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Eagle's Landing Country Club
Here is a special treat for you … a Tom Fazio course, private and very exclusive.  Former home of the LPGA Tour Chick-fil-A Charity Tournament, Eagle’s Landing has such a diverse combination of holes, I guarantee you that you are in for the challenge of your life.  Fazio says, “I’d rank it as good as any course I’ve done.”  The variety of the topography is remarkable.  Some holes feel like a Carolina Coastal course while others are similar to a Florida style and then you have the hilly, rolling terrain that is north Georgia.  A great challenge is the 207-yard Par 3 at #8.   A creek guards the left side and it’s an instant bogey if you drive into the bunker guarding the right side.  My other favorite hole is actually the 18^th, which plays over water to a narrow fairway, then to a green cut into the hillside below one of the classiest clubhouse that ever existed. 

Georgia National Golf Club
One of Denis Griffith's best yet! Built in 1994, this track features rolling terrain with streams, ponds and an abundance of pines and hardwoods. The course features ample landing areas and the bent grass greens are fast and full of subtle breaks. Starting with a par 5 that is a gamble to reach in two, Georgia National takes it easy on you on the front nine, but nails you hard with #10. Brutal is the term used for this 451 yard par 4 that plays 30 yards longer than posted. This club has recently gone 'private', but this is a great chance to play it.

The Crystal Lake Golf & Country Club                                                                                    This brand new Denis Griffith design is refreshingly unique compared to other courses in the Atlanta area. The course measures 7203 yards and features multiple tees for all levels of play. Grass-walled bunkers with pristine white sand and greens that are generous, subtle and approachable are key features at every hole. The course also promotes creative shot strategy as it has been built among a multitude of hardwood trees and is lined with creeks, lakes and native southern wetlands.  The tee boxes, fairways and roughs are lushly covered in Bermuda, promoting higher ball elevation, faster divot recovery. The putting greens are Bent grass and the perimeter roughs and bunker faces are reminiscent of many legendary Scottish designs. Crystal Lake is sure to provide an enjoyable and memorable experience.  It’s greatest challenge is how Griffith seemed to hide many of the landing areas behind bunkers and subtle changes in elevation.  Even the designer said some of them “will make you scratch your head” as you try to figure out the line to take off the tee.  It really isn’t as bad as it sounds; this is a very fun track.

Cotton Fields Golf Club                                                                                                          Right dwon I-75 you'll discover your own piece of golf heaven. The Cotton Fields Golf Club. In McDonough, Georgia, at exit 218 - a public course designed on 150 acres of scenic farmland, now transformed into a premier 18 hole golf club offering many exciting features. The Cotton Fields Golf Club. Scenic Georgia farm land. Rich soil that grew some of the South's best cotton. And now, proudly, home to one of the South's most exciting golf courses. This is a fun little course that makes your round kind of challenging with its number of small lakes and tiered and undulating greens.  Designed by the owner, Jerry Schwendinger, this track may look like a plum ready for picking.   The design philosophy was to build a track that will offer a pleasant day on the links and not kill you, but if you do not manage your game, you will be very disappointed. The par 4 second may ruin your round before it even gets going.  You must be long off the tee or plan on laying up before the green protected by one of the many pesky lakes.