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Ryan Admussen

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Wolf Creek - Old Course
« on: June 06, 2010, 11:11:58 PM »
Spent the day out at Wolf Creek today playing all 36, always been one of my favorite places to play. If you're in Alberta playing Banff/Jasper, it's definitely worth the drive to play.

This was Rod Whitman's first solo design, it's relatively short at just over 6600 yards.

#1
385 yard par 4 dogleg right, best choice of the tee is a fairway wood, to leave yourself 140-150 in.



#2

#2
391 yard par 4, not much room of the tee, but once you get it out there the fairway widens quite a bit. 200+ yards to reach the fairway





#3
199 yard par 3, best place to miss here is just short of the green, right, left and long are not fun.







#4

385 yard par 4, trouble every where on this hole, very tight drive with water/out of bounds left right and long. Ruined many rounds when they used to hold the Alberta Open here.



#5

402 yard par 4, sharp dogleg right, requires a long carry to the fairway, can cut a lot of the hole off if you can carry the bunker to the right.







#6

534 yard par 5, runs parallel with Alberta's busiest highway, a large waste bunker runs up the left side of the first half of the fairway.





#7

130 yard par 3, short hole with a small, deep, nasty, evil bunker guarding the left side of the green.



#8

345 yard par 4, relatively short straight forward par 4, no pictures unfortuantely

#9

443 yard par 4, requires a long drive to have any chance of making it on two, on the second shot you need to carry a valley with a creek at the bottom of it.



More to come tomorrow.

Jed Peters

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2010, 11:53:48 PM »
May give this one a try should Glencoe and CGC not work out....

Ryan Admussen

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2010, 10:21:09 PM »
My Camera had some issues on the second 18 so I didn't get any pictures of 1-8

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Matt Bosela

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2010, 10:30:42 PM »
Ryan,

Looks interesting - do you prefer Wolf Creek or Whitman's design at Blackhawk?

Steve Lang

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2010, 10:32:51 PM »
 8) Do I rememeber the sign saying "Where Scotland meets Canada"

p.s.fwiw.. i preferred the variety of holes presented at blackhawk, but really enjoyed Wolf Creek..
« Last Edit: June 07, 2010, 10:35:46 PM by Steve Lang »
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Tom_Doak

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2010, 10:34:59 PM »
Ryan:

Rod showed me like 100 pictures of this course when I roomed with him back in 1985.  (Your pictures are better.)

Is my memory faulty or isn't there a green which juts out into a pond surrounded by railroad ties on three sides?  It seemed incongruous after the other photos Rod was showing.

Ryan Admussen

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2010, 10:49:27 PM »
Matt.. Haven't played Blackhawk unfortunately, hoping to change that this summer/fall though.

Steve.. Yes that would be there slogan, what did you think of the course?

Tom.. That would be #4 on the Old course, didn't get a picture of it though. Was it just the railroad ties that didn't fit in with the rest of the greens or something else?
http://www.wolfcreekgolf.com/Course.cfm

Tom_Doak

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2010, 08:38:41 AM »
It was the setting of the green sticking out into a pond that bothered me.  Are there even any other artificial ponds on the golf course?

Jason McNamara

Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2010, 06:32:32 PM »
This is the one just south of Edmonton, right?  How far from Calgary?

Ryan Admussen

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2010, 06:45:52 PM »
Tom.. there are no other ponds on the course, only creeks.

Jason.. 1 hour south of Edmonton, 1:45/2 hours north of Calgary

Steve Lang

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Re: Wolf Creek - Old Course
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2010, 08:38:06 PM »
 8)

The 10th  at BH was fun


The 11th was favorite down to the lake, run it on from far left



the ground game was very much alive at BH, i seem to remember it better than WC, which reminded me of some michigan courses

we did banff then jasper then BlackHawk then Wolf Creek a very, very nice loop of golf
« Last Edit: June 08, 2010, 08:43:35 PM by Steve Lang »
Inverness (Toledo, OH) cathedral clock inscription: "God measures men by what they are. Not what they in wealth possess.  That vibrant message chimes afar.
The voice of Inverness"