Golf in Tallahassee hillier than you might expect

By now, you’ve probably heard a ton about “atypical” elevation on Florida golf courses. Those Florida courses lucky enough to have a little high ground underneath them love to market themselves as unlike all those “other” Florida courses.

Tallahassee doesn’t seem to crow about this a lot, even though the city is located on some rare Florida elevation. Every course I played there on a recent, short swing, had some nice, though not radical, up and down.

Southwood, for example, is one of the better courses in the region, a superb Fred Couples and Gene Bates design. Seminole, Summerbrooke, Killearn, even the muni I played, Hilaman Park, were all enjoyable courses.

If I were to choose between Tallahassee and Gainesville – Seminoles or Gators – I’d choose the former, and not just because Florida State University graduated me magna cum laude and often refers to me as one of its most celebrated graduates.

The two cities are roughly similar in their golf product – there isn’t much of it, but what there is is pretty cheap – but Tally Town has that elevation, whereas Gator Nation is flat, much like their foreheads.