The new Irish Creek Neighborhood and Golf Course I finally had the pleasure to play the new Irish Creek Golf Course in Kannapolis, NC this week and I can't help but write about my experience. Davis Love III did one phenomenal job with the design and renovation of this course and it is no wonder to me why it is being considered as one of the top renovations in the country for 2008. Formerly know as the Kannapolis Country Club, this course renovation is part of the billionaire David Murdock's transformation of the city of Kannapolis from a struggling mill town that recently saw the largest number lay-offs in NC history, to a booming town based around a multi-billion dollar research facility based on Bio-technology and health/nutrician. But back to the course. Over a million dollars was spent soley on new sod! 6 new holes were added and none were left original. The greens are excruciatingly misleading to all but those of you with the keenest of eyes but roll so true. Bent grass, when maintained at this level is a beautiful thing. The athestics of the course are maximized by utilizing every possible inch of shoreline along Lake Kannapolis and what a gorgeous view it is. Set up in the link style of Old European courses Irish Creek also incorporates the painfully long grass of the likes of St. Andrews. What fun! You will be sure to remember the two back to back 530 yard (from the blue tees) par 5's. Great challenge. More later on the neighborhood.