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Fairfield Glade: Cool Living on the Cumberland Plateau
The sprawling community of Fairfield Glade, located on the Cumberland Plateau almost midway between Nashville and Knoxville, TN, has been on my list for a visit for some years now. On a drive from...
The Hills Are Alive...With Floridians
I finally made a long anticipated stop at Fairfield Glade, the sprawling multi-course golf community on the Cumberland Plateau, midway between Nashville and Knoxville, TN. I'll have more to say...
Another spectacular loss for Greg Norman?
If professional golf were a Greek tragedy, Greg Norman would be its chief protagonist, and by a wide margin. During the height of his playing career, someone always seemed to snatch victory from...
Another great moment in golf community ad copywriting
Fairfield Glade and Fairfield Glade North comprise a huge golf community in the eastern half of Tennessee, with reasonable access to the cities of Nashville, Knoxville and Chatanooga. The golf...
Listings of homes for sale at Tennessee National
Yesterday, I reported here about a "holiday" home sale at Tennessee National (see article immediately below). You can view some of the homes for sale, at prices beginning at $349,000, by clicking...
Is foul odor of market slowdown hanging over Tennessee National?
I wrote here last Saturday about properties at Tennessee National, the Greg Norman golf community near Knoxville and about what seemed like a reasonably priced Discovery Package. Emails to two of...
Norman conquests: Wine, women, golf real estate, and a good business attitude
Greg Norman designed the course at Tennessee National to include sod-faced bunkers and a challenging layout along the banks of the Tennessee River. This week's Wall Street Journal reported that...
Despite poorly repaired ball marks, The Ridges leaves good impressions
The tee shot at the 8th hole at The Ridges can be played to one of two fairways bisected by a stream. I could have stopped at any number of golfing communities in western Virginia or eastern...
Tough ones: Long and tough and worthy of its designation
Even if you hit the perfect (and long) drive at #9 at The Ridges, you are still faced with a decision: Aim directly at the green and tempt the creek that runs along the left, or play a safer "carom"...
Red Tail Mountain hires Troon to manage course
The par 5 12th at Red Tail Mountain starts a few stories above the fairway... Red Tail Mountain, a two-year old community in a remote area of eastern Tennessee, has hired the Troon golf management...
Hitting the wall: Red Tail Mountain's candidate for most unusual hole
Golf Course Review Our post yesterday regarding the narrow par 3 at Sewanee Golf Club reminded us of another rather bizarre hole we played last year in Tennessee. Red Tail Mountain, a fledgling golf...
Most narrow green in America?
Yesterday, we reported on our round at the quirky Sewanee Golf Club, a nine holer in the town of the same name in Tennessee. The par 3 4th hole might have the slimmest green in America. We were...