2 Rounds

2 Nights in Cashiers, NC

1 Player

Wade Hampton -

Built during the period when Tom Fazio was still working with the existing landscape rather than ignoring it, Wade Hampton is an exercise in restraint. The fairways flow through a natural valley between flanking mountain peaks. Some holes are guarded by gurgling brooks, but Fazio piped several streams underground to make the course more playable and walkable. Selected as Golf Digest's Best New Private Course of 1987, it has never been out of the Top 40 since it joined America's 100 Greatest.

100 Greatest: Ranked since 1991.
2023-'24 ranking: 32nd.
Previous ranking: 26th.
Highest ranking: 15th, 2007-2008.

Best in State: Ranked 1st in North Carolina since 2011-2022. Current: 2nd.

Mountaintop -

Unlike nearby Wade Hampton G.C., the Tom Fazio design that was routed through natural valleys to forego the need for dynamite, Mountaintop was blasted from solid rock. Some holes were forged through slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, like the par-4 sixth, edged by a 30-foot-high wall of granite on the right. Conservative estimates are that all that rock removal raised the cost of construction of this continuous-18 layout to $1 million per hole. The opening tee shot drops 100 feet, and six holes also play over a deep gorge formed by Hurricane Creek. Mountaintop proves there is no property too rugged for Tom Fazio.

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2017.
2023-'24 ranking: 111th.
Previous ranking: 113th.

100 Greatest: Ranked from 2011-2016.
Highest Ranking: 74th, 2011-2012.

Best in State: Ranked Top 5 in North Carolina from 2011-2018; Top 10 since 2009.
Current Ranking: 5th.

Policy notes:
The hosting member is required to play with your group during each round. If you win the item, please contact our concierge team to schedule. Must be booked as soon as possible as member availability is limited.