Uphill architecture

[Evan Fleisher]

Here are two other examples of uphill holes from my own home course here in Dubuque...one is a shortish par-4 of 290 yards playing (usually) into the prevailing wind, and the other is a medium-length par-3 of about 153 yards which also (usually) plays into the prevailing wind.

The uphill par-4 is our second hole, and is very much a "go-for-it" risk/reward type hole.  If you hit it right, there is a tremendously steep hill which kicks your ball down towards to pond fronting the third hole.  Trees line the left side of the fairway, and a chip-out is all you can expect from there.  Negotiate the two fairway bunkers and you might reach the green or leave yourself with a short pitch shot.  However, the green slopes left to right significantly, so holding the small green becomes quite a challenge.

The uphill par-3 is out sixteenth hole, and the green surface is semi-blind with a bit of a false front to it.  Front pins are "sucker" pins as you MUST get the ball to the middle of the green for it to stay put.  Bunkers flanking the green left and right give you a good "aiming point", but deciding on a club to get up the hill with the wind in your face or across makes it tough to pull the trigger sometimes.

Uphill par-4 2nd hole tee shot


Uphill par-4 2nd hole fairway and approach shot


Uphill par-4 2nd hole green complex


Uphill par-3 16th hole tee shot


Uphill par-3 16th hole green complex


Uphill par-3 16th green (notice the false front)

[SPDB]

I don't know if its necessarily "uphill" but Flynn was a master of transitioning different topos either on the same holes or adjoining. The best evidence of this I know is on his Primrose #8 to #9 at TCC (Composite #12-13).

The way he utilized bunkers in a hillside setting is unmatched (i.e. the bunkers benched in the hillside/plateau on #8)

[mike_malone]

 Geoff
    #9 at Rolling Green certainly requires you to hit it solidly,but the fairway is huge here so there is plenty of space to roam.

[Willie_Dow]

Sean

TCC is a good example of uphill architecture, I think.  Look at #2, #6, #8, #11, & #14 on the regular course.  #2, #6, #8, #9, #12, & #14 on the Open course.  (If my fractured Florida memory serves me right.)

Willie