My dream is to join Holston Hills CC. Does anyone know how hard it is to get tee times as a member? I went out to look at the course on a Saturday morning and it was packed. Just curious how hard tee times are to get and how long rounds take.
Also, just an opinion but The Country Club in Morristown doesn’t get NEAR ENOUGH love. That course is a really awesome Langford design with tons of fun as hell greens and awesome conditioning. Also, interestingly, no water but it has natural areas that will eat you alive if you have my miss: the tops.
Mowed the greens at The Country Club in Morristown for a couple years after college and still go out to play with the super every few months. Place is always in top shape and can play as one of the toughest courses in the state IMO. We used to get the greens rolling at 13+ pretty regularly, that speed with the undulation was SICK
I’m the assistant superintendent at Holston and it just depends on the day really. Some days are full from 8-4 and some days there are holes open all over the place. Most mornings there are 5-6 of the same groups every day then a bit of a gap then it’s usually full from 11-3. If you’re an afternoon player I usually play after work and can get a time from 3-4:30 very consistently
The membership LOVES their “slick” greens. They currently have quite a lot of rough and it plays way differently - I’m not sure I like that, but whatever. Thinking through all of the greens it’s crazy how many are blind or hidden unless you have a perfect tee shot… I think that makes it more interesting for repeated play.
Very nice. Maybe one day it will work out and I’ll join. I have zero interest in the Fox Dens or Gettysvue’s of the world, and Cherokee just seems to be about the social club and not the golf. Not to mention it’s super short and I couldn’t afford it lol.
Holston just seems perfect for the degenerate golf addict. Are there men’s leagues, match play tournaments, member-guest, and all that type of stuff?
there’s plenty of money games on almost every day, there’s a member-member, member-guest, spring social, invitational tournament, and a doctors dogfights every Thursday from april-october
LOL we got complaints from the older members at times, but of course the “players” loved it. And yes, you for sure need to be on the correct side of the fairway to have an angle at the flag.
I’ve been seeing a lot of social media posts about Graysburg Hills up near Greeneville. Some people coming in from out of state just to play it. I’d never heard of it until today. Anybody played it? Worth a drive from Knoxville?
There have been several mentions of Graysburg. Maybe we could do a small refuge meetup there. It has 27 holes, but there really isn’t anything else around. It’s in the middle nowhere.
Would love to. I went to school about 20 min away and there are some hidden gem restaurants. As far as “things to do” it’s mostly hiking, fishing or kayaking since sports are out of the question. My first instinct would be to plan it around the Bristol Night Race
There’s a Tillinghast in Johnson City and a Ross in Kingsport if you’re coming all the way up to Bristol. I believe they are both in questionable condition, though.
Also, I think JCCC, the Tilly, has had a little plastic surgery over the years. Don’t know firsthand, though.
No, Tusculum. What years and did you play a sport? A good friend of mine played on the women’s soccer team from 12-14 and I spent a good amount of time in Bristol.
There are some other courses in the area that are pretty cool. Link Hills CC (private but I have a few member friends) is really fun and there are a few in Morristown that I like as well. Patriot Hills and Dandridge.
Fall 11-Spring 16. Undergrad and Grad school. Ran cross country/track. Fell in love with golf while working at the Virginian and Bristol CC in the summers.
Currently a member at Patriot Hills in Jeff City BTW