One of the “Greatest Finishing Holes in Golf,” Links Magazine.
Some finishing holes are born great. Others have greatness thrust upon them—through redesign. Such is the case with McLemore’s unparalleled closer. In 2019, architects Bill Bergin and Rees Jones transformed the old Canyon Ridge Club in the mountains of northwest Georgia into McLemore and with it, established a benchmark for thrilling beauty with its 18th hole.
The new closer is perched on a rocky ledge, with a forested hillside to the right and a sheer, vertigo-inducing drop-off to the left. Amid the rocks and brambles, Bergin discovered a shelf below the old hole and somehow established a new green complex there. The slightly elevated putting surface slopes from right to left and back to front and is positioned on the horizon, fantasy calendar-style. From the left edge of the green, it’s a 1,200-foot plunge to the floor of McLemore Cove. If you crave living on the edge, McLemore will provide golf’s ultimate finishing hole.
““...McLemore will provide golf’s ultimate finishing hole.””
