Mirimichi, Millington, TN

Mirimichi is the Justin Timberlake Golf Course.  It is the only certified environmentally "green" golf course in the United States.  It's a links style course with 5 tee boxes, 5000+ yards from the forward tees.  The fairways are pretty wide open and fairly straight for the most part.  BUT there is lots and lots and lots of sand bunkers, rolling hills, water and even hidden hazards like streams.  The carts are equipped with GPS which came in very handy.  Because we were there in February, there were not as many hazards as there would be in the summer.  The water was down and the grasses were too.  But it was cart path only so we had a lot of walking because the fairways were so wide and rolling.  The forward tees give women a nice advantage, on some holes it made the greens almost driveable!  There were four par 3's, as usual, but all were really nice with a little bit of challenge to them.  Shown below is hole 11, The Wall.

There were two bathrooms on the course.  There's an area at the end of holes 9 and 18 that, in the summer, would be staffed and stocked.  It was a really nice patio area with a bar and barbecue and really nice area to sit and watch almost all the holes.  But because it was still winter, we had to drive back to the clubhouse for a hot dog.  The clubhouse is really nice with a performance and learning center and small outdoor seating area.  They don't serve wine, though, which I didn't like and because the outdoor patio wasn't open, there was no where for us to sit and watch golfers which I love to do.  There is a nice driving range, balls are included in the price of golf, and a putting green.  There's also a 9 hole, par 35, executive course which we didn't even see.  The cost for weekday golf is $65/weekend is $80 in the winter, not sure what the summer rates will be.  There were not a lot of golfers on the course.  We were behind a twosome who were taking there time, as were we.  We let a twosome who seemed to be in a hurry, golf through.  But other than them, we didn't see anyone else on the course, even though we knew there were others out there.  We will try to come back in the fall some year so we can see the course in it's full glory.