Money Hill Golf and Country Club - Louisiana, U.S.A.
Money Hill Golf
& Country Club, which wraps around a 200-acre lake
fed by an artesian spring, is the centerpiece of the
private community of Abitha Springs in southeastern
Louisiana. Money Hill acquired its name in the 1800s
because it was reputed to be where the Barataria
pirates, the most infamous of whom was Jean Lafitte,
had buried their stolen treasure. Treasure hunters
continued to explore and excavate the site until
well into the 1930s. Designed by Ron Gar! and opened
in 1998, the interior holes at Money Hill play
across hills and valleys. The final five holes hug
the shoreline, including the par-three 16th, with
its green set in the lake. The home of many
protected species of birds and plants indigenous to
the longleaf pine ecosystem of this part of the
Louisiana coast, Money Hill is a conservation
priority site.
Dancing Rabbit Golf Club - Texas, U.S.A.
Dancing Rabbit
Golf Club is built on the ancestral lands of the
Mississippi Band of the Choctaw Indians, most of
whom were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory in
Oklahoma in the 1830s. This resort in central
Mississippi, near Tupelo, consists of two courses,
The Azaleas and The Oaks, both designed by Tom Fazio
and Jerry Pate, the 1976 U.S. Open champion. The
Courses are carved through gently rolling forests of
high-canopied pines and hardwoods, with more than
two miles of spring-fed creeks and streams weaving
across the fairways. The clubhouse is located at the
headwaters of Wolf Creek. Dancing Rabbit is named
for the traditional Choctaw assembly grounds along
the banks of the Big and Little Dancing Rabbit
Creeks a few miles from the clubhouse.