I've been looking for an opportunity to share my most recent experience. Two weeks ago I played Currahee in Toccoa GA. (New Jim Fazio) I call it mountain golf without the mountains. For some reason this strange track in the absolute middle of nowhere north GA has been selected for the 2d stage Club Pro Championship for the Southeastern region. It has most of the downside of Blue ridge mountain golf- anything outside of the prepared areas of play is lost or unplayable, uneven lies, blind shots, I cant count the drop shots from the tees, it seems like every other hole is a 60 to 100 foot drop from tee to fairway or green. It is absolutely not walkable, probably 8 or 9 miles around. And the bad thing is no streams or rhododendrens or waterfalls to gaze upon. A few holes have a view to some distant mountains, and that is pretty, but on the whole I found it tiresome to play.
Why did the PGA select this site for one of its bigger events? It is not convenient to travelers. It has no facilities yet-no clubhouse, only 1 small trailer. They only have about 15 carts, so they'll have to lease extras. Alot of players will want caddies and they'll have to ride on back most of the time. There are probably not enough hotel rooms within 10 miles. Ponderous man, ponderous.