West Point Country Club

Well it may only be a nine-​hole layout, but this is still a gem of an old Southern town golf course that has charm and character that even the newest tracks around the country are lacking. I had not played the course for over fifty years until a visit back to West Point earlier this summer; but my kid brother Chris & I hit the course on an early morning and going around twice was a real treat! It seems to have not changed much since I learned the game of golf caddying there in the late 1950s. Excellent combination of trees, rolling fairways, ponds and classic older greens. Probably the biggest change since I moved away from that town was the fact that it is no longer strictly private. Outside play is welcomed and the staff are all eager to make you feel at home. The setting on a large pond next to the historic Romancoke Plantation is stunning. It would be great if some deep pockets entrepreneurs would take it over someday and expand it to eighteen holes, but the mill town is no longer as affluent as it once was so the chances of this happening are pretty nil. But for a young aficionado of the game of golf who wants to learn a game that could take him or her to Tiger like levels at the top, could not find a better course for many miles to fall in love with the game.