Memphis Area Golf Adventure - Chickasaw Golf Club

Memphis Area Golf Adventure
Let's start with the course review.
Chickasaw Golf Course
9555 State Route 100
Henderson, Tn.
Phone: 731-989-4700

Yardage:
Gold 7118 Rating 75.1 Slope 135
Blue 6501 Rating 71.9 Slope 130
White 6030 Rating 69.7 Slope 126

Cost –
Weekday w/ Cart $40.00
Weekend w/Cart $50.00
Watch for specials, we played Saturday twilight for $29.00.


WOW, what a beautiful course. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, it is tough but almost breathtaking with the layout. Not an easy course with lots of trees and some smaller greens. There is some water on the course and well placed bunkers. The only problem with the course is the bugs. Plenty of gnats and other flying creatures that stayed in and around your face and ears. That was disturbing. But not even that could take away from the scenery.


Tee Boxes – We played from the Blue Tees and probably should have stayed with the whites. Our handicap would point us toward the whites but I like playing a little further out. Some elevated boxes and some were still damp. We’ve had an awful lot of rain in the past two months.

Fairways - The fairways are nice. Again, some of the fairways were damp due to all the rain but most were in good shape. A good mix of wide landing areas and narrow openings. There should be no reason to miss a fairway but I did, a couple of times. Once the ball goes into the woods there is no way to get it back.

Greens – The greens were in pretty good shape. A few bad places but it’s just now heating up here so they should start to fill in nicely. Some were tough, some were small but they all rolled just about the same and I appreciate that.


How did I play?

Front nine - Shot a 48. 6 of 7 fairways hit, 4 of 9 GIR and 16 Putts.
My drives were the most inconsistent of the year. I either blocked out right and hooked the ball. Other than that, I played ok on the front with a couple of shots at birdie. I hit my short irons and wedges ok but I need some work. Mid to long irons was pretty good. Putting was decent. Again, I missed several opportunities to score really well.

Back nine - Shot a 47. 5 of 7 fairways hit, 1 of 9 GIR and 19 Putts.
I never could get to the green. Second shot was all over the place. Again I have no idea what was going on. Wedge play was decent when I got close. I actually pitched it close a few times but just couldn’t finish. I had several missed opportunities.

Overall. We played 18 in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Again, I felt like I could have scored really well if I could have gotten to the green and putted well. I really enjoyed playing this course. I will play the whites next time and instead of having a 150 to 180 yard second shot I should have a 130 to 150 yard shot. Beautiful course and challenging as any I’ve played.

Score: 95
11 of 14 Fairways Hit
Only 5 GIR, embarrassing
35 Putts, I know and still don’t get any better.