# 6 on the Enchanted Journey - One of my favorite par 3's in Golf.

[JMEvensky]

As requested by Pat Mucci.

Be careful of this tee shot-I think Tom Paul is waiting in the bushes.

[Bill_McBride]

Thanks for the descriptions, Pat. John, the pictures really help someone who hasn't been there a little bit of an idea what a truly great place NGLA must be and I thank you as well.



For guys that have played a few Shorts, how does NGLA's compare to others?

Nothing else is close although I got excited by the donut at Mountain Lake.  Actually I guess it's a horseshoe with the front open.  Nasty piece of work.

[Kyle Harris]

Thanks for the descriptions, Pat. John, the pictures really help someone who hasn't been there a little bit of an idea what a truly great place NGLA must be and I thank you as well.



For guys that have played a few Shorts, how does NGLA's compare to others?

Nothing else is close although I got excited by the donut at Mountain Lake.  Actually I guess it's a horseshoe with the front open.  Nasty piece of work.

Especially to a left or right pin - though for some reason the left pin always seemed to play harder for me!

[Patrick_Mucci]

Bradley,

I believe I left off at the 6th hole.

I can't remember summarizing the 7th, but, it's possible.

I'll start a description of the 7th shortly.

If someone has pictures of the 7th, either aerials from Google Earth or elsewhere, or ground photos, I'd appreciate your posting them when I start the thread.

Thanks

[Mark Saltzman]

A handful of pictures, the last of which is the best I have showing off the green's contours.  The 'thumbprint' is quite noticeable in that picture.

[Mac Plumart]

Mark...

Holy S**t!!!! 

That last photo of The Short is off the charts good.

Wow!

[Matthew Essig]

Mark...

Holy S**t!!!! 

That last photo of The Short is off the charts good.

Wow!

+1

[Patrick_Mucci]

Mark,

OK, OK, I'll try to continue the "Enchanted Journey"

Great photos of one of my all time favorite par 3's.

Did I leave off on # 6 or # 7 ?

Are you available to take some pictures of the 12th at GCGC on this Wednesday.

[John Mayhugh]

Nice photos, Mark. That's a tough green to photograph, but it's fun to try.

Patrick, you've made it through seven holes. 

[Colin Macqueen]

Yes Patrick,

Methinks you were about to describe Bottle before you bottled it.

Cheers Colin

[Tom_Doak]

I was at Chicago Golf Club two weeks ago and it's become quite controversial there that the greens are now so fast that approaches and putts to the front of the tenth green often wind up being sucked into the front bunker.  I was asked if this was fair, or if we shouldn't do something different to the green to prevent it.

By luck, I happened to get back to National Golf Links three days later, where I promptly remembered that the front of the sixth green at National [the same Short hole template] has ALWAYS been like that.

So I guess I don't have to do any surgery at Chicago Golf after all.  Which is just as well, because the course is as good right now as I have ever seen it -- the greens are frighteningly fast.

[Terry Lavin]

Tom,

I was at Chicago Golf a week before you and had a wacky fun time. Hit #1 in regulation. Four-putted. On ten, I hit the green but the ball spun back into the front bunker. My bunker shot hit about ten feet onto the green, then took a left hook, back into the bunker. I'll skip the rest. Suffice it to say that CGC was the firmest and fastest course I've ever played in this region. That superintendent knows how to grow grass without much added water, that's for sure.

[Bill_McBride]

Just another example, a la Pasatiempo, of a classic course with greens designed for 8-9 stimps maintained at an unplayable 12 speed.   Is this fun or masochism?

[Bill Brightly]

This may be the Photo of the Year, and an absolute must see for anyone trying to understand the history of Short Holes in the US.

Nice job Mark!

[Bill_McBride]

This may be the Photo of the Year, and an absolute must see for anyone trying to understand the history of Short Holes in the US.

Nice job Mark!

Bill, why have the Eden holes not fared as well?

[Colin Macqueen]

Gentlemen,
A naive question but does the hole ever get cut within the "thumb print" itself?

Cheers Colin

[Patrick_Mucci]

Gentlemen,
A naive question but does the hole ever get cut within the "thumb print" itself?

Cheers Colin

YES

[Lyne Morrison]

OK, OK, I'll try to continue the "Enchanted Journey"

Good to hear

[David Whitmer]

Tom Doak and Terry Lavin,

I played Chicago Golf Club the Wednesday of Ryder Cup week. My host said that he had been out there that Monday, and was told the greens were stimping at 15. I put a ball down on the putting green, picked out a hole about 30 feet away, and proceeded to putt it 20 feet by! That golf course was as fast and firm as I have ever played (save for Ballyneal and Bandon Dunes), and I had played Shoreacres and Skokie the day before. What a fun way to play golf.

The only short holes I have played are #11 at Camargo, #12 at Shoreacres, and #10 at Chicago Golf Club. Of those three, I like Chicago Golf Club's the best. I really, really liked the green...you can't simply hit a short iron on and have a ho-hum two-putt. If you make a three on that hole you have to hit multiple good shots, or at least one superb shot.

Are there any other short holes with two horseshoes in the green?

The short at NGLA's green looks similarly testing and difficult. I can only imagine how much fun it is to play.

[John Mayhugh]

Gentlemen,
A naive question but does the hole ever get cut within the "thumb print" itself?

Cheers Colin

YES