The Course
Nine holes, par 36. Green-to-tee walks through meadow, along pine rows and over the rise of the hills. Play nine, or go around again for eighteen.
The Land
Pine rows through the pasture.
Off Horne Hollow Road, in the quiet ridges of Giles County, the meadows are already cut by straight rows of planted pines, with hardwoods and woods on every side. Meadow paths are mowed through the grass, and a single track runs on into the woods. There's an old timber hunting stand at the edge of the trees, and in the evening the sun drops behind the pines.
Before it was Bramble & Oak, this ground was Cherokee Hills. Don Graham, a Cherokee, had a dream to build a course here. The nine laid into these hills is that dream, carried on.
It is meant as a weekend, not a stop on the way somewhere else. About an hour from Nashville and Huntsville, and two and a half from Chattanooga. Come Friday and sleep in a tiny home in the trees, state of the art and incredibly designed. Play the nine when you wake, walk the woods, and stay for music under the shed and a fire after dark. The course, the cabins, the stage, and the table are all on this one piece of land, so the weekend never has to leave it.
We named it Bramble & Oak for what was already here. Golf sits at the center, nine holes laid into the hills, with the cabins, the stage, and a long dinner around it.
Rustic where it counts, refined where it matters.
