notgolfman1

When Timberlake opened this course, it was a Jewel! I ranked it by far the Best Public Course you could have possibly hoped to play on.Sadly, those days are gone with the new owner. Since being sold to Fred Edmaiston in 2014, the couse has gone through massive neglect and negative changes.

The Driving range use to be something you would see at a PGA Tournament. It looks like a waste land now. Uncut, weeds everywhere out on the range. The Pin Flag are leaning, some barley standing.

Azaleas and Ornamentals use to shower along the entire course. All trees had pine needles to cover hard pan. This true no longer.

The Course use to employ as many as 5 PGA Pro Instructors. Some of them, the best in the business. Now there are none?
Handfuls of Directors Of Golf/ General Managers have been hired, with ALL being fired or quit. High turnover has been constant with this new owner.

Miramichi even use to have catered dinners on Friday evenings with live entertainment on the beautiful outdoor patio overlookingthe 9th & 18th Greens. Again, this is a thing of the past. The Patio remains empty and unused fo the most part.

It is truly sad to watch what use to be a golf Icon wither away. It will not be much longer I fear.

Hadn't played this course in about 6 years and I was shocked at what I saw when I got there.
When Timberlake built and opened this course, there was not a square foot of bare ground anywhere. You were either Hitting off of grass or pine straw. This is no longer the case.

You could not find a weed or piece of trash laying anywhere on this facility. The driving range used to be nicer than most golf courses. Sadly, this has gotten significantly worse.

Most shockingly was none of the former PGA Professionals teaching staff are there any longer.
Due to this, all of the clinics that this once great course used to have have been eliminated. Also eliminated was the chip Putt and drive competition that the Timberlake family was successful in getting here. Even the sun set on the patio festivals have almost been eliminated.

Also, dress code standards have pretty much been done away with. You can come out and hit balls or play wearing pretty much anything you'd like. T-shirts cut offs you name it I saw it. I will say however this seems to be a growing Trend with all of the area golf courses in the name of trying to make money. Now any hayseed or redneck can come out and dress and play and act anyway they want. Sad to say, this Golf tradition of a collard shirt & slacks or dreSS shorts has died.

This course however is still in my opinion the best public course in the Memphis Mid-South area.

Right off the bat it needs to be mentioned that this is a County Municipal funded course. That in itself creates Improvement problems.
This course screams "fund me". But a near bankrupt County Government does not see a golf course as a priority in tax dollars.
I rated this course low for the following reasons.
1. Greens were VERY slow, & rotted with disease with lots of bare areas. Even old pin/cup holes were not filled in correctly.
1. Because it has zero bunkers I cannot give it a good layout rating. A golf course with no bunkers is just not a golf course to me. I can only assume this is part of budget cutbacks also.
2. Practice facilities are very poor and limited.
3. Pro Shop is almost non-existent. A few dozen golf balls was literally all they had.
On the good side,
1. Fairways are surprisingly very nice.
2. Course has a outstanding layout in terms of Fairways, dog legs Etc. A couple of very challenging par threes we're good to see.
3. Staff could not have been nicer.
In conclusion I can recommend this course but only after Miramichi and Glen Eagle in that order. If the County would put money into this course it could be a Jem.