What are the WORST golf courses in Mississippi?
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I believe it’s closed now, but there used to be a 9 hole course in McComb that you played twice to get your 18.
what makes it the worst?
it was opening weekend of dove season and after we got a couple of holes under our belt, the owner and his friends were hunting on the first hole. Nothing spreads tranquility like hearing random shotgun blasts while you putt or are in your backswing.
what makes it the worst?
it was opening weekend of dove season and after we got a couple of holes under our belt, the owner and his friends were hunting on the first hole. Nothing spreads tranquility like hearing random shotgun blasts while you putt or are in your backswing.
Are you talking about the old par 3 course outside of fernwood?
Had a trailer for the “pro shop”?
Had a trailer for the “pro shop”?
years ago I worked at the local golf course in my hometown of Kosciusko. 9 holes with 2 tees for each hole. I would help maintain greens and fairways in the morning and lifeguard at the pool in the afternoon - best job I ever had, the lifeguard part. Anyways just down the road from the golf course was the city garbage dump so when the wind was right you could play golf to the smell of the dump. One of the holes was over the other side of a small hill so we put a phone pole up with an orange painted 2 x 8 on the backside of the green so you would know where to 'aim' your tee shot. It wasn't the best course but we did what we could with what we had.
Ahhh for those that never played at Meadow Oak just north of Clinton, you missed out. I lost many a ball on the bush hogged fairways. And lets not forget that wall of cigarette smoke coming out the club house door when you entered to pay for your round.
Best days ever.
Best days ever.
2 Submissions (it has been over 20 years since I've played either)
1. Sonny Guy municipal in Jackson. Bums on the course, half on one side of Woodrow Wilson and half on the other (you transition between them via a large box culvert under the street). On the half of the course that adjoined Hawkins Field, in the summer the ground would get so hard you could barely insert a tee.
2. Leflore Country Country Club. Almost as bad as Sonny Guy, but no bums.
1. Sonny Guy municipal in Jackson. Bums on the course, half on one side of Woodrow Wilson and half on the other (you transition between them via a large box culvert under the street). On the half of the course that adjoined Hawkins Field, in the summer the ground would get so hard you could barely insert a tee.
2. Leflore Country Country Club. Almost as bad as Sonny Guy, but no bums.
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We referred to it as Ghetto Oak. But we loved it. It was perfect for our skill levels. Never crowded, cheap to play.
I don’t remember where the course was precisely. It may have been on the north side of town west of I-55.
it was a cheap place for the kids to go play.
it was a cheap place for the kids to go play.
2. Leflore Country Country Club. Almost as bad a Sonny Guy, but no bums.
This one was the worse -- I don't think it is open any more. Course was always in terrible shape but I can't speak to when Randy Watkins took it over.
Story - went for a quick 9 at lunch about 10 years ago and meet my cousin. We both parked our trucks next to the security "guy" who was in security car. Came back an hour or so later - his truck was gone/stolen.
This one was the worse -- I don't think it is open any more. Course was always in terrible shape but I can't speak to when Randy Watkins took it over.
Story - went for a quick 9 at lunch about 10 years ago and meet my cousin. We both parked our trucks next to the security "guy" who was in security car. Came back an hour or so later - his truck was gone/stolen.
Had an ambitious youth sprint across the fairway and collect balls off the drive one time at Sonny Guy. Not sure how many balls that dude stole from that course but he was ambitious. You can't get that kind of service just anywhere!
Agreed, worst course by far. And it was down in a flood zone and always soggy. They spent a fortune on that clubhouse, but skimped on the course.
The last time I played there, I went to pay and the gal said "The course is in such bad shape I can't in good conscious charge you for this round" and let us play for free. There were holes that if there weren't a flagstick I wouldn't know there was a green.
I was always told that Shady Oaks was the original Country Club of Jackson and was built by a bunch of Jewish guys back in the day. It's been 20 or more years since I went inside the old building but you could see hints that it was a neat place back in its day. I wouldn't go there today with a Kenny Stokes escort
To clarify, Shady Oaks and Meadow Oaks are two separate courses. Shady Oaks far surpassed the quality of Meadow oaks. Meadow oaks was out Clinton-Tinnin Rd. Literally a field.
Great Southern was a good course at one time. Typical of an old course layout so not going to be comparable to the best in the state but at least had some holes finishing towards the gulf with good views. I had heard it was completely screwed up. Apparently Katrina damaged it and then after putting the money into refurbishing the course, they had a contract to sell to a developer and they stopped maintaining it. Then the financing for the sale fell through and apparently it takes a lot more money to get a course right after letting it go than it does to just maintain it in the first place and they were never able to get right. Guessing trying to get people to pony up for membership when most people will come out ahead paying by the round at the casino courses was difficult too.
The Meadows golf club between Tupelo and Pontotoc. 9 holes of cow pasture. Sandburs in the rough type place.
On the first hole there is a 2-3 acre pond in between the tee box and the green. Was playing there in the late 90's I would guess and they must have used the wrong fertilizer and it got into the pond.
All of the fish went belly up and were absolutely rancid. Must have been 1000 or more in there. You could have walked across it in spots without getting wet. They had a seine net out there scooping up the fish and piled up the carcasses and proceeded to burn them.
On the first hole there is a 2-3 acre pond in between the tee box and the green. Was playing there in the late 90's I would guess and they must have used the wrong fertilizer and it got into the pond.
All of the fish went belly up and were absolutely rancid. Must have been 1000 or more in there. You could have walked across it in spots without getting wet. They had a seine net out there scooping up the fish and piled up the carcasses and proceeded to burn them.
Golf World in Jackson was my first course and one of the state’s finest. Used to routinely shoot mid-30s in my youth. It’s not looking too good these days though
I forgot about that place. Just awful. It’s built on an old neighborhood on Stateline Rd that’s in the flight path of the airport so they moved everyone out and tore the houses down.
Yep, you know it well then. The last time I was there was 2014-ish and I had the same experience.
If there is anything worse than Ackerman Country Club, I would hate..
to see it. The greens were full of clumps of crabgrass, goose grass, crab grass, and the like. Putting was like playing pinball or bumper pool - a good putt could hit one of those clumps and shoot off in another direction.
to see it. The greens were full of clumps of crabgrass, goose grass, crab grass, and the like. Putting was like playing pinball or bumper pool - a good putt could hit one of those clumps and shoot off in another direction.
I used to play this course nearly weekly back in the late 1970’s when it was the Broadwater Sea Course.
Playing with a buddy of mine there years ago and one of the bums picked up his ball after the tee shot, then tried to sell it to my buddy. You just never knew what to expect there.
Thats exactly what happened. I played there when I first started. Got my first birdie ever on a short par 4. Never been back after that trip. The greens were super tall. I think they cut them once a week.
Middlefork “country club” in Meadville MS. A 9 hole course with no grass, just a few patches of weeds every 59 yards or so.
Back in the 1950s, PGA played there one year, with the old huge TV cameras to film the game. We lived on Faircourt Street from 1951 - 1961, which ran into Hillsdale, which ran down the west side fence at the course. It is a war zone now. We were likely the reason they fenced it when it was Jackson Country CLub. It was a nice course when it was JCC and then for many years when it was Shady Oaks - actually a 36 hole course for many years. Played many games there as a ,member when it became Shady Oaks. The card playing room, adjacent to the Pro Shop was an interesting place. They grill made excellent burgers. Back in the day, theu held some snazzy dances, when it was JCC.
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