I first played Sugarloaf when they had very few houses, played the equivalent of 6 rounds over two days; I was also playing it the day Payne Stewart's plane crashed, we were on the putting green when a TV crew drove up, an attractive woman ran up to me with a microphone and asked if I had heard what had happened to Payne. She told me. I then intoduced her to Bobby "Long Ball" Wilson, a fellow pro who had gone to school with Payne.
A friend of mine has recently moved to Atlanta and joined the club. I can remember EVERY HOLE and as we chatted last week he was amazed that I knew "his" course better than he did. I found Sugarloaf to be an interesting Norman cart course, more fun to play than any other that I have played. even the 18th hole! Apparently they have another 9 holes that I don't know. It appears the course helped sell some houses!
Probably was the purpose,
When I played, the bunkers had very steep edges, as if they had been cut out of the ground (many Australian courses have similar looking edges, in pictures anyway). If your ball just rolled into one the shot was almost impossible, no back swing. I've noticed they look a bit softer now (from TV).