I love mounds in general, but there is one course that I cannot stand those f***ing things.
At Prospector in Suncadia, Arnold Palmer built mounds behind every green. On every mound behind the green is thick rough. The first few feet of the back of the green are sloping towards the front. If you go long, you are in thick rough with a downhill lie and trying to land the ball on a downslope. So, you might say, "don't go long!!" Well, on every hole there is either a 6+feet deep bunker(s) or a water hazard in front of the green (except #1 and #13). To add to this, the wind blows 10-25 mph almost every day other than the middle of summer. So, when trying to hit to a green downwind, all of the greens that are raised, so you have to land the ball on the green, causing you to almost always go over onto the mounds. When playing into the wind, you are hitting super long clubs in and it is hard to hit the green. It is almost like Arnold didn't know it blew a lot there. I am not sure I have ever played well there, except when it wasn't blowing.
Edit: I found a picture of the beautiful mounding on the course and the ridiculous mounds on the back edge of the greens:
**Reminder that pictures make things look flatter**
***The mounds aren't that big compared to some other mounds behind other greens on the course (probably because there is water in front of the green)***
**Reminder that pictures make things look flatter**
***The mounds aren't that big compared to some other mounds behind other greens on the course (probably because there is water in front of the green)***