I played Old Greenwood last Friday and really enjoyed it. It's absolutely gorgeous, and I found a lot of the holes to be really interesting. That said, not everyone on here would love it: it's tough, and it's not overly friendly to the ground game. There are a lot of diagonal greens, and therefore many carries to get to middle or back hole locations.In some ways it's pretty typical Nicklaus design. The greens were very soft, I think because if they were kept firm the course would be unreasonably difficult for most golfers. The greens and surrounds are pretty severe. I think it would be a great tournament venue, but the average golfer is definitely not going to shoot their career round here.The course is about 7,550 from the tips, but I got a full 10%+ gain at 6,000 feet elevation, so length was not a significant factor.
1, a mid-length par-four. A good diagonal green example.
3, another diagonal green. By the way, I didn't find a huge fade bias as Nicklaus courses go. These first two pictures are left-to right greens, but they go right-to-left on 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, and 18.
6 and 7. Most of the promo pics of Old Greenwood are of 6, the par 5. The 7th in the background has a big slope to get to the left side of the green, although the greens were probably too soft to really use it.
Here's that promo pic of 6:
8 is a very good drivable par-4 with at least 3 distinct options from the tee. The teeshot comes from well right of this photo.
8 green
9, a left-bending par-4. The tee shot was cool, the second shot a bit plain, and it's not friendly to a run-up shot by any means.
16, a shortish par-4. I really liked this green (and the view!). Luckily I hit my tee shot down the left side and had this angle.
16 green
17, I suppose a typical Nicklaus 17th hole, a long par-3 with a left-to-right diagonal green.
18, an uphill mid-length par-4 with a green that looks a lot like 18 at Muirfield Village.
