With the discussion of the Doak courses that aren't talked
about as much, I figured I'd try to post the pics I took of
Riverfront from my one time around in late '05. I e-mailed
Doak after playing it saying that the course was almost
unrecognizable compared to Ran's pics in his
course profile before the homes arrived in droves. They are a
definite distraction for sure, but with the terrific set of greens
there, they almost make you forget the homes. Almost.
The developer covered the propery in homes, but at least
they let him build those wild greens....something rare on an
affordable public course.
At bottom, I'll post the aerial (formerly '
Of The Day #210')
at the end, one to see the routing, and two, to see the lack of housing then!
#1, par 4, 421 yards:
Approach from better position:
From not-so-good position:
The first of many great greens:
#2, par 3, 204 yards, may not look like much off the tee, but....
....the green is where the fun starts:
#3, par 4 (though on card as 5 by management, meant as 4), 484 yards:
long approach to a fallaway green (and as a side note, the
home of Michael Vick's mom
is just to the right of the bushes at right):
green falling away to the left:
#4, par 3, 175 yards:
from behind the green, looking back at the tee (by the back tees on #5):
turning to the right, #5, par 4, 353 yards:
approach:
#6, par 4, 410 yards:
approach:
#7, par 4, 333 yards:
approach:
another wild green:
#8, par 5, 534 yards:
approach to green that falls away at back:
from a little closer (notice can't see bottom of flagstick):
#9, par 4, 396 yards, dogleg right:
approach to fun green:
#10, par 4, 370 yards, notice fairway bunker...:
...of which my playing partner zeroed in on:
The pretty par 3, 11th, 148 yards:
#12, par 4, 460 yards, partly split fairway:
approach from edge of upper portion:
grass bunker:
#13, par 3, 183 yards:
#14, par 5, 552 yards:
2nd shot, need to steer clear of center bunker:
approach to wild green:
#15, Cape par 4, 394 yards:
approach:
#16, par 4, 444 yards:
approach:
#17, par 4, 374 yards:
approach:
#18, par 5, 500 yards:
2nd shot over wetland to here:
fun green, with some Biarritz-ness to it:
The rather large aerial (front nine at bottom):
Here the course's web site, which is currently under construction:
http://www.riverfrontgolf.com/Congrats, JB, on another National Championship!