The Farm

The historian Shelby Foote described the movements of the Union and Confederate armies, as Sherman pushed General Joe Johnston from Chattanooga into Atlanta, as a "red clay minuet" after the wet, slippery soil they fought on and the stuttering thrust and parry of their forces. Some of the battles took place along Rocky Face Ridge in the area directly above and surrounding The Farm, and even today, it's possible to dislodge a rusted musket ball or bullet from the earth. This otherwise tranquil 1980s-era Tom Fazio design plays partly along the flat farmland at the base of the ridge, partly in its foothill transition, and several holes, including the par-4 tenth and par-3 11th, shooting across a wooded canyon feels fully in the mountains. So not to favor one side or the other, both nines camber up and down the rise, with ten through 18 making a big loop around the outside of early holes.