| Black Creek Golf Club |
| Course Par Value: 72 |
| Course Yardage: 7,040 |
| Hole | Par | Yards | |
| 1 | 4 | 427 |
Double Plateau - The tee shot is significantly downhill on this mid-length opening par 4. A hook fairway bunker through the drive zone is a good aiming point for the fade drive that is the favored tee shot. The hole takes its name from the classic Raynor/Macdonald influenced "Double Plateau" green. |
| 2 | 4 | 431 |
Obar Spring - The ebb and flow critical to the structure of a sound golf course is immediately apparent as the first hole is balanced by a slightly uphill, longish par 4 that favors a draw tee shot. A bunker hidden behind the green recalls the strategy of the famous Road Hole 17th at St. Andrews. |
| 3 | 3 | 168 |
Short - This "Short" downhill par 3 is a direct lift from Macdonald and Raynor as its raised green is surrounded by bunkers. |
| 4 | 5 | 547 |
Lookout - A true three-shot par 5 for all but the longest hitters, Black Creek crosses the line of play diagonally just short of the fairway. A large approach/green bunker protects the green and the second landing area. Players not respecting the angle of the green will have difficulty making a birdie. |
| 5 | 4 | 375 |
Moat - A huge bunker right of the fairway suggests a fade tee ball while the green angle favors a draw approach shot. Great alternating shot values on a shortish par 4. |
| 6 | 5 | 562 |
Punchbowl - Macdonald and Raynor fans rejoice! A reachable par 5 made all the more so by its green setting. Approach shots merely need to be firmly struck just over the hillside supporting a series of cross bunkers well short of the green. The "Punch Bowl" will take care of the player from that point on, as the ball will often roll all the way into the huge, 14,000 square foot, bowled green. |
| 7 | 3 | 244 |
Reverse Redan - For those who hit a fade, the seventh hole is a "Redan" that is a fader's dream come true with its left to right orientation. The hillside along the left side of the hole combines with the hole's "Redan" character to make this longest par three play a more manageable distance. |
| 8 | 4 | 376 |
Thumbprint - Fairway bunkers provide landing area definition on this par 4. The green, framed short and long by trees, requires an interesting approach shot to a green defined by the "thumbprint" swale through its middle. |
| 9 | 4 | 435 |
Black Creek - A long par 4 made all the more demanding by Black Creek, which flows directly along a rock wall defining the front edge of the green. Players who can't make the green in two will have the choice of crossing Black Creek on their second or third shots. |
| 10 | 4 | 339 |
Double Cross - A short par 4 that favors the fade, the 10th dares the better players to go for broke in order to kick start their back nine. The less aggressive players will have a second shot that is a short approach to a plateau green, protected by the deepest bunker on the course. |
| 11 | 3 | 181 |
Redan - The true "Redan" orientation of the green rewards those who hit a draw on this downhill adaptation of one of the game's most famous and well known par 3s. |
| 12 | 4 | 462 |
Dry Branch - Starting off our own version of "Amen Corner," the long 12th features a hazard running along the entire right side of the drive zone and then crossing the line of play, just short of the green. As players place their tee shot closer to the creek, the more favorable their angle into the green. |
| 13 | 4 | 458 |
Long - Faders will appreciate the tee shot on this dogleg that turns slightly right and plays uphill all the way from tee to green. The defining features of this hole are the boulder-strewn creek all along the left side, and the yawning fairway bunker in the right center of the fairway. The bulk of the green slopes slightly away from the player, requiring the approach to be thoughtfully gauged. |
| 14 | 5 | 533 |
Go On - Heading home with one of the most panoramic vistas the golf course has to offer, the downhill tee shot on this par 5 reacts best to a right to left shot, while the approach begs the long hitters to set their sites on an eagle, after clearing the fearsome cluster of bunkers short of the green. |
| 15 | 4 | 353 |
Cape - The second of the two drivable par 4s on the back nine, the 15th features a wetland down the left side of the hole.
A long spine cuts through the center of the fairway and towards the green, from right to left. This feature dares the player
to hit a long, gentle draw in order to drive the green on this downhill hole that plays shorter than its card distance.
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| 16 | 4 | 417 |
Spine - Downhill all the way from tee to green, a cross bunker and several fairway bunkers require the player to choose a side from which to attack this golf hole, with its narrow green bisected by a gentle spine. |
| 17 | 3 | 209 |
Biarritz - Fashioned very strongly in the "Biarritz" tradition of Macdonald/Raynor, merely hitting the huge green on the tee shot will surely not guarantee a par, as the 70-yard long green is cut in half by a deep swale. Dependent upon pin position for the day, this hole can be played anywhere from 170 yards to 235 yards. |
| 18 | 5 | 527 |
Home - If there haven't been enough memorable holes already, the "go for broke in two" par-5 18th will do the trick. A large pond frames the left side of the drive zone while Black Creek crosses the line of play and guards the right side of the green, making the "draw/fade" character of the hole apparent. A long drive will afford the player the chance to hit the green in two with a long, accurate shot, while the crowd watches appreciatively from the clubhouse porch. |
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