Gentlemen,
I have talked with many people off-line about having a GCA outing this spring. Lookout Mountain CC in Lookout Mountain, GA (outside of Chattanooga, TN) has been kind enough to extend an invitation to play their club on March 29th, 2014. Lookout was Seth Raynor’s last design and is one of the most unique layouts in the Southeast.
Lookout Member, Mr. Doug Stein, has agreed to speak before our round about the history of the club, many of the design features of the course, and a little history on Mr. Raynor. Incidentally, Mr. Stein assisted in the building of Black Creek Country club, a Brian Silva tribute to Seth Raynor a few miles away. I have spoken to Mr. Stein and am really excited about his willingness to share with our group.
We are tentatively set for lunch followed by an afternoon round at Lookout. Mr. Stein asked if we might also like to play Black Creek CC on Sunday, which I think would be a great addition.
For those that might like to take a day off from work and come a day early, I am checking the availability/willingness of Chattanooga CC (Ross) to host a smaller group on Friday afternoon.
A few things:
1. If you are interested, please email me as soon as possible as I have reserved space for (40). My email address is jtsponcia at gmail dot com. In your email, please specify what days you want to play.
2. Out of respect for the club, I am happy to give you the costs via email.
3. I just spoke to the Stone Fort Inn, a very nice Bed and Breakfast in downtown Chattanooga about rooms at reduced rates for our weekend...it seems they are willing to work with us, but they only have 9 rooms so these will probably go very quickly. They have a full service restaurant on site + are in the heart of downtown Chattanooga.
Thanks and I hope to meet many of you soon.