The new course at McLemore, called The Outpost and located 16 miles south of Lookout Mountain Club with the same eastern overlook, broke ground this fall and will occupy this section of the property. To the developers’ credit, they’ve reserved the entire site for golf. Many real-estate-focused entities would have cashed in upfront on the million-dollar views and reserved the frontage for homesites, but McLemore realized that placing the course along the ridgeline, which looks directly down over a cove 400 feet below, could pay indefinite dividends.

With McLemore entering its second full year of operations and first season with the new cliff-edge clubhouse, accolades continue to underscore that the course truly ranks “above the clouds.” The private, 18-hole Highlands Course is available to Members and Guests, and recently opened the ‘Stay and Play’ program. The program allows guests to experience McLemore’s course, on-site lodging and dining at The Creag, with Appalachian inspired dining prepared by Chef Anthony Hooper. McLemore President Duane Horton said, “We are thrilled with the ranking from Golf Week. It’s humbling to see the reaction from so many in the golf world who are coming to McLemore to experience and appreciate the design and expertise of Bill Bergin and Rees Jones. Their vision and the team executing it has truly placed McLemore on the map and for that we are extremely grateful.”

McLemore, a Scenic Land Company community located atop Lookout Mountain, is a growing neighborhood that has been planned and designed by some of the nation’s best architectural professionals. The team spent a great deal of time studying the geography, culture and natural beauty of the land and its people to develop a clubhouse designed to uniquely connect all of the elements. The result is a clubhouse that calls to visitors from its’ cliff-edge placement to explore, relax and to enjoy the experiences that McLemore has to offer. Designed through a collaboration by Master Planner Roland Aberg and Architect Tim Slattery of Hart Howerton, Ltd., along with locally based Architects Thomas Palmer and Craig Peavy of Tinker Ma, Inc., McLemore incorporates features that reflect the four changing seasons from various vantage points.