Further, the bunker that protects the right hand side of the green was no longer in play. It worked well and I was left with just 70 yards to go (and a birdie to start my day). It’s a shorter par 4 (just 310 from the blues) and I felt comfortable trying to bring a draw in toward the green with my 6 iron off the tee instead of playing it straight and having two areas of potential water in play. It’s a little difficult to pick a favorite hole, although I really liked the opening hole on Stag, partially because of the river “background music” but also for the golf itself. There is a bit of construction taking place on the Eagle 9 (around the par 3 third), but it really didn’t effect play in any negative way. However, all of them were well tended and there were no playing surfaces that were (improperly) difficult to play from in my experience. There is quite a variety of surroundings for the fairways (some very wooded, others more linksish in their Spartan foliage). On the topic of maintenance, the course was in great shape. In either case they were well maintained and rolled true, arguably a bigger factor in scoring well then how much break might they contain. I want to say the greens are pretty straight forward and trend toward easy to play however, my unusually high number of putts on the round (despite having a chip in from off the green) suggest they may be a little tougher than I give them credit for initially. Again, The Powder Horn means to test your full game. I also liked the variety in both the 5’s (ranging from a reachable – for a slightly bigger hitter than me – 485 to a hearty “all you can eat” 603) and the 3’s (140/205). The course takes advantage of the plentiful water, angles, narrow landing areas, and well placed bunkers to protect itself and force you to use a full regiment of clubs there are very few “driver/wedge” holes to be had here. I really enjoyed this and it added significantly to my experience (not spending any time in that water also did, of course).įrom the blues, where I played, the course stretched to just over 6700 yards and at 71.8/132 provided plenty of challenge for me. Much of the course features water, however, unlike many places with a good deal of water, the creek here was really running strong during my round and provided a “background track” of sorts, especially on the first few holes of the Stag 9. The Stag was my favorite of the two 9’s (and I thought the slightly tougher, even though the Eagle holes play about 200 yards longer) but both were great. The Powder Horn consists of three 9 hole tracks (Eagle, Stag, and Mountain) I played the Stag and Eagle holes during my round.
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