5 out of 5 Stars("Golf at its Absolute Best. Pay any price at least once in your life.") by Golf Digest's Places to Play, seven years in a row 2004-2010.
- Voted the #1 Public Access Golf Course in Arkansas by readers of Arkansas Business in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
- Rated #1 in Arkansas in Golfweek's Best Public Access, 2011
- USGA US Amateur Sectional Qualifying site for Arkansas, 2010
- USGA US Senior Amateur Qualifying site for Arkansas, 2011
- USGA US Senior Women's Amateur Qualifying site for Arkansas, 2011
- Rated #1 in US in Top Courses Averaging 20,000 Rounds/Year or Fewer by Golf Digest's Places To Play, May 2004
- Rated #1 Top Courses Opened Within Past Five Years by Golf Digest's Places To Play, May 2004
- Rated #5 in USA in Service by Golf Digest's Places To Play, May 2004
- Rated #8 in USA in Top Courses in Conditioning by Golf Digest's Places To Play, May 2004
- Golf Digest Best In State #5 2005-2006
- Big Creek is a member course of the Diners Club Carte Blanche Golf Program
