Ohio Golf Journal November 2019

T HERE ARE MANY PUBLIC ACCESS GOLF COURSES IN THE 5 3 THAT HAVE CREATIVE NAMES SUCH AS /SPREY 0OINT 4HREETOPS AT 4REETOPS 4HE 3CHOOLMASTER AND #OVERED "RIDGE BUT ONE 'EORGIA GOLF COURSE IS NAMED AFTER AN AMPHIBIAN 4HE &ROG A STOP ON THE 'EORGIA 'OLF 4RAIL IS LOCATED IN 6ILLA 2ICA NEAR ) AND JUST A MINUTE DRIVE WEST OF THE !TLANTA !IRPORT 4HIS 4OM &AZIO PAR DESIGN OPENED IN BUT IT DOESNmT HAVE THE LOOK OF A YOUNG GOLF COURSE 4HIS IS ONE OF &AZIOmS MOST ATTRACTIVE CREATIONS AND IT IS BRILLIANT 4HE COURSE IS SURROUNDED BY MATURE LOBLOLLY PINE TREES AND REMINDS VISITORS OF ANOTHER WELL KNOWN 'EORGIA GOLF COURSE FAMOUS FOR ITS MAJESTIC PINES !UGUSTA .ATIONAL 'OLF #LUB 4HE &ROG IS AN HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP PUBLIC ACCESS GOLF COURSE THAT HAS HOSTED MANY NOTABLE GOLF EVENTS SUCH AS THE 'EORGIA /PEN #%/ *AGUAR 4OUR AND THE *OHN 3MOLTZ #ELEBRITY 0LAYERS 4OURNAMENT The Frog: Simply Serene and Sensational By Mike May 4HE &ROG IS ONE OF THE GOLF COURSES ON THE 'EORGIA 'OLF 4RAIL n4HE &ROG IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ÚRST CLASS GOLF courses that we have on the Georgia Golf Trail,” said Doug Hollandsworth, Founder, The Georgia Golf Trail. “It is a wonderful destination, which will bring you back time and time again.” 4HE OPENING NINE HOLES ARE PLAYED IN THE ROLLING HILLS WHILE THE BACK NINE TRANSITIONS INTO A NEARBY VALLEY WHICH DRAWS COMPARISON TO TWO OTHER TERRIÚC lHILLS AND VALLEYm COURSES -AGGIE 6ALLEY #LUB 2ESORT AND THE #OUNTRY #LUB OF 3ALISBURY BOTH LOCATED IN .ORTH #AROLINA 4ODAY 4HE &ROG FEATURES BENT GRASS GREENS EXPANSIVE BUNKERING AND A HANDFUL OF STRATEGICALLY PLACED LAKES PONDS AND CREEKS THAT ADD TO THE INTRIGUE OF PLAYING THE COURSE )T OFFERS A FUN FAIR AND AT TIMES STERN BUT NOT OVERTAXING ROUND OF GOLF &IVE SETS OF TEES ALLOW PLAY FROM YARDS TO YARDS FOR THE LOW HANDICAPPER THUS EVERY SKILL LEVEL CAN EXPERIENCE AN ENJOYABLE ROUND 'ENERAL -ANAGER AND $IRECTOR OF 'OLF "USTER )NMAN ENCOURAGES GOLFERS TO PLAY 4HE &ROG WITH A CREATIVE MINDSET Ohio Golf Journal