# 10 at Yale remains a classic hole for the ages.
I'll second that, Patrick. I just love the tee shot, the approach and of course the undulating green.
I played my first round at Yale around three weeks ago. This board raised my curiosity about the course earlier this year. The more I read about it the more intrigued I got.
(Big thanks to George Bahto who convinced me to go there when I asked him if it really was worth the drive from NYC)It was easily the worst conditions (weatherwise) I'll ever finished a round in. Arriving in the pro shop the guy at the counter asked me twice if I really wanted to go out there.
I was all alone out on the course. The first two holes were played in moderate rain. Alright, this aint to bad - I said to myself. Wrong, all hell broke loose in a couple of minutes with heavy showers and hard winds. Still, I had to carry on since my schedule only allowed one day up in CT.
Arriving at the fifth, totally soaked, I discovered that I didn't have a clue on where to go since the score card was practically dissolved by then. I took a wild guess and walked to the left. Well, after the round I soon figured out that I went to the 16th from there and then played the alternate routing of 16 - 18, 10 - 15 and 6 to 9.
All in all, it was my first Raynor/CBM experience and a very valuable one. Yale might not be the easiest course out there but it still ranks very high in my book when it comes to playability and the general fun factor.
Walking NGLA a couple of days after that was just plain torture, since I didn't have a club in my hand to hit some of the interesting and amazing shots that you can't help envisioning out there.