The home of Pat Mucci Sr. and Jr. There is a very nice Wall Trophy to Pat Sr, and the Member Guest tournament is named after Pat Sr. Pat Jr has been a member for 50 some years. More than a few GCAers would get a kick out how the caddies all refer to our beloved Pat Mucci as "Junior" as in "Junior, I like the 8 iron here."
From the website:
Designed by William H. Tucker, the Preakness Hills golf course opened in 1927. Our golf facilities include our newly restored championship golf course (by Ron Forse). While Preakness Hills has always been regarded as one of the most beautifully maintained courses in the area, our newly restored course is one that everyone will want to see and experience. Since completing our golf course restoration project, we have experienced an increase in our slope rating from 130 to 132 from our blue tees and we now have a slope rating of 134 from our championship tees. In addition to the renovation of our golf course, we have also added to and upgraded our golf practice areas and driving range. Our challenging golf course continues to present a true test for players of all abilities.
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Preakness is a very nice and very consistent parkland course that Pat Mucci terms "sporty". For those of us that have not played in USGA events, I felt it went beyond sporty as the rough plays tough. I made the mistake of trying to play with Patrick but that is a longer story.
The course shows some mystery on the front, with the flag stick peaking out
Some nice driving angles
The aerial approach works here
You can bounce one in here
Forse's bunker work
More mystery and more nice driving features
200+ Par 3 6th I believe with OB right, it gets you thinking
I liked the 7th a downhill hole, but did not get this bunker which was 50 yards from the forward tee
The mid iron Par 3 8th
The 9th leads back to the clubhouse
The back 9 has the more GCA rolling terrain but I did not get as many pics
A Merionish stream in front of the Par 5 10th green
Loved this approach on the shorter par 4 11th
Lots of Yale on this long 4 especially the approach
Oops, Ron you missed a few Pines during removal
Drainage problems 50 years ago created this pond
#18, I personally like the Par 3 finish, and this one was a fun one over the water to a two tier green. Pin was on the front, hit the slope and it backed up. Once in a while it all works.
What do ya know, the Big Guy inside of Mucci on #18, see my mark inside left of Patrick