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Steve_ Shaffer

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Old Edwards GC (Tom Jackson) in Highlands, NC
« on: September 01, 2012, 09:21:48 AM »
My new golf instructor formerly worked here.

Any comments on the course and the resort?

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Michael Whitaker

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Re: Old Edwards GC (Tom Jackson) in Highlands, NC
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2012, 11:30:27 AM »
My new golf instructor formerly worked here.

Any comments on the course and the resort?

http://www.oldedwardsinn.com/golf

Steve - I have not been there yet, but one of my very good friends, Lou Miller, is the President of the Old Edwards Club. Lou is one of the most professional, personable, and knowledgeable golf executives on the planet. Under his leadership you can be assured the course and club are the best they can possibly be. I hope to visit there in the near future.

Also... the Inn and resort get the highest praise from folks in Greenville who have visited there. It is a popular spot for anniversary and birthday weekends.
« Last Edit: September 01, 2012, 11:33:45 AM by Michael Whitaker »
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hhuffines

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Re: Old Edwards GC (Tom Jackson) in Highlands, NC
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2012, 03:01:31 PM »
The Old Edwards Inn in Highlands is a really nice place and probably expensive.  We eat lunch there a lot.  They do have an off site golf course and probably a spa but I'm not sure I'd call it a resort.  It sits on a corner in the small downtown area.  Ive heard one of the nines is pretty good golf.   I plan to stay at Lake Toxaway (nearby) next summer and enjoy the new redesign by Spence.

Kevin Robinson

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Re: Old Edwards GC (Tom Jackson) in Highlands, NC
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2012, 12:21:01 PM »
I have played there several times, but not since Old Edwards bought the course. It is a spectacular piece of property with several tee shots that drop 1-175 feet from tee to green. It had to be ridiculously expensive to build. It is a lot of fun but gets extremely narrow in places, usually on holes with tremendous elevation changes. There are some much better holes on one of the nines (assuming the've been switched around) that are the equal of anything else in the area.
Highlands and Wade Hampton are definitely the top destinations in the Highlands/Cashiers area. A hugely enjoyable, superbly conditioned course can be found at CC of Sapphire Valley, which you will pass on the way from Highlands to Toxaway. It is a highly underrated track that suffers in that regard from it's proximity to Wade Hampton. Highlands is great, and has a couple of all-world holes, but I really love CCSV. It's a George Cobb, I believe.
I haven't played Toxaway since the re-do. I have heard different opinions. Lou Biago (the long-time pro who used to be the teaching pro at Lost Tree) tells me it is fantastic, while others have said it's a mixed bag. I hope to get up there next Summer to see for myself.

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