URGC has been on course for 60 years

PUTNAM COUNTY

  • Surrounded by benefactors and inaugural members of Pine Knoll Country Club, course founder and builder Bubba Ellis prepares to cut the ribbon and officially open what is now Uncle Remus Golf Course. Back row, l-r: Johnny Harrell, Lex Rainey, Dee Hewitt and Tom Saxton; front row, l-r: Neil Hewitt, Henry Watterson, J.T. Gregory, Archie Swymer, Ellis, Melvin Harrell and Dick Stribling. Then-14-year-old Johnny Harrell provided the photo early this year, URGC Superintendent Michael Benton said. CONTRIBUTED
    Surrounded by benefactors and inaugural members of Pine Knoll Country Club, course founder and builder Bubba Ellis prepares to cut the ribbon and officially open what is now Uncle Remus Golf Course. Back row, l-r: Johnny Harrell, Lex Rainey, Dee Hewitt and Tom Saxton; front row, l-r: Neil Hewitt, Henry Watterson, J.T. Gregory, Archie Swymer, Ellis, Melvin Harrell and Dick Stribling. Then-14-year-old Johnny Harrell provided the photo early this year, URGC Superintendent Michael Benton said. CONTRIBUTED
  • With the Uncle Remus Golf Course turning 60-years old, current superintendent Michael Benton and clubhouse manager Dianne Carter are excited about the future for the nine-hole course. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    With the Uncle Remus Golf Course turning 60-years old, current superintendent Michael Benton and clubhouse manager Dianne Carter are excited about the future for the nine-hole course. IAN TOCHER/Staff
When Michael Benton casts his gaze across Uncle Remus Golf Course (URGC), he sees more than just fairways, water hazards and greens. As superintendent of the Putnam County owned-and-operated property, he’s also become the facility’s unofficial historian and recognizes the course as a piece of Eatonton history that began 60 years ago this week. Originally named Pine Knoll Country Club, Benton…

To access content, please login or purchase a subscription.