A sand-based, match-play-only design (no stroke play or handicap posting) built on ancient dune ridges deep in rural Georgia; one of the fastest-rising courses in modern architecture circles.
This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.
"A genuinely unusual concept — a club built exclusively for match play, no stroke-play scorecards allowed at all."
Golf's purest modern argument against the scorecard. New York tech investor Michael Walrath found 3,000+ acres of sandy savanna near the Ohoopee River in south Georgia and had Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner build 22 holes (2018) designed exclusively for match play — no course rating, no posted pars that matter, just half-par holes and constant risk-reward dares. The firm, fast sand-based turf plays like an inland links, and Golf Digest ranked it among the highest new-course debuts in 30 years.
Anyone bored of stroke play. Gamblers, presses-on-the-back-nine types, and architecture fans who want to see what Hanse builds when the scorecard is abolished.
The half-par holes: drivable 4s and reachable 5s where the smart play changes based on the state of your match. The extra 'whiskey routing' holes beyond 18 exist purely to settle unfinished bets.
Architecturally forgiving — wide corridors, ground game, no water panic — but the whole point is head-to-head pressure. A beginner playing match play with strokes can genuinely hang here. That's the magic.
A community GSPro build exists and even shows up on best-of lists. This is the single best Clubhouse course for MATCH PLAY nights and league grudge matches — abolish stroke play for the evening, give strokes per the sim handicaps, and play it as designed.
Ultra-private, invitation-only national club in tiny Cobbtown/Sardis, GA. Realistic access for almost everyone is zero — which makes the sim version the whole opportunity.
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