It’s a bad hole for me because I have a draw/hook so that tree is going to make it hard for me.
Otherwise it seems like a perfectly fine hole.
Rude-Efficiency-964
Looks fun to me, but I’m a sicko so 🤪
Total_Paint1755
When people ask what I mean when a course was ‘quirky’ and get confused… holes like this is the definition.
helter_skelter26
Dude I just played this hole yesterday haha. Crazy seeing it on Reddit. Loved the gravel pit.
Fo_0d
Personally I’m not a fan if the course was to be my homer course. Fun green to play on a trip but I feel like I’d get annoyed playing it regularly.
Also feel it’s a poor setup from a course maintenance standpoint. You’ll get some jackass who is trapped on the green behind the tree trying to chip off the green and will take a divot because they aren’t as good as they think they are. In a case like this, I don’t blame them. What else are you supposed to do? An no, Austin Powers’ring around the tree is not an option or that just further pushes the point that it’s a bad design.
yudkib
Bad. It looks like it was a fairway for the far green at a different point in its life, which would be good. Putting obstructions in the middle of greens is how you end up with divots in them.
skalfyfan
Is this a Par 3 with a tree in the middle of the f’ing green? Where is this?
kjtobia
Great hole until they put the pin back right. Then terrible hole.
Yolo_Swaggins_Yeet
This hole is gonna be a menace in 10 years
Fancy-Collar_tosser
That tree.
Brown-17
I’m not a fan. Imagine having to move pine cones from all over the green.
sjrthethird
Good hole, bad score.
raiderman2017
For added context, this is a par 3 course with 13 holes. So they’ve got a variety of quirky greens that I found to be a lot of fun. Par 3 courses should be quirky IMO.
The tree is trouble, but it also slopes back and right, so it gets real scary if you keep too far left to make sure you avoid the tree
NickDoJitsu
The Gravel Pit. Brainerd MN. Fucking blast that place.
CrabOutrageous5074
Thought I was looking at a stupid fairway setup with an impossibly small target and a tree in the middle, but somehow the green made it slightly less stupid?
Unless they put the pin behind the tree…only a redditor could safely hit the 175 yard (?) 60degree to go over safely. Then it’s a deeply stupid hole for mere mortals. Maintenance will also be awful, some of those trees shed a ton a grass-unfriendly needles and stuff.
FormerThisandThat
Very fun looking
Rsardinia
Great hole by the looks of it
DontGetTheShow
A little gimmicky for my taste. Especially if they ever put the pin to the right of the tree.
Vtscott
Shocker
Orthostud23
hole is fine!! not getting g the ball o to that second level might be rough though 😀
OnTheColeTrain
That’s sick
Realestateuniverse
Looks awesome
Silverbullets24
For a par 3 course, it’s good. The best par 3 courses are interesting, quirky, and give you an opportunity to hit fun shots (think hole #13 at Pacific Trails in Bandon where the best way to play the hole is to hit a putter from 100 yards).
For a traditional course, this hole is fucking stupid
WasatchSLC
I bet somewhere Big Randy is shedding a tear at the sheer beauty of this hole.
secret_identity_too
I don’t know, but I’m 100% hitting that one tree on the right. So is my dad.
FireMaster2311
Honestly very good, love the trees in the middle design. Our muni had a 18 as a kid where it was a big oak in the fairway, it was probably 225 out, so with like with 1999 balata balls and a big Bertha 300cc driver it was a great challenge
WisconsinHacker
I don’t know if it’s good or bad. Would need to play a few times with a variety of pin locations.
But it is provocative. Gotta give it that.
YesManSky
Without the tree, it’s just another par 3
twopiecepete
Might be the stupidest hole I’ve seen. I love it
UnwittingConduit
A tee shot that also counts as a recovery shot for me!
azhiazthesky
When you hit the tree and it rolls back onto the tee box, you get to tee up again.
justbrowsing2727
I kinda like it. Especially for a quirky Par 3 course.
My_Nickel
Love this
jtansf
Would suck to land it on the green and roll into the rough around the tree
Ray1zcool
I feel sorry for the tree.
Dry-Yogurtcloset-219
Great hole
Iuvenesco
That tree has my name on it
blazytime
I find it amazing that that green is in good shape with a tree growing in it. Trees even near greens are usually nightmares for greenskeepers.
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In what sense.
It’s a bad hole for me because I have a draw/hook so that tree is going to make it hard for me.
Otherwise it seems like a perfectly fine hole.
Looks fun to me, but I’m a sicko so 🤪
When people ask what I mean when a course was ‘quirky’ and get confused… holes like this is the definition.
Dude I just played this hole yesterday haha. Crazy seeing it on Reddit. Loved the gravel pit.
Personally I’m not a fan if the course was to be my homer course. Fun green to play on a trip but I feel like I’d get annoyed playing it regularly.
Also feel it’s a poor setup from a course maintenance standpoint. You’ll get some jackass who is trapped on the green behind the tree trying to chip off the green and will take a divot because they aren’t as good as they think they are. In a case like this, I don’t blame them. What else are you supposed to do? An no, Austin Powers’ring around the tree is not an option or that just further pushes the point that it’s a bad design.
Bad. It looks like it was a fairway for the far green at a different point in its life, which would be good. Putting obstructions in the middle of greens is how you end up with divots in them.
Is this a Par 3 with a tree in the middle of the f’ing green? Where is this?
Great hole until they put the pin back right. Then terrible hole.
This hole is gonna be a menace in 10 years
That tree.
I’m not a fan. Imagine having to move pine cones from all over the green.
Good hole, bad score.
For added context, this is a par 3 course with 13 holes. So they’ve got a variety of quirky greens that I found to be a lot of fun. Par 3 courses should be quirky IMO.
The tree is trouble, but it also slopes back and right, so it gets real scary if you keep too far left to make sure you avoid the tree
The Gravel Pit. Brainerd MN. Fucking blast that place.
Thought I was looking at a stupid fairway setup with an impossibly small target and a tree in the middle, but somehow the green made it slightly less stupid?
Unless they put the pin behind the tree…only a redditor could safely hit the 175 yard (?) 60degree to go over safely. Then it’s a deeply stupid hole for mere mortals. Maintenance will also be awful, some of those trees shed a ton a grass-unfriendly needles and stuff.
Very fun looking
Great hole by the looks of it
A little gimmicky for my taste. Especially if they ever put the pin to the right of the tree.
Shocker
hole is fine!! not getting g the ball o to that second level might be rough though 😀
That’s sick
Looks awesome
For a par 3 course, it’s good. The best par 3 courses are interesting, quirky, and give you an opportunity to hit fun shots (think hole #13 at Pacific Trails in Bandon where the best way to play the hole is to hit a putter from 100 yards).
For a traditional course, this hole is fucking stupid
I bet somewhere Big Randy is shedding a tear at the sheer beauty of this hole.
I don’t know, but I’m 100% hitting that one tree on the right. So is my dad.
Honestly very good, love the trees in the middle design. Our muni had a 18 as a kid where it was a big oak in the fairway, it was probably 225 out, so with like with 1999 balata balls and a big Bertha 300cc driver it was a great challenge
I don’t know if it’s good or bad. Would need to play a few times with a variety of pin locations.
But it is provocative. Gotta give it that.
Without the tree, it’s just another par 3
Might be the stupidest hole I’ve seen. I love it
A tee shot that also counts as a recovery shot for me!
When you hit the tree and it rolls back onto the tee box, you get to tee up again.
I kinda like it. Especially for a quirky Par 3 course.
Love this
Would suck to land it on the green and roll into the rough around the tree
I feel sorry for the tree.
Great hole
That tree has my name on it
I find it amazing that that green is in good shape with a tree growing in it. Trees even near greens are usually nightmares for greenskeepers.