It’s more than likely in really good shape, and obviously super convenient if you’re around for work, but it’s ostentatious and kinda stinky, IMO.
It’s not a public course, it’s a resort course, and the second best resort in town behind Hermitage. If you’re just in town for work and trying to sneak away, I can’t chastise the decision but mixing in a second round at Hermitage - President’s Reserve would give you a better example of what golf in Middle TN is actually like
Go 2 minutes down the road and play two rivers. Gaylord stinks
Only reason I didn’t suggest it was the assumption these will be afternoon rounds and they cut off cart usage, plus I’m a sucker for getting to warm up
Your logic is sound, just like I’m a sucker for a good muni
Wouldn’t it be sick if Nashville had some
Hoping to play Park Mammoth next month, how walkable is the course?
I walked it opening day and (personally) hope to never have to walk it again, there’s a reason the cart fee is baked in and it’s not greed haha
That being said, if you’re an avid walker and in good shape, it’s a very enjoyable walk
Since I have moved from Chicago you can walk almost any course down here. Now will you hate yourself for making that choice, most likely a lot of the time. I’m not sure there is a single hole I’ve played like any at Waveland from an elevation standpoint. Though the weather should be great for you.
Not walking friendly at all. There are pretty massive hills you have to climb on almost half of the holes, and that is if you keep the ball in play. I’ve only taken a cart at 1 course this year, and it was Park Mammoth.
Yeah I imagine that walk up 18 at the end of the round would be a real test of strength and will
Especially having to make the walk down knowing that each step down is gonna be that much worse going up. The hill up 15, up 17, up 18 four hole stretch (with a 230 yard par 3 in the middle) is absolutely diabolical.
Yeah and the walk down 16 is gonna be tougher than it looks by that time too
Might as well pack a chair and chill in the centerline bunker for a bit to catch your breath at that point.
Shelby Park back 9 is stupid. I think 15/16 are the flattest holes out there.
I feel like the course improvement project is more political than for the actual betterment of the community. The only saving grace for that golf course would be a controlled detonation, but instead they’re going to do whatever they’re going to do and say the tornado damage is behind us.
I hope for the best, but I would like to have seen their Percy Warner project completed and run for a couple years before diving into an arguably less deserving project
Never played it, are the bones worth saving/renovating?
IMO, not at all. It’s legitimately one of the worst golf courses I’ve ever played.
There’s so many blind shots with the topography out there, I can’t imagine there’s much they can do to improve the routing.
I’d honestly rather see them take the money to improve the Vinny a bit and equip Two Rivers with the tools they need to be the best muni in the city
Here’s a radical idea… Let’s supply the Metro Parks with the ability to hire a legitimate Director of Golf for all courses, and the funds to hire actual golf professionals to run the courses.
After a few years of proper operation, these facilities could afford to be self sufficient and take a burden off the MPS that, unless something drastic is done, is nothing but a never ending cycle.
Nashville is one of the most popular cities in the country and 5 hours from the standard for PGM programs… How many of those kids would jump at the opportunity to move to Nashville straight out of college to work at an elite parks system? Nashville could be a model for public golf in America, but I’m probably just wasting my time considering it
Fwiw, Old Fort hired a State grad and now you see them hosting USGA qualifiers. I’m not making a huge leap in my thinking
Two Rivers could be an exceptional space for public golf.
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