dawson County lists it as semi-private, and the club calls itself a public club with private-club-level service. Book tee times on the club’s Teesnap page or GolfNow, or call (706) 216-7336. Green fees are on the club’s Rates page, with resident, junior, senior, twilight and military rates.
- [Who runs what at Chestatee: the club, the association and the county](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/who-runs-what-at-chestatee/): At Chestatee, golf goes to Chestatee Golf Club ((706) 216-7336). Dues, covenants and closing letters go to the homeowners association, Chestatee Community Association, Inc., managed by HMS (770-667-0595). Tax, permits and schools go to Dawson County, and docks to the Corps of Engineers. This guide is independent of all of them.
- [Chestatee homes for sale: featured homes and what to know](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-homes-for-sale/): Gold Peach Realty’s featured Dawsonville listings are on this page, from the MLS; Chestatee homes carry Dawsonville addresses, so ask us for current Chestatee listings. Every Chestatee home comes with a homeowners association (Chestatee Community Association, managed by HMS), a golf club priced separately and, on the water, Corps of Engineers dock rules.
- [Property tax on a Chestatee home (Dawson County estimator)](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/property-tax-estimator/): Chestatee homes pay Dawson County’s rates: for 2025, 5.463 mills county and 10.8 school, 16.263 in all, with no city or state levy. Tax is figured on 40 percent of value, so a $650,000 home with the standard $2,000 homestead exemption owes about $4,200 a year. Type any price to see the arithmetic.
- [Chestatee home-buying checklist builder](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/home-buying-checklist/): Describe the Chestatee home you are buying (on the course, on the lake, with a marina slip, on septic, a lot to build on, a rental plan) and this builder lists every check that applies: the association’s covenants and closing letter from HMS, the club’s rates, Corps dock rules, septic records, county permits, and the 14-day and April 1 deadlines.
- [Buying a golf course home at Chestatee, step by step](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/buying-a-home-at-chestatee/): Buying at Chestatee means three offices, not one: the homeowners association (managed by HMS, 770-667-0595), Chestatee Golf Club, which prices golf separately, and Dawson County for tax and permits. Call HMS early for dues and covenants, ask the club what a homeowner pays, budget Georgia’s closing taxes, and file the dock permit within 14 days and homestead by April 1.
- [Living at Chestatee on Lake Lanier](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/living-at-chestatee/): Chestatee is a golf community on Lake Lanier in eastern Dawson County. From the club, OpenStreetMap routing estimates about 25 minutes to Cumming, 41 to Alpharetta and 88 to the Atlanta airport with no traffic. Power comes from one of three providers, water from the Etowah authority or the city, and the county runs four lake parks nearby.
- [Lake Lanier at Chestatee: docks, slips and ramps](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/lake-lanier-at-chestatee/): Chestatee sits on Lake Lanier, a Corps of Engineers lake. Private docks are allowed only on Limited Development shoreline, and a dock permit does not transfer: a buyer must apply within 14 days. The developer described a private marina with slips; get the slip paperwork in writing. Dawson County runs four lake parks with public ramps nearby.
- [Schools for Chestatee homes](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/dawson-county-schools-chestatee/): Chestatee homes are in the Dawson County School District, which runs four elementary schools (Black’s Mill, Kilough, Riverview and Robinson), a middle school, a junior high and Dawson County High School. New students register centrally with two proofs of county residency. Ask the district (706-265-3246) which schools serve an exact address.
- [Selling a home at Chestatee](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/sell-your-chestatee-home/): To sell a Chestatee home well, have the answers buyers will ask for ready before you list: the association’s dues and covenants from HMS, what a new owner would pay the club, your Corps dock permit, the paperwork for any marina slip and permits for past work. Homes listed with Gold Peach Realty are featured on this guide. Call (770) 283-1223.
- [About this guide](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/about/): The Chestatee Golf Guide is an independent community guide to Chestatee Golf Club and its Lake Lanier homes, published by Gold Peach Realty, a licensed North Georgia brokerage. It is not the club, the Chestatee Community Association or the developer. Every number links to its source with the date we checked it.
- [Contact](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/contact/): Reach Gold Peach Realty, the brokerage behind the Chestatee Golf Guide, at (770) 283-1223 or info@goldpeachrealty.com, or use the form on this page. This form does not reach the club: for tee times call Chestatee Golf Club at (706) 216-7336, and for dues call the association’s manager, HMS, at 770-667-0595.
- [Photo credits](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/photo-credits/): Every photograph on the Chestatee Golf Guide is a real, credited image from Wikimedia Commons under CC0 or Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licences. None shows Chestatee Golf Club itself: golf photos are other Georgia courses and say so, and Lake Lanier photos are not claimed for the Chestatee shore. Nothing is generated.

## Decision tools

- [Tee chooser](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-tee-chooser/): matches the visitor's average drive to the PGA of America/USGA Tee It Forward length ranges, places Chestatee's five tees (6,877 / 6,475 / 6,065 / 5,597 / 4,947 yards) against it, and computes Course Handicap = Handicap Index x (Slope / 113) + (Course Rating - 71) per tee. Runs in the browser.
- [Course chart](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-golf-club-course-guide/): all eighteen holes drawn to scale from any tee, with par and handicap rank.
- [Property-tax estimator](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/property-tax-estimator/): applies the 40% assessment, the $2,000 standard homestead and the 2025 Dawson County millage (5.463 county, 10.8 school) to a price the visitor types.
- [Checklist builder](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/home-buying-checklist/): assembles the association, club, Corps dock-permit, marina-slip, septic, permit and deadline checks for one Chestatee home.

## Journal

- [Which tees should you play at Chestatee? Start with your driver](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/which-tees-to-play-at-chestatee/): The PGA of America and USGA Tee It Forward guideline matches course length to driver distance: 275 yards to 6,700-6,900, 250 to 6,200-6,400, 225 to 5,800-6,000. Chestatee’s Black (6,877), Blue (6,475) and White (6,065) tees line up with those three. Use your average drive, not your best one.
- [The Chestatee scorecard, read properly: where the shots go](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-scorecard-front-nine-back-nine/): Chestatee’s par 71 splits 36 out and 35 in. The front nine carries two par 5s and two par 3s; the back nine has three par 3s, which is where its missing stroke goes. The three hardest holes on the card, the 4th, 13th and 8th, are all long par 4s, and the par-3 15th is ranked easiest.
- [Which Chestatee is which? The golf community, the river, the town and the schools](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/which-chestatee-is-which/): Chestatee is a busy name in North Georgia. The golf community and Chestatee Golf Club are in Dawsonville, Dawson County, on Lake Lanier. Chestatee, Georgia, is an unincorporated community in Forsyth County. The Chestatee River meets Lake Lanier by the club’s 17th, and the Chestatee Regional Library System runs the Dawson County library.
- [How far is Chestatee from Cumming, Alpharetta and Atlanta? Measured from the club](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-drive-times/): OpenStreetMap routing estimates, with no traffic, about 25 minutes from Chestatee Golf Club to Cumming, 25 to Gainesville, 41 to Alpharetta City Hall, 71 to the Georgia State Capitol and 88 to the Atlanta airport. Dahlonega’s square is 18 minutes north. Rush hour on GA 400 adds time, so treat these as the floor.
- [Buying a lake home at Chestatee: the dock permit does not come with the house](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-lake-lanier-dock-permit/): Under federal rules for Corps of Engineers lakes, a Lake Lanier dock permit cannot be transferred and becomes void when the home is sold. A buyer must apply for their own within 14 days or remove the dock within 30. Private docks are allowed only on Limited Development shoreline, and a marina slip needs its own paperwork.
- [The Chestatee HOA: who it is, who manages it and what to ask before you buy](https://chestateegolfcourse.com/chestatee-hoa-who-to-call/): Chestatee’s homeowners association is Chestatee Community Association, Inc., managed by Homeowner Management Services (HMS) in Alpharetta, 770-667-0595. The developer’s archived HOA page said homeowners must join and pointed to HMS for covenants and closing letters. Ask for dues, any special assessment, the covenants and rental rules before you offer.

## Facts we hold (each sourced on-page; checked 2026)

- Chestatee Golf Club is at 777 Dogwood Way, Dawsonville, GA 30534. The club’s phone number is (706) 216-7336. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/contact-us/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- Chestatee Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-71 course: par 36 on the front nine and 35 on the back, according to the club’s scorecard. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/golf-course/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- The club’s scorecard lists five sets of tees: Black 6,877 yards, Blue 6,475, White 6,065, Gold 5,597 and Red 4,947. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/golf-course/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- The scorecard has four par 5s (holes 1, 9, 10 and 16), five par 3s (3, 7, 11, 15 and 17) and nine par 4s. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/golf-course/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- On the scorecard’s handicap ranking, the 4th (par 4) is the hardest hole, the 13th second and the 8th third; the 15th, a par 3, is ranked easiest. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/golf-course/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- The club calls the par-3 17th its signature hole, with a view of the Chestatee River before it meets Lake Lanier. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/golf-course/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- The club credits the course design to golf architect Denis Griffiths. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- Dawson County describes the 6,877-yard layout as having Bermuda fairways and bentgrass greens, open for public play (semi-private). Source: https://www.dawsoncountyga.gov/452/Outdoor-Recreation (checked 2026-10-20)
- The club books tee times online through its own Teesnap page (chestateegolfclub.teesnap.net), and the course is also listed on GolfNow. Source: https://chestateegolfclub.com/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- GolfNow’s course page lists these course ratings and slopes. Men: Black 72.7/140, Blue 70.9/136, White 69.0/131, Gold 67.1/126. Women: Red 68.8/124, Gold 72.4/135, White 74.9/142, Blue 77.0/147. Other sites show slightly different figures, so check the official numbers in the GHIN app. Source: https://www.golfnow.com/courses/1477966-chestatee-golf-club-details (checked 2026-10-20)
- Under the World Handicap System, Course Handicap = Handicap Index × (Slope Rating ÷ 113) + (Course Rating − par). Source: https://rulesworkshops.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/handicapping/world-handicap-system/world-handicap-system-usga-golf-faqs/faqs---calculate-course-handicap-and-playing-handicap.html (checked 2026-10-20)
- The PGA of America and USGA “Tee It Forward” guideline pairs average driver distance with an 18-hole length: 275 yards with 6,700-6,900; 250 with 6,200-6,400; 225 with 5,800-6,000; 200 with 5,200-5,400; 175 with 4,400-4,600; 150 with 3,500-3,700; 125 with 2,800-3,000; 100 with 2,100-2,300. Source: https://www.massgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tee_It_Forward_Guidelines.pdf (checked 2026-10-20)
- The community’s homeowners association is Chestatee Community Association, Inc., according to its management company’s Chestatee page. Source: https://hms-inc.net/chestateehoainfo (checked 2026-10-20)
- The association is managed by Homeowner Management Services (HMS), 1260 Old Alpharetta Road, Alpharetta, GA 30005; phone 770-667-0595; email HMS@HMS-inc.net. Source: https://hms-inc.net/chestateehoainfo (checked 2026-10-20)
- Georgia DOR's 2025 millage table lists these Dawson County rates: 5.463 county (inside and outside the city), 10.800 school, 0.000 for the City of Dawsonville and 0.000 state. That adds up to 16.263 mills on a typical 2025 tax bill. Source: https://dor.georgia.gov/document/document/2025-georgia-county-ad-valorem-tax-digest-millage-ratespdf/download (checked 2026-10-19)
- Dawson County's Tax Assessor says homestead applications are taken year-round but must be in by April 1 to count for that tax year. Exemption applications must be made in person. Source: https://www.dawsoncountyga.gov/382/Tax-Assessor (checked 2026-10-19)
- Under federal rules for Corps of Engineers lakes, Shoreline Use Permits, including dock permits, cannot be transferred. A permit becomes void when the permitted facility is sold or transferred. Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-III/part-327/section-327.30 (checked 2026-10-19)
- The federal permit conditions say a new owner of a permitted dock must apply for their own Shoreline Use Permit within 14 days, or remove the facility within 30 days of the ownership transfer. Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-III/part-327/section-327.30 (checked 2026-10-19)
- OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM) estimates about 31.1 miles and 41 minutes in free-flowing traffic from Chestatee Golf Club (777 Dogwood Way) to Alpharetta City Hall. Rush hour runs longer. Source: https://router.project-osrm.org/route/v1/driving/-83.989234855211,34.40241054083;-84.29227,34.07463?overview=false (checked 2026-10-20)
- OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM) estimates about 17.3 miles and 25 minutes in free-flowing traffic from Chestatee Golf Club (777 Dogwood Way) to the Forsyth County Courthouse in Cumming. Rush hour runs longer. Source: https://router.project-osrm.org/route/v1/driving/-83.989234855211,34.40241054083;-84.13855,34.20643?overview=false (checked 2026-10-20)
- Chestatee, Georgia, is also the name of an unincorporated community in northeastern Forsyth County, a different place from the golf community in Dawsonville. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestatee,_Georgia (checked 2026-10-20)

## Contact

Gold Peach Realty - (770) 283-1223 - info@goldpeachrealty.com - https://goldpeachrealty.com/
For tee times and club business contact Chestatee Golf Club directly: (706) 216-7336, https://chestateegolfclub.com/