Our last round of the trip was at Bradshaw Farm, which is north of the Atlanta metro. Bradshaw Farm wasn’t our first public choice on the way back to the airport, but it was convenient!

We had an early morning tee time so that meant we could make the hour drive to the airport after the round and head our separate ways. It was a quiet morning, probably due to the weather and the fact that it was a weekday.

Apparently not too many people wanted to brave the soggy conditions after it rained all night! That was just fine by me as I was anxious to beat any rush hour traffic on my 8 hour drive home. My buddy stopped golfing after nine holes and I zipped around the rest of the course, playing in about 3 hours.

Bradshaw Farm has 27 holes and we played the white and blue nines, which I’ll be reviewing. I just saw part of the red nine driving in so it must have been on the other side of the clubhouse. Speaking of the clubhouse, it is a red barn which I think is cool! It is one of the more memorable clubhouses that I’ve seen in my recent travels. There are even a couple silos off to the side of a fairway to continue the farm theme.

We started on the white nine which was my favorite of what I played. Except for the 3rd, where the fairway runs out into a hazard, I don’t think there is a bad hole on it! The 1st hole (a 368 yard par-4) is my favorite hole on either nine as it drops down from an elevated tee to the fairway. The 2nd through the 7th play through a small valley with numerous ponds and hazards in play before the 8th and 9th are on higher ground, with some elevation change. The white nine is in a natural setting.

The blue nine has the same general feel as the white nine as the 1st here plays from an elevated tee down to the fairway. The rest of the nine is flatter and works its way along the creek and around some ponds. The main differences on the blue nine is that is more open and the homes are more noticeable.

The stretch of the 5th through the 8th on the blue nine is solid. There are two par-3’s and a reachable par-5 in that stretch. The 8th is a short, fun par-5 where you could reach in two if you can avoid the water on both sides of the fairway!

I played the blue tees and white/blue combo play 6439/71.0/133. As a whole I thought that the course was player friendly, considering all the trees and hazards! The fairways are wide and you don’t get a bunch of crazy lies. Some of the hazards are set back from play so you might find a shot or two that hangs on the edge.

Overall, I’d call the maintenance “average” with the greens being the highlight. The greens rolled great and were cut short, shorter than anything that we played on the RTJ Golf Trail courses. They sure were fast considering that we had a tee time around 8am!

The rest of the course was struggling some, especially the tee boxes. The tees were sloped and had plenty of bare patches. There were a couple tee boxes that looked like they needed to be completely re-sodded. The fairways were playable, just with lots of divots and some winter kill.

I’ve got mixed feelings about Bradshaw Farm. On one hand, I liked the design and the location of the course while on the other, the conditions weren’t what I expected. We were prepared to pay ~$50, but the course was running a special on Tuesdays for only $28. For that price though, it turned out to be a deal!

Course Pictures (click any picture to scroll through the gallery):