Athens Regional Park

Very challenging course. Just 9 holes in as of 9/20/10, but there are 2 teepads and 2 baskets on every hole making for 4 different combinations on each hole for a total of 36 possible hole layouts. Its definitely worth it to stop by and check it out. First 2 holes are wide open bombs to warm up your arm (downhill on hole 1 so you can feel like superman when you let it rip, slightly back uphill on hole 2). Hole 3 plays next to a creek and has a tight gap to squeeze through halfway up the fairway ...
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Very challenging course. Just 9 holes in as of 9/20/10, but there are 2 teepads and 2 baskets on every hole making for 4 different combinations on each hole for a total of 36 possible hole layouts. Its definitely worth it to stop by and check it out. First 2 holes are wide open bombs to warm up your arm (downhill on hole 1 so you can feel like superman when you let it rip, slightly back uphill on hole 2). Hole 3 plays next to a creek and has a tight gap to squeeze through halfway up the fairway. Hole 4 is fairly open but water could come into play and you will need a solid drive from the long pad for looks at either basket, Hole 5 is over water with trees around the short basket, long basket is around the corner. Hole 6 has water on the right and woodline on the left. Hole 7 is wooded uphill. Hole 8 is long and wooded uphill and probably the hole you will take the most strokes on, you will need an accurate drive to get into position for your upshot on the long basket from either tee-pad, short pad to short pin is birdieable with an accurate drive. Hole 9 is a downhill wooded shot (very tight from long pad, but birdieable from both tee-pads).

Overall, its a long course and a welcome addition to the southeast Tennessee courses. I hope the back 9 holes will be just as entertaining and challenging as the front 9 when they are installed!
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