COVER STORY MALLARD POINTE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE The facility is the newest member of the Mississippi Golf Trail Mallard Pointe Golf Course and Villas (Sardis, Miss.) has had to overcome a lot since re-opening in June 2022. Now open a year later, the fun and popular facility is getting better and better on a weekly basis and is the newest member of the MISSISSIPPI GOLF TRAIL. Mallard Pointe, a Bob Cupp design that opened in 2004, is a public facility managed by local Chris Sparks. Sparks and his team have addressed and made improvements in all areas of Mallard Pointe. It started with the clubhouse, which sits between the ninth and 18th greens and also steps from the east side of the dual 350-yard driving range.The clubhouse got new flooring, a fresh coat of paint and some new counters.The pro shop is fully stocked with everything you need for your round. There are also refreshments, snacks and quick meals available every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Before you hit the course, there is a practice green and a short-game practice area (on west side of driving range). Cupp’s layout on on the wooded banks of the Sardis Lake is very pleasing to the eye and an overall fun one.When Mallard Pointe opened 19 years ago, Golf Digest listed it as one of its ‘Best Places to Play’ in Mississippi. With lots of work going on daily here, there is little doubt the course will get back to its former glory soon. The front nine starts out with four consecutive par-4s.All of them are fun starter holes.The third hole features a dog-leg right that plays 289-393 yards, meaning driver may not be the best play here with a giant pond on the right.The fourth hole is longer, straighter and has a wide fairway, allowing for a more grip-and-rip option. The next set of four holes features a par-3, back-to-back par-5, then the par-3 8th, which may be the easiest on the No. 17 plays along Lake Sardis Photo compliments of CourseScout Scorecards and Video front nine. No. 5 requires lots of accuracy with woods coming into play to the left and behind the green.The first par-5 of the front nine is the sixth, which has water to deal with on the tee shot and approach shot. It plays 605 yards CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Tee to Green Golf Magazine Issue 230 Page 4
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