They just redid their greens. If you thought they were firm then you should have seen them in august and probably still today. Love that course though. Also, it’s hard to beat Starkville CC. Course is very fun.
OT: favorite golf courses in Mississippi
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Played in the 6 man at OBCC. Holy hell if some of those greens and pin locations were ridiculous. I don’t know that I’ve ever played greens as firm and fast as those and I’ve played on some fast greens. Almost felt like the US Open. Wouldn’t change a thing about it though especially being a 6 man.
Grand Bear in Saucier (a Nicklaus course) and The Bridges (Arnold Palmer course) in Bay St. Louis. Grand Bear is a long course with difficult green placement while The Bridges is shorter where you need good tee shots to make your second shot.
Back Acres CC in Senatobia was that way too. Tight fairways with trees, many holes with domed, super fast greens.
I grew up playing there every weekend.
I hate all things Alabama but the RTJ trail is amazing. I wish our state would develop a similar idea. I go the Alabama a few times a year to play different courses on the trail.
Lion Hills is also a strange course. You go from Hills to the flats. Also, they have 5 par fives. I am playing Tupelo National this week.
I played the RTJ course in West Mobile about six weeks ago and we were waiting awhile due to frost that morning. I had on a State cap and struck up a conversation with the guy working in the pro shop. He said that RTJ had just bought or taken over their first course in Ms. Maybe they will spread all over. You know that RTJ is owned by the Alabama teachers union retirement fund.
Whatever happened to the project to turn the old Colonial Country Club in Jackson into a 12-hole course? Is that still in the works? I think the sweetens cove architect was a part of that project
Hillandale in Corinth is kinda like that. You start off a few holes on a bluff and then drop off in a creek bottom for the majority of the course. On 16 or 17 you go back up the bluff on about a 90 degree dog leg right. I get lost on Tupelo National because it’s back and forth over that creek and they don’t have a lot of signs to direct you when to cross.
I played that course about two years ago. The guy saw my State hat and went on about Ally Ewing. He got to meet her and was a big fan.
The course by the airport is still there. Was called Tramark, now it's Bayou Vista.
The one by the shooting range was the Gulfport Par 3. It was 18 holes, but pocket-sized. One of the holes was about 40 yards. Birthplace of the Keystone Invitational Golf Classic. Damn, I miss that place.
MHP (and several other organizations) were camped out on that course in the immediate aftermath of Katrina. I had a cot inside a building on the CRTC (i think we even had generator power), I was in high cotton comparatively speaking.
Played it once and remembered thinking it could be a really nice course if some money were put into it.
Even then the course was missing a little bit of upkeep. But the fairways and greens were fine. The rough was pretty punishing and lots of areas that would have normally been maintained for aesthetics at a private golf course were let go. But the layout was fun.
I'm sure they could probably be run more efficiently, but the state doesn't do itself any favors with where it puts money into golf courses. Other than land being available, why in the world would you put such a nice course outside grenada? They thought the booming populations of Grenada, Winona, Batesville, and Calhoun City would keep it packed while charging sufficient green fees?
That said, if the state (or is it feds? I assume the damn is a Corps project and they bought up the land it would flood along with a buffer?) would allow water front development on Grenada lake, that could maybe help. I'm sure there are lots of people that would like to have a lake house on Grenada Lake. Water wouldn't be the prettiest, but it'd still be a pretty good draw to be able to have a weekend spot to go fish and ski and swim and have a good golf course to play. Not sure if there is a reason no development is allowed there beyond just typical smart decisions by Mississippi government and/or the federal government.
The USACoE doesn’t really allow for lakeside property on any of the 4 flood control lakes. Theres some in Sardis but it has to be at a certain elevation above the flood plain.
Which that makes sense but what I remember of Grenada lake it seems like there was a lot of land pretty close to the shore that was above the elevation of the dam? Maybe that was just around the hugh white area? Or maybe my perception was off about how high it was compared to the dam. But if there is land that can be developed where the finished floor would be a foot or two above the height of the dam, that seems like it should be allowed to be developed.
Has it gone down hill? It’s been a few years since I’ve played there but was always highly ranked in the state and enjoyable course.
The real answer is Halifax Holes in Bolton on Mr Kendall’s farm. Such a fun track and great time.
And ruin the Natural Beach? I slayed there in the 80s. No telling how many li'l green beans runnin' round Gun-aid-er.
Definitely some good parties, but unfortunately the tornado tore that course up pretty bad.
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Not a golfer but asking about The Oaks in Pass Christian? Any review appreciated.
Been a while, but it's a good neighborhood course. Tough competition down there with the Preserve, Grand Bear, and Fallen Oak but in other places in Mississippi it would generally be as good or better than the local course. Also a pretty fun course for middling golfers and bad golfers. If you play from the appropriate tees and hit the ball decent, you're not going to feel like you got beat up out there. Not sure if good golfers would find it not challenging enough.
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