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BCrosby

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Hidden Hills soon to be NLE
« on: December 18, 2005, 02:33:58 PM »
For those in the ATL, Dick Wilson's Hidden Hills is soon to be NLE.

Bob
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Patrick_Mucci

Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2005, 02:48:37 PM »
Bob,

What's causing its demise ?
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A.G._Crockett

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Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2005, 10:10:54 PM »
Patrick,
Hidden Hills has struggled for membership for approx. 20 years now as the area around the course has deteriorated.  There have been crime problems in the area, and I think even on the course at times.  It's just way out the way for most of the golfing public in metro Atlanta in the early 21st century, though I had not heard this news before Bob's post.
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BCrosby

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Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2005, 07:06:42 AM »
My understanding is that there are redevelopment plans for the land. It's not in a great neighborhood, but anything in ATL inside the Perimeter is pretty hot property these days.

There has been barely a mention of it in the local press. Hidden Hills will go quietly into that good night....

I played it once, years ago, and enjoyed it. Dick Wilson is an under-appreciated architect. Much better, I think, than his over-appreciated contemporary RTJ. Always sad to see one of Wilson's courses close.

Bob
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Mike_Young

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Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2005, 07:18:07 AM »
Bob,
I have been involved with the purchaser for the last few months and they plan to keep 9 holes after the others are converted to homes.
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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2005, 07:30:40 AM »
Interesting to note that the club attributes the course to Joe Lee rather than Dick Wilson on their website:

www.hiddenhillsgolf.cc
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BCrosby

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Re:Hidden Hill soon to be NLE
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2005, 07:51:55 AM »
I believe C&W give Wilson attribution. (My volume is at home.) Mike Young informs me that it is more likely that Joe Lee and Rocky Rocquemore did the work. I wonder if that was during one of Wilson's bad times.

Bob
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A.G._Crockett

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Re:Hidden Hills soon to be NLE
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2005, 08:53:41 AM »
Everything I had seen also listed Joe Lee as the architect at Hidden Hills.

This is the second long-time Atl. club to close for development in recent months.  Canterbury in Marietta, with 450 members, closed at the end of November to be developed into housing.  Canterbury wasn't a great golf course, but it was a lot of fun and seemingly a very viable club.  Just too much money in housing for the 8 owners to pass up, apparently.  Ironically, the 8 owners were members who bought the club several years ago, ostensibly to keep it from being developed! Accounts of the clubs closing portray the membership as feeling completely betrayed, as they had almost no notice that this was coming.  

(Canterbury in listed as "architect unknown" in the best listing of Georgia courses that I've seen.  If anybody else knows more, I'd love to know.)
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Steve_ Shaffer

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Re:Hidden Hills soon to be NLE
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2005, 12:00:52 PM »
Hank Whitfield is listed as the architect of Canterbury in the Executive Golfer April 2005 Private Club Directory.

www.canterburygolf.com
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Andy Doyle

Re:Hidden Hills soon to be NLE
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2005, 06:32:44 PM »
It's a shame - this is a solid course that is fairly easy to reach for those of us on the east side of Atlanta.

I can't say I'm surprised, though.  A friend of mine joined when it was still private, but by that point they were down to no initiation fee - monthly dues only.

The last time we were there (about a year ago), it was $25 to play on a Friday afternoon.  The course had the distinct air of neglect - a number of the tees were either bare of grass or taken over by clover and/or weeds.

We had some guy in a cart come up to us out on the course & conduct a mini marketing survey - wanted to know what we thought of the course, the conditioning, the potential for memberships, increased play, etc.  I guess they didn't get the answers that would lead to keeping/improving the course.

Andy
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