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Similar course to its sister course, Talamore. Relatively open off the tee. Rolly with nice elevation changes. Greens quick and smooth. Perfect conditions. More challenging than Talamore as water comes into play on 6 of the holes. The red boulders along the water's edge are visually stunning, highlighting the greens and water.
I played from the white tees...6170 yards, slope of 128, which was the perfect challenge. Tee to green I hit the ball very solid. My normal score is 83. I shot 42-42. Not the greatest putting day with 38 putts, three 3 putts.
GPS on carts. Friendly staff. Great pace of play. For the $75 we payed for an early morning Wednesday round, a great value. A must play. A 5 star course that was only eclipsed by our unique experience @ Tobacco Road.

To prepare myself, I watched numerous Tobacco Road vlogs on YouTube. I highly recommend The Fore Play Travel Show: Tobacco Road, to give you the best idea of what to expect. It certainly helped, but nothing can totally prepare you for the first time experience.
Range is small. Nice mountainy putting green.
I normally play from 6200-6300 yards but I played from the Plow tees....5886 yards, slope of 132. More than enough of a challenge. My normal score is 83. I shot 43-52. Took a 12 on #10 as it took me 7 shots to get out of the greenside bunkers. Not that tough of a bunker shot. I just suck out of the bunkers.
I can see why it's a love/hate course. Target golf at its finest. You must execute distance and direction or you're going to end up in some undesirable spots. Some blind shots. Some tricky areas....false fronts on #5, #8 and #16. Visually intimidating but if you're hitting the ball solidly you'll score well. Chances are you're going to make a big number somewhere. Just don't let it ruin your round. Enjoy the one of a kind experience.
Fast and smooth greens. No GPS on carts. On the day we played, able to lift clean and place ball in the sand/waste areas as there's no rakes to smooth over footprints and tire tracks.
Great layout, conditions and challenge. Friendly staff. Slaw dogs at the turn were tasty. Pace of play was 5 hours, but that is to be expected here. I rarely lose a ball but I lost 3 on the day.
I had the worst score of the trip @ Tobacco Road of the 4 courses we played...Talamore, Legacy and Mid South but rate it as the best course we played. For $130 it's a must play. You won't play another course like it.

Practice area had everything you needed....range, chipping area, practice bunker, putting green.
I played from white tees....6021 yards, 123 slope. I normally play from 6200-6300 yards but the white tees were enough of a challenge for me. My normal score is 83. I shot 42-47.
Challenging layout with a wonderful collection of par 3's that will test your shotmaking. Back 9 a little more interesting. Greens a good speed and smooth. Rolly course with nice elevation changes and scenic water views. #18 a pretty, but tough finishing par 4. No GPS on carts.
Wish I would have known that #10 doesn't start near the clubhouse. No halfway house and didn't see a cart girl all day. Only thing keeping this course from being 5 stars was the conditions. Some areas were a little soggy as they evidently don't drain well. I'm being picky. To be fair, the area has received heavy rains recently.
For the $50 we paid for a mid morning Monday round, the value can't be beat. If I lived in the area this course would be my everyday go to.
My son and I played 4 courses on our trip. Ranking them from least to best......Legacy, Talamore, Mid South, Talamore. Legacy a 4.5 star, not far behind the other three 5 star courses.

No chipping green or practice bunker. Practice putting green was a good indicator of what on course greens would be like....fast and smooth. Honestly psyched me out a little. I played white tees on the front and a mix of white and blue on the back (#10, #11 & #17) as white tees too short on the back. Intended #14 also but forgot. My average score is 83. I shot 45-43. Struggled with 21 putts on the front. 16 on the back. What I should have done on these fast and smooth greens was to take a shorter backstroke but be sure to accelerate thru. I did the opposite.
Course conditions perfect. GPS units on the carts. Great layout with nice mix of left and right doglegs, nice elevation changes, mounding, sodwall bunkers. #18 only hole with water on it....have to hit your drive over a lake. Course open enough where you shouldn't honestly lose a ball. Primary challenge is around the greens. $90 for a Sunday afternoon round was well worth it.
My son & I played 4 solid courses while there. We ranked them from least to best.....Legacy, Talamore, Mid South, Tobacco Road. Legacy 4.5 stars, the rest 5 stars.

Pitch & putt 9 hole par 3 course. Distances range from 56 to 127 yards. Relaxed atmosphere with speakers playing music. Great undulating holes. #1 only flat hole. A mini version of Pinehurst holes with bunkers and native grasses. Very pleasing to the eye. Didn't like the fact you had to hit off mats, but I understand why....lots of people playing and tees would be constantly tore up. So while it's $50/person for all day play...based on availability (unless you're 17 and younger...then you're free) we were only able to play once as it was totally booked up for the day. We played on a Saturday afternoon so maybe it's less busy during the week. I think they should give you the option of playing just 9 holes and charging $20-$25. For the price they should throw in a complimentary divot tool to fix the ball marks on the green. Greens were in great shape considering the amount of play. For me it wasn't worth $50 to play 9 holes. I had more fun at Thistle Dhu....the free 18 hole undulating putting course next to the Cradle.

Course in really good condition. Recent rains have thickened up the grass. Ball sits up nicely in the fairway. Greens aerated 3 weeks ago. They've recovered and roll smoothly. A tad slow but certainly acceptable. Bunkers have hard, compact sand, but that's from recent rains. Medium challenge. More character holes on the back 9. Great value for our late morning round. Great pace of play.