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This Tom Jackson designed layout is hidden in Union County not too far from Ballantyne. The course winds among tall trees and expensive houses, with ponds and creeks offering a few natural hazards. It's a challenging, tight layout where you need to be in control of your tee shots to play well. The clubhouse is impressive.

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This course is now private and closed to public play. Find a member to get a tee time.

B-Man's Take

Played this course twice, a couple years apart. The course and the landscape were young and still growing. The pro shop ran out of a trailer. What a difference 2+ years made. The clubhouse is a beautiful 2-story mansion. The houses and landscape are now complete. I really like how it has turned out. It's a tight course, with little room off the tee for wayward shots, though a couple of holes run adjacently. There are sloping fairways, elevated greens, creeks and ponds, and lots of sand bunkers. You'll do better to play with a veteran your first time out so they can provide local course knowledge. There are a few blind shots and hidden hazards. Who says a short hole is easy? The 348 yd par 4 11th hole is devilish with its short fairway cut off by a hazardous ditch then with an approach to a tricky green guarded by several bunkers. There are several other dangerous spots, like the #1 handicap 378 yd par 4 6th hole with its tee shot over water and uphill approach shot. Another one is the 197 yd par 3 8th hole where anything right of the green bounces down into a hazard. My favorite hole is probably the 575 yd par 5 13th hole. A little dogleg right uphill then downhill then uphill again to an elevated green. I can really only recommend this course to above average golfers. For less accurate players, this course can be very frustrating.

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• 06/20/05 - B-Man posted "Firethorne going private"

  Saw an ad in the Observer last week saying Firethorne is going private in September. Only a few months left perhaps to play one of the nicer courses in the area.
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