I am probably the worst person to write about a locker room or clubhouse. From Southern Pines CC, USA to Brancaster, England to Newcastle, Australia, my modus operandi has been to change shoes by the car, say a quick hello in the pro shop and head to the tee (I don’t even know where the locker was at my old home course in Stockton!). Without sounding like the great unwashed
, I have always thought of the locker room as a place to accidentally leave something behind. It’s all about the golf course - keep things simple! The fewer moving parts, the less to remember, all the better.
Nonetheless, for every rule there is an exception and occasionally something is done so well that it adds value and enjoyment to the golf experience. Such is the case of the men’s locker room at Forest Creek, located five miles from my home. There is no place better in Moore County to kick back and swap lies
with fellow golfers.
This article is clearly a departure from the ‘GolfClubAtlas.com, strictly about golf course architecture, blah, blah, blah’ mantra that I have harped on since its inception. When we announced the new section Best of Golf, we at GolfClubAtlas.com decided to help espouse the game’s many faceted allures. Just as sitting with a buddy at a baseball stadium and admiring the freshly cut field can be invigorating, so can socializing with friends before or after a round. The locker room at Forest Creek is the ideal place to do so.
Put another way: if I didn’t play golf, I would learn just so I could go hang out here!
FYI We expect to publish two more Best of Golf articles next week, one with a God of Grass and another whose subject will be on golf books.
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