[Reef Wilson]

One course that I haven't seen mentioned yet is The Preserve at Jordan Lake outside Chapel Hill.  It is an affordable Davis Love course that has interesting holes despite not being on the best piece of land.

I played here last year and it was a decent round. It is also part of a golf course community. I recall being somewhat irritated by the noise and smell of the gas powered carts. I can't imagine living on this course and having to hear those carts all the time. It made me realize how rare gas powered carts are these days. I guess they must be a lot cheaper to buy/run?

Reef

[ed_getka]

Ryan,
   That is exactly why I am asking. We will be there by September. Where are you at out there?

Ed -
Too Funny - I just gave notice today and also moving to the triangle!
If you're interested, would enjoy synching up and sharing any info on Private courses and housing / schools.
Chip

Apparently it is a GCA invasion. We are up to 3 now.

Chip,
   Check your IM.

[ed_getka]

AG,
   The Dook thing is funny. They have something like that out here with the University of California and Stanford. My wife did her undergrad at Cal, so they spell the "other" school Stanfurd.

 

[ed_getka]

    There is a wealth of courses for me to check out when I get to the east coast. My main priority will be to find a good place to practice, which is usually all I have time for until I go on another road trip. My youngest loves to golf so it will be nice to find a fun place to practice together. It will be nice to be somewhere where the cheapest initiation fee doesn't cost more than a car.
    Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

[RSLivingston_III]

I have an appt. at Duke in May and might try to go down to Tobacco Road. Any estimates on drive time from Duke?
Thanks.

[ed_getka]

I have an appt. at Duke in May and might try to go down to Tobacco Road. Any estimates on drive time from Duke?
Thanks.

Ralph,
  Tiger mentioned it was about one hour earlier in the thread. It will certainly be one of my first stops when I reach NC.

[RSLivingston_III]

I have an appt. at Duke in May and might try to go down to Tobacco Road. Any estimates on drive time from Duke?
Thanks.

Ralph,
  Tiger noted about one hour earlier in the thread. It will certainly be one of my first stops when I reach NC.

Sorry, I did see that but wasn't clear if he meant 1 hr. south of Durham or Pinehurst.

[Jeff Shelman]

I haven't lived there for nearly eight years, but the folks on here have steered you pretty much in the right direction.

I think Falls Village is kind of underrated. There are some good holes out there. I also liked Heritage Wake Forest the time I played there (though it is a bit of distance from Durham).

If you are looking to join someplace, Croasdaile wouldn't be bad at all. It's a pretty good location and supposedly reasonable in price. I played there before the changes and thought it was fun. It seems as if it would be an easy walk as well.

[ed_getka]

I have an appt. at Duke in May and might try to go down to Tobacco Road. Any estimates on drive time from Duke?
Thanks.

Ralph,
  Tiger noted about one hour earlier in the thread. It will certainly be one of my first stops when I reach NC.

Sorry, I did see that but wasn't clear if he meant 1 hr. south of Durham or Pinehurst.

No worries. I checked the TR website. It would be one hour south of Durham.

[RSLivingston_III]

I have an appt. at Duke in May and might try to go down to Tobacco Road. Any estimates on drive time from Duke?
Thanks.

Ralph,
  Tiger noted about one hour earlier in the thread. It will certainly be one of my first stops when I reach NC.

Sorry, I did see that but wasn't clear if he meant 1 hr. south of Durham or Pinehurst.

No worries. I checked the TR website. It would be one hour south of Durham.

Checking the TR website, there's a unique idea.  :slaps forehead:
Guess I am a little slow these days.

[SL_Solow]

I concur with te recommendation to play Hope Valley.

[David Kelly]

    There is a wealth of courses for me to check out when I get to the east coast. My main priority will be to find a good place to practice, which is usually all I have time for until I go on another road trip. My youngest loves to golf so it will be nice to find a fun place to practice together. It will be nice to be somewhere where the cheapest initiation fee doesn't cost more than a car.
    Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

Ed,

What is this "practice" you speak of?

[ed_getka]

David(aka Ace),
    Don't rub it in. Some day I'll reap some benefit for all my hard work. Hogan said to dig it out of the dirt. Maybe I'm taking it to extremes by hitting it fat.

[Adam_Messix]

Hope Valley is a very nice Ross effort.  It's on some nice rolling terrain in suburban Durham.  Very nice greens that were restored by Silva a few years ago.  If you're a Ross fan, you'll love it.  Most notable hole, the long par 3 finisher. 

If you're looking for later vintage Ross, Alamance CC is about 30-45 minutes away from Durham and it's really good.  It has some pretty tough, well contoured greens.  But if someone were to ask for a phrase to describe Alamance, I would say "a big ballpark."  I think it was built in the 40s, I'm sure someone here knows. 

[David_Madison]

I'm a member at Governors Club. If anyone wants a completely biased opinion of the place... Seriously, we have a very strong and interesting lower 18 and a fun and beautiful Mountain Nine, and the entire facility continues to improve in its conditioning each year. Yes it's a Nicklaus design, but far more balanced in the shotmaking requirements than most of his earlier stuff.

If I was going to be in the area for only a few years, the economics wouldn't make any sense after factoring in the initiation fee. But if you were going to live nearby or in the community indefinitely, and were used to the economics of typical country clubs throughout some of the better golfing areas nationally, this is a pretty good deal. And if anyone wants to play here, that's easy to arrange.

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