Greathorse (Blacks) 6812 yards – 73.9 Rating – 133 Slope – 85 Score Day 28; May 18th, 2017 When I started doing research on courses, one of the things that jumped out at me was the 150+ bunkers (over 8 per hole!) that Greathorse boasted… then I got an email from them saying […]
Official rounds
Course Review – Redtail Mountain, Tennessee
Redtail Mountain (Blues) 6676 yards – 72.3 Rating – 126 Slope – 81 Score Day 19; May 9th, 2017 I’m going to preface this review by saying the day we played Redtail it was cold, wet and foggy, with an emphasis on wet… The main point in starting with that is to let you […]
Course Review – Fox Hopyard, Connecticut
Fox Hopyard (Blues) 6512 yards – 72.6 Rating – 131 Slope – 81 Score Day 17; May 7th, 2017 I’ve always been a fan of target golf, quite frankly, mostly because I’m pretty good with my medium and short irons and terrible with a driver in my hand. While I wouldn’t classify Fox Hopyard […]
Course Review – Ocean Winds course at Seabrook Island, South Carolina
Ocean Winds Course (Mallard) 6473 yards – 72 Rating – 138 Slope – 94 Score Day 17; May 7th, 2017 When I was researching courses to play in South Carolina, one of the first thoughts I had was wanting to play on a barrier island. As I was scanning reviews and pictures of courses I […]
Course Review – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Resort (Blues) 66355 yards – 70.1 Rating – 122 Slope – 87 Score Day 47; June 6th, 2017 The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course is known world-wide for its floating green; and, I don’t mean to take anything away from that hole when I say this, but it was not even in my […]
Course Review – Ravenwood, New York
Ravenwood (Blacks) 6642 yards – 72.1 Rating – 130 Slope – 87 Score Day 32; May 22nd, 2017 Sometimes, less is more. I can’t necessarily point to any one hole or even course characteristic of Ravenwood that makes me so fond of the course; it’s more the sustained quality of the holes, one after the […]
Course Review – Aspen Lakes, Oregon
Aspen Lakes (Whites) 6535 yards – 71.9 Rating – 131 Slope – 85 Score Day 1; April 21st, 2017 One of the first things you notice about Aspen Lakes is the red bunkers. Ground from the local cinder (as a choice by the course designer to avoid shipping in white sand from out of state), […]
Course Review – Cog Hill #4 (Dubsdread)
Cog Hill #4 Dubsdread (Blacks) 7144 yards – 75.8 Rating – 144 Slope – 90 Score Day 37; May 27th, 2017 There are some courses I play (or consider playing) where I’m just not sure if I can add any value writing about them. Cog Hill (#4, Dubsdread) is just such a course. While […]
Course Review – The Atchafalaya, Louisiana
The Atchafalaya (Bears) 7032 yards – 74.6 Rating – 134 Slope – 85 Score Day 12; May 2nd, 2017 I have done 50 official course introductions for this trip (and a few unofficial ones as well). I’ve also done one substitute introduction for a new course in Arkansas when Pleasant Valley didn’t work out at […]
Course Review – St. Albans, Missouri
St. Albans (Blacks) 6678 yards – 72.5 Rating – 139 Slope – 83 Score Day 38; May 28th, 2017* *If this date sound familiar (like maybe you read the same one yesterday), it is. Missouri was originally scheduled to be day 10, but was flooded out and was part of a double header of Illinois/Missouri […]