DOGWOOD HILLS GOLF CLUB

The Gulf Coast humidity hangs thick over these rolling fairways, where towering Southern pines frame every hole and Spanish moss drapes the mature hardwoods like nature's own gallery ropes. Designer Pete Dye's protégé crafted a layout that demands precision over power, with elevated greens that reject anything but the purest strikes and strategically placed bunkers that punish the overly aggressive. Mississippi's best public track rewards course management and short-game wizardry, particularly on the risk-reward par-5 finishing hole that can make or break your round.