My home course is a short one. It's 9 holes and you go around twice. People playing it for the first time lick their chops when they look at some of the hole yardages. However, they neglect to look at the slope. More often than not, after they walk off 18, they either really liked it, or hated it and will never play it again.
Black: 6006/127
Black/Yellow: 5746/125
Yellow: 5426/124
Red: 4752/116 (men's rating)
Red: 4752/124 (women's rating)
The course is littered with hazards, not much rough to speak of, and small greens. You can hit a shot in the fairway and still end up in a hazard. On six of the holes (going around twice), parts of the fairway slope towards a hazard, and six of the greens are like island greens. Many a shot you hit at another golf course that would be just fine will find a hazard at my home course. We joke all the time on the tee, or fairway, as the ball flies into a hazard: "That would have been fine at any other golf course." If you can play a round without losing a golf ball, that is quite a feat, regardless of your HI.
A long hitter will have an advantage as he can use an iron off the tee, for most of us mere mortals that isn't an option. There are no wide open fairways on the course. Your tee shot has to be precise. On the infrequent occasion I play another golf course, the fairways seem a mile wide, and I rarely lose a golf ball.
How challenging is your golf course?
Black: 6006/127
Black/Yellow: 5746/125
Yellow: 5426/124
Red: 4752/116 (men's rating)
Red: 4752/124 (women's rating)
The course is littered with hazards, not much rough to speak of, and small greens. You can hit a shot in the fairway and still end up in a hazard. On six of the holes (going around twice), parts of the fairway slope towards a hazard, and six of the greens are like island greens. Many a shot you hit at another golf course that would be just fine will find a hazard at my home course. We joke all the time on the tee, or fairway, as the ball flies into a hazard: "That would have been fine at any other golf course." If you can play a round without losing a golf ball, that is quite a feat, regardless of your HI.
A long hitter will have an advantage as he can use an iron off the tee, for most of us mere mortals that isn't an option. There are no wide open fairways on the course. Your tee shot has to be precise. On the infrequent occasion I play another golf course, the fairways seem a mile wide, and I rarely lose a golf ball.
How challenging is your golf course?