Cashiers

Accommodations:

High Hampton Inn

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Cashiers.  Not far from the corner of North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina, you will find tall hemlocks and mountain laurel and mixed hardwoods.  High Hampton Inn and Country Club is in the midst of all this mountain beauty.  The architecture is rustic. It’s only natural, since the rich history dictates it.  The summer home for the Hampton family, this area was a retreat from the heat and busy pace of the city.  Accommodations are provided at the Inn and at cottages adjacent to the Inn.  There are no telephones or TV sets in the rooms.  Nature provides the air conditioning and the birds give you your wake-up call. Besides the golf course, there is tennis, boating, fishing, nature walks and fitness trails.  The beautiful landscaping of the grounds and the famous Halsted Dahlia Gardens created a tradition that continues today. Includes green fees, cart fees, range balls, daily breakfast and taxes.

High Hampton Country Club
This George Cobb creation measures only 6012 yards, but you will find all tees, fairways and greens are lined by tall trees and offer scenic vistas.  He was quoted saying “I have yet to see a course – designed by me or by others – with greater beauty or one more enjoyable to play.”  A couple tests of distance are #11, 595-yard par 5, that plays uphill and the 229-yard par fourth.  The 8^th hole is the signature hole and may be one of the most interesting challenges on the course.  It is only 150 yards and offers no room for error.  The green is entirely surrounded by water and the sheer rock face of Chimney Top Mountain serves as its backdrop. The course is an incredible design.  It has no sand traps and Hampton Lake is the only water on the course other than a stream that comes into play on 12 and 13.  The 18^th brings the lake back in play with a forced carry over water.  A great finishing hole!

Trillium Links and Village
Designed by four-time PGA Tour winner, Morris Hatalsky, this course is located just down the road.  According to Hatalsky, the course is a traditional turn-of -the-century design and incorporates many different types of shot values.  It includes everything that is good about mountain golf: big views and dramatic elevation changes surrounded by indigenous hard woods, mountain laurel, and rhododendron.  If you want to play from the back box the slope is 134 at 6505 yards.  You will love #7, the Highland Bog, par 5 uphill, a true 3-shot hole.  A dogleg left, 540 yards of fun, with a bog crossing the fairway.  This course is a sharp contrast to High Hampton, but a great combination.

Kingwood Resort Course
Rescued from years of neglect and virtual abandonment, this tricky little course reopened in 2000 with design work from Scott Poole and Jack Sauers.  Located across the Georgia border in Clayton, you will be treated to another mountain special.  Built on hilly terrain and very wooded, you will encounter a pesky stream on all but 5 or 6 holes, sometimes twice on the same hole.  Even though it measures 6016 yards, you will be challenged by this course. It is very narrow and if you don't find the correct position on the fairway, you will be penalized.  The 12th is very interesting with 536 yards of downhill fun.  Hit your driver as far as possible and hope you make it to the bottom of the hill for a short iron into the green.  If you're stuck on the hillside your second shot will be very tricky.