Mossy Oak will give Mississippi one of top golf destinations in the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_1171" align="alignnone" width="584"] Mossy Oak is a work in progress now, but when it’s finished it’ll be something special.[/caption]
By Len Ziehm
WEST POINT, Mississippi – Right now all that’s in operation is the practice facility – albeit a very nice one – used by the men’s and women’s teams at Mississippi State University.
Within a year, though, that will change as this town of about 12,000 residents can boast of having one of the premier golf destinations in the United States. Old Waverly Country Club, which opened in 1988, already has a fine course — one jointly designed by Jerry Pate and Bob Cupp that was good enough to host the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open, the 2014 LPGA Legends’ Handa Cup matches and the 2015 Southern Amateur among other big events. (more…)