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Conference 7.286::golf

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Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
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19.0. "Interesting Golf Holes" by STKSWS::LITBY (Per-Olof Litby, CSC Stockholm) Mon Jun 23 1986 19:36

	Use this  note to tell us about interesting (strange, difficult,
	easy, beautiful etc.) golf holes you have seen and/or played.
	I'm  sure  there  are lots of them out there, so don't keep your
	experiences to yourself!

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19.1Par-6?STKSWS::LITBYPer-Olof Litby, CSC StockholmMon Jun 23 1986 19:5320
19.2Arrowhead CC #3CLOUD9::SPT_BRINKLEYTue Jun 24 1986 00:4215
    The 3rd hole at Arrowhead Country Club in Denver, Colorado is a
    real challenge. The hole is 188 yards from the whites and 199 from
    the championship tees. It's slightly uphill. The green has two bunkers,
    a small one on the right hand side and a larger bunker on the right
    hand side that the green slides around. On the back side is a giant
    (and I mean bigger than life) sandstone formation that shields the
    green of any long balls. If you miss to the right you're looking
    at a 4 at best and probably a 5. Miss to the left and you're ok
    but have to pop a shot over a bunker and hold a small green. Shoot
    it long and you'd better say your prayers as the ball kareems off
    the rock in any number of directions, none of which are desireable.
    Pin placement can be a real bear when it's placed next to the rock.
    
    Roger
    
19.3El Dorado #1CIM::EDEd Hacker @IAC DTN 443-3851Thu Jun 26 1986 03:3652
     Legend                #1 El Dorado CC.               //
                   /- \    _____                _________//
      Green --->  | G |   /-----              //---------/   
                   \_/   //          / ~ )  ___|| /---\__     / ~ )
      Creek ---> _______//          (ooooo\ ___/  |__ G /    (ooooo\   _
                 -------/           \oooooo}     /--\\__|    \oooooo}  ^
                   / ~ )             \oooo/||    |   ----\    \oooo/   |
                  (ooooo\  / ~ )    /  \-# \\     \ Lake  |     \-#    |
      Woods --->  \oooooo}(ooooo\  (ooooo\  \\     \______/            |
                   \oooo/ \oooooo} \oooooo}  \\                / ~ )   |
                     \-#   \oooo/   \oooo/   ||               (ooooo\ 150
      b w r                  \-#      \-#    ||               \oooooo}yds
     +o-o-o+                                ||                  oooo/  |
     | Tee |                  _____________//                 / ~ )    |
     +o-o-o+         ___//\\//--------------                 (ooooo\   |
====================//=======================================\oooooo}==|=====
                   //      OB                                 \oooo/   v
        | <----------------- 180 yds ----------------> |        \-#    _

Features:

	1. 1 st. Hole -- requires a long iron(165-190 yds).
	2. Creek ------- Along the right on tee shot
			 Must cross on the shot
			 Along the left on second shot
			 Behind green on second shot
	3. Woods ------- Large trees on hill to the left of tee shot
			 300 feet tall no chance of clearing.
			 Large trees on outside corner of dog leg.
			 Large trees on left of second shot.
	4. Lake -------- in front and to the left of then Green.
	5. OB ---------- Out of Bounds on right of tee shot, and
			 the right of second shot.
Notes:
	1. No chance of cutting the corner(I have tried).  If you do clear
 	   the trees 300 ft., then you must carry 250 yds and
	   land between a lake and a creek!
	2. Since it is the first hole it is very difficult to hit your
	   first shot of the day with a long iron. It must fly between
	   160 and 185 yards and be straight, or better yet a slight
	   draw.
	3. If you don't fly the green with some back spin to hold the
	   ball, you end up either with an uphill chip shot of a penalty
	   stroke to get out of the creek.

Conclusion:
	   If you can hit a nice easy 4 iron with a little hook, and then
	   a short iron to the center of the green the hole is easy,  but
	   if you miss a shot look out!  I played against a very good golfer
	   who calmly took a 14 on this hole and later had a hole-in-one
	   on the number 8.
                                                       
19.4water hazardSUCCES::ASTONSat May 09 1987 01:173
    
    
    	Severial holes on the Palma Sola course in Bradenton Fla. Aligators!
19.5Sting RayAUTHOR::F_MCGOWANTue Jun 16 1987 16:4620
    Toured a few cities/resort areas in Mexico last month and found
    quite a few holes that were strange, difficult or beautiful; the
    one that was the most beautiful (and not so easy) was the 18th at
    Las Hadas (in Manzanillo). This course is a Pete Dye design, replete
    with his trademarks (water and sand), and is a gorgeous layout in
    its entirety, finishing at a hole that is the most beautiful
    I've seen since I started playing in the early 60's. It's called
    the Manta Ray, and definitely has a sting to it: it's a par 3, 145
    yards, from a highly elevated tee to a green that dares you to hit
    to the left (where lies Santiago Bay) to let the wind bring the
    ball in to the stick. Lying behind the green is the Las Hadas resort,
    which is a fantastic mix of Byzantine and Disneyworld, dazzlingly
    white in the blazing sunlight. The overall effect is a melange of
    hot white, deep blue water, and lush green. I'm glad my wife saved
    some film so we were able to get some good shots of the Manta Ray!
    Oh, I bogeyed the hole (3 putted).
    
    	- Frank
    
    in the sun
19.6It's a TwinTRACTR::OSBORNEThu Sep 03 1987 18:388
    ref. .3
    
    I have found a hole almost identical to the one discribed in .3.
    It is located at Tory Pines country club resort in Francestown,
    New Hampshire, hole #7. I had heard this course's hole were laid
    out as replica's of famous holes throughout the world. 
    
                                  Stu,
19.7CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLESANFAN::GRANT_JOTue Aug 30 1988 19:4117
    Try the 10th at Spyglass Hill in Pebble Beach, California.  430
    yards, dogleg left. There is a canyone along the left side of the
    fairway, so anything down there is lost.  The fairway slopes to
    the left so you have to hit your drive down the right side.  (Did
    I mention that the fairway is, for the first 300 yards, actually
    a hill?)  Of course, there is sand, deep rough, and woods along
    the right side.  The green is elevated and tightly trapped with
    the kind of bunkers so deep you can't see the green from the bottom.
    Of course the green is tiny, and hard as a rock.  But none of this
    is the problem.  The problem is the two gigantic trees in the middle
    of the fairway, about 100 yards short of the green. The only way
    to play the hole - and I can't do it - is to hit a drive of about
    280-285 (no longer, because there is another canyone lurking) down
    the right side and then hook a very high short iron into the green.
    The whole course is impossible, this side of Ben Hogan in a mean
    mood.