Thanks, Jason.
Although I could drive the 13th green from my house (if I could thread it through about a thousand trees, and then hold that pint-size green), I've never been on the course. It was fun to see those pictures. That 13th green looks even better from courseside than it does from the road.
I take it back. I was on the course once -- in very late March or early April one year, soon after we'd moved in, when I was itching to play again, and the snow was off the ground. I walked over to the 14th tee with a driver and bag of balls. Teed 'em up and hit 'em from beside the tee box. No divots! No damage!
About 20 balls in, the superintendent came by. One of my neighbors, living across the street from the tee, was apparently perturbed by the sight of someone enjoying himself and so called the clubhouse, who called the superintendent, who walked over from his house just down the road. We'd never met, at that point. (Still haven't, actually.) It couldn't have been clearer, from the expression on his face, that he was entirely on my side -- but duty compelled him to disregard his true sentiments.
He merely looked at me, shook his head sadly, and said: "No."
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My daughter, who played on the Hopkins girls' varsity last spring, got to play Oak Ridge a bunch of times -- and loves it.