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Richard Smith
I'm a member of Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville Tennessee. Holston is an old Donald Ross layout that is essentially unchanged from its original design over 75 years ago. I usually play between a 1 to a 5 handicap and enjoy playing in local and statewide tournaments. I fell in love with links golf on my first trip to the UK in 1980, and I've had the privilege of playing all of the current and past venues of the Open Championship, having completed the rotation several years ago when I was able to play Musselburgh Old. I'm trying to branch out and play as many top courses as possible and will try my best to give an honest and interesting review of the courses I play.
Wow, what a pleasant surprise this course was. I was in the area and needed t find a public access course. All three University courses were recommended (Lonnie Poole a...
The legends golf resort is a machine. Their rounds of golf usually include breakfast, lunch, and several beverage tickets at a reasonable price. In return, golfers get...
It was great fun to play the recently renovated/restored Kindale course at Kenwood country club. The course was originally designed by Bill Diddle, a name not too famili...
I played here quite a bit when it was known as River Islands, and I have only played once since the switch to Bermuda greens. This unique golf course winds its way acros...
I have played Stonehenge many times over the years. The course has been rated as high as the top 5-10 in the state, but I think the current ranking of 18th on this websi...
I was really looking forward to playing Mirimichi. When I lived in Memphis during the early 1980's I would often make my way out to the Old Woodstock Hills course, and I...
I have fond memories of the course at Sewanee. I grew up in nearby Chattanooga, and occasionally my dad would take me to Sewanee as a special place to play on the weeken...
Wow this course was the surprise of a recent trip to Florida that my wife and I took to play some of the courses in the area. It's less than a 30-minute drive from the O...
Pretty nice Florida course. None of the holes are overly exciting. The first eleven holes are on the clubhouse side of a road, and the seven holes across the road are m...
As the companion course to the more highly rated Pine Barrens Rolling Oaks will certainly always face comparison to its neighbor. The terrain is actually quite good, esp...
Pine Barrens is an interesting golf course. Along with its sister course, Rolling Oaks, the course is set in some interesting rolling land. This allowed designer Tom Fa...
I have a lot to agree with in the previous review. Many classic Pete Dye elements here but this is in general and enjoyable and fun layout. The front nine was pretty ti...
The course is currently hosting the Wyndham Championship on the PGA tour and it is a fine layout. There is quite a bit more elevation change than you can appreciate on t...
I really enjoyed my recent round at Chickasaw. I had played Lawsonia links this summer and I was keen to try out this old classic design. In addition I was very favorab...
I've wanted to play Yeamans Hall for a number of years and it was well worth the wait. This is classic old school architecture by famed architect Seth Raynor at its best...
This was a fun course to play and a great challenge as well. Mike Stranz designed a number of interesting courses and Bull's Bay may be the best of the bunch. An extraor...
Mammoth is a fine course and David McLay Kidd and his team deserve a great deal of praise for designing such a fun but challenging layout. The course plays around larger...
I am a big Coore/Crenshaw fan and this course didn't disappoint me in any way. From the elevated first tee the course winds it way around huge sand dunes. Some greens a...
Lawsonia links is a wonderful inland layout in the heartland of Wisconsin. It is situated just about midway between the Kohler resort on Lake Michigan and Sand Valley, t...
Belle Meade is a nice private course set in a posh part of Nashville. The original Ross design has been modified through the years and the course as it appears today pro...
