The tobacco road golf club app includes a gps enabled yardage guide, 3d flyovers, notifications and much more. Choose your club and line wisely, because its totally possible to drive through the fairway if youre not careful. Apr 12, 2018 a yardage book is a small booklet or pamphlet that contains illustrations, pictures, or diagrams of each hole on a golf course. We aim to give you the most useful golf course planners and visualization tools available today. The chart above shows the length distribution and leftright balance of the course. This landmark design from the late mike strantz is carved from a sand quarry and stretches the boundaries of tradi tional golf course architecture. Tobacco road golf club, established in 1998, continues to redefine golf in the sandhills of north carolina.
Golf vacations golf trips tobacco road golf and travel. In the golf rich state of north carolina, tobacco road golf club is honored to be included in golf digest and golf magazines top 100 greatest public courses in america. Price includes flat rate shipping within the united states. When you look in the yardage book you realized there is more room out there. The scorecard is based on the tee, pin and target positions shown on the map. Tobacco road the greatest thrill ride in golf golf. If theres one word i can use to describe dormie club, its subtle. This birds eye view will boost your confidence and help with club selection as there are many holes where driver isnt necessary.
I was fortunate enough to get a round at dormie club as part of my recent tobacco road trip. Course tours interactive tour for every golf course. Tobacco road golf club sanford 2020 all you need to. The golf course at tobacco road was created by mike strantz. The first hole alone is enough to put the fear of god into most golfers. Tobacco road golf club in sanford, nc was recently voted one of the top courses in the world golf course architecture. Tobacco road golf club north carolina best in state.
If not, i will be perfectly content to travel down tobacco road in the years to come. I was fortunate enough to get a round at dormie club as part of my recent tobacco road. The 2d and 3d planners are fullfeatured planners designed for laptops and workstations. About our golf course tobacco road golf club sanford, nc. A true par 5 that has you on an elevated tee hitting down to a sweeping dogleg. There is more wow factor at that course then the rest of north carolinas offerings combined.
Located northeast of columbus in the suburb of new albany, the golf club is a pete dye design that will appeal to a much wider audience than many of petes designs that are often noted for their extreme features. This course is mostly private, and i think going fully private in 2020, so rounds will be harder to come by. Most of the time these booklets will fit in the back of your pocket. Tobacco road golf course first opened for play in 1998. Tobacco road golf course is a combination of linksstyle and traditional style but weighted more to being linksstyle. Tobacco road golf club golf course scorecard and details in. Login with your free account to see the full photos of this course. Tobacco road golf club golf course scorecard and details. Since its opening in 1998, tobacco road has been busy adding to its trophy case with the following. They are built to last and to reuse year after year. It is available in highly durable vegtanned shoulder leather and is built to withstand the. However, many golfers are unfamiliar with this quirky course in the sandhills of north carolina. Dont be fooled by the generic name, the golf club is one of americas elite tracks. This landmark design from the late mike strantz incorporates sound golf design principles, strategic shot values and an old abandoned sand quarry to create arguably his greatest wo.
Tobacco road golf club 442 tobacco rd, sanford, north carolina 27332 rated 4. This tour proven yardage book holdall doubles as both a yardage book cover and scorecard holder. The blind tee shot par 5 has mounds pinching in on each side. Make sure you take the yardage book with you on this mike stranz signature layout. All golf courses are different, though some are more different than others. Tobacco road golf club lies just 20 miles northeast of pinehurst resort and is routinely ranked nationally as a top public course. Rolling through an old quarry, you will never forget this golf experience. Chris brown manages the course as the director of golf. All tee times made through our web portal via the book now or reserve links reflect. The go to caddie my caddie pro is a 40 page diy yardage. Tobacco road golf club was built on land tended by the weatherworn hands of tobacco farmers, later shaped and moved through mining and sand excavation before finally being crafted and molded by an artists imagination and the revolutionary eye of the late mike strantz. A true par 5 that has you on an elevated tee hitting down to a sweeping dogleg right. Jimmy g if you are requesting a caddie within 48 hours of your tee time.
In his book grounds for golf 2003, geoff shackleford compared great golf courses to epic films. Its golden age architecture in strantzs inimitable artistic style. Tobacco road golf club detailed scorecard course database. Would recommend tobacco road to anyone in the sand hills area of north carolina. This mike strantz design will have you coming back year. Be sure to pick a yardage that allows you the accuracy you need for highly challenging approach shots to deviouslysituated greens. I would sub another course for tobacco road if i were you. Tobacco road golf club tobacco road course golflink. We show you how to print your yardage book and use it on the course.
Tobacco road golf club toronto golf nuts greater toronto. And just occasionally, you find a course that is sensationally different. Tobacco road golf club detailed maps and yardage charts. The course is very scenic and beautiful with a devious layout. This version is in color and features hole layout, yardages, and tee boxes.
Tobacco road golf club layout and map course database. It gives you a feeling that you need to hit one hard. Our tutorials will be sent instantly to your inbox. Tobacco road golf club is quite possibly the most fun golf course ive ever played. The 18hole tobacco road course at the tobacco road golf club facility in. The course was in great shape with very fast greens, elevation changes, blind shots and vast waste. If you have played the other strantz greats like tobacco road, caledonia, true blue, royal new kent and stonehouse, you will want to stop and take on the hill. Oct 30, 2014 tobacco road is basically the mecca of fun golf and the th is the perfect example of this. Dormie club in west end, north carolina, usa golf advisor. View an interactive course map and holebyhole layout. Tobacco road golf club 442 tobacco road sanford, nc 27332 8772843762 founded in. Tobacco road golf club, north carolina book golf holidays. Enjoy an aerial view of each hole, gps distance, yardage book and more.
While a controversial design, i absolutely loved the course and think its completely fair if you purchase a yardage book or do your research beforehand. Tobacco road golf club north carolina best in state golf. The 18hole tobacco road course at the tobacco road golf club facility in sanford, north carolina features 6,554 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. Yet if the same people who played tobacco road got the chance to. However, many golfers are unfamiliar with this quirky. Follow along as you watch video tutorials outlining every step. Be sure to pick a yardage that allows you the accuracy you need for highly challenging. Yardage book app detailed yardage guide for every course. Most of the time these booklets will fit in the back. Tobacco road golf club north carolina best in state golf course. One of the things you find at tobacco road are plenty of memorable and photographable holes. Tobacco road golf club sanford 2020 all you need to know. Aug 15, 2016 on a different note, i want to give you guys a heads up about the deal we had when playing the course.
Tobacco road golf club home of golf home of american golf. Tobacco road is basically the mecca of fun golf and the th is the perfect example of this. View key info about course database including course description, tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, course tours, directions and more. Designed by mike strantz, the tobacco road golf course opened in 1998. Tobacco road golf club is a public, 18 hole golf course located in sanford, north carolina. The mobile planner is a gpsenabled planner designed for smartphones and tablets. Tobacco road golf club course profile course database. Described as pine valley on steroids and golfs rock.
Tobacco road is the most extreme course youve ever played. This landmark design from the late mike strantz incorporates sound golf design principles, strategic. Tobacco road golf club is as unique a course as youll ever play thanks to a dizzying array of riskreward blind holes sculpted in the sandhills of north carolina. Tobacco road golf club the most fun course in america. We booked this trip through tobacco road golf travel. These books are made with card stock paper with heavy glossed card stock covers. In 2000, golfweek named him one of the top 10 greatest golf course architects of alltime. Tobacco road golf club was built on land tended by the weatherworn hands of tobacco farmers, later shaped and moved through mining and sand excavation before finally being crafted and. Tobacco road golf club in sanford, north carolina, usa. On a different note, i want to give you guys a heads up about the deal we had when playing the course. In the golf rich state of north carolina, tobacco road golf club is honored to be included in golf digest. Tobacco road was very entertaining, challenging fair if you put your ball in the right place.