[Jeff_Mingay]

"The result of our (RTJ and Bobby Jones) collaboration was a golf course of unlimited flexibility, a course which epitomizes the strategic concept. Peachtree can be played from 6,354 to 7,219 yards depending on the placement of the tee markers. Its fairway bunkers are limited in number, but each is significant. And, because of the size and contour of the greens, there is a need for thought in approaching them, regardless of distance. Otherwise, a ball can come to rest of the wrong side of the hole with the resultant putting problems built into the design of the greens."  

- Robert Trent Jones on Peachtree, circa 1982.

A quote such as this one fascinates me. It rises Peachtree toward the top of my "must see" list. But I wonder, is Peachtree as good as RTJ's writing indicates it should be?

Curious,

[Tom_Doak]

Jeff,

Peachtree is very revolutionary ... if you had never seen Augusta National.  Or perhaps with all the changes to Augusta, it does look like an original idea today.

[BCrosby]

P'tree was the first big budget post-Golden Age course, so it was revolutionary in that sense. Bobby Jones had great ambitions for it. The onset of his final illness coincided with the designing and building of the course, so it's not clear how active Bobby was.

Robert Trent, on the other hand, was always a masterful salesman. He apparently remained so until at least 1982.

Bob

[Michael Wharton-Palmer]

My humble opinion...Wonderful clubhouse and sense of history, that is contrary to the youth of the course itself.

The golf course was one of those that dissapointed me as a layout considering that it  has a perenial high ranking.
It is a good golf course, but has some poor holes or perhaps I should say very ordinary holes.
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After the wow factor of the clubhouse, the course for me at least was fairly low on the wow factor.

In response to another thread, Spyglass Hill is RTJ best if you are comparing it with Peachtree.

[Brad Klein]

Jeff, see my post on RTJ.

I don't know of any "wow factor" with that modest clubhouse. It's little more than a rambling private house that stands between the entrance and the golf course.

[Bill Gayne]

I went to the opening ceremonies for the Walker Cup in 1989 and was told that the clubhouse's historical significance is that Sherman used the house as a headquarters when moving through Atlanta. This story is plausible to me because it sits on a ridgeline north of Atlanta and it wasn't burned.

1989 is a little bit after I took the game up so I don't remember much about the golf course except that the conditioning was exceptional and they had what they called "elephant mounds."  The party was pretty good though.

[Cory Lewis]

I played Peachtree for the first time earlier this Month.  I was very impressed, it has shades of Augusta but is very unique in it's own way.  I thought every hole was magnificent, in fact it is one of the few courses I have played that did not have one weak hole.  The way they used the topography is splendid.  I would say it's underrated if anything.  

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