Good uphill holes

[Tommy Williamsen]

Scott Szabo wrote."The par 5 16th at Ballyneal and the par 4 15th at Sand Hills are great uphill holes."

I played Ballyneal this past August, and 16 is a fun hole. As I recall, the tee ball is downhill a bit, but the second and third shots are uphill to a really fun green. The second shot requires a lot of thought.

[Mark McKeever]

A few quick notables from the GAP


9 at Rolling Green
11 at Philly Cricket
15 at Pine Valley
13 at Gulph Mills

[Pierre_C]

My favorite uphill hole is Prestwick 5th. It's uphillish, there is a burn in front of the tee box, has a wooden wall & dune, long (200+ yards), a bell w/signage, drinking fountain, and sometimes you hit into the wind. The only things are missing from this hole are lava motte, unicorns and capercaillies.

Black Mountain Golf Course (Hua Hin, Thailand) 11th hole par 3. It's 235 yds, thin green runs parallel to tee boxes, bunkers in front and behind the green, all up hill and into prevailing wind. 280-290 yds tee shot and you hope the ball holds the green.

[MCirba]

#13 Sand Hills
#5 Pine Valley
#4 Bedford Springs
#6 Cobbs Creek (someday soon, fingers crossed)
#10 Rolling Green
#15 Philly Country Club
#9 Scott Greens (first course I ever played)

[Niall C]

I've got one that doesn't qualify as a good uphill hole for the sole reason it's an absolutely brilliant one.


Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 13th at Silloth !


Niall

[Thomas Dai]

Anyone for ….. https://www.painswickgolf.com/hole-1-video ……?
Just curious.


Atb

[Mark Mammel]

#8 Prairie Dunes#16 RDGC#5, 7 CPC#6 PB

[mike_malone]

#13 Sand Hills
#5 Pine Valley
#4 Bedford Springs
#6 Cobbs Creek (someday soon, fingers crossed)
#10 Rolling Green
#15 Philly Country Club
#9 Scott Greens (first course I ever played)

C’mon Mike   It’s going to be 11 at Cobbs!!

[MCirba]

#13 Sand Hills
#5 Pine Valley
#4 Bedford Springs
#6 Cobbs Creek (someday soon, fingers crossed)
#10 Rolling Green
#15 Philly Country Club
#9 Scott Greens (first course I ever played)

C’mon Mike   It’s going to be 11 at Cobbs!!

Mayday,


Good call!


How about both??   

[Dan_Callahan]

The 9th hole at Newport CC is a fantastic uphill par 4. Maybe my favorite hole on the course.

[Mark Pearce]

I've got one that doesn't qualify as a good uphill hole for the sole reason it's an absolutely brilliant one.


Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 13th at Silloth !


Niall

I’m ashamed I didn’t mention that.  A contender for the best par 5 in the UK

[Tom_Doak]

Scott Szabo wrote."The par 5 16th at Ballyneal and the par 4 15th at Sand Hills are great uphill holes."

I played Ballyneal this past August, and 16 is a fun hole. As I recall, the tee ball is downhill a bit, but the second and third shots are uphill to a really fun green. The second shot requires a lot of thought.

There are a bunch of holes on this thread that made me curious about people's ability to perceive elevation change.  This is one.


I can't dig out the topo map tonight but I will swear to you that the tee shot at 16 is to a rising fairway, but maybe still a bit below the elevated tee . . . that the second shot plays downhill through the narrow valley . . . and that the green at the end of the valley is 8-10 feet above the lowest part of the hole but still BELOW the tee and the first landing area.


But, that would explain why so many people complain of my "uphill holes" when the green is only 5-8 feet above the fairway.  I don't consider that enough of an uphill to try and avoid.

[Mike_Clayton]

A few more from NZ/AUS:


Royal Melbourne East 4 (one of the best Par 3s I have played)
Te Arai South 11 (incredibly clever discovery of a hole to get back to the sea)
Te Arai North 10 (may not be uphill all of the way but approach shot is terrific)
Royal Melbourne West 18 (risk reward defined off of the tee)
Arrowtown 5 (rock cropping framing the hole)
Paraparaumu 13 (the green site needs to be seen)
Cape Kidnappers 4 and 17 (two really strong holes)


Ira

Kingston Heath 15.  I recently saw a newspaper piece on 15 written just after it was built (it replaced the par 4 original 15th) and the criticism was it was too difficult for a 2 iron shot (into the wind) or a 3 iron.
The game was hard then - it's an 8 iron now for a scratch player.

[Mike Hendren]

The 18th at NGLA and the 8th at ANGC are great holes. 


Wish you could all play the 290 7th at Rolling hills Cc in Ripley, TN.