ACCOLADES
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FROM THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED SOURCES
2025 Top accolades
Best New Course of 2025 (Overall), The Keep
Sports Illustrated#25 of the Top 200 Resort Courses (The Keep)
Golfweek“Top 10 New U.S. Golf Courses that Opened in 2025.”
Forbes#47 of the Top 75 Best Golf Resorts in America
Golf Digest#23 Best Golf Course in Georgia
Golf Digest2025 continued
Top 100 Courses You Can Play (2024/2025)
— Golf Magazine#5, Best Public Access Courses by State (Highlands)
— GolfweekBest of Georgia Winner, Golf Courses (Highlands)
— Georgia Business JournalTop 10 Georgia Courses You Can Play
— Links MagazineTop Golf Courses of 2025 (The Keep)
— Kingdom 
Top 25 Georgia Resorts
— Atlanta Business Chronicle#1 Trip in Georgia
— Explore Georgia, Official State Travel Guide Top 10 Georgia Courses You Can Play
— Links Magazine Best of the Best Winner, Golf Course (Highlands)
— Times Free Press4-Diamond Property, Cloudland at McLemore Resort
— AAAOVerall Best New Course of 2025
— (The Keep) Sports Illustrated
2024
#22 America’s Greatest Golf Holes (Highlands 18th Hole)
— Golf DigestDevelopment of the Year, New Build, Curio Collection
— HiltonTop Five Golf Destinations with New Courses
— Forbes#122 of Top 200 Resort Courses (Highlands Course)
— Golfweek#3 Ranked Public Access Course by State (Georgia)
— Golfweek4-Diamond Property, Cloudland at McLemore Resort
— AAA
“BEST FINISHING HOLE IN AMERICA SINCE THE YEAR 2000.”
— GOLF DIGEST
2023
Top 100 Course You Can Play in the U.S. (Highlands)
— GolfweekTop 10 Finishing Hole in the World (Highlands 18th Hole)
— Links Magazine2022
Top 5 Single Course Destination
— Links MagazineTop 3 “Best Courses You Can Play in Georgia”
— Golf Digest2021
Top 100 Greatest Public Access Courses (Highlands)
— Golf DigestBest Finishing Hole Built Since 2000 (Highlands 18th Hole)
— Golf Digest“WHAT IS LIKELY TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE HOLES IN THE GAME OF GOLF.”
— DEREK DUNCAN, GOLF DIGEST, 2020