This unique course has a coal mine theme For instance the tee markers are from the coal railroad After finishing the hole 6 you ll take a trip through a 140 foot coal mine which is underground to hole 7 s tee box Hole 10 has coal filled coal cars down the left side of its fairway The entire course was built on a strip mine and various mining paraphernalia is strewn throughout its design Approximately half the holes have water coming into play Some of the greens are very large Golf Digest rated this as the 3rd Best New Private Course in America for 1995 and ranked it as 1 Best in State for 1997 98 GOLFWEEK chose it 2nd in the category of America s 100 Best Modern Courses for 1998 and 1999 and 4th in 1997 GOLF Magazine chose the course 76th among the Top 100 Courses in the U S for 1997 and 73rd in 1999