As some of you may know we are still involved with a new nine hole course in Cordaba and the course continues to mature nicely. Here are some photos and some comments about the design of holes two and five.
Short par four dogleg left and or short par three but challenging!
The arrows show the location of the different tees. Four,for the parfour and three for the par three.
Looking back at the par four tees from the start of the landing area. The sheep fescue is starting to mature around the tees and eventually will be maintained at six inches with some natural bunch native grasses form the area to be mixed in the fall for the final look!
Love the bluish color of the sheep. As T.D explained to me you have to seed light and it takes three years to form a dense stand. So obviously there are some problems with weeds. So far the only chemical we have used in the entire course is round up but if we plan to spray for the broad leaf weeds in the near future.
Good base of four inches, needs just a little more height and allowed to go to seed head and then we will back off on the water and allow it to go off color a little to match the natural surroundings.
Fairway mix during 90-100 degrees, consisting of a mix of fescues, Texas bluegrass and 10 percent rye!
View from the back tee to the landing area!
View from the blue tee! The perception is a partially blind- small landing area but init´s large and the hole plays down wind. The island is about 220 yards from this tee but a three wood will fly the island and leave some kind of wedge to the green.
We have cleared the left side and expanded the fairway but soon I want to restore this to the original native look. You can see the flag behind the natives that protect or discourage the long hitters from going directly at the green from the tee.
Short hitters landing area, leaving a seven or eight iron for most players.
These two bunkers will be united to form one large bunker instead of two small bunkers. We have a nursery ready to start putting the final abstract or torn shape in two more months.(fall)
The first island in the middle of the landing area to force the player to contemplate all the alternatives from the tee instead of just blasting away with the driver!
The par three tee to the right. Last area to be planted with sheep so still lacks density.
View from the right par three tee to the green.
View three from the par left tee!
Zoomed in from the Par 3 tee
Center of the green has three tiers all sloping from back to front. The front tier is a false front but the other two tiers have various pin positions for day to day play.
The right part of the green is a wing and slopes to the right as does the natural terrain. The area has two or three pin positions for tournaments or just more challenging day to day.
Left part of the green has a wing similar to the right and also slopes to the outside. Native areas surround the area in front and behind creating another excellent zone of tournament pin positions.
Fifteen meters of maintained rough circle the backside of the green and the island is about thirty yards in front of the green.