Mississippi Course Reviews
Shell Landing Golf Club shows that Davis Love III is a can't-miss Mississippi course designer
At Shell Landing Golf Club, Davis Love III gives recreational golfers wide, wide fairways, the better to keep those drives in play and the frustration level down. But that only makes Shell Landing's 7,024 yards look even more massive. There's so much room, it can be a little intimidating.
... full article »Relax in nature at Jack Nicklaus' Grand Bear Golf Course in Mississippi
Grand Bear in Saucier, Miss., is the rare golf course that could be both a great starter or a great finisher for a golf trip. Play Grand Bear as your first course on a Mississippi Gulf Coast trip, and you'll receive a thorough introduction to the reasonably-priced nature wows of this region - without getting too beat up. On the other hand, you could also play Grand Bear as the climax of the trip and nobody would walk off feeling shortchanged.
... full article »Sunkist Country Club owners get lemons, make lemonade in Gulfport, Miss.
Sometimes natural disasters bring unnatural luck. Much of the Mississippi coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and the area's golf courses obviously suffered. But one of them, Sunkist Country Club, actually prospered.
... full article »Grand Bear golf course still one of Biloxi's star attractions for golfers
Grand Bear is one of Biloxi's star attractions. It may not have the novelty of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's two, glitzy new openings, Fallen Oak and The Preserve, or the history of Great Southern. But this will always be a favorite of those who travel and play golf regularly in Biloxi.
... full article »The Oaks Golf Club: New super has new greens in super shape
There are those who claim that many of the Biloxi-area courses are in better shape than before Hurricane Katrina hit, and the The Oaks Golf Club in Pass Christian can definitely make that claim.
... full article »Shell Landing: Take it slow and enjoy one of the top golf courses in the Biloxi area
It's hard to dislike a golf course that sports a sign saying: "Slow — gopher tortoise refuge." How can you go slower than a gopher tortoise? What's their top speed — faster than a glacier but slower than a three-toed sloth? They don't make carts that slow. Even without the sign, Shell Landing is an easy course to like, even love. The Davis Love III design one of the top-tier courses in the Biloxi area.
... full article »Golfers at Windance Country Club in Gulfport, Miss. can see Katrina's aftermath
Opened in 1986, the semi-private Windance Country Club is a Mark McCumber design that has some length and enough bite to it to keep it interesting. Windance is 6,660 yards from the back tees, with a slope rating of 129. What gives the course most of its bite is its tight, tree-lined fairways, and water hazards that come into play if you and your driver aren't on speaking terms.
... full article »Superb Fallen Oak course elevates golf in Biloxi
Fallen Oak is the newest golf course in the Biloxi area, and it's a humdinger — a spectacular course by a "A-list" architect, Tom Fazio. It's financed by MGM Mirage and only guests of the Beau Rivage Casino are invited to share the glory. No photos are allowed. They're a little anal about this sort of thing, but they have the course to back it up.
... full article »Mississippi National Golf Club: A Gautier course holding true to Earl Stone's legacy
Those playing the course for the first time would probably never know it was battered by a historic storm, unless they were shown photos of pre-Katrina. Mississippi National remains one of the better courses in this part of the state. It opened in 1965 from a design by Earl Stone and the course has pretty much kept Stone's original blueprints in place, notwithstanding Katrina, as well as previous hurricanes like Camille and George.
... full article »The Bridges Golf Club in Bay St. Louis helps revitalized Biloxi area
The Bridges Golf Club was pretty much directly in Katrina's furious path. The water was 20 feet deep in places, and more than 2,000 trees were destroyed. Today, the Arnold Palmer-designed golf course plays like the Biloxi-area favorite it's always been.
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