New Albany (West & North)

Opened for play in the early 1990s, New Albany Country Club is a Jack Nicklaus-designed 27-hole golf facility located within a large suburb of Columbus, less than two miles from Pete Dye’s celebrated layout at The Golf Club.

The West and North nines comprise the 18-hole course of first choice, with Rocky Fork Creek featuring prominently during a round here.

Daniel Wexler has this to say about the layout in his book The American Private Golf Club Guide; “things pick up when the mid-section of the West nine encounters the water for three holes: the 436-yard 3rd (which requires a long second to a narrow green overhanging the creek), the 525-yard 4th (where the creek affects all three shots), and the 151-yard 5th.”

The author continues; “the North is a touch less inspiring, though the 427-yard 8th (where water fronts a bunkerless green) leaves little room for mistakes, and the 454-yard 9th straddles the creek, which also closely flanks the green’s left side.”