Eternity greens

[Mike Hogan]

Here is #2 at Old Mac.


And #7 SkyLine Green Old Mac from the fairway.


View from closer to the green. The day we played a friend holed out from here..
 

[Chris Tritabaugh]

The Northland photo is actually 13. Mike is right, there used to be a number of trees back there and they were removed in the fall of 2008.

Actually the grasses behind that hole are creeping up and taking away the infinity look. Need to knock them down. Thanks to GCA for the reminder.

Before and after from 13:





Here is 15, also with tree removal in fall of 2008.

[Tom_Doak]

Chris:

Nice work!

It just amazes me how club members can't understand stuff like that until you knock down the trees and show them.

[Matt Day]

Kai Sai Chau in Hong Kong had a few examples

[Sean Leary]

There is a cool one at Gozzer Ranch. Might have been Kalen's picture, I think. Kalen?

[Kalen Braley]

Hey Sean,

Good call.  I have two potential candidates to add:


Approach to 11 Green...going long here really is bad.





And approach to 15 green...ditto on going long! 

[Tom ORourke]

There are a few of them at Aronimink. I was there this year with my wife and I remember pointing out holes like 2, 3, and 7 where the back of the green rises up and then falls away. They do not have the dramatic backdrops that you see in the pictures here but they played with the minds of the players, wondering where the ball went as it slowly disappeared from view. Considering the rolling contours of Ross greens I wonder if he was a big proponent of this feature? And Tillinghast has so many raised greens he should have a few of them.

[Brad Wilbur]

Sorry, no pictures, but The Challenge at Manele (Nicklaus) has several.

[Rick Shefchik]

Here is an Infinity Green at Nortland CC Duluth, MN.  Lake Superior in the background.

Mike,

What hole is that, #15?

I was just there, but we played in a heavy fog and wasn't lucky enough to have that view!

The astonishing thing about this view of #13 at Northland is that there is nearly a mile's worth of golf course and city streets beyond this green before you get to the lake shore. From this photo, you'd assume that you could toss a rock into Lake Superior from the back of the green.

[Chris Tritabaugh]

Rick,
The story Mike is referring to: One of our members, who used to caddy out here was caddying with a woman in the Women's Invite. She asked him, "does the water come into play?"

Caddy: "Not on this shot"

When they got to the green she saw how far away the Lake was and called him a smart ass.

[Greg Beaulieu]

Courtesy of Robert Thompson, here is the 14th at Cabot Links, a par 3:




When I was there I stood on the lower tee and it made the green appear even more difficult to judge in terms of distance. Given the vagaries of wind, it should be a challenging hole. Go over, and you're on the beach. I don't know if that is OB or in play.

Three days until the official opening!

[Greg Tallman]

My least favorite "eternity" green would have to be the 3rd green at Luray Caverns in Virginia where I 9 putted for a smooth 11.

Oh, that is not what you meant by eternity green?