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Mt. Holiday reviews
4
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Worth a look 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 11, 2010
Played the course:once
Pros:
This course has been redesigned taking a much more gentle ascent up the outside right-hand side of the hill. This is, until you reach #7 basket, where you must climb a sheer hill face to the next tee.
Course starts open, then tightens up in trees, then finishes wide open with a big bomber down the hill. It wisely uses elevation changes and was surprisingly varied for a nine hole course.
There are amateur and pro tees, with independent signage including separate distance measurements.
Course starts open, then tightens up in trees, then finishes wide open with a big bomber down the hill. It wisely uses elevation changes and was surprisingly varied for a nine hole course.
There are amateur and pro tees, with independent signage including separate distance measurements.
Cons:
Well, the available map was totally useless, as it hasn't been updated since the redesign.
No concrete tees, nor even mats. Au natural.
Hole #5 is a LONG woods hole with a tight lane uphill beginning with a hard left, curving hard right, cresting and then dropping off significantly to a valley where the basket is on the far side. This hole, even before the dense foliage grows in, pushes the bounds of what an experienced amateur can expect a par performance from, even with brilliant shots and draining a long putt.
There is no next tee signage for #8, and the only reason I found it was by looking for previous hole locations on the old map.
The redesign keeps you exclusively on the right side of the hill. There seems to be enough room now for another 9 holes on the left side. Indeed, this may be one of the plans of the redesign.
No concrete tees, nor even mats. Au natural.
Hole #5 is a LONG woods hole with a tight lane uphill beginning with a hard left, curving hard right, cresting and then dropping off significantly to a valley where the basket is on the far side. This hole, even before the dense foliage grows in, pushes the bounds of what an experienced amateur can expect a par performance from, even with brilliant shots and draining a long putt.
There is no next tee signage for #8, and the only reason I found it was by looking for previous hole locations on the old map.
The redesign keeps you exclusively on the right side of the hill. There seems to be enough room now for another 9 holes on the left side. Indeed, this may be one of the plans of the redesign.
Other Thoughts:
We played this on a day that started with a morning round at Hayo-Went-Ha, an afternoon round at Hickory Hills (after a mando stop at Tilley's Party Store) and then a "quick" 9 here before the long drive home. Had I been thinking, we wouldn't have played this last, as it is a workout. Not a course for those worried about aggravating knee/ankle injuries, or for those who only play in Tevas.
For all we knew there WERE 9 more holes, but as DGCR said 9 holes, and there were no next tee signs, and we were dead tired, we didn't even look!!
When we played Hickory Hills, it was packed, and we routinely waited for 2 groups at each hole.Everyone we spoke to vocally disdained this course when we mentioned we were playing it next. This probably explains why we were the only ones on the course THE VERY SAME beautiful day we played Hickory.
If you want the whole place to yourself, play this course twice for 18. I agree it is a nice complement to Hickory Hills.
Will get a 4 rating from me if they install another 9 holes on the left and add concrete tees.
For all we knew there WERE 9 more holes, but as DGCR said 9 holes, and there were no next tee signs, and we were dead tired, we didn't even look!!
When we played Hickory Hills, it was packed, and we routinely waited for 2 groups at each hole.Everyone we spoke to vocally disdained this course when we mentioned we were playing it next. This probably explains why we were the only ones on the course THE VERY SAME beautiful day we played Hickory.
If you want the whole place to yourself, play this course twice for 18. I agree it is a nice complement to Hickory Hills.
Will get a 4 rating from me if they install another 9 holes on the left and add concrete tees.
