Okay, Monday morning it is and a fine morning it is to display the back nine of the recently renovated Weyhill course. There is not a weak hole on this side, IMO.
It begins with one of my favorite two-shotters, with a beautiful use of a natural (?) landform.
#10. Par 4 (440 yards).
From the tee you can't see the trouble right, reachable only by the biggest of hitters:
But this view back down the fw from over the green shows the large gully/swale leading to a pond:
Approach shot view:
From the back right part of the green:
The swale/gully extends over in front of the tee on the next par 4.
#11. Par 4 (381 yards), named "Road Hole" on the card.
Approach shot view:
From short of the green:
I love the way this green seems to just sit perfectly on the land:
Now we have my favorite 3-shotter on the course, again with a nice landform to negotiate on the 2nd shot:
#12. Dogleg-left par 5 (569 yards; No. 2 stroke hole).
Here you begin to see the chasm to carry:
Arrghh, poorly focused 2nd shot view:
A look back across the chasm to the dogleg:
Approach shot view:
From just over the green:
That big house for sale that Steve Shaffer posted sits to the left, near the tee on the 13th hole.
#13. Dogleg-right par 4 (393 yards).
The tee shot is blind, where a little cut starting down the walking path is a good line:
Many trees I'm told have been cleared from the inside of the dogleg:
Conservative tee shot leaves an approach shot view like this, more bold with driver can take you down to the signs with a short iron in:
From right of the green:
From over the green:
As you head to the next tee you can get a glimpse of the 15th and 16th greens:
Next up is the "quarry hole" par 3.
#14. Par 3 (207 yards from a new back tee, 176 from a more manageable tee up).
From short and right of the green:
From the back of the green:
Another neat landform is used on this upcoming par 4 called "Stonewall".
#15. Par 4 (419 yards).
Arrggh again, another poorly focused pic, the tee shot view:
The second shot is quite uphill to this plateau green:
This gives a little better feeling of how perched the green sits:
From the back of the green:
Now on to a par 3 called "High Low".
#16. Par 3 (145 yards from either back tee).
The "high" tee view, where the group in front of us is on the new back tee of the 17th:
"Low" tee view:
From just right of the green:
Looking back to the tees:
The 17th utilizes a new tee to make a cape hole.
#17. Par 4 (363 yards).
New tee view.
White tee view from across the bridge:
This hole is called "Lime Kiln" as the remains of an old limekiln (to produce quicklime used in the preparation of stainless steel by Bethlehem Steel) are present:
Hard to believe this is my approach view from my tee ball after you see where a caddy is heading on the next hole!
From over the green where the 15th and 3rd greens are nicely basking in the patches of sun in the distance:
If you look at the Google aerial at the beginning of the thread, you can see lots of work happened right on this hole. I'm told it is so much better now.
#18. Dogleg-right par 5 (585 yards).
White tee view:
Here the caddy is starting the adventure for my drive right. Bill came by and asked if my ball was lost, to which I replied "no, it just hasn't been found".
A look back to the dogleg with the 1st green in view:
An approach shot view:
From short of the green:
From just over the green:
From left of the green:
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http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/SauconWeyhill/index.htmlWhat a treat it was to play the newly restored Weyhill course. And the lunch to be had with a fabulous burger was wonderful to recount the round, and recharge our batteries before heading over for an afternoon round at the Old Course (site of the 2009 Women's US Open). I can do a photo tour of that course too, if the audience desires it.