On a couple current threads, less than positive comments are made about #15 at Crystal Downs, a hole I fell in love with on my first visit.
But, it wasn’t love at first sight; it was love at first inspection. That is to say that when I first approached #15 tee, I thought Mackenzie may have run out of gas or took a breather on a course otherwise filled with interesting, creative holes. For what lay in front of me was a wide open, apparently featureless fairway.
Still, something told me that Mackenzie was probably up to no good, that there had to be something deceptive about the appearance of this hole. Sure enough, I found it. The landing area proved to narrow significantly out around the 270-280 yard mark leaving me with real doubts about the best way to play this hole. Some kind of lay up, albeit one long enough that you don’t leave yourself with a blind shot to the green. I’d estimate something right around 220 yards is about right.
Anyway, I’m wondering whether people familiar with this hole see it differently. Don’t you find the landing area and the options for tee shots pretty cool?