The Big Drop Off……
We are at the Stonehenge Golf Club in Fairfield Glade, TN where we played our first practice round. The course was quite wet due to the downpour the night before. The storm had been so severe, that all power was out where we had parked: the gas stations, the hotel marquis, and even the stop lights were out, but only for minutes – total blackout!
Stonehenge GC hole #14
This Stonehenge course is Tennessee’s #1 ranked resort course designed by Joe Lee. Its tough design includes many sidehill lies, rollling terrain, and one very extremely memorable hole #14. It is a par-3 hole, only 148 yards, but drops off from tee to green I would say 100 feet. Not only is the landing area treacherous (hazard left, bunker right, a river behind it), the winding drive down the hill is a test to all driving skills! I would say the only other times I have played a similar major dropoff were #15 at the Palms Golf Club in the Mesquite, NV area (114 foot drop) and Green Mountain National GC in Killington, VT holes#2 and #7.
Fairfield Glade is a large golf community in higher elevation, where homeowners are members of the 5 golf courses, paying a small annual fee as well as cart fee at any of the championship courses. We have rented a beautiful townhome on a lake here in the community for the week, and the commute is 3 minutes rather than the 20 down the hill to the hotels.
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