Hi All,
Thanksgiving Point is a Johnny Miller design located in Northern Utah about 25 minutes south of downtown. It can be stretched to over 7600 yards from the tips, but yet still very accomadating for the high handicapper. The collection of par 3s are its most distinct feature, climaxing on the 17th hole which is nothing short of spectacular. This is not to downplay the other set of solid par 4s and par 5s. Its green complexes are some of the finest I've seen anywhere and it comes to a nice conclusion with a wonderful stretch of finishing holes 13-17.
Enough of my opinions, please form your own:
The front 9:
1st hole - Short par 4 with a long iron/utility wood to leave....
A short wedge into the green.
2nd hole - Reachable Par 5 with a wide open tee shot, but as you get closer to the green it pinches in.
3rd hole - A short driveable par 4 with a massive bunker in front...
And if you go left off the tee, are faced with this shot in:
4th hole - First of the par 3s, a fun downhill shot to a 3 tiered green.
5th hole - Another generous fairway which you may want to try to reach in 2, but trouble lurks;
This is looking back to the tee box. Most of the fairways have swales in them like this one.
6th hole - Number 1 handicapper with blind tee shot. There is OB left and a drop off to the Jordan River to the right.
But don't leave approach short right like I did..
7th hole - The awesome 7th that could have been a nice redan version if the green sloped away.
8th hole - A shortish par 4 that if you drive left over the bunker will leave a wedge in.
9th hole - Another wide landing area that will leave this approach in:
A look at one of the more severe green complexes on the course:
Back 9 to be continued in the next post.