Remembering The Rock – Global Golf Post

Darren “Crack” Davenport watches David “Doc” Thornton take a swing at what used to be the first tee at Greene County Country Club.

UNION POINT, GEORGIA | Despite seven years – and all the mud, overgrown thatch and weeds that accompany that time unkempt – Doc knew exactly where to look. The Sunday pin was always in the same spot at the back of the last green. It was there in January 2015 when he and all the regulars at “The Rock” putted out there for the final time.

It’s still there, January 2022, buried like a time capsule at the place formerly known as Greene County Country Club.

“The cup’s still here,” said David “Doc” Thornton as he dug it out with his hands.

The pool may not be pretty, but the old GCCC site still boasts the only palm trees in Union Point.

In fact, the bones are everywhere, sitting fallow and overgrown across 154 acres of rolling and pond-pocked Georgia countryside. The yardage markers still stand at the tee boxes and range. The club’s sign and “Clean Spikes Before Entering” still bolted to the modes …