Town and Country - St. Paul, MN - 15, 16 and 17.
Jason,
Thanks.
I'll Google Earth it as I'm curious to see how they routed the course with that configuration of three consecutive par 5's
Patrick,
Town & Country is my home course. Would like to know what you think of what you see. An aerial from this fall was just posted to Google Maps which shows the course mid-transition. We're renovating our bunkers, removing trees, widening fairway approaches, adding a few front and back tees, and working to restore fairway mowing lines when possible.
I really like the three par-5's from #15-17. They are particularly fun during match play. What you won't be able to see on the aerial maps are the elevation changes, which make them play different even though they run along more or less along with each other:
The 15th (most eastern) is a dogleg right and longer drivers need to carry the fairway bunker for the best chance at reaching the green in two. There is a drop off just short of the green (about 30ft) and approach shots further than ~140 yards are blind. Shots can run down the hill and find the putting surface, or if they come in too hot they will run through the green into bunkers/hazard. If the trend continues the fairway approach short of the green will be widened next spring to mirror previous efforts of the same nature.
Looking back from the 15th green (from Jason Topp's thread a couple of years ago):
The 16th is uphill from the tee and is straight and/or a slight dogleg left. After the fairway bunker, the hole runs downhill to the green which is small and kidney shaped. Tom Leaman once called this the worst golf hole he had ever played
when he made a 10 in the state AM years ago.
The 17th is a very neat hole. The hole is a dogleg right and a draw is the best play from the tee. The tee shot is slightly uphill as the fairway sits on a plateau above the tee. The green is extremely severe in that it is very shallow but wide, and has an incredible amount of slope from back-to-front.
All three holes are reachable in two by a longer hitter with two good shots.
After the three par-5's you play a 170 yard par-3 over an old ravine.
T&C is the oldest club in Minnesota (1888) and golf has been played on the same property since 1893.
Hope this helps in your research.