Rates:

Greens Turf Type:

Practice Area:

Description

This course is right around the corner from Highland Creek near Huntersville and used to be part of the Carolina Trail. It is now managed by Pinnacle Golf Properties, which handles all of the former Carolina Trail Courses and has injected new life into this course. Always a great layout, it now has stellar Mini-Verde Bermuda Greens (installed in 2019) that hold shots well despite being young. It plays like a mountain course with large elevation changes tee to green, making it one of the more challenging courses around town. With the renovations and new ownership, their tagline is "It's a New Day at Skybrook" and it holds true.

Notes

Memberships available. The clubhouse was also renovated and upgraded in 2019 along with the course and now features the Skytop Grill, which has large HD TV's and an impressive patio and firepit that overlooks the 9th green. Fifteen covered TopTracer bays with comfy chairs and TVs were added to the driving range in 2025.

B-Man's Take

This course has always been one of my favorite courses around town. I did not play it for many years because came under the mis-management of the Carolina Trail. Now that the former trail courses are managed by Pinnacle Golf Properties, I've come back and love it once again. This is a tough course you'll have to play a few times to get the hang of. With its elevated tees and greens, blind shots and sometimes narrow fairways, it will get you the first time or two. I really like the closing stretch of holes, 15-18. Sixteen is a 178yd par 3 over water. I nearly aced it one round. Seventeen is a long 429yd slight dogleg-left with the same lake running all along its left side. Eighteen has not been good to me so I rank this 553yd par 5 among the hell holes here. The tee shot must stay left of the Skybrook logo oak tree guarding the right side. Then you have to hit a narrow second fairway with swing #2 on this S-shaped hole. Top it off with a bunkered, elevated green and this is very tough par. The staff here is very friendly and frequently posts content on social media - so be sure to follow their Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Links

Most Recent Reviews

• 7/18/25 - Review by aimtobreak80

  "Worth playing"

  This is not really a review of the course, rather it is one man’s review and opinion of the new, Top Tracer facility on the driving range at Skybrook Golf Club. Disclaimer: I have not played golf for over two years due to arthritic fingers that would not adequately grip the clubs. I recently put fatter grips on the clubs, and headed to the range to see if, and how well, I could swing with them in place. I was looking forward to the Top Tracer technology to provide some objective, quantitative measure(s) of my performance. The good news is that I can hit the ball reasonably straight on a consistent basis without any signs of a blister occurring on my fingers. The bad news is that my “distance” has decreased significantly, presumably due to the effects associated with becoming an octogenarian, but that is beyond my control. Now to the Top Tracer review. The facility just opened to the public in the past month, and the “newness” is impressive. There are 15 bays available, all completely covered. Amenities include a unisex restroom, cold water fountains, seating, clubhouse lunch counter phone in ordering, and a cart girl on duty, the latter being especially welcomed on the Heat Index 105 degree day that I elected to visit at 1:30 in the afternoon. There are several ball/basket options available, ranging from 30 to 140 balls, $11 to $41 respectively, and credit card, or other electronic payment methods, accepted. Word of advice: be sure to put the basket in place BEFORE completing the payment operation! There is a bit of a learning curve for using the technology, most particularly if you are interested in personalizing the data and having it downloaded for review away from the course. One needs the TOPTRACER Range app, and to become familiar with it before heading to the range. The real time display on the monitor is sufficient for purposes of general performance assessment, but the amount of data quickly becomes a little overwhelming. I had hoped to compare Top Tracer data to that from my 3BAYS GSA swing motion analyzer, but a technological problem with the latter prevented me from doing so. I am not a fan of turf pads for driving ranges, because I believe such affect both swing mechanics and ball flight motion, but that can’t be helped given these circumstances. Another issue (shared and voiced by a fellow golfer on the range) is the quality of the range balls (especially over time, and extended usage) and effects on distance and ball flight curvature. So, I do not know how accurate the data from my outing may be, but it compared reasonably well with my real time visual assessments, and I believe that the average, casual user could benefit from this new addition to the driving range at Skybrook. If nothing else, it provides an objective measure of consistency. On another note, the grass practice tee area is restricted to members only, but that’s no big deal. However, the practice bunker and two greens were in poor shape. The condition of the bunker was reminiscent of several years ago when even the on-course bunkers were terrible. The current condition certainly doesn’t afford any opportunity for good bunker practice. I hope that this is a temporary issue, and not due to inattention and lack of maintenance caused by concentrating on the new Top Tracer facility.

  Read The Review

• 6/29/25 - Review by PeteA

  "Great course"

  Played in The Grint Tour event. Overall, the course was in fine shape, particularly sine the prior evening saw a 2" rainfall in less than an hour. Love the layout, as it requires all of your shots, and the greens were in great shape, fast and true, yet accepted well hit irons as expected. One of the better courses in Charlotte for public play!

  Read The Review

• 10/5/24 - Review by Baparro

  "Worth playing"

  Enjoyable course in pretty decent shape

  Read The Review

• 7/15/24 - Review by dalewt43

  "Great course"

  I enjoy playing Skybrook most of the time. I get to play it a couple of times a month. Today the course was in its usual great condition with fairways and greens having no issues. The new sand traps are good but could use a little more upkeep. The greenskeeper at Skybrook keeps doing a great job with the course conditions. The staff that rides around the course doing maintenance such as trash removal and other duties are rude and do not care at all about the customers. Several times during our round these guys would come flying up around you on their carts even if you were standing over the ball getting ready to hit. We have not had this type of issues at other courses in the area. Not enough to keep us from playing Skybrook but it does take some of the enjoyment out of it.

  Read The Review

• 5/31/24 - Review by B-Man

  "Great course"

  Skybrook is one of my favorites due to the layout and the greens. It did not disappoint this time out. The greens were in fantastic condition and not crazy fast. Conditions on tee boxes and fairways were mostly lush with just a few exceptions on the front nine. The opening par 4 is a cool way to the start the round as it has an elevated tee with a valley fairway that can feed the ball towards the green. However, the drainage on the hole leaves muddy, thin tracks in the fairway and near the green that take away from the aesthetics and playability of the hole. A few other holes on the front have similar issues around the fairways that are less than perfect, but the back 9 had no such issues. My other bone to pick at Skybrook is the bunkers. We teed off at 3pm so who knows how many rounds had been played that day before us, but every bunker I was in or near, it looked like no one had raked them all day. The sand in all the bunkers, greenside or fairway, is super fine grained white sand which makes shots come out very heavy or fat if you don't hit close to the ball. It also creates fried egg lies for every shot that flies into the bunker. Last thing about my experience for this round... the price. $85 for a 3pm Friday tee time is very high. It seems public courses around Charlotte have done away with twilight rates altogether. I love the layout here and that hasn't changed much. They have taken out the trees on the right side of the path on hole No. 3 and let the area grow wild -- making this hole even more difficult than it already was since anything to the right of the path is now lost. The elevation changes that come into play for more than half the holes are the course's most distinguishing feature. The closing stretch of holes, No. 14 through No. 18, is one of my favorites in the area. Skybrook is still one of the best public tracks in Charlotte and worth playing several times a year.

  Read The Review

Updates From the Forum

• 07/08/25 - B-Man replied to "Summer Aerification Schedule"

  Skybrook Golf Club is aerating this week: 7/7-7/8.
  View this thread

• 05/03/23 - B-Man posted "The 10 Best Golf Courses in the Lake Norman Area"

  I wrote this article for The Best of Lake Norman Podcast and will be on the show later this month to talk about it. I rank the 10 best golf courses in the Lake Norman, public and private. This article serves as a preview to my Top 10 list for Axios Charlotte of the Top 10 Public Golf Courses in the Charlotte area, which is coming out later this month. Spoiler Alert: 3 of the courses on the Lake Norman list also make the Charlotte Top 10 list. Here's the article: 10 Best Lake Norman Golf Courses (Public and Private)
  View this thread

• 06/11/19 - KyleSmith replied to "Skybrook closing for greens renovation"

  Know several members at Skybrook and this is pretty much my "home course." Change is going to be great for this course. Pinnacle has committed 1.5 million to the renovations over the next few years. Greens are converting and drainage is going to be addressed (thank God).
  View this thread

• 06/10/19 - B-Man posted "Skybrook closing for greens renovation"

  Another summer, another bent grass course closing to switch over to Bermuda. Got word today that Skybrook Golf Club in Huntersville will be closing next week to switch to a Bermuda Mini-Verde hybrid. While they are closed, they will be addressing other areas including some renovations to the clubhouse. They plan to re-open on Aug 30th.
  View this thread

• 06/27/14 - B-Man posted "Charity Golf Tournament at Skybrook on Aug 3rd"

  Prayers for Elijah Golf Tournament
  The tournament raises money for medical expenses for a 9 year old boy named Elijah who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His story is on www.facebook.com/prayersforelijah. It will be held on Sunday, August 3rd @ 1:30 at Skybrook Golf Club. Registration can be done online by visiting www.PrayersForElijah.com. The fee to register is $70 and includes green fees, golf cart, SWAG bag, dinner and a free Skybrook green fee gift certificate. Proceeds from this event will be used for El! ijah's medical expenses.
  View this thread