Just some pictures of a small, quiet gem of a public course. Not great, but many neat features and some excellent holes. Built in the 1950s by George Cobb.
Incidentally, this course may be gone shortly. Land prices continue to climb, and the owners apparently have been trying to sell.
Opening tee shot (406 yards). Down into the valley, and back up to the green.
Number 2, 307 yards. Neat hole, really made by the green. VERY quick if above the hole.
Number 2 green. Yes, that's my ball 15 feet past the hole. Yes, my first putt ran 15 feet past the hole.
Number 3, 443 yards. Wide fairway with plenty of room to bail out right. But staying close to the treeline left will shorten the second shot. Which is good, cause it is a tough shot.
Number 3, approach. Tough shot, especially if the drive was timid. Some pronounced slopes in the green , especially back left and right, can be used to move the ball towards certain pins.
Number 4, 406 yards. Another neat hole. Aggressive drive will go left over the pond, with each yard left that much more bold (pond ends on a line with the two guys in the fairway). The timid, or those unable to make the carry, can tack their way around to the right.
Number 4 green. Another very sloped green. Balls hit to the back half of the green with spin can suck back up to 50 feet or so.
Number 5, 178 yards. Two bunkers right, with falloffs on the sides and rear. From the back tee, there is a tree on the left that almost makes this play as a dogleg.
Number 9, 443 yards. Man sized hole. Must flirt with the fairway trap to shorten the hole, which moves uphill to a green perched atop a hill. Plenty of room to stay left and avoid teh trap, but the hole only gets longer.
Number 9 green. Another green with severe slopes. My putt from 8' actually ran right off the green.
Number 10, 412 yards. Taken from behind the green. Back tee is towards the top, and to the far right. Drive down the hill and then pitch back up. Very hard to get a feel for distance as much of the green is hidden.
Number 11, 304 yards. Not a good hole, a sharp dogleg left that makes you drive to the bottom and then pitch to the left up to the green. But the green itself is subtle. It is raised just enough to truly punish any wedge that does not hit and hold the surface.
There are a number of other good holes at Glenn Dale, but I ran out of room in the camera
