Another one of my drawings...

[Matt_Cohn]

While I was home this weekend I found a bunch of old golf course drawings I made, some of them going back to when I was very young.

This one is from just a few years ago.

So you know what you're looking at:

Think of a Pine Valley-type look. Fairways are lined with sandy scrub area, and then trees between the holes. The tees are the green dots. The greens have the little pins in them. The fairways are really supposed to be that wide. Gray stuff is rough, the puffy cloud looking things are bunches of trees, and everything else is scrub area.

Before people bug me about it:

I know it's a back-and-forth routing. I was in class. I didn't feel like spending time drawing lines.

I know there's only one set of tees. Again I didn't feel like spending time on it.

I know there are no contours, and undulation is the soul of the game. Drawing contour lines during history class just seemed to be taking it too far. I just felt like drawing the holes.

Let me know if you love or hate any holes, or whatever else you'd care to say. Enjoy. My creations have already been panned on here enough that I'm not too worried about any criticism that may come my way.






The yardages came out small so:
460                         450
410                         560
190                         490
540                         295
150                         200
450                         500
310 (direct line)    540
420                         170
620                         420

[John Kirk]

I have no criticisms.  It looks pretty.  I admire your drawing ability, and remember when I was a kid creating a few crude drawings of golf holes.  Nothing like yours.

It's 5:45 AM.  I'm playing golf in an hour and a half up here in Portland (Pumpkin Ridge).  It is duly noted that you posted at 3:44 AM, from what appears to be San Francisco.  Wow!

[Dan Herrmann]

Boy - that approach shot to 15 could be a round-killer  

[Bob Jenkins]

Matt,

Very good.

The 7th hole. Is it supposed to be drivable if you go straight over the rough? From what I see of that hole, I cannot imagine when it would be worth the risk.

[Garland Bayley]

Boy - that approach shot to 15 could be a round-killer  

A brief look brought my eyes to the 15th (must be the water). I hated it. But, just looking across the water I liked the 12th.

[Bill_McBride]

Better bring your "A" game.  

It's an interesting combination of Pine Valley and the Blue Monster at Doral all the way back with all that water in play on the back nine.  Could call it "Schizophrenia Hills Golf Club!"  

[Matt_Cohn]

Bob,

You're correct about #7. I like to think that with a big enough, deep enough green, some players would be tempted. The catch is that laying up could make for a very difficult second - especially if the layup was played too far right. Hole #11 works on a similar strategy.

The 15th is meant as a key point in the round. It's a hell of a 4 but an easy 5: driver to a 100-yard-wide fairway, short-iron in front of the water, wedge on the green.

I think with the right kind of maintenance in the scrub areas the course could be quite playable though admittedly the higher handicap player might struggle with so much sand.