I went out for a tour of Course #3 for the second time today and brought along the camera. I didn't have a lot of time so please excuse the rushed nature of the photos and incomleteness of the holes. Although most all of the grees have received some attention on contouring and expansion, the biggest changes are the 3rd hole, 6th hole, 10th hole and 11th hole. As you will see, the 15th hole has been totally redone.
Anyways, enjoy.
The new 6th tee. Like the new 7th tee, the additional teeing surface finally adds some left to right to the golf course. The back tees have been moved back and to the right of the old tees requiring a fade off of a series of bunkers on the left side of the fairway. Like 7, below, the first tree on the right is likely going to get slayed - thus opening up a view of the fairway. To those who are familiar with this hole in the past, significant tree removal has already occurred at or around the tee area.
New sixth green - significantly expanded into the front right of the surface.
This is picture of the new tee on the 7th hole. This par 5 will now stretch to 600+ yards. The addition of the new tee finally brings the left bunkers back into play for the tour players and makes this a real three shotter - which contrasts nicely with the par 4.5 5th hole that was massacred in 2006 as a par 5. We haven't begun the full tree removal but I think the maples on the right will be slayed, thus opening up the fairway to view from the tee.
Here' s a picture of the 9th hole. The grow-in given this awesome late summer weather has been remarkable.
Here's the 10th hole. There is some talk about twisting the bunker on the right, having it run more parallel to the fairway. It thnk it would be a great change as I, and other longer hitters, just blow it over the bunker on the right.
Here's a picture of the 12th hole. The fairway has been extended up to teh back of the green, thus leaving ta strong run off the hill to any shot missing the green on the right. This small change has made a challenging hole, even more challenging but has made themost beautiful hole on the course, more beautiful in my opinion.
The new 15th hole from the tee. The green can be seen as the light brown sand colored mass. The large water hazard can been seen on the right. Final digging and drainage is underway.
The white flags indicate the future anticipated water level.
The 15th green from the new 16th tee.
The view from what will likely be the hottest hospitality spot from the Ryder Cup - right behind the new, 285 yard par 4, 15th hole.
Here's a view from the new 16th tee. No longer will longer hitter have to hit a 3/4 hooking three wood.