Links Magazine Top 10 Georgia Courses You Can Play
McLemore (Highlands), Rising Fawn
In 2019, architects Bill Bergin and Rees Jones transformed the old Canyon Ridge Club in the mountains of northwest Georgia into McLemore, with both resort and private club components. At 2,300 refreshing feet, the 7,055-yard par-71 layout zigzags through canyons and uplands—and along cliff edges, notably at the unforgettable 435-yard par-four 18th. Perched on a rocky ledge, the fantasy-calendar hole wows with a forested hillside to the right and a sheer, vertigo-inducing drop-off to the left, with a green situated on the edge of the abyss. The club’s new course, another Bergin/Rees Jones collaboration called The Outpost, will debut in 2024.
