Joe Quirk

Atlanta native and have been playing at Chastain for over 20 years. The glory days when King was managing it are officially over. It has reached rock bottom. Either the City of Atlanta or management decided to strip any cost that was hitting the bottom line. Back in the day, they used to have food and beer for sale in the pro-shop with a PGA or LPGA tournament on TV. This week it was only bottled water and European soccer, not to mention, there are no food or drinks available anywhere while you are on the course; They used to have a great staff of cart girls. The course is in terrible shape now. The fairways on some holes are so washed out it looks like the grand canyon. The greens were actually pretty good but the pin placements are a joke, on the middle of down/side slopes. If you are above the hole, you will have an 8-foot comeback putt guaranteed. It is just silly. Tee box positions are goofy and many of them look like fairway bunkers. Tee times are also 10-15 minutes apart so expect to wait on every shot, with no marshals monitoring pace. To top it all off, on our 15th hole one of the pros came out and told us all carts were due at 5:30 (overtime pay is my guess). When we asked how long this has been a policy and why it exists, he said it has always been a policy, which is simply not true. He was a total jerk and gave no explanation or empathy to the fact that we were in the middle of our back nine. He could not have been less cordial or unprofessional. Said some jerk line to us and then drove off. It is simply a shame to witness this massive regression at Chastain.