Tightly Wooded 18 holes with 3 Pads -- Red, Blue, and Green.
Red is short but challenging.
Blue is long and challenging.
And green is long and challenging.
A great mix of wooded and open holes: 1, 2, and 9 are open with guardian trees, the rest are heavily wooded at distances ranging 200-400ft with interesting elevation.
1 Red is an uphill shot of 235', iirc, but it plays about like 350' because of the uphill basket and sloped, natural grass tee. Blue 1 is a monster uphill shot that plays about 400'. Green changes perspective and creates a slanted uphill shot over a sloped gully that is tough to judge.
2 is an open but guarded shot from all tees. Guarded well by an arc of evergreens, the basket is tucked under a maple tree about 200' from red, 280' from blue, and well over 300' from Green. It's another uphill shot, so it plays further than the numbers. Red & Blue are par 3 - Green is a par 4 all with natural grass pads.
3 is a nasty (and short) little dogleg right from Green and Blue, drive your roller through a wall of trees for a shot at birdie, or throw a rh flick/anny or thumber shot down a hallway of trees if you just want to salvage par (no shame...). Red is a straight shot through a wall of trees. Natural grass tees.
4 is a short rh fade shot from Red. Blue is a long fade shot over an aggressive hump coming out of the woods, and Green is a monster par 4 playing uphill and around the corner with an anny or flick. Clear the top of the hill and you'll have a 150' to the basket if you're lucky. All these shots play through a belt of about 6 big trees in the fairway. Red & Blue are par 3 - Green is a par 4. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
5 is a heavily wooded dogleg right for all holes. Red is short, but the pin is hard to reach from the pad. Taking a 3 is a solid hole. A hallway of intimidating in your face trees on Blue, and a critical gap from the long Green tee, both requiring a solid lie on the fairway to shoot the pin. Red & Blue are par 3 - Green is a par 4. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
6 is a heavily wooded 200-300' shot from Red, Blue, & Green. There is a laser line down the left, and a soft rh hyzer line to the right. It's an ace run from all pads. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
7 is also heavily wooded with 3 completely different shots from each pad. Red and Green are higher and have a nice rh anny line, and Blue sports both a hyzer and anny line. It's a long, wooded hole to a fast, downhill green. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
8 is an interesting one... It's reversible. Playing downhill, a sweet rh hyzer route from Red and Blue to a raised basket and plays uphill from Green to an additional basket. The uphill shot is a rh anny/flick that needs to land on the ridge to have a good look at the basket for 3. Red & Blue are par 3 - Green is a par 4. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
9 is a signature hole. At the top of a hill with a view, 9 is a big hyzer shot from Red and Blue. Red is putter to soft midrange, Blue is a solid midrange, and Green is a monster, 500' shot that is pretty epic. There are three routes from Green, a huge hyzer around a huge sycamore tree, or a sharp fading laser under the tree, and a lower outside hyzer line to the right of the tree. Natural, dirt/wood tee pads.
There are 9 more holes going in right now. Great course. Can't wait to see it develop.
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UPDATE: 05.11.16 --
The new 9 are in and they're pretty intense. Super tight as the foliage comes into season.
10-14 play on the side of the mountain, tightly wooded with several lines but no fairway, these holes are super tough in the Blue & Green positions, and challenging shorties from Red.
15-18 play on top of the mountain and down hill back to the lot. Tight challenging lines and/or must hit skinny fairways on top and some fun elevation shots on the way back down.
The entire back nine is, at this point, rather rough. The FredRockers are really working hard getting the course together, and it should beat in and well cleaned out in no time.
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Playing golf at Woodsy makes just about anywhere look wide open.
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