Jon Wilson

Review of Mount Mitchell Golf Club

I recently visited the area for a golf retreat wit...

I recently visited the area for a golf retreat with 2 of my best friends and my 21 year old son. He's in college and I wanted to make his 21'st birthday memorable. We rented an Airbnb cabin for a weekend male bonding and golf.
We had an 11 am tee time and after paying our green fees were were greeted by the field marshall. He asked if we'd ever played the course. Since we told him that it was our first time, he was happy to give us the cliff notes of the course. He also told us the history of the course which was also cool to learn about.
The course is cart path only all the time. This is the first course I've ever played that is cart path only all the time. I have never experienced fairway like this. It's like hitting your ball off silky butter. I was hitting green all day, and that's not normal for me. I have to think that it had a lot to do with the condition of the fairway.
The course was more challenging than I'm used to, with sand traps strategically place for difficulty. The streams that ran through the course on seemingly every hole weren't really a problem unless you had an unruly slice which one of my mates did. It's as if the stream just followed you around to enhance your scenic experience.
My son beat me for the first time and I couldn't have been prouder. We take some kind of men's trip every year. This by far tops them all and this beautiful course played a big part. I can't recommend it enough.