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Linville Golf Club
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In order to play Linville, you'll need to stay at the Eseeola Lodge, or one of the other accommodations affiliated with the course, check with the pro shop to find out the current lodging choices. This is a Donald Ross classic mountain course, built in 1924, and can play to 6,780 yards, with a 135 slope from the back tee. It's well worth the trip, and the cost to stay and play this course. The Lodge itself was constructed in 1891 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located just below Grandfather Mountain in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains, just west of Asheville. The layout of the course is tree lined fairways with generous room at the landing areas. It's fairly level, for a mountain course, and the course's main defense are the small, elevated greens which tend to slope forward. There's a stream running through the course, coming into play on a few holes. The course is very well conditioned, with excellent customer service, and staying in the lodge, and the mountains in general is quite a treat.
Posted by: KevinH
May 12th, 2010
Honestly, this course was one of the top conditioned county courses I have seen this year. Linville is a tough course due to the rolling hills, narrow fairways and the numerous amount of blind shots. I feel like I could of shaved a few strokes if I was more informed about the course. It would be a good idea to pick up a course book from the pro shop before you play. If you are up for a challenge it's definitely the place to go, but expensive!
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Posted by: Seamus
May 9th, 2010
Linville, while the golf course is excellent, a throw-back to an earlier time, you go for the experience. It's a beautiful, stunning setting for the golf course as the course is routed through thickets of rhododendron and mountain streams with elevated tee boxes on the back nine providing great views of Grandfather Mountain that look like their out of an Ansel Adams photo book! The golf course is very straightforward, with the normal older course design elements, raised, small greens, deep bunkering, and tree lined fairways. It doesn't really matter what you shoot, it's the experience of being in this setting, and staying at the rustic Eseeola Lodge. You'll pay through the nose for the experience, but remember it always.
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