One of the best in Kentucky! Bear with me for the long review, there is so much to talk about with this course!
Other than the fact that I'm out of shape and the hills here wore me out quickly, I had an absolute blast on this newer course. The owner (Howard) is very helpful and accommodating, and even talked us in from several miles away because our maps were incorrect.
This course is clean and well maintained, and despite being a private course on the owner's property, it doesn't have that "playing-in-the-backyard" feel to it. There were several long flat holes, many hill holes, and some very unique challenging shots as well. See below for some memorable hole descriptions.
Port-o-john available if necessary, not many other amenities there, so bring what you need.
There was even a local that offered to go in after wet discs, which luckily I didn't need.
Some holes had concrete tee pads which were nice, most had rubber (over gravel I think), which you wouldn't think are great for x-steps, but they played very well. A couple others are wooden platforms that are solid, with rubber mats. One tee is even on the top of a big boulder (alternate tee next it on the dirt).
Baskets are a mix of In-steps (great condition with extra chains added, and solidly mounted), couple mach baskets and a innova discatcher, all in great shape.
Tee signs were somewhat there on the front nine, looks like they are still a work in progress on the back nine, but the course is very easily navigable with signs pointing to the next tee, and the course website has excellent pictures of each hole at
www.hollerinthehills.com/spring_2009
My memorable holes:
2 - Really neat anhyzer out from the trees to the basket on the right, which is perched right over the edge of the creek.
3 - LONG (740+) over a treeline, with OB immediately left (4's fairway), following the creek back to a basket nestled in the trees. This hole really got me, mostly due to two OB strokes.
5 - Neat shot over the pond. If you are confident in your shot, take the long tee which requires some annie to hit the landing area on the far side. If you turn it over too much it will probably be wet though. Also a shorter, direct shot from a Am pad about 100 feet shorter.
6 - Shoot around an old school bus (how often do you hear those words on a DG course?), gentle hyzer. I just about parked it then botched my putt. DOH!
9 - Very deceiving length. Plays up a path on a semi-steep hill. Doesn't look to long until you throw. And end up only halfway up the hill. Stay out of the trees to the right or your score will really suffer. Ask me how I know. Basket is on a tire, on top of a rock outcropping where the hill drops off behind. Don't miss your putt!
11 - BIG hyzer throw up a huge hill, then drops off left to the basket, what a visually stunning hole design.
12 - Another uphill shot, no flat ground. Then the basket is elevated on a huge rock. You have to check out the pictures, which still don't do it justice.
14 - Boulder-to-boulder shot. Tee off from a boulder, pin on another boulder. Not very long, but I don't suggest an ace run, an RHBH hyzer will be going WAY downhill if you miss. I hit a deuce but I feel lucky to get even that.
15 - Sharp anhyzer, then finish up to a basket tucked in a corner of shear rock faces. Awesome layout.
16 - HUGE sweeping downhill anhyzer shot, if you can make it to the bottom staying in the fairway, don't go long or you'll be down the hill. I have never seen a hole set up like this one.
17 - There is no way a picture can show the extreme elevation change on this one. The pin is just higher than eye -level, but you have to cross the huge ravine to get there. Plays a little over 300 straight out, but you have a very narrow window to hit on the other side to stay out of the brush. I happened to be blessed with my best shot of the day with my monarch, almost deucing the hole.
18 - Throw all the way back down the hill next to 3's fairway, but if you go long there's OB. Great way to finish out a great course
There was not one single hole on this course that seemed average or mundane. I like that there were a couple more "mild" hyzer holes mixed in to keep you from feeling too bad about yourself