Tannenbaum Golf Club

Tannenbaum Golf Club sits on a peninsula in Greers Ferry Lake in Drasco, Arkansas, the Ozark Mountains frame the property, water surrounds on multiple sides, and John Floyd's 1999 routing uses every piece of that topography. The course has a reputation as one of the most challenging layouts in Arkansas, and it has earned it honestly: tree-lined corridors, dramatic elevation shifts, and a signature hole (#12) where the tee shot drops 130 feet straight downhill to a semi-island green carved from the mountainside. Floyd worked with five sets of tees, a 10-acre practice facility, and the natural Ozark topography rather than fighting it. Most holes play along ridgelines or through narrow tree-lined gaps, with Greers Ferry Lake visible throughout. The #12 tee box alone makes the round memorable, the kind of hole where golfers stop for photos regardless of how their day is going. Tannenbaum has been rated Top 5 Best Places To Play In Arkansas by Golf Digest (with 4.5 Stars), named among the Top 5 Courses in Arkansas by Arkansas Business 360, and selected as one of Golf Digest's best places to play in 2005-2006. For a Natural State Trail itinerary, it's the mountain-lake round that pairs with Mountain Ranch (Fairfield Bay) and Big Creek (Mountain Home) for a three-course northern Arkansas trip.