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Southern Gayles is an 18 hole championship golf course located in Athens, Alabama. Southern Gayles plays 7070 yards from the longest tees, with a par of 72, a course rating of 71.8, and a slope of 124. There are five sets of tee boxes to ensure an enjoyable round for players of all skill levels.
The deal consummates 15 years of Miller having his eye on the Southern Pines Golf Club and thinking that its Ross lineage would make it an ideal fit for the umbrella containing Mid Pines, a 1921 Ross design, and Pine Needles, a 1928 Ross course.
SOUTHERN PINES, NC (June 30, 2020) – Southern Pines Golf Club, a vintage Donald Ross-designed course dating to the early 1900’s, announced today that it is now under management of the company that owns and operates Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club and Mid Pines Golf Club and will eventually be acquired by that same company.
Kelly Miller, president of Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, announced the lease/purchase of the course from the Southern Pines Elks Club, the owner of the course since 1951.
A graduate of UC Berkeley, Dan Arroyo has competed on the Nationwide/Nike/Buy.com Tour as well as a variety of mini tours, winning four professional golf tournaments in his career and playing on more than 400 courses worldwide.
He lives in Nebraska with his family. Learn more about Jim and his previous projects on the Highland Golf Services website. Dave Esler grew up caddying around Chicago, playing many of the best courses whenever he could. He started drawing golf holes in his early teens and also began competing seriously.
He lives in Nebraska with his family. Learn more about Jim and his previous projects on the Highland Golf Services website.
In the late 1980s , he started his own company, Esler Golf Designs, followed by Vintage Golf Construction in 2001. Building a reputation through high-profile restoration work at some of the Chicago region’s top courses, his clients have hosted a dozen major championships and he has lectured at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.