Peachtree Golf Course
The Peachtree Golf Center at Duluth near Atlanta, Georgia resembles the nearby Augusta National course a lot.
History of the course
The Peachtree Golf Center was designed by the pair of Bobby Jones and Robert Trent Jones and was opened after the end of the Second World War in 1947. The course features 6,704 yards of golf from tip to tip. The location for this course is picturesque with the hills coming in the backdrop. More than half of the greens are multi-tiered. All of them are well bunkered and are very quick. There are as many as 11 ponds in the course which come into play on a whooping 14 holes.
Course Trivia
- The signature hole of the Peachtree Golf Course in hole No. 4. It is a par-three 179-yard hole where you need to drive over a water hazard to reach a small green.
- It is a private club so golf carts are not available. You will have to avail the services of a caddie, if you are fortunate enough to be invited there.
The Peachtree Golf Course holds the 64 th spot in Golf Digest magazine's list of 100 top golf courses in the US in 2005. As we continue on this tour we will learn about the other top-100 golf courses in the world.
