Big Creek Country Club is located in Mountain Home, Arkansas. According to Gold Digest it was the best public course to play golf in 2006/2007/2008 and 2009. The golf course has a reputation for being outstanding. In May of 2004, it was rated number 1 as the top course averaging 20 thousand rounds of golf or less. In that same year, it was rated in the top new courses opened in the past 5 years. Of course, Arkansas businessmen are proud of it. The continually vote it the best course in the state.
For a course to win that many awards, there has to be a good reason. And there is. It lays on almost 200 acres of rolling hills with lakes and a creek, Big Creek to be exact. The utmost of care has gone into the course. Each hole is designed to challenge the golfer, but still be fun for the Sunday duffer. No two holes are exactly alike, and the fairways range from 5,068 to 7,320 yards in length.
Great care has gone into the course's maintenance. The sand in the traps is white. Zoysia grass is used on the fairways, and bend grass on the greens. The perfect grasses for a state of the art course. A full membership to Big Creek Country Club will cost you an initiation fee of six thousand dollars and 200 dollars a month. That gives you full use of the golf course without having to pay any greens fees. Other less expensive memberships are available.
Kenny Perry is a Kentucky native who is a devoted husband and father and has plenty of hobbies besides his golf career. These activities include car collecting, golf course design, and drag racing. Perry lives in Franklin, Kentucky, with his wife Sandy and their 3 kids. Kenny Perry is known for giving back to the community and participating in charities. Kenny took out a loan for 2.5 million dollars so he could build the only public golf course in Franklin, Kentucky, which he designed.
In 2002, Perry won the Charles Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for the professional golfer who made humanitarian donations and give back to society. Kenny Perry donates 5 percent of his winnings to fund 2 scholarships at David Lipscomb University. His love for his community and golf began at a very early age.
Kenny Perry is in the fourth year of being a spokesperson and representative for The Hartford on the PGA Tour. In 2008, Kenny finished the year ranking 5th on the PGA Tour paycheck list and had 3 wins at the Memorial John Deere Classic, along with the U.S. Bank Championship tournaments. Kenny Perry also led the U.S. Ryder Cup Team to victory in 2008. Kenny has had a very prosperous career as a professional golfer on the PGA Tour, and is among the most lucrative players, with earnings over $26 million to date. Kenny joined the PGA Tour in 1987, and got his first win in 1991 at the Memeorial Tournament. Since then Kenny has had 8 more PGA Tour victories, 3 of which were in 2003, with his career best of $4.4 million. Kenny Perry is off to a great start in 2009, where he tied second at the Masters and achieved 6 top ten finishes for the first part of the year.
Padraig Harrington was born a golfer. He came into the world on August 31, 1971 in Dublin, Ireland to two proud parents, Patrick and Breda. He was the youngest out of five boys growing up. You can only imagine what a rough time that had to be. His father made a living in a variety of ways. He was a police officer, as well as a Gaelic football player, boxer, hurler, and golfer. This is where he received his athletic ability from.
Although Padraig enjoyed playing golf early on, it did not become his passion until later on in his life. He mixed school with golf, focusing on accounting. He passed his exams in 1994 and worked for several years in this field. During this time, he was also enjoying a successful amateur golf career. Finally, he decided to turn professional in 1995 and joined the European Tour. After earning his tour card in 1996, he went on to make the cut at his first nine events. His first victory came at the Peugeot Spanish Open. His next couple of years were solid but not great. The European Tour treated Padraig well and opened the door for him to join the PGA Tour, where he currently plays.
So far in his golf career, Padraig has earned or won a variety of achievements, awards, and championships. He has four amateur wins, fourteen European Tour wins, and five PGA Tour wins. His most notable wins include the 2007 and 2008 Open Championship and the 2008 PGA Championship. It's important to remember that he is still young and seems to be just now at the peak of his game. With this said, there should be plenty more wins coming his way in the future.
Honey Creek Golf Country Club is located at 635 Clubhouse Dr. SE at Conyers, Georgia. The greens were built in 1972 with cart paths, although walking around is also allowed. The beautiful greens are covered with bent grass. The club has a full bar, restaurant, and snack bar. There is a dress code of a shirt with a collar and no cut-offs, but denim is acceptable.
The course has two water (lakes) hazards. There are three holes that have been worked around them. It is a regular 18 hole golf course. Hole 9 is the signature hole, which is a 303 yards, par 4, and features a scenic view of the surrounding countryside. The senior rates are great for the course from only Monday through Friday. Carts are mandatory on the weekends until 1pm.
Banquet rooms for weddings, private golf course, and general merchandise stores are available and near the club for your enjoyment. Most people who have gone to the Honey Creek Country Club have had a grand time. They especially liked the spa service right at the club house.
Honey Creek Golf Country Club is also for sale at the cost of $2,300,000. It features an 18 hole golf course with a 72 par course that is (6,115 yard) 115 acre course. It also has a practice green and a driving range as well as a junior size and Olympic size pool, and two tennis courts. There is a single family home on the site. Honey Creek is a great course to play on if in Georgia.
Zach Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He was the oldest of three children. Like many other golf pros, he began playing at the young age of 10. Zach played on the Regis High School golf team and led them to state championship his sophomore year. After high school he attended Drake University and was the number two player on the golf team.
In 1998, Johnson turned professional and started playing on the circuit, which included the Prairie Golf Tour, the Buy.com Tour and the Hooters Tour. In 2001, Zach won the final three regular-season events along with the Iowa Open and three of the NGA Hooters Tour events.
In 2003, he topped the money list on the Nationwide Tour, which in turn, earned him an automatic promotion to the PGA Tour. That year he won the Rheem Classic and the Envirocare Utah Classic.
In 2004, Zach won his first PGA Tour event at the BellSouth Classic just outside of Atlanta, Georgia by one stroke over Mark Hensby. For the year Zach was ranked 19th overall.
In 2007, Johnson won the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia by a margin of only two strokes. His score was tied for the highest winning score at the Masters. This year Zach was ranked eighth overall on the PGA Tour. Six weeks after this win, Zach won the AT&T Classic. After this win Zach was ranked 13th in the world.
In 2009, Zach Johnson won the Sony Open in Hawaii and the Valero Texas Open. In the third-round Zach ended up with a 60 again; the first time was in the 2007 Tour Championship, which made him the first player to shoot 60 twice on the PGA Tour. After this year Zach was ranked 4th on the money list.
