What are some of your least favorite holes in golf. I’ll keep mine to ones the pack has probably played with one other one.
State #6 - In my prime ball striking days I was consistent with a driver with a baby draw. Everytime I stepped on that tee box I blocked left and was always in the trees on the right or #5’s fairway. That hole always had a mental hold on me.
Old Clear Creek Vicksburg 6-9: Before the redesign you started with a 5,3,5,3. #5 was a dogleg that had character then you went to 4 straight, straight par 4’s that felt identical. During a dry spell in the summer, the fairways would play so fast that any fade or draw would run through the fairway and inevitably end up under a live oak. You were better off blowing a hook or slice into the other fairway to give you an open shot. The holes were fine they just had no character.
#1 Castlewoods Not for me but for a friend. He was the type of player that rarely played and never warmed up so his first few holes were full of bad shots. We played CW a few times and he had to have put 20 balls in the water on the pond in front of the tee box. It was always comical.
Osceola Pensacola #1 I doubt many have played here but it is the most frustrating starting hole of any course I’ve played. Years ago they redesigned and flipped the nines which was a shame because the old 18 was a great finishing hole. The old number 1 was a run off the mill 360 yard par 4 with a fairly wide fairway. The new #1 is tree lined on the left forcing less confident golfers to aim right pushing you further out for your approach. The hole is 427 from the whites and only plays like that if you skirt the trees. The green is small and raised, so you are hitting a long iron or wood onto it and it rarely holds. I love a good challenge, but not before I’ve cracked open my 3rd beer. I hate starting with a double.
What are some MS or other holes you hate?
State #6 - In my prime ball striking days I was consistent with a driver with a baby draw. Everytime I stepped on that tee box I blocked left and was always in the trees on the right or #5’s fairway. That hole always had a mental hold on me.
Old Clear Creek Vicksburg 6-9: Before the redesign you started with a 5,3,5,3. #5 was a dogleg that had character then you went to 4 straight, straight par 4’s that felt identical. During a dry spell in the summer, the fairways would play so fast that any fade or draw would run through the fairway and inevitably end up under a live oak. You were better off blowing a hook or slice into the other fairway to give you an open shot. The holes were fine they just had no character.
#1 Castlewoods Not for me but for a friend. He was the type of player that rarely played and never warmed up so his first few holes were full of bad shots. We played CW a few times and he had to have put 20 balls in the water on the pond in front of the tee box. It was always comical.
Osceola Pensacola #1 I doubt many have played here but it is the most frustrating starting hole of any course I’ve played. Years ago they redesigned and flipped the nines which was a shame because the old 18 was a great finishing hole. The old number 1 was a run off the mill 360 yard par 4 with a fairly wide fairway. The new #1 is tree lined on the left forcing less confident golfers to aim right pushing you further out for your approach. The hole is 427 from the whites and only plays like that if you skirt the trees. The green is small and raised, so you are hitting a long iron or wood onto it and it rarely holds. I love a good challenge, but not before I’ve cracked open my 3rd beer. I hate starting with a double.
What are some MS or other holes you hate?
