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Red Ledges is the 200th U.S. course by Nicklaus Design Camiseta Kiko Casilla , and the Golden Bear brings all of his experience to this truly spectacular and challenging site.
The titanic track measures 7,653 yards from the tips, with a stratospheric course rating of 77.2 and slope rating of 153 from the tips. Fortunately for us mere mortals, however, every hole offers four or five tee boxes, and from the 5,190 forward tees.
No matter where golfers tee it up, though, everyone gets to play an amazing routing that begins atop the namesake red ledges - cathedral sandstone cliffs that tower above the winding, heaving fairways. The tees of the 427-yard first hole are perched some 300 feet above the first fairway. This is one opening hole that you will never, ever forget.
In fact, this is perhaps one of the most memorable courses most visitors here will ever play. One magnificent vista after another greets players on nearly every tee. At the 468-yard, par-4 third, the tee box sits behind the second green, and overlooks the Heber Valley, the area that will be the Short Course Camiseta Nacho Fernandez , and two different fairways.
Another tee box that will have you licking your chops is at the 560-yard 14th, where you stand more than 150 feet above the fairway with another view of the entire valley and the surrounding mountains. As with most of the holes, there's a generous fairway but deadly trouble right and left.
Perhaps my favorite hole on the entire course, though - and one of my favorite all-time par 3s - is the 203-yard ninth. Even if you are playing the member tees (168 yards) or middle tees (147 yards), consider moving back to the Nicklaus tees here. Climbing the steps to the summit of a tee box reminiscent of a Mayan pyramid, you shoot over two juniper trees to a semi-occluded, semi-bowl-shaped green that runs from front left to back right.
Red Ledges: The verdict
To be completely honest, I have never quite understood the allure of private golf courses. Red Ledges, however, has opened my eyes.
If this were a resort course or daily-fee course, it could be criticized for being too difficult. Some of the greens, for example, allow pin positions that are borderline unfair. (And certainly unfair for a group of golf writers visiting for the first time!)
As a private course, though, where the members will have unlimited access, world-class instruction and immaculate grooming Camiseta Keylor Navas , Red Ledges is ideal. The sprawling, rolling greens are extremely tricky, and although they are still young and quite grainy, they will in time become legendary. Approach shots simply must find the right sections, or three- and even four-putts will spoil some otherwise good rounds.
The same can be said of the fairways, where position and club choice will be crucial, especially at this higher altitude (where every shot seems to travel about a half club too far).
Although the clubhouse is not built yet, it will someday loom above the first tees, atop the red ledge itself and will offer one of the most spectacular views in a state full of amazing landscapes. For now, the temporary clubhousehalf-way house is as comfy as some real clubhouses and serves up perhaps the best hamburger I have ever tasted.
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| Beitrag vom 18.09.2016 - 10:05 |
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