I’m down.
Ok. The ding dang topic I’m trying to start hasn’t been approved yet. Guess they take the weekends off.
Might be Monday before we really get some traction but should be no problem getting a healthy group. City club was excited to rent us the course.
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Played for $18 last friday, 2:40pm tee time
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i played smoke rise two weekends ago and it was the least fun i’ve ever had on a course
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check out Tup Holmes, close enough to campus, cheap as a city of atlanta course, and usually not a lot of people out there
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Does anybody else think Chastain could be real solid if they just did a little rehab. From the blues, the course really demands a lot of different shots / clubs. Was thinking about what I would do to improve it while I waked 9 last night.
My check list:
- Tree removal - So dang overgrown in parts. Tee shot on #12 immediately comes to mind.
- Cleaned up creeks & ponds
- Put some $$ into maintaining green surrounds to a higher standard. The shag carpet right off the green gets old.
The greens, for the budget and a city course are really not THAT bad minus some really bad spots on certain greens. Especially with the amount of play they get.
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I realize tree removal in the City of Atlanta is equivalent to a hate crime but one can hope.
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Has some history and quirk too. Expect some scruffiness / charm.
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I haven’t played Chastain since probably 2012 but was looking on their website the other night – did they change the order of the holes on the front 9? Looked like what used to be #4 is now #1. Strange.
17th hole and I guess what is now #2 (used to be 5) always got on my nerves too with the creek in an awkward spot.
Yeah, 4 is 1 now. I actually like it way more and I think it has helped pace of play. It is also a more “out and back” routing now. Works well.
2 is one of the worst out there IMO. A lot of that is because it is now somewhat obsolete with better equipment. Basically have to hit the same Iron 3 times. Cant hit anything more than iron/hybrid off the tee and you are forced to lay up again on your second shot. I do think if you cut back the trees on the tee shot and on the approach you could go for it more easily and would have more variety in playing.
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It feels like two holes almost. It would be an incredibly long Par 4 if you just played a T box from the front landing area. It is behind both browns mill and candler on my personal COA course rankings. It also takes about 6 hours to play a round in the summer.
Absolutely agree that the bones are great. Some holes that have easy fixes:
#2: trim back the trees big time so you can actually see the left side of the landing area.
#9: from the right tee boxes, unless you can hit a cut, the line is pretty tight and you could easily run out of fairway. Trim trees/bushes back by tee box.
#10: trees down the leftside between tee box and landing area.
#17: have a plate or sign that shows distance to creek and to carry it. Would take a little bit of the guess work out of that tee shot.
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Yes I agree. It is a non-starter on a weekend morning in the summer because it takes so long. But its great for afternoon rounds or a post work 9 when the pace of play is better.
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Follow up, there was a large fundraiser walk going on Saturday around Chastain Park. Large crowds passing by the 17th, and have them a show by clearing the creek with my drive, then really dazzled them by leaving a 9-iron short of the green, chipping up, and missing my 4-footer for birdie.
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Do some googling on the uproar Bobby Jones had to deal with. People lost their damn minds over an eyesore of a golf course.
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Oh I am well aware of the nuclear uproar over the trees they took out at Bobby J.
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